Stephenson Family Tree » Christopher Smith (± 1591-1678)
Personal data Christopher Smith
- He was born about 1591 in England.
- He died on June 6, 1678 in Newport, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America.
- He is buried on June 6, 1676 in Newport, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America.
Attention: Buried (June 6, 1676) before death (June 6, 1678). - This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.
Household of Christopher Smith
(1) He is married to Alice Gibbs.
They got married on May 1, 1616 at Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England.
Child(ren):
- William Smith -1680
- Susannah Smith 1620-1692
- Mary Smith 1623-1680
- Samuel Smith ± 1624-1628
- Simon Smith 1627-1687
- Joseph 'of Hartford' Smith 1628-1690
- Edward Smith 1633-1693
(2) He is married to Alice Gibbs.
They got married on May 1, 1616 at Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England.
Child(ren):
- William Smith -1680
- Susannah Smith 1620-1692
- Mary Smith 1623-1680
- Samuel Smith ± 1624-1628
- Simon Smith 1627-1687
- Joseph 'of Hartford' Smith 1628-1690
- Edward Smith 1633-1693
Ancestors (and descendant) of Christopher Smith
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Historical events
Day of marriage May 1, 1616
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1616: Source: Wikipedia
- January 12 » The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
- March 5 » Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
- March 20 » Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
- May 3 » Treaty of Loudun ends French civil war.
- July 11 » Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
- October 25 » Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.
Day of death June 6, 1678
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1678: Source: Wikipedia
- June 25 » Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
- August 3 » Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
- November 25 » Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.
Day of burial June 6, 1676
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1676: Source: Wikipedia
- February 17 » Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan.
- June 1 » Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79).
- July 30 » Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
- August 12 » Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
- November 21 » The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
- December 4 » The Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by the Swedish king Charles XI at the Battle of Lund, to this day it is counted as the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history and a turning point in the Scanian War.
Same birth/death day
- 1583 » Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese daimyo (b. 1556)
- 1659 » Nadira Banu Begum, Mughal princess (b. 1618)
- 1661 » Martino Martini, Italian Jesuit missionary (b. 1614)
- 1730 » Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, French general (b. 1646)
- 1740 » Alexander Spotswood, Moroccan-American colonial and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (b. 1676)
- 1784 » Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (b. 1741)
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Brian K. Stephenson , "Stephenson Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stephenson-family-tree/I10069.php : accessed May 5, 2025), "Christopher Smith (± 1591-1678)".
Brian K. Stephenson , "Stephenson Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stephenson-family-tree/I10069.php : accessed May 5, 2025), "Christopher Smith (± 1591-1678)".