Mr. Solomon Smith

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Private Capt.</B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution</I>,</div> <div>  - Vol. I-XVII (17). Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id20_lottery_house_has_a_new_life.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Historic Homes and Buildings"><U><B>Lottery House Has a New Life</B></U></A></div> <div> Calvin Heywood or David Davies House, </div> <div> Great Rd Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6851dfc0.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="508" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Mr. Solomon Smith</B></div> <div> ACTON MINUTEMAN</div> <div> APRIL 19, 1775</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="brief_notes_on_his_life"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>BRIEF NOTES ON HIS LIFE</div> <div> By his gr,gr,gr,great grandson</div> <div> David Mott Rote</div> <bR> <div> Solomon Smith (1754-1837), a member of Capt Isaac Davis' company of Acton minutemen, was a descendant of Thomas Smith (1610-1693) who arrived in America on the ship “Primrose” on July 15, 1635 and was admitted as a freeman at Watertown on May 17, 1637. Thomas married Mary Knapp of Watertown. (Source: Watertown Vital Records)</div> <bR> <div> Their son Thomas Smith (1640-1727) was to later reside in Lexington and marry Mary Hosmer (1641-1719) of Concord, whose brother Stephen heads the line to Abner Hosmer of Acton. (Source: Watertown, Concord and Lexington Vital Records)</div> <bR> <div> Thomas and Mary's son Benjamin (1689-1779) served many years as a selectman and also assessor of the town of Lexington. Benjamin and his wife Martha Comee had seven children, the youngest being Thomas Smith (1727-1758), the father of Solomon Smith. (Source: Lexington Vital Records)</div> <bR> <div> In his declaration for a pension dated August 17, 1832, Solomon Smith states that he was born in 1754 in Woburn, Massachusetts. However the record of his birth is actually found in the Lexington Vital Records as follows:</div> <bR> <div>      “<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >SMITH</FONT></div> <div>           Solomon, s of Thos & Sarah, b Jan 12, 1754, bp Jan 13”</div> <bR> <div> (Source: Lexington, Massachusetts Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths to January, 1898. Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston 1898. Page 75, first entry)</div> <bR> <div> The Woburn connection is explained in Charles Hudson's “History of the Town of Lexington” where we find an entry for Thomas Smith, b. 15 April 1727: “He married at Woburn, 12 April 1753, Sarah Raymond, born 6 November 1730, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Dodge) Raymond. They probably lived at Woburn or in the part called Burlington. In 1754 they were admitted to the Lexington Church by a letter of dismission from the Second church at Woburn, otherwise known as the Burlington church.”</div> <bR> <div>      “Children, first two born at Lexington:</div> <div> Solomon, b. 12 Jan 1754</div> <div> Ezekiel, b. 24 Nov 1755</div> <div> Sarah. (her birth is recorded in the Acton Vital Records, page 103 as Sarah, d Thomas and Sarah, Oct 30, 1757 in A.)”</div> <bR> <bR> <div> (Source: “History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts” by Charles Hudson. Revised and Continued to 1912 by the Lexington Historical Society, Vol II Genealogies, Page 633. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 1913.)</div> <bR> <div> We learn of the Acton residence of both Thomas Smith and his son Solomon from the “History of Middlesex County” by D. H. Hurd. At page 247/Acton under the heading of The Fletcher Homestead we find:</div> <bR> <div> “The farm and homestead of Potter Conant, on the crossroad, was originally owned and occupied by James Fletcher, the father of Deacon John, and the birthplace of the latter. It was sold in exchange to Potter Conant, when Deacon John was four years old. Thomas Smith, the father of Solomon Smith, died here in 1758. Solomon Smith, who was at the Concord fight, lived here at the time. His son, Luke Smith, was at Baltimore with his knapsack and gun, when the rioters mobbed the Old Sixth on the 19<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> of April, 1861. Silas Conant lived here later.”</div> <bR> <div> (Source: “History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts” by D. Hamilton Hurd, Vol I, published in 1890 by J.W. Lewis Company, Philadelphia)</div> <bR> <div> After the early death of Solomon's father Thomas in Acton at age 31, his mother Sarah Raymond Smith (1730-1816) would marry Gershom Davies of Acton on Dec. 24, 1765.</div> <bR> <div> Solomon Smith was married twice. By his first wife Beulah Davies, he had five children.</div> <div> By his second wife, Lucy Nutting he had five more children. The compiler of these notes descends from Solomon and Lucy Smith through their daughter Lucy who was to later relocate to Western New York and raise a large family.