Elizabeth SMITH^[1]

Abt 1643 - Bef 1712  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Elizabeth SMITH
  Born	Abt 1643	Smithtown, Suffolk, Long Island, New York
  Gender	Female
  Died	Bef 23 Jan 1712	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey
  Person ID	I34869	Main
  Last Modified	10 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Richard SMYTHE,   b. Abt 1613, England ,   d. 7 Mar 1691, Smithtown, Suffolk, Long Island, New York  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Sarah HAMMOND,   b. Abt 1624, Lavenham, Suffolk, England ,   d. 1708, Smithtown, Suffolk, Long Island, New York  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Married	Bef 1648	Southhampton, Suffolk, New York   [2]
  Family ID	F12049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Capt William LAWRENCE,   b. 27 Jul 1622, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 14 Mar 1680, Tew’s Neck, Flushing, Long Island, New York  (Age 57 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1664	New York   [2]
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F12276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Gov Philip CARTERET,   b. 1639, Burton, Yorkshire, England ,   d. Dec 1682, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey  (Age 43 years)
  Married	26 Mar 1681  [2]
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F12277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Col Richard TOWNLEY,   b. 1648, Littleton Place, Middlesex, England ,   d. 1711, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey  (Age 63 years)
  Married	1685	New Jersey   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Catherine TOWNLEY,   b. Abt 1671, New Jersey ,   d. 1720, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey  (Age ~ 49 years)   2. Charles TOWNLEY,   b. 1686,   d. 2 Sep 1756  (Age 70 years)   3. Effingham TOWNLEY,   b. Abt 1690,   d. ?   4. Sarah TOWNLEY,   b. 1685
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F12048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 4 Mar 1664 - New York Died - Bef 23 Jan 1712 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Traditionally, Sarah's name has been given as Sarah Folger, but without supporting evidence; nor is a Sarah Folger known eligible to be Richard Smith's wife. In an article in NYGBR 121, Edward Smith explores the possibility that she was Sarah Hammond, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Paine) Hammond of Watertown. "Hammond Families" 1:67 notes a letter in the Massachusetts Archives from Sarah's uncle William Paine to Gov. Shirley, in which he asks to be notified when the Governor is to hear a case, as he wished to be present. The case was between "Smith & my brother Hammond dauter", and was an attempt by a Mr. Smith to be released from his recently announced marriage intention to marry Sarah Hammond. A letter from the Rev. George Phillips, pastor at Watertown, to John Winthrop dated 24 2nd month 1640, and Gov. Winthrop's own notation on the letter, indicate that Mr. Smith was unsuccessful in his attempt. Mr. Smith's first name is not mentioned. The Hammond genealogy implied that Sarah separated from her husband, but her father's will named daughter Sarah Smith and her son Adam Smith (again not mentioning the husband's name). William left daughter Sarah Ä5, while her sister Hannah Barnes, widow of Timothy Hawkins and wife of Ellis Barron/Barnes was to receive Ä30 and "if she be a widow again" a certain lot of woodland. This suggests that Sarah was reasonably secure financially, not separated and dependent upon her parent's resources. The will also indicates that Sarah's son Adam was living with his grandparents in 1662, but this could be a case of a youth sent to assist his aging grandparents and serve in their household. Daniel2 Smith, s/o Richard and Sarah Smith of Smithtown, took as his second wife Ruhamah (Johnson) Hawkins, widow of Timothy2 Hawkins (s/o Timothy and Anne (Hammond) Hawkins. Richard Smith's son Adam is traditionally supposed to have married Elizabeth Browne, daughter of Edmund Browne of Dorchester. All this suggests some Massachusetts ties for this Long Island family -- which could be readily accounted for if Sarah, wife of Richard Smith, were Sarah Hammond, daughter of William Hammond.

  
  

• Sources

  [S93] COX. The Cox Family in America, Cox, Rev. Henry Miller, (New York, 1912). [S47] New England Marriages To 1700, Torrey, Clarence Almon.