Samuel Smith (Y-DNA)

Status summary

Completed as of March 24, 2021:

• Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) Samuel Smith descendants for NGS/WGS SNP testing. Any male who believes they are such a descendant should Read me First

IMPORTANT: Read me First

Biography

First Generation

Samuel Smith was baptized at Hingham 11 Jul 1641, son of Ralph Smith and his (Unknown) first wife]. Samuel died Eastham 27 Mar 1696/7. He married Eastham 3 Jan 1665/6 [1] Mary Hopkins and they had six children (born Eastham): infant son (1667), Samuel (1668), Mary (1669/70), Joseph (1671-1692 unm), John (1673), Grace (1676-1691) and Rebecca (1678).

Second Generation

Samuel Smith (II) was born Eastham 26 May 1668 and died there 22 Sep 1692. He married Eastham 26 May 1690 Bershuah Lothrop and they had two children (born Eastham): Samuel (1690/1) and Joseph (16692).

John Smith was born Eastham 26 May 1673 and died Chatham 25 Feb 1717/8. He married Eastham 14 May 1694 Bethiah Snow and they had ten children (born Eastham): James (1694/5-1696), Samuel (1696), Dean (c1698), Mercy (c1700), Mary (c1702), John (c1703), Stephen (c1706), Bethiah (c1708), David (c1711 unk if marr) and Seth (c1713).

Third Generation

Samuel Smith (III) was born Eastham 13 Feb 1690/1 and died Wellfleet 18 Jul 1768. He married twice, first Eastham 9 Oct 1712 Abigail Freeman and second Eastham 29 Dec 1737 Sarah WINSLOW Paine. By his first wife he had eight children (born Eastham): Mary (1713), Zoath (1716 m Hannah ?RICH Sears & Ruth Mayo), Abigail (1718), Martha (1721), Bathshuah (1723), Grace (1725), Susanna (1727), Samuel (1729/30 m Lydia GODFREY Merrick). By his second wife, Samuel had two more children (born Eastham, now Wellfleet): Sarah (d. 1740) and Joseph (1741 m Chloe Lawrence).

Joseph Smith was born Eastham 9 Oct 1692 and died there in 1779. He married twice, first Eastham 24 Jun 1715 Mary Hopkins and second Barnstable 18 Oct 1738 Rebecca KEEN Thacher. By his first wife he had five children (born Eastham): Bathshua (1716 dy), Mary (1718), Bathshua (1724), Samuel (1729 unk if marr) and Hulda (1732). By his second wife, Joseph had three more children (born Eastham): Rebecca (1739), Joseph (1743 m Mary Snow) and Judith.

Samuel Smith was born Eastham 25 May 1696 and died aft May 1742. He married (int Eastham 19 Jul 1718) Mercy Higgins and they had three children (born Chatham): Samuel (m Zerviah Hamilton, unk if ch), Elkanah (m Elizabeth Kendrick, unk if ch) and Bethia.

Dean Smith was born Eastham abt 1698 and died Chatham bef 18 Mar 1729. He married Yarmouth 13 Oct 1720 and they had five children (born Chatham): Esther (1721-1734), Dean (c1722 m Rachel Hopkins), Miriam (1725), Heman (m Mary Lincoln & Jane FOSTER Davis, unk if ch), and Asaph (1728/9 unk if marr).

John Smith was born Eastham 7 Apr 1703 and died there 2 Apr 1767. He married twice, first Eastham 21 Sep 1727 Elizabeth Brown and second Chatham 7 Apr 1763 Lydia SMITH Snow (no ch.). By his first wife, John had ten children (born Chatham): Nathaniel (1728-1728/9), Elkanah (1729-1731), Elizabeth (1732), Mehitable (1735), John (1737-b1766 unm) Rhoda (1740, Thomas (1744 m Hannah SHURTLEFF Bunker), Ruben (1747 unk if marr), Benjamin (1749 m Elizabeth Sparrow) and Henry (1751-b1766)

Stephen Smith was born Eastham abt 1706 and died Chatham 13 Jan 1766 in 60th yr. He married twice, first bef 18 Dec 1726 Hannah Collins and second Eastham 9 Apr 1729 Bathsuah Brown. By his first wife he had one child (born Chatham): Stephen (bp 1726 m Mehitable Eldridge). By his second wife he had ten children (born Chatham): James (bp 1729 prob dy), George (bp 1731 m Barbara Mayo), Archelaus (bp 1734 m Elizabeth Nickerson), Elijah (bp 1737 m Elizabeth Myrick & Mary TAYLOR Collins unk if ch), Hannah (bp 1739), Obadiah (bp 1741/2 m Susanna Taylor unk if ch), Bathsheba (1744-1766), Phebe (bp 1747), james (c1749 unk if marr) and Betty (c1751-1766)

Seth Smith was born Eastham abt 1713 and died Chatham 20 Apr 1787 in 75th yr. He married twice, first Chatham 15 Mar 1737 Elizabeth ____ and second Chatham 18 Mov 1756 Mary GODFREY Nickerson (no children). By his first wife he had seven children (born Chatham): Hugh (1737/8-1742), Mary (1740), Seth (1743 m Elizabeth Eldredge unk if ch), Enos (1745-1767 unm), Elizabeth (1748), Hugh (1751 m Lydia Paine unk if ch), and Zillah (1753).

DNA Results R1b-FT266024

Previous testing

The Smith Connections of the Northeast Group: R1b-NE08 Ralph Smith has eight individuals with a Most Distant Known Paternal Ancestor (MDKPA) being Ralph Smith (father of Samuel). Two of these individuals descend from Samuel Smith and one individual has a Big Y test which documents their line falls under Haplogroup: R1b-U106>Z2265>BY30097>S12025>FGC12021>S17339>FGC53777>S25007>FGC31905>FGC31914>FT266024

NGS/WGS testing

NGS/WGS testing of other known Ralph Smith Y-DNA descendants (especially through son Samuel) would refine the haplogroup for the family and possibly define subclades for descendants.

External Links and References

• Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 6 Hopkins, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. Third edition 2001
• Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society Lineage database
• Ralph Smith website