Brief Life History of Barak or Baruch
When Barak or Baruch Smith was born on 16 June 1764, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Eleazer Smith, was 27 and his mother, Rebeckah Bullock, was 24. He married Betsey Drake about 1793, in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died in March 1860, in Moira, Franklin, New York, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Moira, Franklin, New York, United States.
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- Raruk Smith in household of Daniel D Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Barak (Baruch) Smith - birth: 16 June 1764; Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
- Baruch Smith in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
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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