Enoch Smith

Brief Life History of Enoch

When Enoch Smith was born on 10 July 1785, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Rufus Smith, was 25 and his mother, Anna Collins, was 13. He had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters with Edith French. He died in 1855, in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 70.

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Family Time Line

Enoch Smith
1785–1855
Edith French
1784–1863
Rebekah Jones Smith
1809–
Ann Rebecca Smith
1811–
Rufus Smith
1812–1900
Susanna Frances Smith
1813–1849
William French Smith
1815–1853
Enoch Smith
1819–
Sylvester Streeter Smith
1822–1894

Sources (42)

  • Enoch Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Enoch Smith, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Enoch Smith, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"

World Events (7)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

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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