SMITH, Stephen Knowlton

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Stephen married HADLEY, Sally in 1802 in , Orange, Vermont. Sally was born in 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: Known as "crooked-neck Smith" SUP Monthly Meeting from Karl S. Farnsworth to Earl Pierce (1999) and by Alice C. Turley at the National Sons of the Utah Pioneers Conference in 2002 - As you were commenting on the unusual events that took the Ashael Smith family to Vermont, I recalled this statement by President Joseph F. Smith, that I had heard Gerald Lund quote. "It has not been by the wisdom of man that this people have been directed in their course until the present; it has been by the wisdom of Him who is above man and whose knowledge is greater than that of man, and whose power is above the power of man, . . .. The hand of the Lord may not be visible to all. There may be many who can not discern the workings of God's work, but there are those who see in every hour and in every moment of the existence of the Church, from its beginning until now, the overruling, almighty hand of Him who sent His Only Begotten Son to the world to become a sacrifice for the sin of the world. (In Conference Report, April 1904, pg 2.) (See below) PROPHETIC STATEMENT OF ASHAEL SMITH In his declining years he moved to Stockholm, St. Lawrence County, New York, and made his home with his son Silas. ... stature - he was tall and he possessed unusual strength. On one occasion he said: "It has been borne in upon my soul that one of my descendants will promulgate a work to revolutionize the world of religious faith." (Essentials in Church History - Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1967 edition), p. 25) It is hardly possible that he expected to live to see his prophetic inspiration fulfilled, but he did. In his declining years, his son, Joseph, and grandson, Don Carlos, came to visit him bringing a copy of the Book of Mormon. He readily accepted their message and that of his grandson, Joseph, but was not baptized because of enfeebled heath. He died a short time later, October 31, 1830, when eighty-six years of age. His wife, Mary Duty Smith, joined the Church, moved to Kirtland where she died full of faith in the mission of her grandson, Joseph Smith. (History of the Mack Family- pg 648 Asael Smith removed from Topsfield, Massachusetts, to Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont.) Revolutionary War - In ... 1776, Asael mustered under Captain John Nesmith in "a company raised for Canada service, "an act of obvious hardship for a family head with six dependents. His regiment was enrolled to defend New York's northern frontier. Possibly exertion and disease took their toll in 1776--a decade later Asael was "in a low state of healthy, entirely unable to labour for three years." (Anderson 118) Ashael Smith's letter to Peter Town: (God) had conducted us through a glorious revolution and has brought us into the promised land of peace and liberty.... And I believe that the stone is now cut out of the mountain without hands, spoken of by Daniel, and has smitten the image upon his feet, by which the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver and the gold, all the monarchial and ecclesiastical tyranny will be broken to pieces and become as the chaff of the summer threshing floor, the wind shall carry them all away, that there shall be no place found for them. Asael also said repeatedly: "It has been born in upon my soul that one of my descendants will promulgate a work that will change the course of religious history in the earth." ....... This may certify all whom it may concern that we whose names are here under written have regularly formed ourselves into a society and wish to be known by the name or forme (sic) of Universalists and whereas the laws of the state of Vermont allow free liberty of conscience, to worship God according to the dictates thereof and it being contrary to the dictates of our conscience, to pay money to support any teacher of a different denomination agreeable therefore the liberty of the laws of our State we wish not to be charged with any tax toward the support of any teacher of an different denomination whatever. Alexander Stedman, Asael Smith, Peter Grow, Samuel Branch, Abel Camp Jr., Abner Borough, David Grow, Levi Stedman, John Ridle, Joseph Smith, Edward Grow, Benoni Polly, Ebene Tilley, Wm. Clements, Deliverance Brown, Daniel Hunt Jr. The above is a true copy of the record by order of Asael Smith moderator and Wm Clements Clerk for said Society Tunbridge, December 6, 1797. ------------------------------ Seek Ye Earnestly pg. 175 - Ashael, grandfather of the Prophet, was born in Topsfield, March 7, 1744. He