Falk Relations: Smead Family

compiled by Steve Wilson, last updated December 12, 2015.
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Descendants

Outline

William Smead♦, m. c. 1634 to Judith Stoughton (bap. 3 July 1599, Burstead Magna, Essex, d. 1639, Massachusetts)

William Smead♦ (b. c. 1635, England), m. 31 Dec. 1658 at Dorchester MA to Elizabeth Lawrence (bap. 6 Mar. 1642, Hingham MA, d. 29 Feb. 1704, Deerfield MA)

William Smead (b. 18 July 1660, Northampton MA, d. 18 Sep. 1675, Deerfield MA)
Elizabeth Smead (b. 20 May 1662, Northampton MA), m. 23 Feb. 1680 to Samuel Janes
Judith Smead (b. 18 Feb. 1665, Northampton MA, d. 27 Jan. 1719, Deerfield MA), m. 30 Apr. 1689 at Deerfield to Eleazar Hawks (b. 1655, Massachusetts, d. 27 Mar. 1727, Deerfield MA)
Mehitable Smead (b. 2 Jan. 1667, Northampton MA, d. 4 Mar. 1704, near Putney, VT), 1m. 9 Jan. 1687 at Northampton MA to Jeremiah Hull (b. 2 June 1663, New Haven CT, d. 11 Dec. 1691, Deerfield MA), 2m. 27 Jan. 1692 at Deerfield MA to Godfrey Nims (b. c. 1650, d. 14 Mar. 1704)
Samuel Smead (b. 27 May 1669, Northampton MA, d. 1 Jan. 1731, Deerfield MA), 1m. 17 Mar. 1699 at Deerfield MA to Mary Price (b. 1681, Massachusetts, d. 29 Feb. 1704, Deerfield MA), 2m. 18 Apr. 1707 to Mary Weld (b. 1667, Massachusetts)
John Smead (b. 27 Aug. 1670, Northampton MA, d. by 1673)
John Smead (b. 27 Aug. 1673, Northampton MA, d. 30 Apr. 1720, Deerfield MA), 1m. 22 Nov. 1699 to Anna Weld (b. 1672, Massachusetts, d. 31 Oct. 1712, Deerfield MA), 2m. 31 Dec. 1714 at Deerfield MA to Abigail Brown (b. 1678, Massachusetts)
Ebenezer Smead♦ (bap. 9 May 1675, Northampton MA, d. 19 Dec. 1753, Deerfield MA), m. by 1695 to Esther Catlin (b. c. 1671, Branford CT, d. 12 Dec. 1733, Deerfield MA)

Ebenezer Smead (b. 5 Dec. 1695, Deerfield MA, d. 5 Dec. 1695, Deerfield MA)
Esther Smead (b. 18 Oct. 1696, Deerfield MA, d. 17 Dec. 1736, Deerfield MA), m. 4 Dec. 1716 at Deerfield MA to Daniel Arms (b. 1687, Massachusetts, d. 28 Sep. 1753, Deerfield MA)
Elizabeth Smead (b. 24 Dec. 1698, Deerfield MA, d. 1 May 1774, Greenfield MA), m. 6 Apr. 1720 at Deerfield MA to Joshua Wells (b. 1695, Massachusetts, d. 21 Apr. 1768, Greenfield MA)
Thankful Smead (b. 23 Dec. 1700, Deerfield MA, d. 2 Apr. 1760, Leyden MA), m. 6 Nov. 1724 at Deerfield MA to Daniel Graves (b. 28 Jan. 1697, Hatfield MA, d. 23 Aug. 1756, Greenfield MA)
Ruth Smead (b. 5 Sep. 1702, Deerfield MA, d. 19 Jan. 1765, Westfield MA), m. 4 May 1721 at Deerfield MA to Edward Martindale (b. 1690, Massachusetts, d. 20 Mar. 1762, Westfield MA)
Ebenezer Smead (b. 12 Oct. 1704, Deerfield MA, d. 31 Oct. 1783, Greenfield MA), m. 8 Dec. 1726 at Deerfield MA to Abigail Barnard (b. 24 July 1706, Windsor CT, d. 14 June 1784, Greenfield MA)
Jonathan Smead (b. 19 Jan. 1707, Deerfield MA, d. 29 Apr. 1783, Greenfield MA), m. 12 May 1731 at Deerfield MA to Mehitable Nims (b. 14 Mar. 1714, Deerfield MA, d. 6 Nov. 1782, Greenfield MA)
Joseph Smead (b. 17 Dec. 1709, Deerfield MA, d. 31 Jan. 1713, Deerfield MA)
Joseph Smead (b. 25 Nov. 1713, Deerfield MA, d. c. 1796, Deerfield MA), m. 14 Nov. 1735 at Deerfield MA to Eunice Field (b. 1714, Massachusetts, d. June 1792, Deerfield MA)
Abigail Smead (b. 29 Jan. 1718, Deerfield MA, d. 4 Dec. 1755, Massachusetts), m. 16 Jan. 1735 at Deerfield MA to John Nims (b. 19 Dec. 1715, Deerfield MA, d. 6 Oct. 1769, Massachusetts)

