Happy Birthday to my 1st cousin 1 time removed, Betty “Pebbles” (Stone) Moore. Happy 421st Birthday to my 9th Great-Grandfather, Christopher Smith, born 18 Mar 1593 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. “Christopher Smith was a relatively late arrival to Providence, residing there by 1649. He would have been one of the wealthier men of the town since he paid one of the highest taxes of all the citizens of Providence. He was well thought of by his peers and served in small ways as juror and as constable for one term. He went to Newport at the time of King Phillips War when so many other Providence people took refuge there. While he was at Newport in 1676, his house in Providence was burned by the Indians. He died shortly thereafter, as is recorded by Newport Friends records, which call him an ancient Friend of Providence, presumably meaning that he was a practising Quaker. His wife was Alice______.”
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:28:57 +0000
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