Mary Smith

16 October 1768–16 December 1844 (Age 76)
Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

The Life Summary of Mary

When Mary Smith was born on 16 October 1768, in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Theophilus Smith, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Gilman, was 26. She died on 16 December 1844, in her hometown, at the age of 76, and was buried in Winter Street Burial Ground, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Theophilus Smith
1741–1805
Sarah Gilman
1742–1827
Sarah Smith
1760–1772
John Samuel Smith
1760–
Theophilus W Smith Jr.
1761–1824
Josiah Coffin Smith
1764–
John Smith
1766–1805
Mary Smith
1768–1844
Abigail Smith
1771–1834
Samuel Gilman Smith
1774–1774
Sarah Smith
1775–
Samuel Gilman Smith
1778–1859
William Smith
1781–1855
Elisabeth Smith
1782–1782
Elisabeth Smith
1784–1816
Daniel Smith
1788–1836

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World Events (8)

1776
Age 8
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
Age 8
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1788 · The First Presidential Election
Age 20
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

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.

Possible Related Names

Smithe
Smither
Smithey
Smyth
Smythe
McGowan
Smead
Faber

Sources (2)

  • Mary Smith, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"

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