1774 - 1834

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• Birth	Sep 1774	Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Jan 1834
  Person ID	I57264	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Thomas SMITH, b. 21 Jan 1738, East Haddam,Middlesex,Connecticut
  Mother	Mary GREEN, b. Jun 1736
  Family ID	F24354	Group Sheet
  Family	Rachel ALLSWORTH, b. 2 Oct 1776, Connecticut
  Children	1. William A. SMITH, b. 10 Sep 1800   2. Thomas SMITH
  Family ID	F24887	Group Sheet

• Notes

  FROM "THE MICHAEL SHOEMAKER BOOK" ON THE DESCENDANTS FROM LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: "THE THOMAS SMITH FAMILY Deodat, son of Thomas and Mary (Green) Smith, was born in September 1774 and died Jan. 31, 1834. He was an extensive owner of real estate in Lackawanna, now Old Forge Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and was for many years a Justice of the Peace. He was married to Rachel, born Oct. 2, 1776 and died Feb. 12, 1848, daughter of William and Esther (Pettebone) Allsworth (born in June 1747 and died May 1, 1833, daughter of Noah and Huldah (Williams) Pettebone.) William Allsworth came to the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania from Amenia, Dutchess County, New York. On April 4, 1788, with Oliver Pettebone, bought 375 acres of land in Capouse (Providence), Pennsylvania from William Hurlburt, a cooper, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, and Louise, his wife, which William Hurlburt described as lands "drawn by my father, Captain Joseph Hurlburt, of New London, Connecticut, and to me by his last will and testament." The will of Deodat Smith was made in Pittston, Pennsylvania on May 31, 1832, was probated April 30, 1834, and names his wife Rachel and the following children, excepting William A.: (1) William A., born Sept. 10, 1800, died Jan. 4, 1801, buried in Marcy Cemetery in Duryea, Pennsylvania; (2) Thomas, living with his wife Mary in Abington, Pennsylvania on May 6, 1856; (3) Erastus, born 1807, died 1877 married 1st April 12, 1829 to Matilda Howard, and married 2nd to Arminda ______. Will made July 30, 1873, probated August 6, 1877, names his wife, Arminda, and all of the following children who attained maturity: (1) Miles G., born 1830, died 1891, married to Anna Barnes, born 1833, died 1903 and burried in Marcy Cemetery; (2) Esther, born 1833 and died 1834, buried in Marcy Cemetery; (3)Susan, born 1835, died in 1853 and buried in Marcy Cemetery; (4) Julia M. (Smith) Miles; (5) Erastus M., born March 10, 1839, married 1st to Elizabeth Ann Choal and married 2nd to Mary Jones; (6) Thomas, born 1841, died 1858 and buried in Marcy Cemetery; (7) Huldah A., married to L.K. Drake; (8) Louise E., married to Charles H. Dorr. Following Erastus in (4) Adelia Ann, married to Lewis, born Aug. 28, 1806, son of Samuel and Susannah (Phillips) Miller; (5) Hannah, married to Davis Dean; (6) Benjamin, unmarried, in 1856; (6) George Washington, whose wife's name is Marion. Deodat Smith, his wife and many of their descendants are buried in Marcy Cemetery in Duryea, Pennsylvania."