</div> <bR> <div> At the occasion of Acton's centennial celebrations in 1835, the town officials were prompted to request depositions from those surviving residents who participated in the events of April 19, 1775. Solomon Smith's two depositions given at that time may be viewed on this website along with his deposition for a pension in 1832.</div> <bR> <div> According to the published report of the Secretary of War in 1835, Solomon Smith was placed on the pension roll on June 29, 1833 at $43.33 per annum, retroactive to March 4, 1831. After his death on July 25, 1837, his widow Lucy applied for a widow's pension under a Congressional Act of July 7, 1838. Her request and declaration were subscribed before Samuel P.P. Fay, Judge of Probate for Middlesex County - the same judge who had affixed his signature to Solomon Smith's deposition in 1832. Lucy Smith received a pension until her own death on February 19, 1846.</div> <bR> <div> Solomon Smith's Revolutionary War service, besides being documented by his pension application and two depositions, was kept very much alive by his family, particularly through son Luke and Luke's daughter Luella Smith Mott.</div> <bR> <div> In 1891, Luke Smith was interviewed by author/historian Abram E. Brown for his upcoming book entitled “Beneath Old Roof Trees” which was published by Lee & Shepard, Boston. Luke also sat for a fine photo portrait that appears in the book.</div> <bR> <div> A.E. Brown states in Chapter 13 (subtitled Footprints of Acton Patriots): “The events of that day (Apr 19th) seem comparatively recent when we gather the accounts from one who had them from the lips of a participant. The living son of a man who served at Concord and Bunker Hill is Luke Smith of Acton. He was the youngest of thirteen children, and, like Joseph of old, the child of his father's old age. Solomon Smith, like Jacob the Jewish patriarch, had a favorite. It was Luke, his last born, who is the last to tell his father's story. `Sitting upon my father's knee', he said, `in the full enjoyment of the blessings of liberty, I received from him this account of the eventful day of history:'” Luke then proceeded to narrate the events of April 19<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> through his father's eyes.</div> <bR> <div> On September 9, 1891, Luke was enrolled in The Massachusetts Society, National Society, Sons of the American Revolution as a “real son.” His application contained a summary of his father's service record as well as his own service in Capt Daniel Tuttle's Company of Massachusetts Volunteers in the Civil War. A little over one hundred years later, this compiler proudly added his name to the rolls of the SAR on the line of Solomon Smith.</div> <bR> <div> During the summer of 1935, the Town of Acton celebrated its 200<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> anniversary of incorporation. Harold R. Phalen, author of “History of the Town of Acton” published by Middlesex Printing, Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1954, made the following observation: “One Acton native and resident who had a most unusual connection with the anniversary exercises was Mrs. Luella Smith Mott, whose grandfather, Solomon Smith, was in Davis' company at Concord Bridge. Mrs. Mott, aged sixty-six at the time of the celebration was, so far has ever been discovered, the only person then alive in the United States who could claim a grandfather who was a participant in the Revolution at any stage, to say nothing of one who fought in its first engagement.”</div> <bR> <div> The footnote on the page noted: “Solomon Smith (1753-1837) begat at the age of sixty Luke Smith (1813-1899) who in turn at the age of fifty-six begat Luella Smith Mott (1869-1945).”</div> <bR> <div> Several newspaper articles from the 1940's, before Mrs. Mott's death, included photographs and some of her recollections of both of her father Luke and stories and artifacts relating to her grandfather Solomon. It is interesting to also note that the estate </div> <div> of Luke Smith gave a pair of cufflinks, worn by Solomon Smith as a minuteman, to the Acton Memorial Library where they have been displayed.</div> <bR> <div> Solomon Smith, Luke Smith, Luella Smith Mott and several members of their families, all rest in peace in the Smith family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton Center.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="descendants_of_solomon_smith"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Century Schoolbook" ><I><B>Descendants of Solomon Smith</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>Generation No. 1</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>1.</B>  S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OLOMON</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >5</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT><I>  (T</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>HOMAS</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >4</FONT><I>, B</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>ENJAMIN</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT><I>, T</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>HOMAS</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT><I>, T</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>HOMAS</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1</FONT><I>)</I> was born January 12, 1754 in Lexington, Middlesex, MA., and died July 25, 1837 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..  