Elizabeth Smith Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 20 Sep 1747 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America: Oswald Family History

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Name	Elizabeth Smith
Birth	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Gender	Female
Death	20 Sep 1747	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Person ID	I312684222764	Oswald Genealogy
Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

Father	Daniel Smith, Jr., b. 27 Sep 1642, Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 07 Jun 1681, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 38 years)
Relationship	unknown
Mother	Mary Grant, b. Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 31 May 1681, Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Relationship	unknown
Marriage	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Family ID	F2162	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	John Pierce, b. 27 May 1673, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 26 Apr 1744, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 70 years)
Marriage	05 Nov 1702	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Family ID	F2144	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

Notes

COMMENT: SOURCE document references are
COMMENT: SOURCE document references are detailed at the end of notes

BIRTH-PARENTS:
[SOURCE CH089] pg439
"Daniel SMITH, Jr., ... [child 4] Elizabeth, b., Jan. 15, 1673-4"
[SOURCE CH079] pg 36-37
"1673."
"Elizabeth SMITH daughter of danill and Mary SMITH borne the 15 of January"

MARRIAGE:
[SOURCE CH089] pg439
"Daniel SMITH, Jr., [child] "4. Elizabeth, ... m., Nov. 5, 1702, John Pierce."

POSSIBLE DEATH:
[SOURCE CH079] pg 62-63
"1690"
"Elizabeth Smith died the: 30: of May"

PARENTS:
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QUESTION: Who was Elizabeth's father, Daniel SMITH or John SMITH?
ANSWER: Based on the following logic, father was Daniel SMITH.
[Following logic by Richard William COOPER son of William Henry COOPER.]
[Richard COOPER entries in []s ]
1. [SOURCE CH100 pg 119-120]
[Sanderson (SOURCE CH100) challenges Bond's (SOURCE CH079) assignment of
Elizabeth's parentage to Daniel SMITH and Mary GRANT. He says parents should be
John SMITH and Mary Beech]
2. [Sanderson wrote in SOURCE CH100 pg 119-120]:
"John Pierce married Elizabeth Smith in 1702. She is stated by Bond to have
been the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Grant) Smith but it is improbable as that
Elizabeth died May 30, 1690."
3. [SOURCE CH079 pg 62-63 has an entry:]
"1690" "Elizabeth Smith died the: 30: of May:"
[Sanderson offers no proof for this being the Elizabeth to which he refers
and this entry shows no relationships to anyone.]
4. [Sanderson continues:] "It is much more probable that she was a daughter of
John Smith son of the pioneer Thomas, who married Mary Beech and had a
son-in-law John Peirce."
5. [Sanderson must have meant the Mary Beech and the John Smith recorded
in SOURCE CH079 ppg 8-9 and ppg 26-27]
[BIRTHS:]
"1641."
"Mary the daughter of Richard & Mary Beech borne 11 (10)"
"John the son of Thomas and Mary Smith borne 10 (10)"
[SOURCE CH079 pg 26]
[MARRIAGE:] "1664" "John Smith & Mary Bech maryed Apr. 19"
[SOURCE CH079 pg 27]
[MARRIAGE:] "1665." "John Smith & Mary Beech weare Maryed 19 of april"

6. [Although there are many births of children to John and Mary Smith in
Watertown, listed in SOURCE CH079 following their marriage in 1664-65, in the
years 1667 (pg 29, "Mary...15 Jun"); 1668 (pg 30, "John...the 8 of the 6th mo");
1670 (pg 32, "Samuell...the 22: 2d mo"); 1670 (pg 33, "Abigall..the 29 of June")
1672 (ppg 35-36, "Hanah...27 of December"); 1675 (ppg 40-41,"Sary..7th of June")
1679 (pg 47. "Samuel...the 10 March");
there is no record in the Watertown records of such an Elizabeth born to John
and Mary Smith]

7. [Additionally, There is a birth record of an Elizabeth SMITH to a Daniel
and Mary SMITH: SOURCE CH079 pg 37]
"1673"
"Elizabeth smith daughter of danill and Mary Smith borne the 15 of January"

