Anderson Family Lives 2017 » Elizabeth Smythe (1602-????)

Personal data Elizabeth Smythe 

• Alternative names: Elizabeth Chileab (also known as / alias), Elizabeth Smythe (also known as / alias), Elizabeth Smythe (also known as / alias)
• She was born December 1602 in Whatfield, Suffolk, England.
• Resident: Came to Massachusetts Bay.
• (LifeSketch) : Birth: 1602, England Death: Mar. 16, 1686 South Hadley Hampshire Count.
• She died on March 16, 1684/85 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, she was 81 years old.Source 2
• She is buried in Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

Household of Elizabeth Smythe

She is married to Samuel Smith.

They got married on October 6, 1624 at St Margant Of An, Whatfield, Suffolk, England, she was 21 years old.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Philip Smith  1632-1684 
2. Benjamin Smith  ± 1642-1712
3. Thomas Smith  ± 1639-????
4. Samuel Smith  1625-1688
5. Joseph Smith  1640-1673
6. Joseph Smith  1631-1690
7. Hannah Smith  1635-1674
8. Mary Smith  1628-1668
9. Simon Smith  ± 1628-????
10. Mary Smith  1636-1677
11. John Smith  ± 1637-1676
12. Elizabeth Smith  1627-1668 
13. Chileab Smith  1636-???? 

Notes about Elizabeth Smythe

Apparently there is a disagreement between researchers as to what Elizabeth's maidenname was. I was going to use Chileab because of the below documentation I found. I was thinking that the reason why Smythe was the name on the Parish register is because someone didn't know her maiden name and so use the husband's name. However, there is so much insistance by certain researchers so Smythe is correct and they change information in Ancestry and Family Search records to make sure they show Smythe. So. I decided I will use Smythe in my own database, but will show an aka of Chileab and place notes in here.
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This is excerpt from the book" Middletown Upper Houses : A history of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, from 1650 to 1800"

Lieut. SamiieP Smith, " the fellmonger," came from Ipswich,
Co. Suffolk, Eng., to Watertown, Mass., in 1634, in the Elizabeth;
aged thirty-two, wife Elizabeth Chileab, aged thirty-two, and four
children, nine, seven, four and one years of age.
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excerpt from the book "Colonial Families of the USA 1607-1775" for Samuel Smith:

In 1659, became one of the founders of Hadley, Mass m. Elizabeth Chileab ? b. 1602 in England; d. 16th of Mar 1685 in Hadley, Mass
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Also this is how it shows in the US & Int'l Marriages"

Name:
Elizabeth Chileab

Gender:
Female

Birth Place:
EN

Birth Year:
1602

Spouse Name:
Samuel Smith

Spouse Birth Place:
EN

Spouse Birth Year:
1602

Marriage Year:
1624

Marriage State:
EN

Number Pages:
1

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