Ancestry of
Joseph Smith

Founder of the Mormon Church

Samuel Smith

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Joseph Smith — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Robert Smith 
  • Mother:
  • Mary French   
  • Birth Date:
  • 26 Jan 1666/1667 
  • Birth Location:
  • Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Jul 1748 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rebecca Curtis
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Jan 1707/1708 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Samuel Smith Jr. (Ahnentafel No:8 )

• Sources for Samuel Smith

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Topsfield, Vol. 1, p. 96, Birth record for son Samuel Smith.
  • ² The Essex Genealogist, 1983, Vol. 3, p. 63.
  • ³ Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom . . ., Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House (1929), 54-55, 91, see chart preceding p. 51.