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Appendix 1

Genealogy of the Smith and Mack Families as Given by Lucy Mack Smith

Editors’ note: Many will find the following material fascinating from Mother Smith’s history. As if to look in the family Bible of the Smith family, back on that page where personal family information is recorded in beautiful penmanship, herein is Lucy’s recording of her family’s genealogy. A careful study of this material will reveal the edge of stories of heartache and pain and joy and happiness. The unique numbering of certain individuals with the same name (Second Samuel, Third Samuel, Fourth Samuel, etc.) is left intact from Lucy’s original records. The following information is taken from chapter 9 of the 1853 edition of Mother Smith’s history, and incorporates all of the changes made by George A. Smith for the 1902 version of the history. Numbering of children, correction of spellings, and corrected entries of children have been added.

Here I would like to give the early history of my husband, for many facts might be mentioned that doubtless would be highly interesting, but as I am not able to give them in order, I shall decline making the attempt, and in the place thereof shall insert a transcript from the record of his family, beginning with Samuel Smith, who was the son of Robert and Mary French Smith, who came from England.

The above Samuel Smith was born January 26, 1666, in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, and was married to Rebecca Curtis, daughter of John Curtis, January 25, 1707.

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Children of Samuel (died July 12, 1748) and Rebecca Curtis Smith (died March 2, 1753).

1) Phebe, born Jan. 8, 1708; married to Stephen Averel.
2) First Mary, born Aug. 14, 1711; married to Amos Towne.
3) Second Samuel, born Jan. 26, 1714; married to Priscilla Gould; died Nov. 11, 1785.
4) Rebecca, born Oct. 1, 1715; married to John Balch.
5) Elizabeth, born July 8, 1718; married to Eliezer Gould; died March 15, 1753.
6) Hephzibah, born May 12, 1722; married to William Gallop; died Nov. 15, 1774.
7) Robert, born April 25, 1724.
8) Susanna, born May 2, 1726; died May 5, 1741.
9) Hannah, born April 5, 1729; married to John Peabody; died Aug. 17, 1764.

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Children of second Samuel (child no. 3 above), and first Priscilla Gould Smith, which Samuel was the son of first Samuel and Rebecca Smith.

1) Priscilla, born Sept. 26, 1735; married to Jacob Kimball, Sept. 15, 1755.
2) Third Samuel, born Oct. 28, 1737; married to Rebecca Towne, Jan. 2, 1760.
3) Vashti (or Vasta), born Oct. 5, 1739; married to Solomon Curtis, Sept. 15, 1763; married second time to Jacob Hobbs, 1767.
4) Susanna, born Jan. 24, 1742; married to Isaac Hobbs, 1767.
5) First Asael, born March 7, 1744; married to Mary Duty, Feb. 12, 1767.

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Children of first Asael (child no. 5 above — died Oct. 31, 1830) and Mary Duty Smith (died May 27, 1836); which Asael was the son of second Samuel and Priscilla Smith.

1) First Jesse, born April 20, 1768; married to Hannah Peabody, Jan. 20, 1792.
2) Priscilla, born Oct. 21, 1769; married to John C. Waller, Aug. 24, 1796.
3) First Joseph, born July 12, 1771; married to Lucy Mack, Jan. 24, 1796; died Sept. 14, 1840.
4) Second Asael, born May 21, 1773; married to Betsy Schellenger March 21, 1802. 1809, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y.
5) Mary, born June 4, 1775; married to Isaac Pierce, Dec. 22, 1796.
6) Fourth Samuel, born Sept. 15, 1777; married Frances Wilcox, Feb., 1816; died April 1, 1830.
7) First Silas, born Oct 1, 1779; married to Ruth Stevens, Jan. 29, 1806; second time to Mary Aikens, March 4, 1828.
8) First John, born July 16, 1781; married to Clarissa Lyman, Sept. 11, 1815.
9) Third Susannah, born May 18, 1783.
10) Stephen, born April 23, 1785; died July 25, 1802.
11) Sarah, born May 16, 1789; married to Joseph Sanford, Oct. 15, 1809; died May 27, 1824.

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Children of fourth Samuel (child no. 6 above) and Frances Wilcox.

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Children of first Jesse and Hannah Smith, which Jesse was the son of first Asael and Mary Smith.

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Children of John C. and Priscilla Waller, which Priscilla was the daughter of first Asael Smith.

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Children of first Joseph and Lucy Smith, which Joseph was the son of first Asael and Mary Smith.

