1605 - 1686

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• Suffix	, Reverend Ia 10
  Birth	Abt 1605	New Castle, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1686	Norwich Township, New London County, Connecticut   [1]
  Buried	1686	Connecticut
  Person ID	I97610	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	05 Jun 2005 00:00:00
  Family	Sarah Anne BOURNE, , 10, b. 18 Jan 1615, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Married	21 Jan 1639	Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	> 1. Mercy SMITH, b. 22 Feb 1645, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut > 2. Sarah SMITH, b. Bef 14 Dec 1645, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   3. Hannah SMITH, b. Bef 14 Dec 1645, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   4. Mary SMITH, b. Bef 14 Dec 1645, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut > 5. Nehemiah SMITH, b. 15 Oct 1646, Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts > 6. Elizabeth SMITH, b. 22 Feb 1647, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   7. Ann SMITH, b. 22 Feb 1647, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   8. Experience SMITH, b. Abt 1653, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut > 9. Mehitable SMITH, , 9, b. 4 Jul 1655, Norwich Township, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F42629	Group Sheet

• Notes

  [Spicer Family File.FTW] He was in Plymouth, New England before 6 Mar 1637/38 when he with others applied to be made a freeman of the colony. He is believed to have been the first religious teacher at Marshfield, MA where on 5 May 1640 he was on a committee to measure some land. He sailed to Stratford, CT in 1644. He was granted land at New London, CT in 1652. About 1655 he settled on a farm at Smith Lake, Poquomock. He had many grants of land and raised sheep extensively. He wove cloth from the wool. : Smith, Nehemiah, by Miss Thomas thought to be first religious teacher at Marshfield, I hear no more of, excc. that in an eminently confusing obituary on page 82 of Geneal. Reg. XIV, Ann, a daughter of the first Thomas Bourne, is said to marry Rev. Nehemiah Smith in 1639. Nehemiah, New Haven, had Sarah, and Mary, born 1642; Hannah,, 1644, all baptised 14 December 1645; Mercy nad Elizabeth 1645, both baptised 22 February 1646; all in right of his wife Sarah; kept the sheep of the town 1644-9 and removed soon after to New London, and about 1660 to Norwich, freeman 1669, died 1686, leaving wife Ann and four daughters, Mary, wife of Samuel Raymond; Ann, Wife of Thomas Bradford; Elizabeth wife of Joshua Raymond; and Experience, who married 1 November 1677, Joshua Abel. !History of Norwich, New London County, Connecticut , Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1976, page 200: From an entry in the records of the county court in 1666, we learn his age: "Nehemiah Smith of Norwich declaring himself above 60 years of age and his brother John declaring the same at his earnest desire is freed from training." He died in 1686. His only son, Nehemiah, born in 1646, at New Haven, settled in Groton, where he was generally designated, from the office that he held, Mr. Justice Smith. Dennis Family Records: The Rev. Nehemiah Smith was born in England about 1605 and was in Plymouth, New England before 6 mar 1637/38 when he with others applied to be made a freeman of the colonly. He died about 1686. On 21 Jan 1639/40 he married Anne (called Sarah in the church records) Bourne. He is believed to have been the first religious teacher at Marshfield MA where on 5 May 1640 he was on a committee to measure some land. He sailed to Stratford CT in 1644. He was granted land at New London CT in 1652. About 1655 he settled on a farm at Smith Lake, Poquomock. He had many grants of land and raised sheep extensively. He wove cloth from the wool.

• Sources

  [S65] Spicer Family File.FTW. Date of Import: Jul 30, 2001