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Seventh Generation
100. Lt.
Christopher SMITH50
was born on 29 Jan 1629/30 in Plymouth, Devonshire, England. He was
Quaker. He emigrated before 1640 from to Massachusetts Bay.
He died on 7 Nov 1676 in Dedham, Suffolk (later Norfolk), Massachusetts Bay.
The Smith Family of Ashford, Conn:
Christopher Smith was born around 1615 at Plymouth in the county of Devon in
England. He came to New England and settled at Dedham, Massachusetts, where he
was a proprietor in 1640, was admitted to the church in October 1642, and became
a freeman on May 10, 1643. He died on November 7, 1676, at Dedham.
Christopher Smith married Mary (or Martha) Fairbanks on August 2, 1654, at Dedham.
She was born in 1622 in Yorkshire, England, and was a daughter of Jonathan and
Grace (Smith) Fairbank. She had come to New England with her parents.
She married first Michael Metcalf on April 2, 1644, at Dedham [VR] and he died
on March 25, 1654, at Dedham [VR]. She died on June 4, 1684, at Dedham [VR].
Her will of May 30, 1684, was proved on July 3, 1684, and named her children
John Smith, Michael Metcalf, Hannah Metcalf, Melatia Metcalf and Eleazer Metcalf,
Sarah and Robert Ware [Sarah Metcalf married Robert Ware on June 4, 1677, at
Dedham], and brother John Fairbank. [-James H. Maloney]
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He was a teacher of English to Indian children at William and Mary College 1700-1706.
(Linda Cheek's book) [Christopher Smith.ged]
Listed in the1660 poll tax of Stonirakes, England, with his wife, Elizabeth,
two sons, Richard and Thomas, and a servant, Isabell Hargreaves. He was still
in England when his mother's will was written in 1675 and probated in 1679. When
he came to Virginia is unknown, but it was before 1706. Elizabeth was the mother
of all Christopher's children. He was old when he married Lydia Broadribb.
Christopher Smith was the clerk of Jamestown Church and teacher of the Indian
Children at the College of William and Mary in 1706. [William and Mary Quarterly,
volume 14, page 37.]
October 27, 1712, Petition of Christopher Smith in behalf of himself and eleven
men more for ranging. November 1, 1712, Petition of Christopher Smith, Lieutenant
of Rangers in King William County, for the value of a horse lost in the County's
services. [William and Mary Quarterly, v. 21, page. 249.]
May 6, 1716, On the petition of Christopher Smith, Master to the Indian Children
Ord. that, on consideration that there are but few of them now at school, he
be allowed 25 pounds per annum, that he have pasturage for his horse, firewood
for his chamber and the liberty of teaching such English children as shall be
put to him and that a partition be erected at the charge of the College to separate
the said English children from the Indians. Masters and Visitors of the College
of William and Mary.[ William and Mary Quarterly, v. 7, page. 235.]
Christopher Smith and Benajmin Arnold received a grant for 2,400 acres of land
in King William County on November 3, 1716 and on the same date petitioned for
Board for a grant of 5,000 acres in King William County, VA, which was also granted.
Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia by McIlwaine.
On May 6, 1730, on petition of David Woodruff that Christopher Smith deceased
about 13 years ago, surveyed 400 acres of land lying on the East-North-East River
in Spottsylvania County, VA, but the said Christopher Smith never in his lifetime,
nor his son, Ambrose Joshua Smith, since his decease sued out any patent for
the said land and praying that he may leave to enter for the same. It is ordered
that Ambrose Joshua Smith, son of the said Christopher Smith, deceased, have
notice to attend the board at the next court to show cause when the petitioner
ought not to be admitted to an entry for ye land. Virginia Council Journals,
Virginia Magazine, v. 36.
June 20, 1796, On the petition of Christopher Smith, he is hereby nominated and
appointed surveyor of New Kent County, VA in the Roome of Valentine Minge. [Virginia
Historical Magazine, v. 4, page. 175.] [- Jerry A. Smith]
Mary MILES was born in 1635.
Lt. Christopher SMITH and Mary
FAIRBANKS were married in 1654 in Dedham, Suffolk (later Norfolk), Massachusetts
Bay. Mary FAIRBANKS (daughter of Jonathan
FAIRBANKS and Grace SMITH) was born on 18 Apr 1622 in Yorkshire, England.
She died on 4 Jun 1684 in Dedham, Suffolk (later Norfolk), Massachusetts Bay.
Will: 30 MAY 1684 Dedham, Massachsuetts Bay 1
Probate: 3 JUL 1684 1
Baptism: 28 NOV 1619 Halifax, Yorkshire, England 4
Her will of May 30, 1684, was proved July 3, 1684, and named her children John
Smith, Michael Metcalf, Hannah Metcalf, Metatia Metcalf and Eleazer Metcalf,
Sarah and Robert Warew (Sarah Metcalf married Robert Ware on June 4, 1677, at
Dedham). [-James H. Maloney]
Lt. Christopher SMITH and Mary FAIRBANKS had the following children:
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