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Rufus Smith

BIRTH: ABT 1773
DEATH: 9 Jan 1850, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
BURIAL: Smith Lot, Westcott Road, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
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Father: Richard Smith (ABT 1737 - 8 Dec 1810)
Mother: Lydia Clarke (____ - ____)

Family 1: Nancy Whipple (5 Feb 1782 - 16 Jan 1825)

Stephen B. Smith (ABT 1801 - 1 Mar 1818)
Amity or Ameta Smith (ABT 1803 - 8 Apr 1872)
+Mary Smith (Bet 1805 and 1806 - 16 Dec 1841)
Lydia Smith (ABT 1808 - 19 Jun 1866)
Richard Smith (ABT 1811 - 18 Mar 1876)
Ziba Smith (ABT 1813 - 9 Jan 1839)

                                                                                                       _Christopher Smith __
                                                                                                      | (1600 - 1676) m 1625
                                                                     _Edward Smith ___________________|_Alice ______________
                                                                    | (1630 - 1693) m 1663              (1600 - 1681)       
                                             _Christopher Smith ____|
                                            | (1672 - 1755) m 1697  |
                                            |                       |                                  _Thomas Angell ______
                                            |                       |                                 | (1618 - 1694) m 1643
                                            |                       |_Annphillis or Amphillis Angell _|_Alice Ashton _______
                                            |                         (1640 - 1694) m 1663              (1617 - 1694)       
                       _Christopher Smith __|
                      | (1697 - 1781)       |
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                      |                     |                        _Edward Stephens ________________|_____________________
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                      |                     |_Mary Stephens ________|
                      |                       (1679 - 1758) m 1697  |
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                      |                                             |_Mary Adams _____________________|_____________________
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 _Richard Smith ______|
| (1737 - 1810)       |
|                     |                                                                                _Thomas Harris ______+
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|                     |                                              _Thomas Harris __________________|_Elizabeth __________
|                     |                                             | (.... - 1710) m 1664                                  
|                     |                      _Richard Harris _______|
|                     |                     | (1668 - 1750) m 1699  |
|                     |                     |                       |                                  _Richard Tew ________
|                     |                     |                       |                                 | (.... - 1673)       
|                     |                     |                       |_Elnathan Tew ___________________|_Mary Clarke ________
|                     |                     |                         (1644 - 1718) m 1664              (.... - 1687)       
|                     |_Amity Harris _______|
|                       (1697 - 1769)       |
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|                                           |                        _Clement King ___________________|_____________________
|                                           |                       | (1632 - 1694)                                         
|                                           |_Elizabeth Lydia King _|
|                                             (1670 - 1736) m 1699  |
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|                                                                   |_Elizabeth Baker ________________|_____________________
|                                                                     (1633 - 1708)                                         
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|--Rufus Smith 
|  (1773 - 1850)
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|_Lydia Clarke _______|
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Notes

!SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 58. Gives only surname Smith.

!SOURCE: Will of brother-in-law Smith Whipple, dated 13 Oct 1820, proved 26 Nov 1830 (See R.I. Genealogical Register, Vol. 3, No. 3 Abstracts Burrillville Wills, Jan 1981, p. 268). Gives full name, Rufus Smith.

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 16 Oct 2001. Cites Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index.

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 13 Jun 2003. Norma writes: "I think Rufus Smith {10287} is the son of Richard Smith {19784} and Lydia Clarke {19785}. Richard Smith is the son of Christopher Smith, Jr. {28299 b. 1697 Providence, Providence, RI d. January 27, 1781 Scituate, Providence, RI} and Amity Harris {b. October 10, 1697 Providence, Providence, RI d. May 05, 1769 Scituate, Providence, RI}. Amity Harris is the daughter of Richard Harris {24703} and Elizabeth King {24703}. Here's why I think so: Rufus and Nancy (Whipple) Smith have children named Richard, Lydia C., and Amity. Their other children are apparently named for Nancy's family--Stephen, Mary, and Ziba. The location (Scituate, RI) and ages of the individuals are appropriate as well."

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