712 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



then westerly to an oak tree marked, then northerly to a chestnut tree 

 marked, then easterly to a heap of stones, then northerly to the first 

 mentioned heap of stones ; to have and to hold, &c." a 



The Smiths who have been for so long a period such extensive land 

 owners in this town descend from Richard Smith, patentee of Smith- 

 town, Suffolk County, Long Island. This individual came from England 

 with Richard, his father, to Boston in 1630; and by his first wife, Sarah, 

 had issue, Jonathan, Obadiah, Richard, Job, Adam, Samuel, Daniel, Eliz- 

 abeth and Deborah. Job, the fourth son, married Elizabeth Thompson 

 and had issue, Job (second), Richard, Timothy, Adam, James, Joseph and 

 Elizabeth. Joseph, son of Job (first), married Mary Aldrich, and had 

 issue, Joseph, David, Stephen, Gershom, Gilbert, Rhuhamah, Jane, Mary 

 and Mahitible. Joseph, son of Joseph, married Sarah Saxton ; their 

 children were Eliphalet, Joseph, William, Daniel, Selah, Catharine, Rhu- 

 hamah and Sarah. William, son of Joseph (second), married Sophia, 

 daughter of Benjamin Hawkins, and had issue, Benjamin Smith. Ben- 

 jamin Smith moved from Long Island to Rye, Westchester County ; 

 from whence he removed to this town about 1740, and became, as we 

 have already seen, one of the patentees in connection with Joseph Quinby 

 and Caleb Fowler. Benjamin Smith married Deborah Harker and had 

 issue, Morris, Abel, Benjamin, Nathaniel, Isaac (killed in discharge of his 

 duty as sheriff 6 ), Richard, James, Elizabeth, Sarah, Deborah and Esther. 

 Abel, son of Benjamin, married Bersheba Hutchings and left issue, John, 

 Benjamin, Abel, James, Isaac, Charity, Deborah, Jerusha, Bersheba, Sarah, 

 Abigail and Elizabeth. Abel, son of Abel, married first, Esther Purdy; 

 issue, William, Joseph and John ; secondly, married Mary Waterbury, 

 issue, Isaac, Julia, Ann, Thomas, Elizabeth, Abel, David W., Mary and 

 Sarah. David W., son of Abel, married Hannah Barnes; their children 

 are Annie B., Abel, Mary Elizabeth, Samuel B. and Naomi. 



Benjamin Smith, the Patentee, represented the county in the Legisla- 

 ture for a number of years; and was Supervisor of this town, from 1747 

 to 1754. Abel Smith, son of Benjamin, was a man of considerable in- 

 fluence in the county, which he represented in the State Legislature 

 for about eight years, and was supervisor for a number of years, be- 

 tween 1790 and 1800. He died in the year 1810. Abel, son of Abel, 

 was born March 24th, 1782, and died December 22d, i860. He 

 was a man of considerable influence in the town; represented his 



a Rec. of Westchester County Book K. of Deeds, pp. 42. 43. This deed was proved 25th of 

 August 1786. Witnesses, Gilbert Horn and William Dalton. 



b On Friday last the Court of Oyer and Terminer held for this State in Westchester County, 

 passed sentence of death on John Ryer, for the murder of Isaac Smiih, late Deputy Sheriff, 

 in said county. He is to be executed on the second of October next. 



