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Rev. William Smith

Male 1706 - 1783  (77 years)

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  • Name William Smith  [1, 2]
    Prefix Rev.
    Birth 29 Jan 1706  Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male
    Death 17 Sep 1783  Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Burial North Weymouth Cemetery, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I42982  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2025

    Father Capt. William Smith,   b. 1677, of Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1730 (Age 53 years)
    Mother Abigail Fowle,   b. 7 Aug 1679   d. 1760 (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F25137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Quincy,   b. 17 Dec 1721, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1775, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Marriage 16 Oct 1740  Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
    +1. Mary Smith,   b. 9 Dec 1741, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1811, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +2. Abigail Smith,   b. 14 Jul 1745, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1818, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F25125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2025

  • Notes 
    • Harvard, 1725. Ordained pastor of the First Church in Weymouth, Dec 1734.

  • Sources 
    1. [S8478] The Life of Thomas Shepard by John A. Albro. Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1847.

    2. [S6426] John Insley Coddington, "A Royal Descent from King Edward III of England to Thomas1 Coytmore of Charlestown, Mass., Elizabeth Wife of William1 Tyng of Boston, Sarah Wife of Ralph1 Eddowes of Philadelphia Co., Pa., John Quincy Adams, Neville Chamberlain and Other." The American Genealogist 32:9, 1956.

    3. [S2945] The Vinton Memorial: Comprising a Genealogy of the Descendants of John Vinton of Lynn by John Adams Vinton. Boston: S. K. Whipple and Company, 1858., year only.

    4. [S8481] Find a Grave page for Rev William Smith Jr.

    5. [S2945] The Vinton Memorial: Comprising a Genealogy of the Descendants of John Vinton of Lynn by John Adams Vinton. Boston: S. K. Whipple and Company, 1858.

    6. [S3431] Massachusetts, town clerk and town records, 1626-2001, on familysearch.org.