Brief Life History of Elizabeth "Betsey"
Elizabeth "Betsey" Smith was born about 1782, in Hancock, Georgia, United States. She married Stephen Parker on 18 January 1810, in Hancock, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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Sources (3)
- Betsey Smith, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Betsey Smith in entry for Stephen Parker, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967"
- Betsey Smith, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967"
Spouse and Children
1780–1824 Male
1782– Female
Children (5)
1810– Female
1812–1848 Male
1814–1880 Female
1820– Male
1822– Female
World Events (8)
1783 · A Free America
Age 1
1793
Age 11
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 37
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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