Norwalk

Ebenezer2"1, son of Ebenezer1"' and Abigail Smith, married, June 2, 1729, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Haynes) Bartlett (see page 206), and had Ephraim,1 born March 24, 1730; Jedediah, born September 5, 1732; Josiah, born October 25, 1734; Prue, baptized April 24, 1737; Jesse, baptized April 29, 1739. Eliakim1", son of Ebenezer1" and Abigail Smith, married Abigail, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Hoyt, and had: Martha1", born June 3, 1728, died young; Daniel1", died in infancy, by accident; Daniel2"1, born September 25, 1731, living in 181 1 ; Eliakim2"1, born December 25, 1734; Hannah, born February 28, 1737; Noah, born March 7, 1739 (see page 363); 1Ephraim, son of Ebenezer31"1 and Elizabeth (Bartlett) Smith, married, October 20, 1756, Mehit- able Parsons and had Hannah (Mrs. Silas Betts), Isaiah, Jesse, David, Samuel and Ephraim. Triese children were young when their father died and their mother seems to have married, second, Theophilus Hanford. Her sons Jesse and David Smith settled in Derby, Conn., and Samuel in Saratoga, K. V. +3-1 NOR W A L K . Thankful, born May 15, 1745; Elizabeth, born February 22, 1717 ; Abigail, born July 25, 1749, Mrs. Alexis Wood, first, and, second, Mrs. Timothy Whitney21"1 ; David, died young; Nathan, born November 24. 1752; Martha2'"1, born April 29. 1756, Mrs. Stephen W. Johnson of Albany. N. Y Catharine, born March 12. 17(12. Mrs. Jonathan Thompson.1 Ephraim1 '. son of Ebenezcr1 ' and Abigail Smith, married Isabel, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Haynesj Bartlett, and sister to his brother Ebenezer's wife, and had Ephraim, Sarah, Susannah- (Mrs. Isaac Bell, see pages 94, 95, 167), James, Nathan, Thomas, baptized April 3, 1743, Rhuamah and Hannah These children have definite registration. There ap- pears also to have been Moses of St. Johns, N. B., in 1793. Eliakim21"1, son of Eliakim1" and Abigail (Iloyt) Smith, married first Catharine Han- ford, born December 25, 1737, and had Enoch, born December 29, 1759; Catharine, born March 12, 17(12; Eliakim, born February 19, 1765; Josiah, born May r, 1775. The first Mrs. Eliakim Smith'"'1 died May 17, 1776. and her husband married, second, May 5, 1777, Lydia Olmstead. born April, 1749. whose first husband was Daniel M iddlebrook. The children of Eliakim Smith2'"1 by his second marriage were Nathan, born February iS, 177S; Lewis, born October 30, 17S4; Francis, born April 25, 1792. The Eliakim Smith home was the first house west of the present Corset Factory in lMrs. Jonathan Thompson (Catharine Smith), died Friday. Xovcmlier Is. 1 Till . and is buried in Waterfurtl, N. V. She left Charles born September 17, 17s.".. Anson, born October IS, 17s.",. Catharine, I lorn, llctuber, .:, 17SS. and Sarah bom "lure part" lleeeniber, 1 7'.i0. -Susannah, daughter of Ephraim1" and Isabel (Bartlett) Smith was baptized in New-Canaan shortly alter her lather and mother had become members on April 19. 174(1, of the Congrc.ejntianal ehnreli in that town. Between 174-0 and 1742 said church seemed to be without a settled pastor. At this time the young Susannah Smith (afterward the second Mrs. Isaac Bell) was baptized in her native town bv Rev. Jonathan Ingersoll of Kidgefield. Her sister Sarah had been baptized April 9. 1739, and her brothers James and Nathan on April 27, 1740. just after their parents had united with the church. Her brother Thomas was a subject of the same sacrament April 3, 1743. The children of this family scattered from New- Canaan where the family were part owners of what is now the splendid Owenoke avenue. James and Nathan resided in Islip, L. I.; Susannah through her Bell marriage became a prominent ancestress (pages 94, 95, 173) and spent the troublous war days in the provides where her Norwalk son-in-law, Nehc- miah Rogers =»«t, entertained the fat her of the Empress Victoria. The descent from Isaac and Susannah (Smith) Bell is notable. Their great grandson. Cor- don Knox Bell, a New York city attorney (son of Edward R.Bell), was the groom at the Bell-Crafts bridal solemnities in St. John's church. South Salem, Westchester county. N. Y„ on May 11, lHSjl. The mother of the groom, Eliza X. Soutter (Mrs. Edward R.Bell) belonged to the Soutter family of the South, the bear! of which household was, previous to the lasl civil war, a well know n Metropolitan financier. The groom's father w as a brother of Isaac Bell a former Norwalk school lad (pages Uo and 171). The bride of May 11, lS!»t), was Marian .Mason, daughter of Dr. James M. Crafts, president of the Institute of Teeli- nolnjjy, Boston, Mass.. whose summer villa crowns n Salem New York and New England bordering ele- ■t ition ol rich aboriginal aud colonial uss< tntnm, and from the summit of which, beneath rare aerial brightness and freshness, an expansive and liiost beautifully diversified landscape charms the sight and captivates the senses. The descendants of John and Elizabeth (Haynes) Bartlett (page 201',) comprise a conspicuous company and the Bell, Bennett, Biglow, Fitch. Rogers, Sattcr- ley and Smith relatives and connections of Nnrwalk's early Bartlett barrister are manv. The Bartlett- Belden blood emanates from the Bartlett-Bctts union as per page 3X4. 