Christopher SMITH

ABT 1620 - 7 Nov 1676

• BIRTH: ABT 1620, England
• DEATH: 7 Nov 1676, Dedham, Suffolk, MA [1492] [1493]

• MARRIAGE: 2 Aug 1654, Dedham, Suffolk, MA [5712]

1. +John SMITH

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[1495] Ancestry of Zipporah Smith from a GEDCOM at RootsWeb by Helen S. Ullmann, CG, FASG [hsullman@comcast.net].

"The Correct Ancestry of Ebenezer Smith"
Judith Miner Hine Luedemann
Connecticut Nutmegger, v23, pp68-76 (1990)
"Christopher Smith, born probably in England and no later than 1633 (if ae 21 in 1654);
died 7th 9m 1676 in Dedham, Mass.; married 2 6m 1654 Mary Fairbanks, born ca 1620 in
England daughter of Jonathan Fairbanks and his wife Grace (Lee?); she was the widow of
Michael Metcalf (Michael, Leonard) whom she had married 2 2dm 1644 in Dedham, born 29
August 1620 at St. Benedict's, Norwich, Co. Norfolk, England; died 24 December 1654 at
Dedham, leaving five children..."

"Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America"
Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles
Boston, MA; 1897; p31
"Mary, born Apr. 18, 1622; died "10:3:1676 or 4:4:1684". She married
Michael Metcalf, "2 of the 2 mo., 1644", who was born in England,
Aug. 29, 1620, and died "the 25 of the 1 mo. 1654". She married
2ndly, "the 2 of the 6 mo. 1654", Christopher Smith."

"Pioneers of Massachusetts"
Pope, Charles Henry
Boston, MA; 1900
"SMITH, Christopher, Dedham, propr. 1640, adm. chh. Oct. 1642, frm. May 10, 1643.
He m. Mary, dau. of Jonathan Fairbank and widow of Michael Metcalf. Ch. John
b. 19 (9) 1655. He d. 7 (9) 1676. His widow d. 4 (4) 1684. Her will dated 30 May,
prob. 3 July, 1684, beq. to son John Smith; to ch. Michael, Hannah, Melatia, and
Eleazer Metcalf, and Sarah and Robert Wares; brother John Fairbank."

"Colonial Families of the United States of America"
Mackenzie, George Norbury
Baltimore, MD; 1912; v3, p500.
"Christopher Smith, the immigrant ancestor, was admitted into the church
at Dedham, Mass., Oct. 1642; m. 2d June, 1654, Mary (Fayerbanke) Metcalf,
widow of Michael Metcalf, of Dedham."

"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
James Savage
Pub. Boston, 1860-1862
Repub. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1998
v4, p111: "SMITH, CHRISTOPHER, Dedham, perhaps s. of the first Christopher, m. Mary,
d. of Jonathan Fairbanks, and no more is kn. of him..."

"New England Marriages Before 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey, Baltimore, MD, 1985
(as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)
"METCALFE, Michael2 (1620-1654) & Mary FAIRBANKS, m/2 Christopher SMITH 1654; 2 Apr 1654; Dedham"
"SMITH, Christopher (-1676) & Mary (FAIRBANKS) METCALF (1622-1684), w Michael; 2 Aug 1654; Dedham"

[1496] [S100] "Correct Ancestry of Ebenezer Smith"

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[1492] [S105] The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage inthe Town of Dedham

• PAGE: 15
  

[1493] [S101] Suffolk Co., Mass., Probate Records

• PAGE: 12:13, 117; 2 New Series:541
  
• NOTE:

  [1494] Docket #854. Inventory on his estate was taken 8 Dec. 1676, and MarySmith and John Smith, her son, made oath concerning it on 13 Dec. 1676.On the same day Mary Smith, widow, John Smith and Daniel Fisher, all ofDedham posted bond.

[5712] [S105] The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage inthe Town of Dedham

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