Brief Life History of Susannah
When Susannah Smith was born on 30 January 1725, in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, Matthew Smith IV, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Mack, was 40. She married Nehemiah Tracy on 19 June 1744, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 29 April 1806, in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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- Susanna Tracy, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Susanah Smith, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Susanna Smith Tracy, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1785
DLESEX COUNTY was incorporated by an act of the Legislature passed at the May session, 1785, and at that time consisted of six towns. Of these, Mifldletown, Chatham, Haddam, and East Haddam were taken from the county of Hartford, and Saybrook and Killingworth from New London coun
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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