Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Alfred Smith 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 13 Dec 1817 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 3
        Baptism: 
          Death: 29 Nov 1897
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Smith (1789-1827) 4
         Mother: Eunice Newcomb (1788-1860) 5
Spouses and Children 
1. *Jerusha Steel Higgins (18 Jan 1820 - 22 Aug 1904) 1 6 
       Marriage: 1 Jan 1844 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 7
         Status:
Notes
General:
"Alfred, A reputed son of Joseph Smith jr and Eunice Newcomb was born Dec 13th 1817.
Paulina Wiley, a reputed daughter of Nathaniel Wiley jr and Eunice Newcomb was born January 11th 1806." 3

picture Alice Smith 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 10 Jan 1717 - Truro, Massachusetts 8
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef May 1718 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Beriah Smith (1680-After 1743) 9
         Mother: Alice Small (1676-Est 1733) 10



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Alice Smith 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1870
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Events
• residence 11, 1897 in Perkins, Maine

Spouses and Children 
1. *Isaac Dickenson (Est 1870 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Scottie Willard Dickenson (1897-      ) 12



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Alice Smith 
      Sex: F
AKA: Elcy Smith 8 Elice Smith
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 May 1718 - Truro, Massachusetts 8
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Beriah Smith (1680-After 1743) 10
         Mother: Alice Small (1676-Est 1733) 10
Spouses and Children 
1. *Elisha Strout (1715 - 2 Aug 1769) 10 
       Marriage: Cir 1737
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. George Strout Sr. (1739-1814) 10
                2. Elisha Strout (1746-1811)
                3. Alice Strout (1737-      )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Elisha Strout)
Children:
STROUT, Alcy
STROUT, George Sr
STROUT, Lydia
STROUT, Susanna
STROUT, Elisha
STROUT, Isaac 10

picture Alice K Smith 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1831 - Orleans, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 13 Dec 1839 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Davis Smith (1791-1868)
         Mother: Alice Knowles (1793-1863)



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Alice T Smith 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1864 - North Hadley, Massachusetts 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Thomas Gerry (1855 -       ) 14 
       Marriage: 30 Apr 1888 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 13
         Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Thomas Gerry)
1895 res North Hadley

picture Almira Smith 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1810 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Henry Harding (Est 1805 -       )
       Marriage: 1831 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Captain Nehemiah S Harding (1842-After 1928)



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Alpheus Smith 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1790 - of Medfield, Mass.
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1840
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Elizabeth Horton Dill (9 May 1791 - 28 Nov 1869)
       Marriage: 1826
         Status: 



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Alvan Smith 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1806
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Eliza Gould (27 Jul 1809 -       )
       Marriage: 16 Apr 1829
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Betsey F Smith (Cir 1831-      )
                2. Captain Joshua H Smith (1829-1848)



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Amanda Smith 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Jan 1826 - Orleans, Massachusetts 15
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: John Smith (Est 1792-      )
         Mother: Amanda (Est 1805-      )



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Amanda D Smith 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 10 Jan 1882 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1 Jul 1906
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Francis W Smith (1858-1943) 16
         Mother: Sarah A Doane (1861-1929) 16 17
Spouses and Children 
1. *E Leon Chase (Est 1894 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 



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Amasa Smith 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 24 Nov 1754 - Sandisfield, Massachusetts 18
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Smith (1724-1796)
         Mother: Ruth Snow (1725-1796)
Notes
General:
wife Ruth
10 children in Sandisfield, 1777-1801

picture Amos Smith 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 23 Oct 1747 - Norwich, Connecticut
        Baptism: 
          Death: 6 Oct 1807 - Southfield, Connecticut
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Solomon Smith (1716-1790)
         Mother: Susanna Snow (1708-1798)



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Amy Smith 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Smith (      -      )
         Mother: Judith Pickering (1945-1976)



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Amy Smith 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Cir 1741
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Smith (1696-Cir 1768) 20
         Mother: Amy Hedger (1718-      ) 20



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Amy Smith 
      Sex: F
AKA: Eamy Smith Ruhamah Smith
Individual Information 
          Birth: 16 Aug 1668 - Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay 21
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Feb 1756 - Topsfield, Massachusetts 22
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Robert Smith (Est 1650-      )
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Joseph Towne (2 Sep 1661 -       )
       Marriage: 10 Aug 1687 - Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay 23
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Nathan Towne (Cir 1693-Cir 1762)
                2. Daniell Towne (1695-      )
                3. Jesse Towne (1697-      )
                4. Nathaniel Towne (1700-      )
                5. Amy Towne (1704-      )
                6. Amos Towne (1709-      )