married Mary Duty of Windha, New Hampshire, and later moved to that place. During the Revolution he followed his honored father, and served faithfully with the Colonial forces. After the death of his father, he returned to Topsfield and made his home on the family estate, where some of his children were born, notably, Joseph father of the Prophet. Ashael was a man of liberal views. He had outstanding literary ability. Some of his views, far in advance of his time, have come down to us and are cherished by members of the family He was very frank and outspoken and wrote the things he firmly believed, without fear or favor. Many years before his death he wrote a document of sound advice for the guidance of his family. This advice could be followed very profitably by his descendants to this day. He was a devout believer in the atoning sacrifice of our Redeemer, but could not conform to the dogmas and religious notions of his day which brought down the wrath of some pious hypocrites upon his head. Time has vindicated his sound judgment. One item of interest in his remarkable epistle to his family I will here present. And first to you, my dear wife, I do with all the strength and power that is in me, beseeching God who is the husband of the widow, to take care of you and not to leave you nor forsake you, nor suffer you to leave nor forsake Him, nor His ways. Put your whole trust solely in Him; He never did not never will forsake any that trust in Him. ... And now, my dear children, let me pour out my heart to you and speak first of immortality; you have to deal with an infinite Majesty! you go upon life and death, therefore in this point be serious. Do all to God in a serious manner; when you make your address to His great Majesty, be in good earnest. Trifle not with His name, nor with His attributes, nor call him to witness to anything but in absolute truth, nor then, but when sound judgment and reason or serious consideration require it. (Smith, Life of Joseph F. Smith Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co.), p. 24.) He had a good sense of humor which he mingled with his seriousness, but he knew when properly to use it. When, on one occasion, he declared his possessions to the tax assessor, he couched his statement in the following words: I have two poles, tho' one is poor; I have three cows and want five more; I have no horse, but fifteen sheep; No more than these this year I keep. Steers, that's two years old, one pair; Two calves I hae, all over hair; Three heffers two years old, I own; One heffer calf that's poorly grone. My land is acres eighty-two, Which search the record youle find true And this is all I have in store; I'll thank you if you'le tax no more. (Ibid, p. 21 above) --------------------------------- Ref: Joseph Smith Papers.org (some Smiths in this database). See "Works Cited" page 12, 13, and 14 for more complete Sources. --BYU L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, BYoung University, Provo, Utah --CCLA Community of Christ Library - Archives, Independence, Missouri --CHL Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, SLC, Utah --FHL Family History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, SLC, Utah -- Pedigree Chart, This chart provides documentation for the information published in the JS pedigree chart in Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839. In addition, this chart provides, where known, the month, day, and place of births, deaths, and marriages, with documentation. Other Sources: -- Lyme, Ct, Records of Births, Mariages, and Deaths, 1700-1921 -- US and Canada Record Collection -- Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah. -- Hayward, History of the Town of Gilsum -- Bennett, Solomon Mack and His Family -- Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 160 -- Fuller, Genealogy of Edward Fuller -- Anderson, Joseph Smith's New England Heritage -- 2nd Congregational Church/Ecclesiastical Society, East Haddam, CT, Church Records, vol. 1 -- Lyme, CT, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1700-1921, 92, microfilm, US -- Canada Record Collection, FHL. -- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844-1845, bk. 1, 8-(9) -- Spilman, Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township -- Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches; -- Montague, MA, Town Records, 1719-1859, 201, microfilm -- U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. AFN: Merged with a record that used the AFN 1XV8-M1 DEATH: Also shown as Died Stockholm, St Lawrence, New York, USA. ~BAPTISM: Also shown as Baptized 16 Dec 1939 ~ENDOWMENT: Also shown as Endowed 12 Jan 1940, ARIZO. ~SEALING_PARENTS: Also shown as SealPar 4 Nov 1959

