Ancestry of
Christopher Reeve

Movie Actor

Samuel Smith

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Christopher Reeve — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 898 
  • Father:
  • John Smith 
  • Mother:
  • Susanna Hinckley   
  • Birth Date:
  • Apr 1644 
  • Birth Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • from 16 Dec 1719 to 15 Oct 1729 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Pierce
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Jun 1692 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey 
  • Children:
  
  

  Shubael Smith

  Susannah Smith (Ahnentafel No:449 )

• Sources for Samuel Smith

  • ¹ American Marriages Before 1699, p. 172, Marriage record for Samuel Smith and Elizabeth Pierce.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Barnstable, Vol. 1, p. 60, Birth record for Samuel Smith.
  • ³ New England Ancestors Magazine, Fall 2008, Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 45-46.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1943, Vol. 97, p. 333.
  • ⁵ New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, p. 432, Abstract of will for Samuel Smith.
  • ⁶ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Marriage record for Samuel Smith and Elizabeth Pierce.
  • ⁷ Christian, Louise Aymar and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph, The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom, 1630-1950, n.p.: n.p. (1950), 17.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 511.

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