Obadiah Smith
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Obadiah Smith, son of Obadiah Smith and Susannah Stephens, was born at Smithtown, Suffolk Co., New York, 1 March 1720/21.1 He died at Smithtown, 20 June 1794.1
Obadiah married (1) Elizabeth Chichester, daughter of David Chichester and Anna Bayley / Bales, who was of Huntington, New York, 19 January 1747/48;2,3 he married (2) Sarah (…), whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), 20 September 1774.2
Obadiah left a will dated 27 June 1792, and, proved 9 Jul 1794, mentioning:
Obadiah married (1) Elizabeth Chichester, daughter of David Chichester and Anna Bayley / Bales, who was of Huntington, New York, 19 January 1747/48;2,3 he married (2) Sarah (…), whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), 20 September 1774.2
Obadiah left a will dated 27 June 1792, and, proved 9 Jul 1794, mentioning:
his wife, Sarah;
property to his eldest son, William, for life, and afterward to grandson “Siah”;
legacies to two grandsons, Thomas and Prior, and to their sister Mary, and to “Susannah my daughter-in—law during her widowhood”;
makes his three sons, William, David, and Lucius, and children of his deceased son, Samuel, equal residuary heirs.2
property to his eldest son, William, for life, and afterward to grandson “Siah”;
legacies to two grandsons, Thomas and Prior, and to their sister Mary, and to “Susannah my daughter-in—law during her widowhood”;
makes his three sons, William, David, and Lucius, and children of his deceased son, Samuel, equal residuary heirs.2
Family 1 | Elizabeth Chichester b. 9 Oct 1726, d. 15 Oct 1769 |
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Family 2 | Sarah (…) d. aft. 27 Jun 1792 |
| This person was last edited on | 17 Dec 2017 |
Citations
- [S1989] Frederick Kinsman Smith, The Family of Richard Smith of Smithtown, Long Island: 10 Generations (Smithtown, New York: The Smithtown Historical Society, 1967), 96, 158, further cited as Smith, Family of Richard Smith.
- [S1989] Smith, Family of Richard Smith, 158.
- [S2020] Elmer Clarence Anderson and Thelma Chidester Anderson, The Chidester-Chichester Heritage (Utah: [Chidester Family Organization], [1977?]), 30, further cited as Anderson and Anderson, Chidester-Chichester.