Asael married DUTY, Mary Elizabeth on 12 Feb 1767 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of DUTY, Moses and PALMER, Ann Mary) was born on 11 Oct 1743 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 16 Oct 1743 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 27 May 1836 in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States; was buried on 28 May 1836 in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Irish Descent.

“Silas’ father, Asahel Smith was a somewhat visionary man. He predicted that something would come forth in his family that would transmit his name with honor to posterity. When near his death (in Stockholm, New York in 1830, he was visited at Silas’ home by his son Joseph (the Prophet’s father) and grandson Don Carlos, having with them the Book of Mormon and
the tidings of the restored gospel. He received with gladness the testimony of his son, and remarked that he had always been expecting the coming forth of the true gospel. Asahel died a few days later, being over 86 years old.”
“Jesse N’s father, Silas Smith, was baptized in the summer of 1835 by Hyrum Smith. He was ordained first an elder, and afterwards a high priest. Mary Duty Smith (Silas' mother) moved to Kirtland, Ohio with her son Silas and family in 1836, but died soon after, being 93 years of age.”
“Silas moved with his family from Kirtland in April, 1838, bound for Far West, MO, but was turned back at Huntsville by some who were fleeing from their homes and bearing Gov. Lilburn W. Bogg’s ‘exterminating order.’ He died on Sep. 13, 1839 in Pittsfield, IL, where he had been appointed president of a branch of the church. His widow (Mary Aikens Smith) moved to Nauvoo where she was kindly received by relatives, and where she taught school for subsistence.”
The family of Jesse N. Smith 1834-1978 pg 1 (Jesse Nathaniel Smith and His Wives by Joseph W. Smith (his son)

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BIOGRAPHY: Capt. Samuel T. Smith was the ring-leader of the Boston Tea Party Revolutionary War Positions held - Committee of Safety, 1775-1785 Representative to the General Court, 1764-1770, 1772, 1777, 1778, 1781 Provincial Congress, Oct. 1774 at Concord Second Provincial Congress, Feb. 1775, Cambridge, His service extended through Lexington and Bunker Hill Battles. Chairman of Tea Committee, 1773-1774 Topsfield Committee for Correspondence, 1773 Served under General Washington; died insolvent due to worthless Continental dollar, 1785. Good acquaintances of Samuel Smith - Paul Revere, Sam Adams, John Adams. Picture - House of Samuel and Asael Smith, Topsfield, MA. Picture - Batle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill. (William Duty, Major McCley, Major Knowlton)

Samuel Smith lived in Topsfield, MA, and served in the French and Indian War (1757), later he was elected as a Select Man (City Council) records of meetings are in the Topsfield Library. During the Revolutionary War the Selectmen were required to conscript men for the War and to collect taxes for the war effort. The Selectmen levied fines against those who would not comply. Samuel married twice and had children by the first Priscilla Gould who died in 1744 a few months after giving birth of son Asael, Samuel then married his wife's cousin who was also named Priscilla Gould. In the Topsfield cemetery close to road is an skinny obelisk monument erected by the George A Smith (gGrandson) Family with Samuel listed on front and first wife of one sides and the 2nd Priscilla on the other side. Having two wives by the same name has confused numerous family historians. During Samuel's tenure as Selectman he was party to appointing where members of the church congregation would sit in church. He had military rank as Lt. and Capt.

Samual Smith II served 20 years in the Massachusetts colonial militia, 27 years in town leadership positions and was the chairman of the "Boston Tea Party" at the time America got its independence.

Samuel Smith, Jr. was the first son of Samuel and Rebecca born in 1714. He was a distinguished community leader and a promoter of the American War of Independence. He was elected to the First Provincial Congress in Massachusetts in 1774. He was remembered as a sincere friend to the liberties of his country and a strong advocate of Christian beliefs. Samuel married Priscilla Gould, who descended from one of Topsfield’s founders. Priscilla died after having 5 children, and Samuel married her cousin, also named Priscilla. His second wife didn’t have any children but she raised the children from his first wife.

Samuel Smith (b. Jan. 26, 1714; d. Nov. 14, 1785), the grandfather of Joseph Smith Sr., was remembered as a man of integrity. His obituary read: "DIED-At Topsfield [Mass.] on Monday the 14th instant, Samuel Smith, Esq., aged 72. So amiable and worthy a character as he evidently appeared, both in publick and private, will render the memory of him ever precious. For a number of years he represented the town in the General Court, where he was esteemed a man of integrity and uprightness. His usefulness among those with whom he was more immediately conversant, was eminent. He was a sincere friend to the liberties of his country, and a strenuous advocate for the doctrines of Christianity. 'The memory of the just is blessed.'(Salem, Mass., Gazette, Nov. 22, 1785, Cited in Richard L. Anderson, Joseph Smith's New England Heritage. Salt Lake City, Utah.; Deseret Book Co., 1971, pp. 90-91.)

