| Sources:
1. Marriage Record:
2. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund
CD-310): nothing on Stephen in PA.
3. 1790 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #43 of 51; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1790 |
PA |
Northumberland [now Snyder] Co. |
p. 84 |
Ln. 18 |
Stephen Smith |
1-3-4-0-0 |
These data indicate:
| Gender and Type |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 free white males |
16 or over |
in or bef. 1774 |
= Stephen |
| 3 free white males |
15 or under |
1774-1790 |
= John (b. ca. 1778)
= David (b. 1781)
= John Peter (bap. 1784)
= Daniel (b. 1790) |
| 4 free white females |
all ages |
in or bef. 1790 |
= Maria
= Daughter A
= Mary (b. ca. 1780)
= Catharine (b. 1782) |
Aren't John and John Peter the same person? We have an extra female,
but we would expect that they had at least a few children who did not survive.
Stephen is five lines down from Charles STROUP, who is one line down from
Peter STROUP. There are many SMITHs in the county (including
another Stephen), but none of Stephen's children are old enough to be head-of-household
in the census.
4a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund
CD-312). Please see my WARNING
regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched).
| 1800 |
Smith, Stephen |
PA |
Centre Co. |
p. 503 |
10101-4110100 |
4b. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):
the Centre Co., PA, page images are missing. They're indexed, but
there are no links to pages, and there are no pages if you try to browse
the county. They are indexed as being in Potters (sic) Twp.,
where they are expected to be.
4c. Family Quest Archives: Pennsylvania Federal Census 1800:
Centre, Mifflin, Northampton, and Northumberland Counties. Heritage
Quest CD M32-37 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1800 |
PA |
Centre Co. |
p. 503 |
Ln. 45 |
Smith, Stephen |
41101-10101-00 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 4 males |
9 or under |
1790-1800 |
= William (b. ca. 1800)
= George (b. 1798)
= Son A
= James (b. ca. 1792) |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1784-1790 |
= Daniel (b. 1790) |
| 1 male |
16-25 |
1774-1784 |
= David (b. 1781) |
| 1 male |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1755 |
= Stephen |
| 1 female |
9 or under |
1790-1800 |
= Barbara (b. 1791) |
| 1 female |
16-25 |
1774-1784 |
= Mary? |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1755 |
= Maria |
None of the sons is know to have married by 1800, so they should all be
at home. Whether we are missing one or two sons depends on whether
John/John Peter is one person or two. Catharina was married
in 1797, so presumably the older daughter is Mary, who hasn't married yet,
though it's possibly that Mary has married and that the older girl is hired
help — with seven males and a little girl to care for, Maria would have
needed some additional female help! We have an extra male in the
1790-1800 class, but we would expect that they had at least some children
who did not survive.
5. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund
CD-313): neither Stephen nor Mary found, as expected. SMITHS
in Potter Twp., Centre Co. were: Andrew, Christopher, David, Jacob,
Jacob, John, Peter, and William.
6. Centre County, Pennsylvania. Will of Stephen SMITH.
Transcription
by (and courtesy of) Gwen Boyer Bjorkman. Summary by DGM:
Testator: Stephen SMITH
Wife: Mary (signed as Maria SMITH)
Sons: John, Peter, David, Daniel, James, George, William
Daughters: Mary, Catharina, Barbery
Executor: James POTTER
Witnesses: Robert McKIM, Hannah H. TATE
Date Signed: 30 Jun 1802
Date Recorded: 18 Aug 1802
County Where Recorded: Centre Co., PA
County Recorder: Richard MILES |
7. Notes from Gwen Boyer Bjorkman:
| 1778 taxed in Penn Twp, Northumberland Co, PA. |
| 1778-1783 Rangers on the Frontiers, Northumberland Co., John Moll's
Co., Stephen Smith. Penn. Archives, 3rd series, 23:343. |
| 1778-1783 Soldiers of the Revolution, Continental Line Stephen
Smith, private, Penn. Archives, 5th series, 4:694. |
| 1778-1783 Continental Line, Depreciation Pay, Stephen Smith,
private, Penn. Archives. |
| 1780 served as Pvt. in Lieut. Jacob Bard's Co, Northumberland Co
Militia, Penn. Archives, 5th series, 8:678. |
| 1784 July 1 Northumberland Co., PA, 50 acres, Penn. Archives,
3rd series, 25:302. |
| 1784 son John Peter baptized at the old Zion Lutheran Church,
Freeburg. Charles A. Fisher, Early Pennsylvania Births 1675-1875,
p. 8. |
| 1787 taxed in Penn Twp, Northumberland Co, PA with 100 acres. |
| 1790 census Northumberland Co, PA, p. 192. Stephen Smith
1-3-4-0-0; David Smith 1-1-2-0-0. |
| 1798 Direct Window tax, Mifflin Co, PA, Stephen Smith, tenant
on a 306A farm owned by James Potter in Potter twp, Centre Co. Farm valued
at $2804, log house valued at $30. (homes valued from $12 to $50). Peter
Smith also in this tax list (d. 1815) |
| 1800 census Potter Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, p. 503. 41101-10101. |
| 1800 Centre Co. formed from Northumberland and other
Cos. |
| 1800-1802 Stephen Smith taxed with 300A in Potter Twp, Centre
Co, PA. |
| 1801 Johan Peter in Potter. Linn, p. 42 |
| 1801 Henry Kephart, Peter Smith, Stephen Smith, William
Smith in Potter twp, Centre Co. John Blair Linn, History of Centre and
Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: L. H. Everts, 1883) p.
