Joseph Smith

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Smith was born on 30 September 1716, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Benjamin Smith, was 43 and his mother, Ruth Buck, was 34. He married Jerusha Stedman about 1732, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. He died in 1793, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Smith
1716–1793
Sarah Dix
1721–
Roger Smith
1742–
Jahleel Smith
1745–
Sarah Smith
1746–1795
Benjamin Smith
1748–
Ruth Smith
1749–1836
John Smith
1751–
Levi Smith
1754–1815
Roger
1769–1837
Jahiel
1770–
Sarah
1772–1774
John
1774–
Benjamin
1775–
Levi
1777–1847

Sources (12)

  • Joseph, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Joseph Smith, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Joseph Smith, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"

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1776

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

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""

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.

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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