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• Birth	11 Sep 1740	East Haddam,Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jul 1824	East Haddam,Connecticut
  Person ID	I56285	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Thomas SMITH, b. 26 Mar 1710, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut
  Mother	Hannah GATES, b. 4 Feb 1713, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F24322	Group Sheet
  Family	Thankful ACKLEY, b. Abt 1740, Of East Haddom,Middlesex,Conn
  Married	13 May 1761	East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Children	1. Jonah SMITH, [child], b. 13 Aug 1762, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut   2. Hannah SMITH, b. 6 Jan 1764, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut   3. Lydia SMITH, b. 6 Feb 1766, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut > 4. Thankful SMITH, b. 27 Mar 1768, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut   5. Esther SMITH, b. 3 Feb 1770, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut   6. Sarah SMITH, b. 6 Mar 1772, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut   7. Asa SMITH, b. 1 May 1774, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut   8. Olive SMITH, b. 21 Apr 1776, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut   9. Dorothy SMITH, b. 13 Dec 1778, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut   10. Matthew SMITH, b. 7 Jan 1780, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut   11. Asa SMITH, b. 28 Nov 1781, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut   12. Mary Brainard SMITH   13. Jonah Gates SMITH, b. 26 Mar 1785, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut
  Family ID	F24320	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Served in the Revolutionary war. Served with Captain Willey's company,Col. Spencer's regiment at the Lexington Alarm. Those who responded tothe Lexington Alarm in New England fell into two general categories;those who lived close to Boston and responded to the night time call fromPaul Revere and others (like the Faxon's of Braintree) and those furtheraway who heard days or weeks later. It is believed that the men ofHartford and Windsor heard about the battles of Lexington and Concord oneday after they had occurred. Those of this second group formed the armywhich fought at Bunker (Breed's) Hill and occupied the Dorchester heightswith General Washington which eventually forced the British from Boston.

• Sources

  [S710] Daughters of the American Revolution Records. [S77] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street Sal).