433 South Norwalk. The original house was burnt July n, 1779. The second house (standing in 1899 on same site) was raised Saturday, April 23, 1788. OF ELIAKIM SMITH2"" DESCENT. Lewis, son of Eliakim2"1 and Lydia Smith, was born October 30, 1784. His early child- hood was spent in the house still standing (15 Ann Street). The house which his grandfather, Eliakim Smith1'' had built upon that site had been burned by the British in 1779 and the present house was erected in 1788. Close by was Rusco Creek, in which, in childhood, he sailed his little boats. When seven years old his father, who owned and commanded a schooner, took him to New York, and thence to Little Egg Harbor. In 1804, having received a nautical education, he made a long voyage, being away from home fourteen months. In 1805 he embarked upon a United States Custom House brig, receiving a commission from Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, and James Madison, Secretary of State. In 1810 he commanded a ship. The year in which war was declared against Great Britain he entered the service, and during the struggle assisted in capturing ninety cannon and four hundred and one prisoners. He faced the mouth of the enemy's guns while his companions were killed at his side. He also commanded two private armed schooners. He left Nor- walk (to assume charge of these) by stage on the 7th of October, and arrived at New Bedford on the 9th. In December following he was chased for six hours and then captured by the British blockading squadron. He was on Commodore Hardy's ship for seventeen days, where he was well treated. The Commodore took pleasure in conversing with him, and on the morning of his release he breakfasted with the Commodore, who requested him to tell the inhabitants of Stonington that if they molested him with any of their fireships or torpedoes, he would surely knock their town down about their ears. Commodore Hardy offered to give him a license to trade with any of the fleet under his command. The brave Norwalk youth thanked him, but declined the favor. He landed at Stonington. When the inhabitants were informed of Commodore Hardy's intention regarding their conduct in molesting him, it did not appear to alarm them. He was in service at sea when peace was declared. In Jan- uary, 1816, he united with the Congregational Church in Norwalk, of which Rev. Roswell Swan was pastor. He removed to New York in 1820, and in January, 1821, united with the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York, of which he remained a member till the end of his life. He was widely known and his Christian character greatly admired. Lewis Smith married in May, 1808, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Catharine (Raymond) Weed, and had William Lewis, born February 16, 1811 ; Ann Eliza, born March 5, i8i3(Mrs. Dr. L. D. Gale);1 Clara Augusta (Mrs. William Allen first, and, second, Mrs. ■The children of Dr. Leonard D. and Ann Eliza (Smith) Gale were Clara Augusta (Mrs. William Al- len first.and, second, Mrs. Edward 0. Graves). Mrs. William Allen had Clarence Gale Allen, who married Martha McKee of Washington, D. C. The children ■of Mrs. Edward 0. Graves were Jessie, Bertram and Evelyn. Dr. Leonard D. Gale assisted Prof. Morse in his electrical work. Himself and Morse w Iked from Baltimore to Washington in the work of superinten- dence of potting up wires for the first telegraph line. In their experiments Dr. Gale had thirty miles of wire stretched around his room, and Morse a shorter dis- tance of the metal. The discoveries of both were united. See Century Magazine, 1888. Morse and Gale arc closely linked names. N O R W A L K . Edward O. Graves); Lydia Esther, born January 9, 1816 (unmarried); Harriet Augusta,1 born December 3, 1821; Mary, born November 9, 1824 (Mrs. Henry Bushnell Sheldon);2 Catharine (unmarried). The Norwalk Jamaica, L. I., Smith blood emenates from Ebenezer Smith of said Jamaica, and has mention on pages 186, 213, 262 and 263. The earliest names of such of that branch of the Smith household as have Norwalk registry are Robert, John, Abraham, Samuel and Mary (Mrs. John Gregory. Jr., of 1735). JOSEPH AND EUNICE SMITH LINEAGE. At least three of the children, Eliphalet, Hezekiah and Gershom B. of the above captioned Smiths established homes in Norwalk and Westport. The first, located in Cran- berry Plains, the second, in Saugatuck, and the last on Norwaik Island. The family is prob- ably of Long Island origin, and constitutes a distinct branch of the name. Eliphalet married Olive Gregory; Hezekiah, Emma Meeker, and Gershom B., first, Sarah Finch, and, second, Temperance Sheffield. The complete Joseph and Eunice Smith3 family roll is Rachel born March 21, 1759. Eliphalet, February 25, 1761, Joseph, May 27, 1763, Sarah (Mrs. Abraham Pulling), September 29, 1765, Eunice, January 23, 1768, Hezekiah, January 18, 1770, Huldah, January 29, 1773. Priscilla (Mrs. John Duncan), September 28, 1775, Belinda, September 14, 1777. Gershom Burr, February 9, 1780, and Walter, January 15, 1784.