M, #416, b. 5 August 1759, d. 27 February 1838
Father*George Smith1,2 b. 13 May 1724
Mother*Anne Webster1 b. 26 Jul 1740
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     Ashbel Smith was baptized on 5 August 1759 in Lebanon.3 He was the son of George Smith and Anne Webster.1,2 He married Mary Strong, daughter of Benajah Strong and Mary Bacon, in 1780 in Hartford, Vermont.4,5,6 He began Revolutionary War service in October 1780 in Capt. Joshua Hazen's Company of Col. Wood's Regiment that marched to Brookfield in the Alarm.7,8,9 He furthered his Revolutionary War service on 24 August 1781 in Capt. John Benjamin's Company in Col. Benjamin Wait's Battalion.10 He appeared on the census of 1790 in Hartford.11 Information about early Vermont settlers is hard to find - from the book Historical Highlights of Hartford, Vermont: "An attempt was made to develop a history of Hartford in 1889. The discovery that no information was available for the period from 1778 to 1802 was made too late. The historian notes that: 'Tradition could not supply the missing links, and nearly every one of the worthy people who were busy actors in the scenes of the era named, have passed from time to eternity, and the tomb cannot be invaded for needed facts.'" He appeared on the census of 1800 in Hartford.12 He married Mary Leach on 4 December 1806 in Hartford.13 He appeared on the census of 1810 in Hartford.14 He appeared on the census of 1820 in Hartford.15 He died on 27 February 1838 in New Haven, Connecticut.16,17,18

Family 1: Mary Strong b. 12 Dec 1760, d. 17 Oct 1806

Family 2: Mary Leach

Citations

  1. [S243] Benjamin W. Dwight, The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass. (Albany: J. Munsell, 1871), pg. 850. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Elder John Strong.
  2. [S144] William Holcomb Webster, History and Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family of Connecticut with Numerous Portraits and Illustrations (Rochester, NY: E.R. Andrews Printing Co., 1915), Polly Strong entry (pg. 75). Hereinafter cited as Gov. John Webster Genealogy.
  3. [S361] Connecticut State Library, Connecticut Church Records: Index, Lebanon First Congregational Church, 1700-1883 (Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library, 1942), Ashbel Smith baptism entry, pg. 173. Hereinafter cited as Lebanon 1st Congregational Church Records Index.
  4. [S243] Benjamin W. Dwight, Descendants of Elder John Strong, Ashbel Smith and Polly Strong entry, pg. 850.
  5. [S144] William Holcomb Webster, Gov. John Webster Genealogy, Ashbel Smith and Polly Strong entry, pg. 75.
  6. [S76] William Howard Tucker, History of Hartford, Vermont, July 4, 1761 - April 4, 1889: The First Town on the New Hampshire Grants Chartered After the Close of the French War (Burlington, VT: The Free Press Association, 1889), Ashbel Smith and Polly Strong entry, pg. 464. Hereinafter cited as History of Hartford, Vermont.
  7. [S76] William Howard Tucker, History of Hartford, Vermont, Ashbel Smith entry, pg. 90.
  8. [S362] John E. Goodrich, compiler, Rolls of the Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783: The State of Vermont (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company, 1904), Ashbel Smith entry, pg. 284. Hereinafter cited as Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
  9. [S396] Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, payroll records, Provo, Utah, USA, Ashbel Smith entry; Ancestry.com, Microfilm Publication M246. Hereinafter cited as Revolutionary War Rolls.
  10. [S362] John E. Goodrich, Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, Ashbel Smith entry, pg. 533.
  11. [S249] Ashbel Smith household, 1790 U.S. census record, Provo, Utah, USA, Town of Hartford, Windsor, Vermont, page number 22, image 59, Ancestry.com National Archives micropublication M637.
  12. [S363] Ashbel Smith household, 1800 U.S. census record, Provo, Utah, USA, Ancestry.com.
  13. [S366] Ashbel Smith and Mary Leach marriage, December 4, 1806, Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Washington, D.C.. Hereinafter cited as Hartford, Vermont marriages before 1857.
  14. [S364] Ashbel Smith household, 1810 U.S. census record, Provo, Utah, USA, population schedule, city of Hartford, Vermont, Ancestry.com National Archives micropublication M252.
  15. [S365] Ashbel Smith household, 1820 U.S. census record, Provo, Utah, USA, population schedule, city of Hartford, Vermont, Ancestry.com National Archives micropublication M33, roll 3.
  16. [S78] Committee of The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots, compiler, Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 (Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917), vol. II, pg. 727. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of New Haven.
  17. [S367] Deaths, Connecticut Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, March 3, 1838, pg. 3. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Courant.
  18. [S76] William Howard Tucker, History of Hartford, Vermont, Ashbel Smith entry, pg. 464.
  19. [S243] Benjamin W. Dwight, Descendants of Elder John Strong.