Smith
(Bef 1760-)
Daniel Smith Jr
(1780-1854)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Polly Straw

Daniel Smith Jr

  • Born: 1780, Waterboro, York County, Maine
  • Marriage (1): Polly Straw on 14 Apr 1796 in Waterboro, York County, Maine
  • Died: 1854, Waterboro, York County, Maine at age 74
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bullet  General Notes:

Children of this couple provided by research of Sally Towers and sent to me via e-mail 30 March 2000.
The following is a narative sent to me by Sally Towers from L. Kaiser (resiak47@sover.net):
"....In 1812 he set out on foot for Vermont and settled near Waterbury Center.This journey was made with an ox-team. The families of Mr. and Mrs. Smith represented wealth and influence in Maine and were descendants of the earliest settlers. Whether it was ambition or adventure that influenced Mr. Smith to settle here, it is not known; but it is certain that he never rose to distinction. He worked several years in the saw mill of S. Jones and labored in other places until he was disabled by a stroke of shaking palsy. His son Thomas bought for him a home on Alder Brook and afterwards assisted in his support to the close of his life.....
Rebecca, the oldest of the children, remained in Maine with her friends. Valentine married Lizzie Bridges in 1827. In 1865 he emigrated to Illinois, where he died in 1870. In 1828 Sarah married Israel Straw and emigrated to Ohio. Ruth married Hiram Parcher, resided in Waterbury and Duxbury and died at the latter place in 1880. One of her children was a soldier in CO B 10th Regt in the late war. Mary died at her father's home in 1828, aged 20 years, and another died in infancy. Thomas, beforementioned, twin of Valentine, married Laura Knight and spent his whole life in Waterbury, dying in 1880. His wife died in 1874 and he later married her sister, Abigail, who had always lived in the family and who yet survives......"
the narative then goes on to tell about Thomas Smith. (Gazetteer of Washington Co, VT 1783-1899; compiled and published by Hamilton Child; Syracuse Journal Co ; April 1889)

www.familysearch.com - pilot search- DOM Maine 19 March 1796


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Daniel married Polly Straw, daughter of Valentine Straw Sr and Sarah Coffin, on 14 Apr 1796 in Waterboro, York County, Maine. (Polly Straw was born about 1776 in Maine and died in 1853 in Waterboro, York County, Maine.)


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per marriage records of Maine



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