HEZEKIAH
(6) SMITH, SON OF OBEDIAH SMITH (and perhaps Hannah Morris) of
In
his history of the Smith families (NYGB Record), author Samuel Stelle Smith
identified the Hezekiah Smith profiled here as the son of Obediah Smith.
Because of the disparities in birth years found for this Hezekiah, there
have been reservations regarding the identification.
According to his pension records, Hezekiah was born about 1763.
The Gardner Files at
As
a youth, Hezekiah lived in Canoe Brook, Essex Co., NJ, where he was trained as a
blacksmith. In Jan 1780, he enlisted
in the Revolutionary War at Canoe Brook, and re-enlisted about 1781 at
During
the late 1700's and early 1800's, the county boundaries of
An
inventory of the real and personal property owned by Hezekiah, with an
accounting of his debts, was made in Tompkins Co., shortly before he submitted
an application for pension benefits on 14 Apr 1818.
He was placed on the pension roll on 26 Jul 1819.
On 26 May 1820, he appeared in the Tompkins County Court, signing an
affidavit regarding need for monetary assistance and restating
his military service. He was
57 years old and a resident of Ulysses.
"...Hezekiah Smith is a Blacksmith by trade, that he has been
troubled for about thirty years with a severe cough, which has very much injured
his constitution and is likewise troubled with Rheumatic pains in his knees,
that he has nine in family to provide for. Seven
children, himself and wife...". The
name of his wife and children were not included.
On 28 May 1833, Tompkins Co., at the age of 71 years, he reapplied for
benefits.
Sometime
after 1835, Hezekiah and some Smith children began the migration west.
Most of the family who left
It
is not known if Hezekiah had more than one wife but his last was Rhoda (perhaps
WYATT), who was born ca 1762. They
died in La Porte Co., IN, and were buried in
In
1851, his surviving children applied for Hezekiah's pension benefits, payable to
Henry Marsh, his son-in-law. The
children were Betsey Perry, Rachel Carl, Charlotte Earle, Mary Horne, Catharine
W. Marsh and Obediah Smith.
The
undocumented children of Hezekiah Smith, identified by Samuel Stelle Smith and
not included here, were John Smith, born 1802 and died 13 Dec 1832, a
blacksmith; and Samuel Smith who, if a son, apparently died before May 1820 when
Hezekiah stated he had seven children.
Much
of the following information came from On-line sources.
Please use the material only as a guide for further research.
Corrections with sources are welcome.
Known
Smith children:
1)
Elizabeth Smith, b NJ, 1800; d 04 Jun 1873, Tompkins Co., NY, bur
Speedville Cem., Caroline, Tompkins Co., age 72y, 8m; md ca 1830, Josiah PERRY
as his second wife. He was the son
of Josiah Perry and Prudence Harrington, b Milford, Worcester Co., MA, 16 Oct
1784; d 21 Feb 1864, Tompkins Co., NY, bur Speedville Cem., age 79y.
His first wife was Lucy Goodenow by whom he had children.
She died 27 Feb 1830.
Known children of Josiah and Elizabeth Perry:
a) Lucy E. Perry, b Tompkins
Co., NY, 1832; d 1900, bur Speedville Cem., Caroline, Tompkins Co.; md after 22
Aug 1860, Daniel GILBERT, merchant, b NY 1831; d 1888, bur Speedville Cem.
They had dau. Estella Gilbert, b ca 1865, who was single and living in
Cortland Co., NY in 1900; and son William J. Gilbert.
b) William J. Perry, b
Tompkins Co., NY, 1834; d 30 May 1841, bur Speedville Cem., age 6y, 8m.
c) Martha C. Perry, b
Tompkins Co., NY, ca 1836
d) Francis J. Perry, a son, b
Tompkins Co., NY, ca 1842
2)
Charlotte Smith, b NY, 3 Feb 1801; d 12 Feb 1866, prob. Porter Co., IN,
bur Westville Cem.; md NY, Aaron EARL,
b NJ, 12 Aug 1801; d prob. Porter Co., IN, 12 Dec 1869, bur Westville Cem.
