Ancestry of
Emily Post

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Thankful Smith

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Emily Post — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 59 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Smith Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Cooper   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Sep 1712 
  • Birth Location:
  • New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Jun 1769 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old Bethany Cemetery, Bethany, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Daniel Tolles
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  • Child:

  Mary Tolles (Ahnentafel No:29 )

• Sources for Thankful Smith

  • ¹ New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 8, p. 1842.
  • ² New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 7, p. 1740.
  • ³ New Haven, CT: Vital Records, 1649-1850, Vol. 1, p. 116, Birth record for Desire and Thankful Smith (twins).
  • ⁴ Lines, Eliza J., comp., Marks-Platt Ancestry, Sound Beach, Connecticut: The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Press (1902), p. 50 and Esther Tolles pedigree chart between pages 72 and 76.