Ancestry of
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
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- 8th Great-grandfather of Bill Weld — 11th Generation
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- 1800
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- from 05 MAR 1691/1692 to 02 MAY 1693
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- Sarah -----
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Jonathan Smith (Ahnentafel No:900 )
Richard Smith
Samuel Smith
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There is a tradition that Richard “Bull” Smith received his nickname after making a bargain with the Indians for his land. He is said to have made a deal for all the land that he could ride around on his trained bull in a day. He set out at sunrise, dashed through swamps and over hill and dale, and by sunset had gone around the town that now bears his name.
Richard "Bull" Smith
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Sources for Richard "Bull" Smith
- 1 The American Genealogist, 1936, Vol. 13, p. 157.
- 2 Harrison, John Houston, Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County, Virginia, and Their Descendants . . ., Dayton, Virginia: Joseph K. Ruebush Company (1935), 37.
- 3 Pelletreau, William S., et. al., Records of the Town of Smithtown, Long Island, N.Y., with Other Ancient Documents of Historic Value, Huntington, NY: Long-Islander Print (1898), xvi, 34-36.
- 4 Seversmith, Herbert Furman, Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut, Washington, D.C.: typed manuscript (1939), Vol. 1, p. 364.
- 5 Smith, Frederick Kinsman, The Family of Richard Smith of Smithtown, Long Island: Ten Generations, Smithtown, Long Island, New York: The Smithtown Historical Society (1967), 3-30.
- 6 Thompson, Benjamin F., The History of Long Island; from Its Discovery and Settlement, to the Present Time, Vol. 2, New York: Gould, Banks and Co. (1843), 452.
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