Samuel married GOULD, Priscilla on 27 May 1734 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts. Priscilla (daughter of GOULD, Zaccheus and CURTIS, Elizabeth) was born on 4 Aug 1707 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 11 Apr 1714 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 25 Sep 1744 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in Sep 1744 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The two marriages with Priscilla are 1st cousins to each other Joseph Smith's New England Heritage - Chapter two CES-LDS.ORG Church Education Samuel Jr was a distinguished community leader and a promoter of the American War of Independence. According to his obituary, "He was a sincere friend to the liberties of his country, and a strenuous advocate for the doctrines of Christianity." Samuel, Jr., married Priscilla Gould, who descended from one of Topsfield's founders. Priscilla died after being five children and Samuel married her cousin, also named Priscilla. They had no children together, but she raised Samuel's children by his first wife, including Asael, Joseph Smith's grandfather.

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Moses married PALMER, Ann Mary on 1 May 1741 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Ann (daughter of PALMER, John and STICKNEY, Mary) was born on 1 Jun 1717 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened in Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 2 Nov 1763 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States; was buried in Nov 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: Seek Ye Earnestly - pg 174 Robert landed in Boston and a few years later moved to Rowley and purchased one hundred eight acres of land in that part which later became the township of Boxford. He married Mary French, daughter of Thomas and Mary French. They were the parents of ten children. Samuel, son of Robert, was born January 26, 1666. He married Rebecca, daughter of John Curtis and moved to Topsfield and there became an influential member of the community and was highly respected, holding several positions of trust. He was the father of nine children. His son, Samuel, was born January 26, 1714, and became one of the most influential citizens of Massachusetts. The greater part of his life was spent in the service of the people. In the stormy days of the American Revolution he cast his lot with the Colonial forces. From 1760 to the year 1783, he was constantly in the service of his country. He was a member of the General Court, or House of Representatives, for four terms. He was a delegate to the Provincial Congress at Concord, in 1774 and again in 1775, and he bore arms during the Revolution. He married Priscilla, daughter of Zacheus Gould. His wife died shortly after the birth of their son Asael. Samuel married again, the cousin of his first wife, also named Priscilla. At his death in November, 1785, the Salem Gazette spoke of him in these words: Died-At Topsfield, on Monday, the 13th instant, Samuel Smith, esquire. So amiable and worthy a character as he evidently appeared both in public and private, will render the memory of him ever precious. For a number of years he represented the town in the General Court, where he was esteemed a man of integrity and uprightness. His usefulness among those with whom he was more immediately conversant was eminent. He was a sincere friend to the liberties of his country, and a strenuous advocate for the doctrines of Christianity. The memory of the just be blessed. BIRTH: Also shown as Born Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. DEATH: Also shown as Died 12 Jul 1748

Samuel married CURTIS, Rebecca on 12 Jan 1707 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts. Rebecca (daughter of CURTIS, John B. and LOOKE, Mary) was born on 20 Jan 1687 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America; was christened on 6 May 1688 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America; died on 2 Mar 1753 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America; was buried on 4 Mar 1753 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Zaccheus married CURTIS, Elizabeth on 21 Jan 1702 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of CURTIS, John B. and LOOKE, Mary) was born on 15 Dec 1679 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; died on 21 Jun 1740 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; was buried on 21 Jun 1740 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William DUTY married at Rowley, Massachusetts, 1 May 1684, Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (HOSETIN) HIDDEN. [1] She was born there 19 December 1665 [2] and died 7 February 1742.

I. William DUTY served as a soldier in King Philip's War, under Captain Poole.
His name is found in the town tax list of 1691 [4], in which year he also took the oath of freeman. He died in Rowley, 11 April 1738, "above 80 year old" [5], which would bring his birth date about 1658.

