Daniel Smith

Brief Life History of Daniel

When Daniel Smith was born on 24 December 1745, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Melanthon Smith, was 49 and his mother, Hannah Page, was 37. He married Ruhamah Cutter on 11 May 1769, in Hudson, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 30 November 1836, in Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Smith
1745–1836
Ruhamah Cutter
1750–1829
Marriage: 11 May 1769
Daniel Smith
1770–1790
Hannah Smith
1772–1869
Ezekiel Smith
1774–1860
Ruhamma Amy Smith
1776–1868
John B. Smith
1779–1819
Kezia Smith
1782–1856
Samuel Smith
1783–1879
Nancy Smith
1787–1866
Mary Smith
1789–1824
Susanna Smith
1794–1875

Sources (26)

  • Daniel Smith, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Daniel Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Unknown in entry for Amy Smith Blanchard, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"

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World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New Hampshire is 9th state.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

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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