Thankful Smead (b. 13 May 1677, Massachusetts, d. 29 Feb. 1704, Deerfield MA), m. by 1696 to John Hawks (b. 26 June 1671, Hatfield MA, d. 29 Feb. 1704, Deerfield MA)
Waitstill Smead (b. 5 Mar. 1679, Deerfield MA, d. 3 Mar. 1704, near Brattleboro VT), m. 5 Jan. 1699 at Deerfield MA to Ebenezer Warner (b. 25 Feb. 1676, Hadley MA)

Our Descent

William Smead, m. c. 1634 to Judith Stoughton (1599-1639)

William Smead (c1635--), m. 1658 to Elizabeth Lawrence (1642-1704)

Mehitable Smead (1668-1704), 1m. 1687 to Jeremiah Hull (1663-1691), 2m. 1692 to Godfrey Nims (c1650-1704)

Elizabeth Hull (1688-1754), m. 1707 to John Nims (1679-1762)

John Nims (1715-1769), m. 1735 to Abigail Smead (1718-1755)

Reuben Nims (1740-1814), m. 1777 to Deliverance Gould (1742-1813)

Elizabeth Nims (1778-c1846), m. 1798 to Samuel Higgins (1774-c1849)

Horatio Higgins (1812-1890), m. 1837 to Mary Jane Felch (1820-1898)

Harvey Alva Higgins (1864-1928), m. 1889 to Lillian Belle Agee (1868-1947)

Elsie Laura Higgins (1895-1959), m. 1915 to George Washington Falk (1895-1969)

Ebenezer Smead (1675-1753), m. by 1695 to Esther Catlin (c1671-1733)

Abigail Smead (1718-1755), m. 1735 to John Nims (1715-1769)

Reuben Nims (1740-1814), m. 1777 to Deliverance Gould (1742-1813)

Elizabeth Nims (1778-c1846), m. 1798 to Samuel Higgins (1774-c1849)

Horatio Higgins (1812-1890), m. 1837 to Mary Jane Felch (1820-1898)

Harvey Alva Higgins (1864-1928), m. 1889 to Lillian Belle Agee (1868-1947)

Elsie Laura Higgins (1895-1959), m. 1915 to George Washington Falk (1895-1969)

Documentation ♦

Ebenezer Smead (1675-1753): m. Esther Catlin (c1671-1733)

