Elizabeth Waters Hatch

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Waters

When Elizabeth Waters Hatch was born on 14 December 1821, in Chester, Penobscot, Maine, United States, her father, Sylvanus Hatch, was 31 and her mother, Margaret Palmer, was 20. She married John Foster Smith on 13 October 1840, in Chester, Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1850 and Maysville Town, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1870. She died on 10 March 1908, in Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Foster Smith
1814–1896
Elizabeth Waters Hatch
1821–1908
Marriage: 13 October 1840
William H. Smith
1841–1921
Margaret Flavilla Smith
1843–1912
Frederick Augustus Smith
1847–1931
Albert Alonzo Smith
1848–1928
Charles W. Smith
1849–1928
Frank Smith
1851–1939
Benjamin Franklin Smith
1852–1930
Ella Smith
1854–1940
George Washington Smith
1856–1944
Ella Idella Smith
1859–1933
Ida Smith
1861–1949
Edward Smith
1861–
William "Willie" H. Smith
1864–1948
Ida Viola Smith
1866–1918
Ida L. Smith
1867–1949

Sources (21)

  • Elizabeth Smith in household of John Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Elizabeth Hatch, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915

World Events (8)

1823

Historical Boundaries: 1823: Penobscot, Maine, United States

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Hatch (Bedfordshire, Devon, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire), Hacche in South Molton (Devon), or else a topographic name from residence near a hatch, a gate leading to a forest or sometimes a sluice-gate, from Middle English hacche ‘gate’ (Old English hæcce, Kentish Old English hec(c)). This name has been in Ireland since the 17th century, associated with County Meath and the nearby part of Louth.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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