CHILDREN, all born in Rowley:

WILLIAM, born 31 July 1687; married REBECCA BENNETT.
Sarah, born 17 March 1689.
John, born 4 July 1691.
Matthew, born 29 January 1693; married 4 January 1723 Deborah Goodrich, who was captured when seven years old, by Indians, but later redeemed. She died in Beverly, Massachusetts, in March 1774, aged 88 years. Her parents and two sisters were killed in the Indian raid. [6]
Samuel, born 5 May 1696, died 20 May 1761 [7]; married 1 October 1718, Ruth Tenney.
Andrew, born 16 September 1698 died 8 May 1772. [8]
Moses, baptized 29 September 1700.
Joseph, baptized 15 July 1705.
Mary, baptized 2 October 1706.


William DUTY

II. William DUTY, born 31 July 1687, at Rowley, Massachusetts, married 15 April 1709 {Ibid.}, Rebecca, daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (PALMER) (WALLINGFORD) BENNETT. [9] She was born 9 October 1685, at Rowley. He died 24 March 1753 [10], but we find no date of death of wife. They may have moved from Rowley for a time, and the births of their children be elsewhere recorded. There are, however, unprinted manuscript records of Rowley which may contain the items.

His child as listed below:


Moses DUTY

III. Moses DUTY, christened 29 Oct 1700, married 1 May 1741, at Rowley, Ann Mary [11], daughter of John and Mary (STICKNEY) PALMER. [12] She was born at Rowley, 1 June 1717 [13], where most, if not all, of her children were born.

They moved to Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, where he is found on a tax list 28 November 1775 "the first Province Tax under the Authority of Congress." [14] He signed the [15] was a method used to discover the loyalty of civilians in the contest between the Colonists and Britain, and was usually signed by men too old to give military service. It ran thus:

We the subscribers do hereby solemnly engage and promise that we will to the utmost of our power, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with Arms oppose the Hostile Proceeding of the British Fleets and Armies against the United American Colonies. [16]

His three sons, Moses, Mark, and William, gave loyal service in the Revolutionary War, William being at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Moses enlisting in June following and, together with his brother Mark, giving many years of military service during the struggle, both on this side and the other of the Canadian border. [17]

The following extract from History of the Visitation of Groveland, Massachusetts, in the 1863, by Alfred Poore, M.D., is of interest:

John Merrill came here and says: "William Duty, who resided on our place, was a very courageous man, He was in the Bunker Hill fight, and stood close by Major McClary, of Chichester, when a four pound ball struck and killed him." William Duty had a sister Eunice who could take up a barrel of cider and drink out of the bung. He also had a sister who was the wife of William Rowell, of Salem,....


Mark Duty, son of Moses, was living at Nottingham, West Town, New Hampshire afterwards called Hudson, in 1790, as head of a family [18] ''"Mary Duty"'' with four females in family, is also listed there that year [19] from which it is inferred that Moses, the father, had died before that date, and his widow, Mary, continued to live near her son and his family. The exact date of her death is uncertain.

CHILDREN:

Moses, born 11 April 1742, was a Revolutionary soldier. In 1800 he sold his right to land bounty.
MARY. (christened also Elizabeth), born 16 October 1743; married ASAEL SMITH.
Eunice, born 23 June 1745.
Mark, born 18 October 1746; died 1783 or 84. [20] He married at Derryfield, New Hampshire, 1 March 1770, Abigail, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Woodberry.
William,"the first child Baptized in the new Meeting house," 14 January 1748; married 1774, Mary Rowell, born 1750. He was in the Battle of Bunker Hill [21]; was corporal in Captain Woodbury's company, 1775; elected coroner of Salem, New Hampshire, 1784. Eight children were born to him between 1774 and 1789. In 1837 his widow was granted a pension, her husband having died 27 September 1812. She was living 1837 with a daughter, Abigail Emerson, in Newbury, Vermont. [22].
Sarah, born 29 July 1752, married William Rowell of Salem.
Hannah, born 11 June 1755.


