Mary "Polly" Smith

Brief Life History of Mary "Polly"

When Mary "Polly" Smith was born in 1779, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Thomas Smith III, was 29 and her mother, Eunice Nancy Lewis, was 26. She married Issac Swafford Sr. in 1793, in Clay, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 8 January 1874, in Clay, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

Issac Swafford Sr.
1774–1860
Mary "Polly" Smith
1779–1874
Marriage: 1793
Isaac Swafford Jr.
1800–
Hiram Swafford
1801–1858
William Riley Swafford
1802–1870
Rhoda Rhody Swafford
1804–1881
Swafford
1808–
Swafford
1810–
John S Swafford
1821–1881
James Madison Swofford
1822–1896
Anna Jane Swafford
1826–1870

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  • Find a Grave Mary "Polly" Smith Swafford (1779 in Kentucky - 1826 in Clay County, Kentucky) (dau of Thomas Smith/Eunice Nancy Lewis)

World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1792 · Becomes the 15th State

On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

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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