Hosiel Smith

Male4 October 1718–27 September 1753

Brief Life History of Hosiel

When Hosiel Smith was born on 4 October 1718, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, his father, Jonathan Smith, was 21 and his mother, Hannah Hale, was 21. He married Sarah Wright on 8 March 1743, in Middletown, Mattabeset, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He died on 27 September 1753, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in East Middletown, Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

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Hosiel Smith
1718–1753
Sarah Wright
1723–
Marriage: 8 March 1743
Dorothy Smith
1744–1804
Sarah Smith
1748–
Esther Smith
1753–

Sources (21)

  • Hosiel Smith, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Hoziel Smith, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
  • Hoziel Smith, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"

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  • Marriage
    8 March 1743Middletown, Mattabeset, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  • Children (3)

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    Siblings (1)

    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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