Elizabeth Stedman

Other Events:

• Alt. Birth: 1707, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT

Notes:

Elizabeth Stedman, wife of Ichabod Smith was originally identified as being the daughter of John Stedman and Susannah Francis.  However, this did not make sense based on the age of her mother at the time of her birth.  This seems to be a more appropriate placement.

Birth:
Elizabeth Stedman, daughter of John Stedman, was born at Farmington.

Elizabeth married Deacon Ichabod Smith 1 Jan 1730/31, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT. Ichabod (son of Deacon Ichabod Smith and Mary Huxley) was born 1 Jan 1707/08, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 26 Feb 1748/49, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Asahel Smith, Esq., was a native of Suffield, Ct., and removed from that town to Benson in 1785.  He was a son of Ichabod and Elizabeth (Stedman) Smith, and was born Nov. 26, 1739 - a descendant of the 4th generation, from the Rev. Henry Smith, the first settled minister of Wethersfield, Ct., (1636 to '48) according to the family genealogy in Goodrich's Genealogical Notes, p.194 - and was also a first cousin of Dr. Simeon Smith of Westhaven, well known in this vicinity for his bequest to that town for the support of a grammar-school.

He was a farmer, and had probably been a representative in the legislature of Connecticut, and also a magistrate, before his removal to Vermont.  He was the moderator of the town meeting at which the town of Benson was organized in March, 1785, and the first of the board of selectmen elected at that meeting, and the first representative of the town elected to the General Assembly, 1788, and re-elected each succeeding year to the time of his death.  He was also delegate from the town to the State constitutional conventions held in Manchester in June, 1786, and at Windsor in July, 1793, and also the delegate from the town to the State convention held in Bennington in January, 1791, which, on the part of Vermont, adopted the Constitution of the United States.  He was also the first justice of the peace in the town, (1788) and re-appointed in each succeeding year to the time of his death; and during that time the only person residing in the town who was appointed to that office, except one year (1790) in which two justices were appointed in the town.  He died at Benson, June 26, 1794, in his 55th year.

His widow, Agnes (Gillet) was married Sept. 18, 1803, to Capt. James Noble, one of the first settlers of Benson, who removed to Orwell about 1790, and resided there at the time of his second marriage. She died Aug. 24, 1810, aged 70 years.

Asahel married Agnes Gillet Abt 1762, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT. Agnes was born Abt 1740, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 24 Aug 1810, Benson, Rutland Co., VT. [Group Sheet]

Jerusha married Paul Smith 30 Oct 1760, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT. Paul (son of Samuel Smith and Jerusha Mather) was born 15 Sep 1736, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died Unknown, Sharon, Litchfield Co., CT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Chauncey Smith was a son of Asahel Smith, Esq., and removed to Benson with his father.  He studied medicine, and became a physician, and continued in active practice from about 1786 to 1815.  In 1794, after the decease of his father, he was elected the representative of the town in the General Assembly, and received 15 annual elections in the same office, exclusive of the one (in 1812) which was successfully contested - his last election being in 1819.

He was also the delegate from the town to the State constitutional convention in 1828; appointed a justice of the peace in 1794, and in each successive year from that time to 1830 inclusive-with the exception of the years 1811 and '14-making 35 years in all.

In 1814 he was appointed one of the assistant judges of the county court for the County of Rutland, but held this office for only one year.

He was for many years an inn-keeper in Benson, and always, when in active life, a leading and influential citizen.  He removed from Benson to Granville, N.Y. in 1833, and thence, in the spring of 1836, to Leroy, N.Y., the residence of his eldest son, Dr. Chauncey P. Smith, where he died about Dec. 1, 1836, aged about 70.

Chauncey — Hannah Brown. Hannah was born Abt 1762, ____, ____, CT; died Unknown. [Group Sheet]