Ruth Smith

Brief Life History of Ruth

When Ruth Smith was born on 9 April 1719, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Benjamin Smith, was 47 and her mother, Mercy Angell, was 43. She was buried in Daniel Smith Cemetery, North Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Smith
1672–1751
Mercy Angell
1675–1721
John Smith
1694–1778
Daniel Smith
1697–1770
Mercy Smith
1699–1746
Solomon Smith
1702–1771
Mary Smith
1704–1800
Hezekiah Smith
1706–1753
Jonathan Smith
1708–1795
Nehemiah Smith
1710–1726
Sarah Smith
1712–1729
Abigail Smith
1714–1801
Anne Smith
1717–1782
Amey Smith
1717–1788
Ruth Smith
1719–

Sources (6)

  • Ruth Smith, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
  • Ruth Smith, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Ruth Smith, Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 (Benjamin & Mercy Smith parents)

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World Events (7)

1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport

On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.

1763 · First Synagogue in America

The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.

1776

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

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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