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Personal data Benjamin Smith 


Household of Benjamin Smith

(1) He is married to Lydia Carpenter.

They got married in the year 1660 at Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Simon Smith  1669-1711 
  2. Benjamin Smith  1661-1730
  3. Edward Smith  1663-1691
  4. Joseph Smith  1663-1727
  5. William Smith  1664-1745
  6. Lydia Smith  1668-1741
  7. Meribah Smith  ± 1671-????
  8. Elizabeth Smith  1672-1719


(2) He is married to Lydia Carpenter.

They got married in the year 1660 at Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Simon Smith  1669-1711 
  2. Benjamin Smith  1661-1730
  3. Edward Smith  1663-1691
  4. Joseph Smith  1663-1727
  5. William Smith  1664-1745
  6. Lydia Smith  1668-1741
  7. Meribah Smith  ± 1671-????
  8. Elizabeth Smith  1672-1719

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin Smith

Christopher Smith
± 1591-1678
Alice Gibbs
± 1594-1681

Benjamin Smith
1631-1713

(1) 1660

Lydia Carpenter
1638-1711

Simon Smith
1669-1711
Benjamin Smith
1661-1730
Edward Smith
1663-1691
Joseph Smith
1663-1727
William Smith
1664-1745
Lydia Smith
1668-1741
Meribah Smith
± 1671-????
Elizabeth Smith
1672-1719
(2) 1660

Lydia Carpenter
1638-1711

Simon Smith
1669-1711
Benjamin Smith
1661-1730
Edward Smith
1663-1691
Joseph Smith
1663-1727
William Smith
1664-1745
Lydia Smith
1668-1741
Meribah Smith
± 1671-????
Elizabeth Smith
1672-1719

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Historical events

Christening day October 30, 1631

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1631: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 18 » In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
    • May 20 » The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
    • May 30 » Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.
    • June 17 » Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
    • June 20 » The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
    • October 10 » Thirty Years' War: An army of the Electorate of Saxony seizes Prague.

Day of death December 23, 1713

  • The temperature on December 23, 1713 was about 4.0 °C. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1713: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 1 » The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
    • March 1 » The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.
    • March 22 » The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
    • April 11 » War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
    • April 19 » With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717.
    • June 23 » The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.


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