John Smith

1742 - 1807  (64 years)

• Name	John Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Suffix	V
  Birth	7 Oct 1742	of, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island   [1, 17]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	G72P-5H4  [18, 19, 20, 21]
  Death	27 Feb 1807	Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island   [17]
  Person ID	I45082	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Philip Smith,   b. 6 Jan 1702/03, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island d. Bef 1792 (Age < 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Waite Waterman,   b. Abt 1714, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	16 Feb 1734/35
  Family ID	F24840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phebe Ballou,   b. 1740, Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States d. 1767, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	15 Apr 1761
  Children	+ 1. Rizpah Smith,   b. 30 Jul 1762, Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States d. 26 Dec 1795, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F24839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: "John Smith, the Miller, of Providence Rhode Island: Some of His Descendants," by Charles William Farnham, in _Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals_ (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983), 2:26, 123-124. !RESIDENCES: "John Smith had a farm in Smithfield near Stillwater. Presumably it was the one with an ancient farmhouse (still standing opposite the Stillwater Country Club) which is said to have been built by Elisha Smith in the early 1700s. The farm descended by inheritance to the Applebys and until recently was occupied by Appleby descendants." --C.W. Farnham, 2:124 !SOURCE: Israel Wilkinson, _Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America_ (Jacksonville, Ill.: Davis & Penniman, 1869), p. 243. !SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 44. Gives ancestry (indicating uncertainty): John Smith Jr., John, Joseph of Smithfield, John, John the Mason. !NOTE: "Gave the name to Smithfield, Rhode Island." --I. Wilkinson, p. 243 !SOURCE: Adin Ballou, An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America (Providence, R.I.: Ariel Ballou and Latimer W. Ballou, c1888), p. 57. Adds marriage date.

  
  

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