They lived in
Known Earl children (with perhaps another daughter per the 1830 &
1840 census):
a) Frederick R. Earl, b NY,
Feb 1826; d 30 Jan 1902, La Porte Co., IN, bur Door Village Cem., Scipio Twp.,
La Porte Co.; md Martha (-), b NY, ca 1828; d bef 1881, IN, bur Door Village Cem.
They are buried in the same lot as Hezekiah and Rhoda Smith, their
inscriptions on the opposite side of the
stone. Frederick and Martha had four
known children: Phillip, b NY, ca
1850; Mary J., b NY, ca 1852, who married Phillip HARLEN, by 1870, b NY ca 1850;
Isabel, b IN, ca 1865; and Frederick, b IN, ca 1867. After
Martha’s death, Frederick R. Earl md in La Porte Co., IN, 5 Jan 1896, #2)
Jennie Jacquith, b NY, Jun 1840. They
had no children.
b) Rhoda M. Earl, b NY, prob.
24 Sep 1827; d Porter Co., IN, 12 Mar 1903, bur Westville Cem.; md Daniel V. K.
WOOD, 3 Jul 1854, La Porte Co., IN; b NY, 1 Jul 1830, d Porter Co., IN, 21 Apr
1892, bur Westville Cem. They had children:
Frank Wood , b IN, ca 1854; and Allie Wood, b IN, ca 1860, not enumerated
with their parents in 1880. An
adopted daughter, Margaret Macuen, age 19, was in the household.
In 1900, Rhoda did not say whether she had children or if any were
living. She is listed as an
Early Settler to La Porte Co., IN, coming from Tompkins Co., NY, in
September 1837. The record
states she was born in 1820, however, the year does not agree with any census
showing she was 3 years older than
her husband, nor does the On-line transcription of her cemetery inscription
stating she was born 28 Aug 1826 agree, conflicting with her brother
Frederick’s information.
c) John T. Earl, b NY, ca
1832
d) Martha
J. Earl, b NY, ca 1836, living with her parents, Jackson Twp., Porter
Co., IN in 1860.
e) George Earl, b IN, ca
1839, living with his parents, Jackson Twp., Porter Co., IN in 1860.
3)
Mary Smith was named as an heir in Hezekiah Smith’s estate as Mary
HORNE. Her placement in the family
is unknown. She may have stayed in
4)
Rachel Smith, b NY, 1808; d Tompkins Co., NY, 17 May 1838, bur Old
Trumansburg Cem., Ulysses, Tompkins Co., removed to new cemetery; md bef 1826,
John H. CARLE, a minister in Trumansburg Village in 1839.
Their known child was Theodore Carle, b 8 Feb 1826 and d age 2 yrs, 8 mo.
5)
Obediah Smith, b NY, ca 1811, lived in Scipio Twp., La Porte Co., IN in
1850, a blacksmith and not married.
6)
Catharine W. Smith, b NY, ca 1814; d Lee Co., IL, 1880; md ca 1830, Henry
MARSH, b CT, 1800; d Lee Co., IL, 1880. They
may have traveled to Lee Co., IL before 1840, as one by that name was enumerated
there. If so, they
went to Scipio Twp., La Porte Co., IN, before 1850, and returned to Lee
Co., IL, in 1853. (Death years from
Marsh Genforum)
Marsh children:
a) Sheldon Marsh, b NY, Mar
1831; md Levira (-), b PA, Mar 1830. In
1870 & 1880, he and his family lived in Nodaway Co., MO.
He and Levira later moved to
David City, Butler Co., NE. In 1900,
Levira stated she had 10 children,
with 4 still living. Children found
in the census were: George Pierce
Marsh, Franklin Marsh, William Marsh (dy) Charles Robert Marsh, and William
Marsh (again).
b) Flora Marsh, b IN, Jun
1838; d aft. 17 Feb 1920; md abt 1866, Edward P. LYON, b NY, Oct 1838; d bef 17
Feb 1920. They lived in Lee
Co., IL, moving to Hamilton Co., IA by 1880.
Their children were: William E. Lyon, Charles Lyon (dy) and Elbert Percy
Lyon (prob nmd).
c) DeWitt C. Marsh, b IN, Aug
1841; d Tobias, Saline Co., NE, Apr 1932; m ca 1867, Ellen C. (-), b IL, 1841; d
prob. Saline Co., NE, bef 30 Apr 1930. They
had no children.
d) Adeline Marsh, b La Porte
Co., IN, May 1844, a twin; md James Lyman MESSECAR, b Canada, Jan 1847.