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Amy S Smith 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 22 Jun 1816 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 24 25
        Baptism: 
          Death: 10 Apr 1902 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 24
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Enos Smith (Est 1774-1828)
         Mother: Amy Stubbs (1776-1848) 26 27 28
Spouses and Children 
1. *David Freeman (18 Nov 1808 - Bef 1900) 24 29 
       Marriage: 1835 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Lydia G Freeman (1836-1857) 30
                2. Sarah A Freeman (1839-After 1900) 30
                3. Eleanor Merrill Freeman (1842-1884) 31
Notes
General:
1900 US census, Wellfleet MA:
house 198, family 201 (not clear)
Eliza J Harding, head, widow, 73, b apr 1827, had born 4 children 1 still alive, own house mortgage-free, can read/write;
Carrie E Harding, dau,single, 35, b feb 1865, (no kids), can read/write;
Amy Freeman, boarder, widow, 83, b jun 1816, had born 3 children 1 still alive, can read/write;
Sarah A ? Freeman, boarder, single, 62, b jun ? 1838, (no kids), can read/write; all born MA, parents b MA.
Medical:
age 85-9-18
widow
interred Wellfleet - not seen in cemetery lists

picture Andrew Smith 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1846 - Orleans, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 2 Oct 1848 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Sylvanus Smith (Est 1780-      )
         Mother: Persis Rogers (Est 1780-1869)



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Andrew Smith 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1849 - Orleans, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 18 Apr 1850 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Sylvanus Smith (Est 1780-      )
         Mother: Persis Rogers (Est 1780-1869)



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Ann Smith 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1 Mar 1743 - Eastham, Massachusetts 32 33
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Seth Smith (1706-      )
         Mother: Ann Knowles (1707-      )
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Sources

1 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 114. Alfred Smith & Jerusha Steel Higgins.

2 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), p 360. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

3 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:79.

4 Stanley W. Smith, "Records from the Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Mass." (Mayflower Descendant, vols 10, 11, 12).

5 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:39. the children of Simon Newcomb jr by his second wife.

6 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), p 360.

7 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:598.

8 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 13.

9 Marilyn Maxwell Strout, "Descendants of James Maxwell and Christopher Strout" (2001. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~strout/geneal.html). unreferenced but generally plausible

10 Marilyn Maxwell Strout, "Descendants of James Maxwell and Christopher Strout" (2001. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~strout/geneal.html).

11 Ruie L. Curtis, Perkins (formerly Swan Island) (1935. Richmond, Maine: Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Richmond Chapter). typewritten manuscript. The 1850 census transcription seems error prone.

12 Ruie L. Curtis, Perkins (formerly Swan Island) (1935. Richmond, Maine: Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Richmond Chapter).

13 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1888, p 29.

14 1880 US census, Wellfleet Massachusetts, Sussana W Holbrook household.

15 "Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts, births by family 1628-1855, from Orleans records" (2002. Holbrook Research Institute. files H01_01a - H01_01g), 7.

16 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).

17 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 22. Eastham (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 745.

18 Capt. Elizur Yale Smith, editor, Vital Records of Sandisfield, Massachuestts to the year 1850 (1936. Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Publishing Co.)

19 Charles Paul Smith, Five Generations of Descent from Ralph Smith, 1610-1685 of Hingham & Eastham, Mass. draft 7.5 (1996. http://www.lacolony.org/C.P.Smith-book.pdf).

20 Joan Sickles, "Ancestors of Esther Phoebe Betts," Oct 2002.

21 Topsfield Massachusetts Vital Records, 1:94.

22 Topsfield Massachusetts Vital Records, 1:251.

23 Topsfield Massachusetts Vital Records, 1.

24 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 47. 1902 #7.

25 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:102. Enos and Amy Smith family.

26 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), Deaths. p 78 #27.

27 Bowman, Records from Cemetery near South Wellfleet Church (Mayflower Descendant), 59.

28 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:42. the family of John and Amy Stubbs.

29 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:100. Jesse and Patty Freeman family.

30 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:171. The children of David and Amy Freeman.

31 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 29. 1884, 26.

32 New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston), Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass. 79:379-80 (1925).

33 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 99 (MD17:146). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

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