5 Dec. 1695, "Ebenezer, Son to Ebenezer & Esther Smead, was born December 5: 1695" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
5 Dec. 1695, "Ebenezer, Son to Ebenezer & Esther Smead, Dyed December 5: 1695" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
18 Oct. 1696, "Esther, Daughter to Ebenezer & Esther Smead, was born October 18: 1696" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
24 Dec. 1698, "Elizabeth, Daughter to Ebenezer & Esther Smead, was born December 24: 1698" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
23 Dec. 1700, "Thankfull, Daughter to Ebenezer & Esther Smead, was born December 23: 1700" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
5 Sep. 1702, "Ruth, Daughter to Ebenezer & Esther Smead, was born September ye 5th 1702" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
12 Oct. 1704, "Ebenezer, Son to Ebenezer & Esther Smead, was born October ye 12th 1704" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
19 Jan. 1707, "Jonathan, Son to Ebenezer & Esther Smead was born January ye 19: 1706/7" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
17 Dec. 1709, "Joseph, Son to Ebenezer & Esther Smead, was born December 17: 1709" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
31 Jan. 1713, "Joseph Son to Ebenezer & Esther Smead Dyed January the 31: 1712/13" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
25 Nov. 1713, "Joseph, Son to Ebenezer & Esther Smead, was born November ye 25: 1713" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
29 Jan. 1718, "Abigail, Daughter to Ebenezer & Esther Smead, was born January 29: 1717-18" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
12 Dec. 1733, "Esther Smead, Wife to Ebenezer Smead head of this family Died December ye twelfth 1733" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
1733, "Here Lyes ye Body of Mrs. Easter Smead Wife to Mr. Ebenezer Smead Decd. Decr. ye 12.1733 In ye 59 Year of her Age." [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Albany Road Cemetery, Inscriptions]
19 July 1753, "Ebenezer Smead, head of the family, Died July 19th 1753" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Vital Records]
1753, "In Memory of Mr Ebenezer Smead who Died ... 1753 In the 79th Year of His age" [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Albany Road Cemetery, Inscriptions]
McGowan, Susan & Amelia F. Miller, Family & Landscape: Deerfield Homelots from 1671, 1996. On p. 112, "Lot 25 ... Ebenezer Smead (1675-1753) inherited his father's portion of the lot, to which he added the unimproved Nims parcel on the north in 1701. Ebenezer Smead may have built a house, or he may have lived in a house built by his father. In 1704 it was reported that all his family was spared, including himself, his wife, and four children, and there were no claims for property lost. Smead wrote his will in 1747, leaving 'the Homestead I now Dwell on with all the buildings' to his son Joseph (1713-c.1796)."
Sheldon, George, A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1895-1896. In 2:302, "Smead ... Ebenezer, s. of William (2), b. 1675; was constable, selectman, moderator in town meeting; prob. lived on old homestead; d. July 19, 1753. He m. Esther, dau. John Catlin; she d. Dec. 12, 1733."

William Smead: m. Judith Stoughton (1599-1639)

Sheldon, George, A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1895-1896. In 2:301, "Smead, Widow Judith, of Dorchester, 1636; she was sister of Israel Stoughton. She had m. in England, John Denman, prob. abt. 1620, and --- Smead prob. abt. 1634. Nothing is found about either husband; she d. 1639."

William Smead (c1635--): m. Elizabeth Lawrence (1642-1704)