They lived in IL until sometime before 1900, when they moved to Nodaway
Co., MO. In 1900, she stated
she had 7 children, 4 still living. Their
known children were: Minnie J.
Messecar, Mary C. Messecar, Myrton Messecar (dy?),
Edward M. Messecar, and Albert B. Messecar.
e) Angeline Marsh, b La Porte
Co., IN, May 1844, a twin; d Greene, Butler Co., IA, 11 Apr 1924, bur Rosehill
Cem.; md 25 Dec 1870, Ross HARMON, b NY ca 1826; d bef 5 Jun 1900, Creston,
Dement Twp., Ogle Co., IL. They had
Frank M. Harmon, living in 1924, and Edward/Edgar Harmon who dy.
f) Miles Manly Marsh, b La
Porte Co., IN, 21 Mar 1846; d Greene, Butler Co., IA, 30 Oct 1916, bur Rosehill
Cem.; md IL, 10 Oct 1875, Ann Jane BARR, dau. of Margaret, b Malugin Grove, Lee
Co., IL, 13 Jan 1853; d Greene, Butler Co., IA, 2 Feb 1923, bur Rosehill Cem.
They lived in Lee Co., IL, until 1882 when they moved to Floyd Co., IA,
and in abt 1903, to
g) Catherine J. Marsh, b La
Porte Co., IN, ca 1849; d Dixon, Lee Co., IL, 13 Dec 1933; md IL, 30 Jan 1873,
Richard Smith FARRAND, b Allen Co., IN, 1852; d 26 Mar 1920, Dixon, Lee Co., IL.
They had sons Wilbur who died bef 1900,
and Ernest Walton who died in 1917 and likely did not marry. Richard Farrand was
a lawyer and served as mayor of
f) Dorinda Marsh, b La Porte
Co., IN, 11 Aug 1850; d Greene, Butler Co., IA, 21 Jan 1914, bur Rosehill Cem;
md Compton, Lee Co., IL, 24 Dec 1878, Oscar Martin KUHN, b Greencastle, PA, 19
Aug 1853, d Greene, IA, 8 May 1915, bur Rosehill Cem.
They moved from IL to IA in 1885. They
had 5 sons: Fred E. Kuhn, Henry
Garland Kuhn, Daniel C. Kuhn, Elmer Wayne Kuhn, and Wilbur Ansil Kuhn.
g) Henry Garland Marsh, b La
Porte Co., IN, Feb 1853; d IA, bur Rosehill Cem., Greene, Butler Co. IA; m
Malugin Grove, IL, 16 Mar 1881, Minerva METCALF, b Ontario, Canada, 6 Sep 1856;
d Greene, IA, 8 Aug 1919, bur Rosehill. They
had no children. In 1880, he lived
in Lee Co., IL, and they moved to Butler Co., IA, in abt 1897.
In 1920, his widowed sister Angeline Harmon lived with him, as did one of
his wife’s brothers and his wife. When
she died, Minerva was survived by brothers Alexander & Emerson Metcalf of
Sources:
New York Genealogical & Biographical RECORD, Vol 85, 1954, “Peter
Smith of Jamaica, Long Island, and Some of His Descendants“, Samuel Stelle
Smith; David Condit re Gardner Files (see Obediah Smith this site); Hezekiah
Smith Pension File S 17096; La Porte County Historical Society, Fern Schultz
(Jean Hehn); NY, IN, IL, MO, IA, & NE Federal Census; Indiana WPA
Death Records & Genealogical Records of Massachusetts, 1600-1800 (Genealogy.com);
USGenWeb - Tompkins Co., NY, La Porte Co., IN, Porter Co., IN, Butler Co., IA,
& Hamilton Co., IA; Historical Newspapers - Lee Co., IL & Butler Co.,
IA, Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920 & SSDI (Ancestry.com); Illinois Statewide
Death Index (1916-1950), History of Lee County, Illinois, Munsell Pub., Chicago,
1904 (Heritage Quest).
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28 Jan 2000
biography update 12 Jul 2005 submitted by Judy Tooman