Miranda Smith

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Unmarried.

Joseph married Lois White on 19 Feb 1789. Lois was born on 14 Oct 1769; died about 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Of the seven Smith offspring, three died young and only Joseph, Jr. married, producing no heirs. Sophia, her sister Harriet and brother Austin shared the family homestead, which still stands at 22 Main Street in Hatfield.

Sophia's father, Joseph, was both prosperous and frugal. After his death, son Austin shrewdly invested his inheritance in the New York stock market and often traveled there to watch the Smith assets grow. Back in Hatfield, Austin was reputed to be a miser devoid of community spirit. He argued at town meetings against the extravagance of public education and was said to pay board to his sisters to manage the household -- and then charge them a shilling for a ride in the family carriage.

At least Austin seemed to come by his penurious ways honestly. His uncle, Oliver Smith, was also renowned in Hatfield for his parsimony. For instance, the elder Smith is said to have employed the village tailoress to turn his coats wrong side out and remake them. Then, when he died, he left a half-million dollars to charity. The Smith Charities is still in operation today, housed in a handsome brownstone building at 51 Main Street in Northampton. Smith Vocational and Agricultural School, serving students throughout Hampshire County, is also the result of Olivers' benevolence

THE SMITH FAMILY GENEALOGY (http://clio.fivecolleges.edu/smith/sophia/family/gen1.htm)

Samuel married Mary Morton about 1749. Mary was born about 1727; died about 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Sophia Smith remembered her grandmother [Mary Morton Smith] well. She used to say: 'I looked up to my grandmother with great love and reverence. She more than once put her hand on my head and said, "I want you should grow up and be a good woman and try to make the world better." -- Rev. John M. Greene, An Address at the Centennial of the Birth of Sophia Smith, 27 May 1896

http://clio.fivecolleges.edu/smith/sophia/family/gen1.htm

Joseph married Canada Waite about 1696. Canada (daughter of Benjamin Waite and Martha Leonard) was born on 22 Jan 1677 in Canada; died about 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"[Canada Waite] was the child born in captivity to Benjamin Waite, the hero of the early days, who with Stephen Jennings made the perilous trip to Canada in the Winter to ransom captives taken in the memorable attack on Hatfield, Sept. 19, 1677." Daily Hampshire Gazette, 22 October 1972

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcstayfamily/smith.htm

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The SMITH FAMILY GENEALOGY WEBSITE (http://clio.fivecolleges.edu/smith/sophia/family/gen1.htm) shows that they were the parents of 10 children.