Joseph SMITH

Abt 1653 - 1717  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Joseph SMITH
  Born	Abt 1653	Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	King William's War, Militia - Major
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	15 Nov 1717	Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  Person ID	I5497	Main
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2009

  
  

  Family	Mary MOORE,   d. 15 Oct 1708, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  Married	17 Apr 1707
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F1971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire" by Charles H. Bell, (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1894), on pp. 3-4, has this entry for Joseph Smith: JOSEPH SMITH Justice 1693-1696, Chief Justice 1696-1697; 1698-1699 Joseph was a s/o Robert Smith, one of the signers of the Exeter Combination in 1639. He was born about the year 1653, either in Exeter or in Hampton, to which place his father removed, and where he himself passed his adult life. He was many years in public employment. He was a representative in the provincial Assembly in 1692, 1708, 1709, and 1716, at least; selectman of Hampton seven years, and a justice of the peace as early as 1708. His first commission as an assistant Justice of the Superior Court was dated in 1693, and he acted as such until 1696; then he was advanced to the position of Chief Justice, which he held, with perhaps a slight interval, till 1699. In 1696 he was treasurer of the province, and in 1698-99 was of the council. In King William's war he was much engaged in military affairs, being then a major of the militia. he also held the office of Judge of Probate from 1703 to 1708. It is evident that he was a useful and much trusted citizen. He left no descendants, though he was thrice married; first, to Dorothy, eldest daughter of Rev. Seaborn Cotton; second, April 17, 1707, to Mary, daughter of Captain William Moore; and last, February 16, 1709, to Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall, who outlived him. He died November 9, 1717.