31 Dec. 1658, "Dorchester Marriages ... William Smead was married unto Elizabeth the daughter of the widow Lawrence By Major Atherton the 31st of the 10th month 1658:-" [Massachusetts, Boston, Marriages]
31 Dec. 1658, "William Smead was Married unto Elizabeth, the daughter of the widow Lawrence by Major Atherton the 31.10.58." [Massachusetts, Dorchester, Marriages]
18 July 1660, "William Smead, the son of William Smead was Born the 18.5.1660." [Massachusetts, Dorchester, Births]
20 Mar. 1664, "... 20 Elizabeth Daughr of William and Elizabeth Smeed born" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Births]
18 Feb. 1665, "Febb. 18 Jud. the Daugr of Wilm And Elizabeth Smeed ..." [Massachusetts, Northampton, Births]
2 Jan. 1667, "January 2 Mehitabell Daughr of William and Elizabeth Smeed was born" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Births]
27 May 1669, "May 27 Samll son of Willam and Elizabeth Smeed was born" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Births]
27 Aug. 1671, "August 27, John Son of William And Elizabeth Smeed was Born" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Births]
15 Mar. 1680, "March 15, Waitstil Daugr of Willm and Elizabeth Smeed born" [Massachusetts, Northampton, Births]
1704, "The grave of 48 men women and children, victims of the French and Indian raid on Deerfield, February 29, 1704." [Massachusetts, Deerfield, Albany Road Cemetery, Inscriptions]
McGowan, Susan & Amelia F. Miller, Family & Landscape: Deerfield Homelots from 1671, 1996. On p. 112, "Lot 25 ... Thomas Fuller ... and his wife Hannah, sold to William Smead (1635-bef. 1704) in 1674. In the deed, the lot was identified as 'the house Lott being the twentie fifth Lot in Number ... in that place Comonly called Pacomptuck nere Hatfield'. Godfrey Nims (d. 1704) was sold the north portion of the lot by William Smead and he owned it from 1679 to 1701. William Smead had built a barn on the south part, which was mentioned in town records on August 31, 1699. Smead died before 1704, according to Sheldon, and although no probate records are listed for him in Hampshire County, it is evident that his son, Ebenezer Smead (1675-1753) inherited his father's portion of the lot, to which he added the unimproved Nims parcel on the north in 1701."
Melvoin, Richard I., New England Outpost: War and Society in Colonial Deerfield, 1989. On p. 153, "Deerfield was certainly a 'family town.' The Smeads provide a good example of this. William and Elizabeth Smead had helped settle both Pocumtuck in the 1670s and Deerfield in the 1680s. Seven of their children settled in Deerfield with spouses who were also residents. The Smeads thus tied together eight different Deerfield families. And the ties had further twists: Sisters Judith and Thankful Smead married brothers Eleazar and John Hawks, and Mehitable Smead married Jeremiah Hull and, after his death, Godfrey Nims - all men from Deerfield."; "On the winter afternoon of January 11, 1698 ... Sarah Smith secretly gave birth to an infant bastard daughter. Sometime later that afternoon ... Smith killed her baby. ... Hearing that Smith was ill, thirty-three-year-old Mary Allin went over to see her and found Smith in great travail ... Seeking out thirty-one-year-old Mehitable Nims and two of the older wives in town, Mary Catlin and Elizabeth Smead, the four returned to find Smith in such a condition that she had to have given birth already. They confronted Smith, but again she denied all, claiming only an ague, a sickness. This time Goodwife Allin lit a candle and searched the room until she found the corpse at the foot of the bed."
Sheldon, George, A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1895-1896. In 1:47, 2:301, "Smead, William, son of widow Judith of Dorchester, born before 1640 married in 1658, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Lawrence of Hingham; was of Northampton, 1660. In 1674 he bought house lot No. 25 of Thomas Fuller, an original proprietor, where he built a house - perhaps the one now [1886] standing there - and where he died before 1704. He had ten children, and was probably the ancestor of all of the name in the country. His oldest son, William, born in 1661, was killed with Lothrop. His widow and three daughters were killed in the assault of Feb. 29, 1704."; "Smead ... William, s. of Judith (1), b. 1635; on the death of his mother he was put under the care of John Pope; Pope d. Apr. 12, 1646, leaving by will 'vnto William Smead my Little boy my Loomes and such tacklings as do belong vnto them which is to vallew of £3, provided he be willing to dwell with my wife after his time is out. Also provided he be willing to Learn my Trad, and that there be a comfortable Agreement mad between them afterwards.' How much William was benefited by this conditional bequest does not appear, but he is found in Nhn. and was made freeman in 1660; in 1671 he bought house lot No. 25; his name does not otherwise appear here bef. Philip's war, but he became one of the early permanent settlers; he d. bef. 1704. He m. Dec. 31, 1658, Elizabeth, dau. Thomas Lawrence of Hingham; she was k. 1704."