Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Smith was born on 2 May 1769, in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, his father, Capt Benjamin Smith, was 60 and his mother, Sarah Clark, was 30. He married Nancy Rogers about 1791, in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 14 November 1826, in Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Benjamin Smith Jr in the New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659
- Benjamin Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
- Benjamin Smith in entry for Hannah Mugridge, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
Spouse and Children
1769–1826 Male
1773–1850 Female
Children (1)
1797–1886 Female
Parents and Siblings
1709–1791 Male
1739–1822 Female
Siblings (2)
1769–1826 Male
1770–1832 Male
World Events (8)
1776
Age 7
1776
Age 7
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 17
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .
English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .
Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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