Margaret Smith

Brief Life History of Margaret

Margaret Smith was born in 1744, in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. She married Rufus Bartlett about 1760, in Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died in March 1794, in Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Rhode Island, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rufus Bartlett
1739–1798
Margaret Smith
1744–1794
Marriage: about 1760
Anna Bartlett
1763–1850
Polly Bartlett
1781–1785
Rufus Bartlett
1782–1785
Alpha, Lovett, Bartlett
1764–1839
Philadelphia Bartlett
1766–1832
Rufus Bartlett
1767–1770
Mary Bartlett
1767–1770
Nathan Bartlett
1771–
Abner Bartlett
1771–1853
Smith Bartlett
1780–1867

Sources (15)

  • Margery Smith, "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916"
  • Margery in entry for Mary Bartlet, "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
  • Margery Smith, "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916"

World Events (4)

1776

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

1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence

Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.

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.

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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