Ancestry of
Hazel Mae Brown

(1897–1988)

Betty Smith

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Hazel Mae Brown — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 57 
  • Father:
  • Solomon Smith 
  • Mother:
  • Elisabeth Cole   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Jan 1763 
  • Birth Location:
  • Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Dec 1834 
  • Death Location:
  • Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mount Cemetery, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Samuel Reed
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Jun 1781 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Joseph Reed (Ahnentafel No:28 )

  • Notes: 

  • Betty Smith's given name is also seen as Betsey and Betsy.

    Betty's birth was at Easton, Massachusetts, but also recorded as Chesterfield.

• Sources for Betty Smith

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A094664.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/25/2020).
  • ³ History and Genealogy of the Families of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 1762-1962, Northampton, Massachusetts: Gazette Printing Co., Inc. (1962), 296, 332, gives Betsy's death date as 23 JAN 1835.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, Birth record for Betty Smith.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Chesterfield, Birth record for son Joseph Reed.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Chesterfield, Vol. 2, p. 91, Death record for Betsey Reed.
  • ⁷ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Chesterfield, Vol. 1, p. 117, Marriage record for Samuel Reed and Betty Smith.
  • ⁸ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Chesterfield, Vol. 1, p. 128, Birth record for Betty Smith.
  • ⁹ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #66684, Membership application for Paul Marion Reed.
  • ¹⁰ Phillips, Vernon S., Francis Nash of Braintree, Mass. and 1550 of His Descendants, Akron, Ohio: Typed manuscript (1933), 30.
  • ¹¹ Reed, John Ludovicus, The Reed Genealogy: Descendants of William Reade of Weymouth, Massachusetts From 1635 to 1902, n. p.: n. p. (1902), 61, 110-112.