He married (1) B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EULAH</FONT> D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AVIES</FONT> Bef. 1778, daughter of S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AMUEL</FONT> D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AVIES</FONT> and S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT>.  She was born May 04, 1756 in Acton, Middlesex, MA., and died Bef. 1792.  He married (2) L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTTING</FONT> August 28, 1792 in Acton, Middlesex, MA., daughter of E<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >BENEZER</FONT> N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTTING</FONT> and S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >YBIL</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >TICKNEY</FONT>.  She died February 19, 1846 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> Notes for S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OLOMON</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>:</div> <bR> <div> Solomon Smith, grandfather of Mrs. Mott, was married twice. his first wife, Sarah Davis of Acton and his second Lucy Nutting of Groton. Luke Smith, father of Mrs. Mott was the youngest child of Solomon Smith by his second marriage and she was Luke Smith's youngest daughter, thee by making her a bonafide granddaughter of a Revolutionary solider.</div> <bR> <div> Fifty years after the battle of Bunker Hill, Solomon Smith made himself a fine cane, which by the way, Mrs. Mott now has as part of an interesting collection of souvenirs. he walked to Charlestown to attend the exercises of the laying of the corner stone of Bunker Hill monument. Gen Lafayette, who was visiting at that time, was present at the exercises</div> <bR> <div> Served at Concord Bridge under Capt. Isaac Davis' Acton Minutemen on April 19, 1775. Also served at Bunker Hill under Capt. William Smith and was present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne. The compiler of this record joined the Sons of the American Revolution on the line of Solomon Smith. Smith was a guest of honor at the second centennial anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Concord, September 12, 1835. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the orator of the day. - David Rott, 2004</div> <bR> <div> More About S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OLOMON</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Minuteman: September 27, 1774, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <div> Revolutionary War: April 19, 1775, Capt. Isaac Davis Company</div> <div>      </div> <div> Children of S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OLOMON</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT> and B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EULAH</FONT> D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AVIES</FONT> are:</div> <div>      i.     P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ATTY</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >6</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>, b. May 11, 1778, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. June 24, 1864, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> Notes for P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ATTY</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>:</div> <div> burial: Acton Cemetery</div> <bR> <div> More About P<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ATTY</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>:</div> <div> Census: 1855, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      ii.     S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AMUEL</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>, b. July 03, 1781, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <div>      iii.     D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>, b. May 30, 1784, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARAH</FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> More About D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>:</div> <div> Baptism: May 30, 1784, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      iv.     S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ALLY</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>, b. January 11, 1788, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. November 05, 1810, Acton Cemetery.</div> <div>      v.     T<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >HOMAS</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>, b. July 26, 1790, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div>      </div> <div> Children of S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OLOMON</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT> and L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> N<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTTING</FONT> are:</div> <div>      vi.     