Deborah Smith
F, #171, b. 19 December 1725, d. 23 July 1804
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| Reference | 5G Grm, 171 | |
| Charts | Pedigree starting with Jack (representing the grandchildren) - incorporates the branches below - largest chart Pedigree for John Jewett Garland |
| To-Do | Lineages not worked on this line. Most info is from Howard Bullis with nothing on Deborah, so it's virgin territory for researching Keep in mind the Gordon Remington info on Husted when working here. There is a Charity Bush who m.William Smith - right era to be parental candidates for her AFN: 3GLJ-TF (Document 28 from SLC99 trip) Work on proving this info If Deborah Smith proves to be the daughter of Benjamin Smith and Hannah Husted, then the Husted ancestry is carried back in "The Colonial Ancestry of The Family of John Green Briggs, and Isabell Gibbs DeGroff" by Harry Tallmadge Briggs of Poughkeepsie NY, and John Greene Briggs of West Babylon NY (no date) on page 142. Volume 8 #1, (Jan-Mar 1999) page 7 of the Great Migration Newsletter has the following in "Recent Literature": Gordon L Remington, "Rebecca Revisited: The Unidentified Wives of Angell(2) Husted and Jonathan (2) Reynolds of Greenwich, CT," The American genealogist 73 (1998): 201-6. Remington argues convincingly that Rebecca, the widow of Angell Husted, was Angell's second wife, that she had earlier been wife of Jonathan Reynolds, that she was not mother of any of Angell's children, and that she was not Rebecca Sherwood. IMPORTANT NOTE: Deborah Smith's ancestry is found in the Ancestral File and has been printed out for several generations. This can be referred to for now but it is not being entered until further research verifies the accuracy of the information. Deborah's AFN # is 3GLJ-VL. One Greenwich CT Smith family is found in Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut by Spence Meed, 1911, page 654. It's unknown at this point if/how they are connected. It needs further research. | |
| Birth* | 19 December 1725 | Deborah Smith was born 19 December 1725 at Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. |
| Marriage* | circa 1742 | She married Benjamin Purdy (RevWar Patriot), son of Daniel Purdy and Phebe Horton, circa 1742 at Prob Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. |
| MovedTo | 1766 | Deborah Smith and Benjamin Purdy (RevWar Patriot) moved in 1766 to Manchester, Bennington Co., Vermont, "There were a large number who must have settled the next year, Benjamin Purdy..." also "Benjamin Purdy ... as son as the second year of the settlement of the town, moved on the 100 acre lot number seven now owned by George Purdy, coming from Nine partners with the first settlers." Nine Partners is described on pg 149 as being Amenia, Dutchess County, NY.1 |
| Death* | 23 July 1804 | Deborah Smith died on 23 July 1804 at Manchester, Bennington Co., Vermont, at age 78. |
| Burial* | She was buried at Dellwood Cemetery, Manchester, Bennington Co., Vermont, Tombstone says Deborough Purdy Died Juy 23, 1804 AE 78 yrs. 6mos VT Hist Soc Proceedings says: "Ninety-three walked in the procession as mourners at the burial of the wife of Benjamin Purdy" The double tombstone for Benjamin and Deborah are in the neatly kept Dellwood Cemetery, which makes the paragraph in the Bigelow/Otis book confusing as it indicates a different cemetery. However, the proof is in the photo, which was taken at Dellwood. The Bigelow/Otis book says: The Purdy family cemetery, located in the south part of Manchester in the area once called "Purdyville" and now called "Purdy Hill," is no longer recognizable. It is fortunate that an earlier historian copied the headstones. The few remaining lie flat in the ground among weeds just north of the stone wall bordering the "Three Brooks" property on the easter edge of U.S. Rte. 7. Buried here were: "Benjamin Purdy, 1719-1808; Deborah Purdy his wife, 1726-1804; ..."2,3 | |
| Obituary | 1 October 1804 | Her obituary was on 1 October 1804 at Vermont Gazette Died in Manchester some weeks since, Mrs. Deborah Purdy, wife of Benjamin Purdy, aged 79 years. Her children, grandchildren and great granchildren amounted to 176, some 92 of whom attended her funeral. |
Family | Benjamin Purdy (RevWar Patriot) b. 12 Dec 1718, d. 29 Nov 1808 | |
| Marriage* | circa 1742 | She married Benjamin Purdy (RevWar Patriot), son of Daniel Purdy and Phebe Horton, circa 1742 at Prob Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. |
| Children | 1. | Benjamin Purdy b. 1743 |
| 2. | Rachel Purdy b. 19 Jun 1745, d. 23 Mar 1829 | |
| 3. | Rueben Purdy b. 1746, d. 29 Jun 1828 | |
| 4. | Solomon Purdy b. Feb 1750, d. 28 Mar 1819 | |
| 5. | Daniel Purdy b. Apr 1752, d. 27 Aug 1825 | |
| 6. | Hannah Purdy+ b. 26 Apr 1754, d. 15 Feb 1837 | |
| 7. | Mary Purdy b. 8 Apr 1758, d. 23 Aug 1834 | |
| 8. | Israel Purdy b. 1760 | |
| 9. | David Purdy b. 1762 | |
| 10. | Deborah Purdy b. 1764, d. 4 Apr 1840 | |
| 11. | Thompson Purdy b. 1766 | |
| 12. | Smith Purdy b. 1768 |
| Last Edited | 17 Sep 2010 |
Citations
- [S344] VT Historical Society Proceedings "Pettibone Manuscript", Vol 1 (1930) pgs 149-66 SLC 974.3 H25v v.1, pg 152 & 161.
- [S344] VT Historical Society Proceedings "Pettibone Manuscript", Vol 1 (1930) pgs 149-66 SLC 974.3 H25v v.1, pg 161.
- [S371] Manchester Vermont, A Pleasant Land Among the Mountains, Edwin Begelow and Nancy Otis , Town of Manchester, 1961 SLC 974.38/M1 H2b.
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