Brief Life History of Enos
When Enos Smith was born in April 1799, in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Barak or Baruch Smith, was 34 and his mother, Betsey Drake, was 25. He married Martha Sulloway on 12 February 1824, in Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 30 July 1877, in Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Enos Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
- Enos Smith, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Enos Smith, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
Spouse and Children
1799–1877 Male
1798–1869 Female
Children (8)
1827–1830 Female
1829–1905 Male
1832– Male
1833–1894 Female
1835–1881 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1764–1860 Male
1773–1845 Female
Siblings (8)
1796–1842 Male
1799–1877 Male
1802–1883 Male
1805–1882 Female
1807– Female
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World Events (7)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 1
1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital
Age 9
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 21
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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