A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >NNA</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >6</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>, b. Abt. 1798, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. D<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ANIEL</FONT> H<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT> L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EWIS</FONT>, July 04, 1816, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. Concord, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About A<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >NNA</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>:</div> <div> Baptism: October 05, 1800, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      vii.     L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>, b. August 05, 1792, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. Abt. 1878, Brant, Erie, N.Y.; m. Abt. 1816; m. (2) S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AMUEL</FONT> L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EONARDS</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTTS</FONT>, August 12, 1826, Brant, Erie, N.Y.; b. May 25, 1789, Dartmouth, Bristol, MA.; d. March 10, 1861.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UCY</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>:</div> <div> Lucy Smith (Solomon and Lucy's daughter) ended up in New York State before 1818. She had two children: Nelson and Deidama Smith before she married my grgrgr grandfather Samuel Leonard Butts. We don't know who the father of these two children are - whether Lucy first married a Smith or whether the kids took her maiden name. Lucy was Samuel Butts' second wife. He had five children with his first wife and then five more with Lucy. I descend from their oldest child Starbuck Mott Butts. Starbuck's brother Herschel Smith Butts is the last to carry the Smith name in any form.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for LUCY SMITH:</div> <div> Baptized in Acton, Massachusetrtes on October 5, 1800.  LUCY SMITH had two children prior to her marriage SAMUEL L. BUTTS:  NELSON SMITH and DIADAMA SMITH.  The father of these children is not known to the compiler. - David Rott, 2004</div> <bR> <div> More About S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AMUEL</FONT> L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >EONARDS</FONT> B<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UTTS</FONT>:</div> <div> Census: 1850, Brant, Erie, N.Y.</div> <div> Occupation: Farmer</div> <bR> <div>      viii.     SOLOMON SMITH, JR.<I> </I>was born December 16, 1794 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died November 28, 1856 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married CATHERINE EVELETH FAULKNER June 03, 1821 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, daughter of NATHANIEL FAULKNER and SUSANNA COX. She was born August 22, 1800 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died August 19, 1878 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.</div> <bR> <div> Notes for SOLOMON SMITH: </div> <div> b. either Dec. 16,1784 or 1794 </div> <div> Acton Town Records Vol. 3 pg. 8 line 29 </div> <div> Smith, Solomon, married, 61, Wheelwrighter, died: Nov. 29, 1856, Acton, </div> <div> born: Acton, parents: Solomon Smith. </div> <bR> <div> More About SOLOMON SMITH: </div> <div> Baptism: October 05, 1800, Acton, Middlesex, MA. </div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA. </div> <div> Census 1: 1850, Acton, Middlesex, MA. </div> <div> Census 2: 1855, Massachusetts State Census for Acton </div> <div> Occupation: 1850, Farmer </div> <bR> <div> Notes for CATHERINE EVELETH FAULKNER: </div> <div> CATHERINE EVELETH FAULKNER B. 22 Aug 1800 Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts M. 3 Jun 1821. (daughter of Nathaniel FAULKNER, JR. and Susanna COX). (spouse) SOLOMON SMITH, JR. B. 16 Dec 1784 Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts D. ? (son of Solomon SMITH & ?) </div> <div> Burial: Acton Cemetery </div> <bR> <div> 1865 Acton Census </div> <div> Smith Catherine Evenleth 65 f w MA w Housekeeper </div> <div> Ellen Maria 32 f w MA s Housework </div> <div> Carrie Hayward 28 f w MA s Pack & Tie Pencils </div> <div> Hanscon Charles Waldo 15 m w MA s Farmer </div> <div> Massachusetts , MIDDLESEX, ACTON, Age 60, Female, Race: White, Born: MA </div> <div> Series: M653 Roll: 511 Page: 291 </div> <div> SMITH, CATHERINE E. age 60 b. MA occ: Farmer </div> <div> SMITH, ELLEN M. age 27 </div> <div> ================= </div> <div> 1880 United States Census </div> <div> Household: </div> <div> Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace </div> <div> Albert H. SMITH Self M Male W 58 MA Machinist MA MA </div> <div> Susan H. SMITH Wife M Female W 60 MA Keeps House MA MA </div> <div> Ellen M. SMITH Sister S Female W 47 MA At Home MA MA </div> <div> Source Information: </div> <div> Census Place Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts </div> <div> Family History Library Film 1254564 </div> <div> NA Film Number T9-0564 </div> <div> Page Number 311D </div> <bR> <div> More About CATHERINE EVELETH FAULKNER: </div> <div> Baptism: October 05, 1800, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. </div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA. </div> <div> Census: 1865, Massachusetts State Census for Acton</div> <bR> <div>  Children of SOLOMON SMITH and CATHERINE FAULKNER are:</div> <bR> <div> i. ALBERT HAYWARD SMITH, b. April 14, 1822, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 1892, Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. SUSAN HEYWOOD FULLER, May 06, 1846, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; b. September 07, 1819, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. April 11, 1900, Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.