SMITH, Capt. Job

1754 - 1821  (67 years)

• Name	SMITH, Job
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	4 Feb 1754	Middleborough, MA   [1]
  Baptism	4 Apr 1754	Middleborough, MA
  Gender	Male
  Christening	4 Apr 1762
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 99718822
  _COLOR	6
  Death	21 Dec 1821	Steuben, ME
  Burial	Steuben, ME
  	Address: Job Smith Family Cemetery
  Person ID	I4636	Puffers
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	SMITH, John,   b. 10 Feb 1730, Taunton, MA d. 14 Nov 1777, Taunton, MA (Age 47 years)
  Mother	MACOMBER, Anna,   b. 2 Jan 1726, Taunton, MA d. 14 Nov 1774, Taunton, MA (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	12 Aug 1749	Middleborough, MA
  Family ID	F5457	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BOOTH, Diadama,   b. 1 Mar 1755, Middleborough, MA d. 25 Feb 1829, Steuben, ME (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	2 Aug 1776	Middleborough, MA
  Children	1. SMITH, Allen,   b. 10 Aug 1778, Middleborough, MA d. 5 Oct 1811, Steuben, ME (Age 33 years)   2. SMITH, Justis,   b. 30 Aug 1779, Middleborough, MA d. 30 May 1867, Steuben, ME (Age 87 years)   3. SMITH, James,   b. 23 Feb 1781, Middleborough, MA d. 12 Dec 1869, Steuben, ME (Age 88 years)   4. SMITH, Job Jr.,   b. 3 Sep 1782, Middleborough, MA d. 31 Jul 1865, Cherryfield, ME (Age 82 years)   5. SMITH, Lucinda,   b. 15 Oct 1784, Middleborough, MA d. CA 1830, Rockland, MA (Age 45 years)   6. SMITH, Ebenezer,   b. 6 Jun 1786, Middleborough, MA d. 24 Apr 1878, Columbia, ME (Age 91 years)   7. SMITH, Stephen,   b. 18 May 1788, Middleborough, MA d. 4 Oct 1861, Columbia, ME (Age 73 years)   8. SMITH, Diadama Booth,   b. 5 Apr 1790, Middleborough, MA d. CA 1810, MA (Age 19 years)   9. SMITH, Reuben,   b. 15 Mar 1792, Middleborough, MA d. 6 Jan 1842, Steuben, ME (Age 49 years)   10. SMITH, Barnabus,   b. 26 Jan 1796, Middleborough, MA d. 19 Apr 1881, Milbridge, ME (Age 85 years)   11. SMITH, Annice,   b. 23 Dec 1796, Middleborough, MA d. 22 Sep 1879, Steuben, ME (Age 82 years)   12. SMITH, William M.,   b. 9 May 1798, Steuben, ME d. 22 Sep 1886, Alexander, ME (Age 88 years)   13. SMITH, Polly,   b. 28 May 1801, Steuben, ME d. 1879, Steuben, ME (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F8408	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Came to Steuben, ME in June 1796. Revelutionary War Record: Middleboro -- Pvt. -- Capt. Isaac Woods 2nd Middleboro Co. of Minutemen w hich marched in response to the alarm of 4/19/1775 to March in service 3 d ays Capt. Woods Co. - Col. Thomas Carpenter Regt. service between 7/20/ 1777 and 8/27/1777, 1 mo. 6 das. at Rhode Island - Co. raised by Plymou th Co. Job Smith, Middleboro Pvt. - Capt. Elisha Haskell's Co. - Col. B enj, Harve's Regt. service between 7/29/1778 and 9/11/1778 - 21 days at R hode Island. - raised by Plymouth Co., Mass. Extracts from Gen. Caleb's Diary Tuesday 9/22/1795 Gouldsbough Heavy blasts from the north without rain Col. Hall, who brought with hi m Capt. Smith from Middleboro, Mass., set off to view the falls - Narra guagus - where they propose commencing settlement at #17 - the laborers a t their duty. Tuesday 9/29/1795 Again on the road - the weather still - the carpenters repairing the ho use wrote letter to Gen. Jackson - by Brown's schooner - in which to re turn Capt. Smith who came with Col. Hall fromt eh country of Narraguagu s. They returned from their trip last Saturday. Much pleased with the l and, Smith will remove his family next spring if he can obtain some cul tivated place for his residence near where he can commence his improvem ents. (The Capt. Smith mentioned was Job Smith, who did move his family from M iddleboro, Mass. to a part of Plantation #4 (Steuben). He built his mi ll on Tunk River in what was later named Smithville, because of the Smi th families there.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.