Mary DUTY

IV. Mary DUTY, born at Rowley, Massachusetts, 11 October 1743, married 12 February 1767, Asael SMITH, the marriage being recorded both in Derryfield, New Hampshire, and Topsfield, Massachusetts, where she is mentioned as being "of Wyndham, New Hampshire." [23] She died in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio on 27 May 1836. She had come to know the Prophet Joseph Smith.

See the SMITH biographical sketch for continuation of this line.

SOURCE: The Ancestry & Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale by Audentia Smith Anderson (1926)

Footnotes
{Essex Institute Historical Collections 6:40.}
{Ibid.}
(New England Historical and Genealogical Register 41:273.}
{History of Rowley, Gage, 398}
{Essex Institute Historical Collections 21:181}
{History of Rowley, Gage, 200.}
{Essex Historical Collection 7:149}
{Ibid.}
{Essex Antiquarian 7 8:187.}
{Records First Church of Rowley, 29}
{Essex Institute Historical Collections 6:122}
{Ibid.}
{Ibid.}
{History of Windham, Morrison, 72.}
"association test"
History of Windham, Morrison, 75.
{New Hampshire Revolutinary Rolls 1:158 607.}
{First Census of New Hampshire, 53.}
{Ibid.}
{Daughters American Revolution records.}
{History of Salem, New Hampshire, Gilbert, 234, 246}
{New Hampshire Pension Records 16:856}
{Topsfield Historical Society Collections 9:186.}

William DUTY married at Rowley, Massachusetts, 1 May 1684, Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (HOSETIN) HIDDEN. [1] She was born there 19 December 1665 [2] and died 7 February 1742.

I. William DUTY served as a soldier in King Philip's War, under Captain Poole. [3] This famous image painted by John Trumbull denotes our William Duty.
Battle-at-Bunker-Hill.jpg
His name is found in the town tax list of 1691 [4], in which year he also took the oath of freeman. He died in Rowley, 11 April 1738, "above 80 year old" [5], which would bring his birth date about 1658.

CHILDREN, all born in Rowley:

WILLIAM, born 31 July 1687; married REBECCA BENNETT.
Sarah, born 17 March 1689.
John, born 4 July 1691.
Matthew, born 29 January 1693; married 4 January 1723 Deborah Goodrich, who was captured when seven years old, by Indians, but later redeemed. She died in Beverly, Massachusetts, in March 1774, aged 88 years. Her parents and two sisters were killed in the Indian raid. [6]
Samuel, born 5 May 1696, died 20 May 1761 [7]; married 1 October 1718, Ruth Tenney.
Andrew, born 16 September 1698 died 8 May 1772. [8]
Moses, baptized 29 September 1700.
Joseph, baptized 15 July 1705.
Mary, baptized 2 October 1706.


William DUTY

II. William DUTY, born 31 July 1687, at Rowley, Massachusetts, married 15 April 1709 {Ibid.}, Rebecca, daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (PALMER) (WALLINGFORD) BENNETT. [9] She was born 9 October 1685, at Rowley. He died 24 March 1753 [10], but we find no date of death of wife. They may have moved from Rowley for a time, and the births of their children be elsewhere recorded. There are, however, unprinted manuscript records of Rowley which may contain the items.

His child as listed below:


Moses DUTY

III. Moses DUTY, christened 29 Oct 1700, married 1 May 1741, at Rowley, Ann Mary [11], daughter of John and Mary (STICKNEY) PALMER. [12] She was born at Rowley, 1 June 1717 [13], where most, if not all, of her children were born.

They moved to Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, where he is found on a tax list 28 November 1775 "the first Province Tax under the Authority of Congress." [14] He signed the [15] was a method used to discover the loyalty of civilians in the contest between the Colonists and Britain, and was usually signed by men too old to give military service. It ran thus:

We the subscribers do hereby solemnly engage and promise that we will to the utmost of our power, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with Arms oppose the Hostile Proceeding of the British Fleets and Armies against the United American Colonies. [16]

His three sons, Moses, Mark, and William, gave loyal service in the Revolutionary War, William being at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Moses enlisting in June following and, together with his brother Mark, giving many years of military service during the struggle, both on this side and the other of the Canadian border. [17]

The following extract from History of the Visitation of Groveland, Massachusetts, in the 1863, by Alfred Poore, M.D., is of interest:

John Merrill came here and says: "William Duty, who resided on our place, was a very courageous man, He was in the Bunker Hill fight, and stood close by Major McClary, of Chichester, when a four pound ball struck and killed him." William Duty had a sister Eunice who could take up a barrel of cider and drink out of the bung. He also had a sister who was the wife of William Rowell, of Salem,....