</div> <bR> <div> ii. CATHERINE EMILY SMITH, b. October 31, 1828, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. October 27, 1861, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; m. GEORGE WASHINGTON RUSSELL, May 16, 1849, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; b. August 09, 1809, Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. January 21, 1893, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.</div> <div> iii. FRANCIS FAULKNER SMITH, b. April 07, 1829, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. March 20, 1834, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.</div> <bR> <div> iv. HENRY MARTIN SMITH, b. February 22, 1831, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. June 11, 1907, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; m. ABIGAIL "ABBIE" BILLINGS FLETCHER, 1857; b. December 25, 1834, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 1901, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.</div> <bR> <div> v. ELLEN MARIA SMITH, b. October 30, 1832, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. June 07, 1907.</div> <bR> <div> vi. FRANCIS EMERY SMITH, b. August 13, 1834, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. August 23, 1836, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.</div> <bR> <div> vii. CAROLINE HAYWARD SMITH, b. September 19, 1836, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 1900, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; m. HORACE RICE HOSMER, 1868, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; b. June 07, 1830, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. January 07, 1894, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.</div> <bR> <div> viii. AARON CHAFFIN SMITH, b. December 10, 1838, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. November 09, 1841, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ( <I>Genealogical research for Solomon & Catherine Eveleth (Faulkner)Smith and Family was supplied by </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Jacqueline Sleeper Russell </I></FONT></div> <div> <I>Website:</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF=" http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=jacquelinesr&surname=A)" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bi"><U><I> http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=jacquelinesr&surname=A</I></U></A></FONT><I> )</I></div> <bR> <div>      ix.     W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ILLIAM</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>, b. 1796, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. December 16, 1801, Acton, Middlesex, MA..</div> <bR> <div> More About W<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ILLIAM</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>:</div> <div> Baptism: October 05, 1800, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <bR> <div>      x.     L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UKE</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>, b. February 22, 1813, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. December 18, 1899, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARY</FONT> R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OBBINS</FONT>, July 19, 1835, Littleton, Middlesex, MA.; b. February 19, 1819, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. February 15, 1908.</div> <bR> <div> Copies of articles - Acton Historical Society - undated and source of periodical unknown.</div> <div> (Artist's sketch of LUKE SMITH by E. Hendry)</div> <bR> <div> PATRIOT DEAD.</div> <bR> <div> Capt. LUKE SMITH, one of Acton's oldest and most honored sons, died at his home on Saturday afternoon very suddenly. Death was caused by a severe attack of heart trouble and came while he was engaged in conversation with a caller.</div> <div> Although he had not been feeling well for some weeks yet no one thought that any serious danger threatened him. He was out Saturday morning and appeared to be as well as usual. It was while talking with REUBEN L. REED of South Acton that the attack came and in a moment the old soldier was lifeless.0</div> <bR> <div> The news of his sudden death was a shock to the community and all honor was paid to his memory. Flags were floated at half mast, and every where were heard words of regret and expressions of esteem for him who had passed away.