1) Unnamed son, born 1796/97.
2) Alvin, born Feb. 11, 1798, Tunbridge, Vermont; died Nov. 19, 1823.
3) Hyrum, born Feb. 9, 1800, Tunbridge, Vermont; married to Jerusha Barden, Nov. 2, 1826, Manchester, N. Y.; to Mary Fielding, December 24, 1837; murdered by a mob, June 27, 1844, in Carthage Jail, Hancock County, Illinois, while under the protection of Governor Thomas Ford.
4) Sophronia, born May 17, 1803, Tunbridge, Vermont; married to Calvin Stoddard, Dec. 2, 1828, Palmyra, N. Y.; to William McCleary, Feb. 11, 1838, Ohio; died in Hancock County, Illinois, 1876.
5) Second Joseph, born Dec. 23, 1805, Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont; married to Emma Hale, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Hale, in South Bainbridge, Chenango County, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1827; murdered by a mob, June 27, 1844, in Carthage Jail, Hancock County, Illinois, while under the protection of Governor Thomas Ford.
6) Fifth Samuel Harrison, born March 13, 1808, Tunbridge, Vermont; married to Mary Bailey, Aug. 13, 1834; later to Levira Clark, May 30, 1841 (Levira Clark born July 30, 1815, daughter of Gardner and Delicta); died July 30, 1844, of a fever occasioned by overexertion in getting away from a mob when his brothers were killed.
7) Ephraim, born March 13, 1810; died March 24, 1810.
8) William, born March 13, 1811, Royalton, Vermont; married to Caroline Grant, daughter of Joshua Grant, Feb. 14, 1833; died Nov. 13, 1893.
9) Catharine, born July 28, 1812, Lebanon, New Hampshire; married to Wilkins J. Salisbury, Jan. 8, 1831; died Feb. 1, 1900.
10) Don Carlos, born March 25, 1816; married to Agnes Coolbrith, July 30, 1835, Kirtland, Ohio; died Aug. 7, 1841.
11) Lucy, born July 18, 1821; married to Arthur Milliken, June 4, 1840, Nauvoo; died Dec. 9, 1882.

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Children of second Asael (died July 21, 1844) and Betsy Smith, which Asael was the son of first Asael and Mary Smith.

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Children of Isaac and Mary Pierce, which Mary was the daughter of first Asael and Mary Smith.

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Children of first Silas (died Sept. 13, 1839) and Ruth Smith (died March 14, 1826), which Silas was the son of first Asael and Mary Smith.

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Children of his second wife, Mary Aikens Smith (died April 27, 1877).

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Children of first John (died May 23, 1854) and Clarissa Smith (died Feb. 14, 1854), which John was the son of first Asael and Mary Smith.

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Children of Hyrum Smith and Jerusha Barden Smith (died Oct. 13, 1837, at Kirtland, Ohio), which Hyrum was the son of first Joseph and Lucy Smith.

Children of Hyrum and Mary Fielding Smith, his second wife.

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Children of second Joseph, the Prophet, and Emma Smith, which Joseph was the son of first Joseph and Lucy Smith.

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Children of fifth Samuel Smith and Mary Bailey Smith, his first wife (died Jan. 25, 1841); which Samuel was the son of first Joseph and Lucy Smith.

Children of Samuel Smith and Levira Clark Smith, his second wife.

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Children of William Smith and Caroline Grant Smith (died May 22, 1845), which William was the son of first Joseph and Lucy Smith.

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Children of Don Carlos and Agnes Coolbrith Smith, which Don Carlos was the son of first Joseph and Lucy Smith.

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Children of Calvin and Sophronia Smith Stoddard, which Sophronia was the daughter of first Joseph and Lucy Smith.

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Children of Wilkins J. and Catharine Salisbury, which Catharine was the daughter of first Joseph and Lucy Smith.

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Arthur and Lucy Milliken have one son, named Don Carlos Milliken.

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George A. Smith, son of first John Smith, was married to Bathsheba W. Bigler, July 25, 1841.

Children of George A. and Bathsheba W. Smith.

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Having now given all the names belonging to the family of Smith, I shall take up another lineage, namely, that of the Mack family, commencing with my grandfather, Ebenezer Mack. Ebenezer Mack had three sons, Elisha, Samuel, and Solomon, and one daughter named Hypsebeth. His son Solomon was born in the town of Lyme, state of Connecticut, Sept. 15, 1732; was married to a young woman by the name of Lydia Gates, in the year 1759. This Lydia Gates was born in East Haddam, state of Connecticut, Sept. 3, 1732.

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The following are the names of the children of first Solomon and Lydia Mack, which Solomon was the son of Ebenezer and Hannah Mack.

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Children of second Solomon Mack, which Solomon was the son of first Solomon Mack.