Mark Duty, son of Moses, was living at Nottingham, West Town, New Hampshire afterwards called Hudson, in 1790, as head of a family [18] ''"Mary Duty"'' with four females in family, is also listed there that year [19] from which it is inferred that Moses, the father, had died before that date, and his widow, Mary, continued to live near her son and his family. The exact date of her death is uncertain.

CHILDREN:

Moses, born 11 April 1742, was a Revolutionary soldier. In 1800 he sold his right to land bounty.
MARY. (christened also Elizabeth), born 16 October 1743; married ASAEL SMITH.
Eunice, born 23 June 1745.
Mark, born 18 October 1746; died 1783 or 84. [20] He married at Derryfield, New Hampshire, 1 March 1770, Abigail, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Woodberry.
William,"the first child Baptized in the new Meeting house," 14 January 1748; married 1774, Mary Rowell, born 1750. He was in the Battle of Bunker Hill [21]; was corporal in Captain Woodbury's company, 1775; elected coroner of Salem, New Hampshire, 1784. Eight children were born to him between 1774 and 1789. In 1837 his widow was granted a pension, her husband having died 27 September 1812. She was living 1837 with a daughter, Abigail Emerson, in Newbury, Vermont. [22].
Sarah, born 29 July 1752, married William Rowell of Salem.
Hannah, born 11 June 1755.


Mary DUTY

IV. Mary DUTY, born at Rowley, Massachusetts, 11 October 1743, married 12 February 1767, Asael SMITH, the marriage being recorded both in Derryfield, New Hampshire, and Topsfield, Massachusetts, where she is mentioned as being "of Wyndham, New Hampshire." [23] She died in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio on 27 May 1836. She had come to know the Prophet Joseph Smith.

See the SMITH biographical sketch for continuation of this line.

SOURCE: The Ancestry & Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale by Audentia Smith Anderson (1926)

Footnotes
{Essex Institute Historical Collections 6:40.}
{Ibid.}
(New England Historical and Genealogical Register 41:273.}
{History of Rowley, Gage, 398}
{Essex Institute Historical Collections 21:181}
{History of Rowley, Gage, 200.}
{Essex Historical Collection 7:149}
{Ibid.}
{Essex Antiquarian 7 8:187.}
{Records First Church of Rowley, 29}
{Essex Institute Historical Collections 6:122}
{Ibid.}
{Ibid.}
{History of Windham, Morrison, 72.}
"association test"
History of Windham, Morrison, 75.
{New Hampshire Revolutinary Rolls 1:158 607.}
{First Census of New Hampshire, 53.}
{Ibid.}
{Daughters American Revolution records.}
{History of Salem, New Hampshire, Gilbert, 234, 246}
{New Hampshire Pension Records 16:856}
{Topsfield Historical Society Collections 9:186.}

William married HIDDEN, Elizabeth on 1 May 1684 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of HIDDEN, Andrew and HOSETINE, Sarah) was born on 16 Feb 1666 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 7 Feb 1742 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried on 11 Feb 1742 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _TAG: Reviewed on FS
• WAC: 11 Sep 1929, SLAKE

Notes:

~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 30 Jan 1961, SLAKE.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _TAG: Reviewed on FS
• WAC: 14 Jan 1921

John married STICKNEY, Mary on 18 Nov 1707 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Mary (daughter of STICKNEY, Lieutenant John and BROCKLEBANK, Hannah) was born on 1 Mar 1687 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 8 Sep 1695 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 2 Nov 1763 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in Nov 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _TAG: Reviewed on FS
• WAC: 14 Jan 1921

Notes:

MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 24 May 1716 ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 25 May 1961, SLAKE.