</div> <div> Capt. LUKE SMITH was born in Acton of Feb. 22, 1813, at at the time of his death was in his 87th year. He was a direct descendant of WILLIAM AUSTIN SMITH of Lexington and MARY HOSMER of Concord.</div> <bR> <div> His father, SOLOMON SMITH, was a participant in the battles of Concord, Bunker Hill, Trenton, White Plains and Saratoga, and Capt. SMITH held the honor of being the only surviving son of a sire who fought throughout the American Revolution.</div> <div> Capt. LUKE was a stonecutter and wheelwright by trade, and gained a reputation for being an honest, humane and hardworking citizen. In 1835 he married Miss MARY ROBBINS of Acton and six children blessed their union; of whom three are now living.</div> <div> When the Civil War broke out he was a member of Company E. of Acton, in the old Sixth Massachusetts Regiment and under Capt. DANIEL TUTTLE, his company was the first to report to Col. JONES at Lowell on that memorable morning on the 19th of April, 1861, in response to President LINCOLN's call for volunteers.</div> <bR> <div> Capt. LUKE was orderly Sergeant when the Sixth Massachusetts went to Baltimore. After his three months were up he received an honorable discharge only to re-enlist again with the Twenty-sixth for three years' service. The regiment was ordered to Ship Island, below New Orleans, and while there Capt. SMITH incurred a severe attack of rheumatism which necessitated his discharge.</div> <bR> <div> About a year (portion missing) re-enlisted again in the reorganized Sixth Massachusetts for 90 days, and</div> <div> was ordered to Virginia, where his regiment was stationed during the remainder of the war.</div> <bR> <div> He was one of the founders of the Bunker Hill Historical Society, and first president of that organization. He was also made honorary president for life of the Sons of the American Revolution, and was a life member of the Seventeenth of June Carnival association. He will remembered as a noteworthy personage in the annual parades given by that society.</div> <div> Mr. SMITH's last public appearance was in 1898, when he planted a "liberty tree" on Bunker Hill, under the auspices of the Boston City Government, Mayor QUINCY, presiding.</div> <bR> <div> He was a modest unassuming man, whose quiet disposition endeared him to all. He gave much to local history that will be of great value in future years, and his interesting reminiscences of Revolutionary days, as related to him by his father, who fought at Concord Bridge, will be long remembered.</div> <bR> <div> The funeral services took place Tuesday afternoon, the ISAAC DAVIS POST, G.A.R. officiating, assisted by Revs. COPPING and WOOD.</div> <bR> <div> The bearers were the four grandsons, WILBER, HERBERT, FRANK and FLORIAN FISKE.</div> <div> =========</div> <div> Obituary headed by sketch of LUKE SMITH by F. Hendry (undated - publication unknown)</div> <div> THE LATE LUKE SMITH</div> <div> Aged CItizen of Acton, a veritable son of the</div> <div> Revolution , and a veteran</div> <div> of the Civil War.</div> <div> -</div> <div> When Capt. TUTTLE presented himself at headquarters that morning before sunrise, the colonel shouted: "Why don't you get your men out?"</div> <div> "My men are here and ready to go," was Capt. TUTTLE's famous reply.</div> <bR> <div> SERVICE FOR THE UNION.</div> <div> Capt. LUKE was orderly sergeant when the Sixth Massachusetts went through Baltimore. After his three months were up he received an honorable discharge only to re-enlist again with the Twenty-sixth for three years' service. The regiment was ordered to Ship Island, below New Orleans, and while there Capt. SMITH incurred a severe attack of rheumatism which necessitated his discharge. An operation was perfromed on his hip at the time which proved unsuccessful, and he was once more discharged with honorable mention. About a year afterward, the Captain re-enlisted again in the reorganized Sixth Massachusetts for 90 days, and was ordered to Virginia, where his regiment was stationed during the remainder of the war.</div> <div> Capt. SMITH was the only surviviring son of a Revolutionary soldier who received three honorable discharges from the Union army, and through the efforts of his friends a few years ago, he was accorded an adequate pension.</div> <bR> <div> LAST APPEARANCE.</div> <div> He was one of the founders of the Bunker Hill Historical Society, and first President of that organization. He was also made honorary President for life of the Sons of the American Revolution, and was a life member of Seventeenth of June Carnival Association. He will be remembered as a noteworthy personage in the annual parades given by that society.</div> <div> Mr. SMITH's last public appearance was in 1898, when he planted a "liberty tree" on bunker Hill, under the auspices of the Boston City Government Mayor QUINCY presiding.</div> <div> He was a modest, unassuming man, whose quiet disposition endeared him to all. He gave much to local history that will be of great value in future years, and his interesting remininiscences of Revolutionary days, as related to him by his father who fought at Concord Bridge, will be long remembered.</div> <div> The funeral services of Capt. SMITH will take place Tuesday, the ISAAC DAVIS POST, G. A. R., officiating.