8. [Charles Hudson SOURCE CH088 also assigns the parantage of
Elizabeth SMITH to Daniel and Mary (GRANT)]
[SOURCE CH088 ppg 532-533]
"John Pierce, born 27 May 1673, died 1743-1744. Resided at Waltham.
He married 5 Nov. 1702 Elizabeth Smith, b 15 Jan. 1673, died at Watertown
20 Sept. 1747, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Grant).]
9. Finally the following information acquired from the Ancestry File entered
by other researhers assign the parentage of Elizabeth to Danile Smith and
Mary Grant. [SOURCE CH131]
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[SOURCE CH131]
Ancestry File PIERCE1.GED acquired 7-14-94 AFN:
Name:Elizabeth SMITH Sex:F ID No:FZPP-1N
Birth:15 Jan 1674 Place:Watertown,,Massachusetts
[SOURCE CH079 Watertown MA vital records give Elizabeth's birth as 15 Jan 1673]
[Perhaps year entry here was a typo: 1673 was entered as 1674 ]
Marr: 5 Nov 1702 Spouse:John PEIRCE-FZPP-5C
Death:20 Sep 1747 Place:Watertown,Middlesex,MA
Bap:13 Mar 1923 Temple:
Endow:13 Nov 1925 Temple:
Seal P:24 Jan 1945 Temple:SG
Father:Daniel SMITH-CXZ9-B8 Mother:Mary GRANT-835
Father:Daniel SMITH-CXZ9-B8 Mother:Mary GRANT-7BZZ-0W
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Husband:John PEIRCE-FZPP-5C
Wife:Elizabeth SMITH-FZPP-1N
Marriage: 5 Nov 1702 Place:Watertown,,Massachusetts
Sealing: Temple:
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Husband:John PEIRCE-FZPP-5C Br/Ch:27 May 1673
Wife:Elizabeth SMITH-FZPP-1N Br/Ch:15 Jan 1674
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CHILD BR/CH
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1. Jonas PIERCE-NPJ0-F1 20 Dec 1705
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Apparent duplicate below merged with Elizabeth SMITH-S27H-XK in this record:
[SOURCE CH131]
Ancestry File PIERCE1.GED acquired 7-14-94 AFN:
Name:Elizabeth SMITH Sex:F ID No:S27H-XK
Birth:15 Jan 1679 Place:Watertown,Middlesex,Massachusets
Bap:13 Mar 1923 Temple:
Endow:13 Nov 1925 Temple:
Seal P:24 Jan 1942 Temple:
Father:Daniel SMITH-CXZ9-B8 Mother:Mary GRANT-7BZZ-0W
[SOURCE CH079 Watertown MA vital records give Elizabeth's birth as 15 Jan 1673]
[Perhaps year entry here was a typo: 1673 was entered as 1679 ]

SOURCES:
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[SOURCE CH079]
"Watertown Records ...The First Book and Supplement of Births Deaths and
Marriages [years 1630-1693] Watertown Mass Press of Fred G. Barker 1894"
SL GEN LIB: 974.44, W5, N2h, Vol. 1

[SOURCE CH088]
"History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts From Its
First Settlement to 1868. Volume II--Genealogies" [#5978]" By Charles Hudson
"Revised and Continued to 1912 By The Lexington Historical Society.
Pub:Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin Co., Riverside Press Cambridge, 1913"
SL GEN LIB: 974.44/L2, H2b, Vol 2

[SOURCE CH089]
"Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early
Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston;
Vol. I. Genealogies." By Henry Bond, M.D. Pub: 1855
SL GEN LIB: 974.44, D2b, Vol.1

[SOURCE CH100]
Waltham as a Precinct of Watertown and as a Town 1630-1884" by Edmund L.
Sanderson, Pub by Waltham Historical Society, Inc. 1936.
SL LDS Geneological Society Library Call No. 974.44/wl H2i

[SOURCE CH131]
Information acquired from LDS Ancestry File on 7-14-94. GED of ancestors of
Jonas PIERCE b. 20 Dec 1705, Watertown, Middlesex, MA

ALERT: Husband is John Pierce (born 1673) not John Pierce (born 1668)
According to Henry Bond's Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston, John Pierce (born 1673) is the husband of Elizabeth Smith rather than John Pierce (born 1668).