Susan Smith
16 July 1641–
Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
The Life of Susan
When Susan Smith was born on 16 July 1641, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Robert Smith, was 30 and her mother, Susannah Baker, was 25.
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Family Time Line
Robert Smith
1611–1706
Susannah Baker
1615–1680
Sarah Smith
1632–1698
Jonathan Smith
1640–1725
Susan Smith
1641–
Ashel Smith
1642–1714
Asahel Smith
1644–1714
Israel Smith
1649–1676
Deborah Smith
1654–
Nathaniel Smith
1655–1696
Parents and Siblings
1611–1706Male
1615–1680Female
siblings
(8)
1632–1698Female
1640–1725Male
1641–Female
Ashel Smith
1642–1714Male
1644–1714Male
+3 More Children
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metalworking was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps 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 the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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