</div> <div> ==========</div> <div> undated obituary - publication unknown</div> <bR> <div> LUKE SMITH</div> <div> Acton's Noted Veteran Gone.</div> <div> Famous Revolutionary Descendant</div> <div> Took Part in War for the Union.</div> <bR> <div> ACTON, MASS., Dec. 17th - Capt. LUKE SMITH, citizen, patriot and famous Revolutionary descendant, and one of ACtn's oldest inhabitants, esteemed and revered by all, died suddently yesterday afternoon from a violent attack of heart trouble, while he was sitting in his chair, conversing with a caller. Death came instantaneously.</div> <bR> <div> Capt. SMITH had not been in his usual good health for several weeks, yet was able to be about the house, and was frequently seen on the village street. He was out Saturday morning, and appeared to be as well as ever. During the afternoon, Mr. REUBEN L. REED of South Acton, a local historican called at the little SMITH cottage on Maine Street, and during the conversation which followed Capt. SMITH declared his intention of withdrawing from the Acton G. QA. R. Post of which he was a member. When asked to reconsider his resolve the old soldier threw his body erect and answered in an unusually emphatic manner: "I shall withdraw."</div> <bR> <div> These were his last words for almost instantly he fell back into his chair lifeless.</div> <div> The community was greatly shoicked and saddened when the news of his death became known and the town flags are floating today in memory of the honored dead.</div> <bR> <div> BIOGRAPHICAL.</div> <div> Capt. LUKE SMITH was born on Feb. 22, 1813, and at the time of his death was in his 87th year. He was a direct descendant of WILLILAM AUSTIN SMITH of Lexington and MARY HOSMER of Concord.</div> <bR> <div> His father SOLOMON SMITH, was a participant in the battles of Concord, Bunker Hill, Trenton, White Plains and Saratoga, and Capt SMITH held the honor of being the only surviving son of a Revolutionary sire who fought throughout the American Revolution.</div> <div> Capt. LUKE was a stonecutter and wheelwright by trade, and gained a reputation for being an honest, humane and hardworking citizen.</div> <bR> <div> In 1835 he married Miss MARY ROBBINS of Acton and six children blessed their union, of whom three are now living.</div> <div> When the Civil War broke out he was a member of Company E of Acton, in the old Sixth Massachusetts Regiment and under Capt. DANIEL TUTTLE, his company was the first to report to Col. JONES at Lowell on that memorable morning on the 19th of April, 1861, in response to President LINCOLN's call for volunteers.</div> <bR> <div> More About L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >UKE</FONT> S<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MITH</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <div> Census 1: 1850, Acton, Middlesex, MA.</div> <div> Census 2: 1855, Massachusetts State Census for Acton</div> <div> Census 3: 1865, Massachusetts State Census for Acton</div> <div> Enlisted: April 16, 1861, Civil War</div> <div> Military service: Orderly Sgt. Co " E"  6th MA. Regiment</div> <div> Occupation 1: 1855, Stonecutter</div> <div> Occupation 2: 1865, Wheelwright</div> <div> Resided: Elm Street, Centre Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <div> More About M<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ARY</FONT> R<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >OBBINS</FONT>:</div> <div> Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="deposition_of_solomon_smith_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Century Schoolbook" ><B>Deposition of Solomon Smith </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>dated August 17, 1832</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Commonwealth of Massachusetts</div> <div> Middlesex  ss.</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div>      On this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Solomon Smith a resident of Acton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy-eight years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, A.D. 1832:</div> <bR> <div>      That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: </div> <div>  </div> <div>      That in the year 1775, he was at Concord fight in the company commanded by Capt. Isaac Davis of said Acton, who was killed at the bridge at said Concord fight and also Abner Hosmer of said Acton who stood behind him in the ranks, and from thence he went to Cambridge and was there enlisted and mustered under<B> </B>*Col. John Nickerson  of Framingham or Sudbury in said County of Middlesex. The Lt. Col. Was <B>*</B>Thomas Nickerson  of said Framingham or Sudbury. The Capt. Was William Smith of Lincoln in said County, the 1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> Lieut. was John Hale of Acton and the 2<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >nd</FONT> Lieut. was John Hartwell of said Lincoln. The term of service was eight months and at the expiration of said term he was regularly dismissed. That in the year 1776 he went to White Plains for the term of two months, commencing as he thinks in Sept. in said year, and at the expiration of said term, he was regularly dismissed. The Col was Eleazer Brooks of Lincoln in said County, and the Capt. Was Simon Hunt of Acton. That about the first of August 1780 he was voluntarily enlisted into the service of the U.S. for three months, by Daniel Davis of said Acton, a committee man chosen for that purpose and went to Newport Rhode Island, where he remained until said service was performed. The Col. was How of Marlborough. The Capt was Andrews of said Concord.</div> <div>  </div> <div>      He relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity whatever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn and subscribed the day year afore said</div> <div>  </div> <div>                                      <IMG SRC="4f4d82f0.png" border=0 width="216" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  </div> <div> We John Oliver and Daniel White both of said Acton there being no clergyman residing in the town of Acton hereby certify we are well acquainted with the said Solomon Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.</div> <div>  Sworn and subscribed the day and year afore said.</div> <div>           <IMG SRC="4f3c6470.png" border=0 width="198" height="71" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>      </div> <div> (THE SECTION ABOVE WAS CROSSED OUT BECAUSE THE SAME INFORMATION IS FOUND ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE AS PRINTED ON THE FORM.)</div> <div>  </div> <div> And the court therefore proceeded to proform (a misspelling) the following interrogatories, which he answered under oath as follows. 1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> where and in what year were you born? He was born in Woburn in the year 1754 - that he does not know that he was even recorded, but thinks if there was a record it must be in Woburn in said County of Middlesex - that he was residing at Acton when called into the service and has always resided there ever since - that he volunteered to serve - that Sullivan in the eight months service was Commander in chief.  General Lincoln of Massachusetts & Heath were general officers and *General McDugold  commanded at the battle of White Plains - and that John Oliver and Daniel White can testify that he has always had the reputation of being in the Revolutionary service.</div> <div>  </div> <div> We John Oliver, there being no clergyman in said Acton, residing in said Acton and Daniel White residing in said Acton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; - that we believe him to be seventy-eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a solider of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Sworn and subscribed the day and year foresaid.</div> <div>                                        <IMG SRC="4f299390.png" border=0 width="153" height="57" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                        </div> <div> <IMG SRC="4f1e7260.png" border=0 width="231" height="38" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  </div> <div>      And the said Court do herby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary solider, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that John Oliver who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in said Acton and that Daniel White who has signed the same, is a resident in said Acton and are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.</div> <bR> <div>                             <IMG SRC="4f9fd330.png" border=0 width="253" height="51" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                               </div> <div>                               F.P. P. Fry          J.P.__?__</div> <div>  </div> <div>      I Isaac Fiske, Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of Solomon Smith for a pension. I also certify that Francis Tuttle whose own proper signature is set to the certificates of the Deposition named is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.</div> <bR> <div>                               Isaac Fiske   <IMG SRC="4fb92320.png" border=0 width="146" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Acton, Dec 28, 1832. I James T. Woodbury, a clergyman settled since the 17th of August in said Acton, certify that I believe the said Solomon Smith to be seventy eight years of age and that he is reputed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion.</div> <bR> <div>                                   <IMG SRC="4f6b12f0.png" border=0 width="177" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                               James T. Woodbury</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> Middlesex ss, Dec 28, 1832. Then personally appeared the above named James T. Woodbury and made oath that the foregoing certificate by him inscribed is true before me.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="4fa292c0.png" border=0 width="297" height="44" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                               </div> <div>                               Francis Tuttle, Justice of Peace.</div> <bR> <div>       *should actually be John Nixon</div> <div>       *should actually be Thomas Nixon</div> <div>       *actually should be McDougall</div> </td> </tr></table></body>