42. |
| Aug 1802 [will proved] Stephen Smith Centre Co, PA Original
Wills |
| 1803 Stephen Smith, tavern
keeper at the fort, died. History of Centre County, Pennsylvania,
p. 227. |
| 1808 Maria Smith Potter Twp Tax List. |
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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania
(Clearfield County Section), p. 844.
John Smith: Name of first known ancestor, came to America
at an early date, name of wife or wives unknown. Names of children
unknown except that of Stephen Smith. Stephen Smith
was born in Pa. in the year 1730 and died
in Penn's Valley, Centre Co, Pa. in 1803.
Stephan
and Maria (Troup) Smith were married 1767.
Maria Troup was born in Union County, Pa. in the year 1750 and died in
Penn's Valley, Centre Co, Pa. in 1807.
Stephen and Maria (Troup) Smith moved from Union County to Penn's Valley
in 1792. Stephen Smith was a soldier in the American Revolutionary
War. He served as private in Lieut. Jacob Bard's Company, Northumberland
County Militia in the year 1780.
|
J.H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (J.A.
Caldwell, 1879), p. 482.
Franklin Twp. David Smith, Sr. The fifth of
fifteen children born to Stephen and Maria Smith nee Troup,
was born near Trouptown, Union county, Pa., on the 23d of December, 1781.
His grandfather, John Smith, was a native of France, and came to Philadelphia
with Stephen Girard. He died over 90 years of age. David's
father was a Revolutionary soldier. He too, died at an advanced age
in 1802. His wife's family came to America
at the time of the Hessian importation. She died in 1807,
about fifty-six years of age. The family removed to Centre county
in 1792. Our subject remembered driving the cattle to the county.
He located in Rockland township, Venango county in 1818.
|
| Charles A. Fisher, Snyder County Pioneers, (Philadelphia:
Lochner, 1973) p. 84, "Stephen Smith." |
| Marriage of John Smith and Mary McMillen [Polly McMullen] by Rev.
William Stuart in the Sinking Creek Presbyterian Church. Pattee Library
at Penn State U., University Park, PA. |
| George Kephart, in Taylor Twp. Center Co. 1849, d. 3 Aug. 1879,
age 98. Linn, p. 207, 442. |
| Sarah Lane, 5 Oct 1809 by Rev. William Stuart |
| Henry Kephart was b. 1778, a United Brethren Minister in 1841.
In Potter twp in 1801. Linn, p. 42, 441. 1850 census Clearfield
Co, PA. |
| Daniel Smith. 1850, 1860 Venango Co, PA. Dates are
from DAR application. Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith, Pioneer
Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Penna. |
| Barbara Ann Smith. Date of birth from unknown source in Spangler
Collection, Centre County Library. Date of death from tombstone inscription,
Apr: 12, 1855: Aged 63 Ys. & 9 Mo., Citizens Cemetery, Akron, Fulton,
IN. |
| Marriage of James P. Smith & Betsy Stanford by Rev. William
Stuart in the Sinking Creek Presbyterian Church. |
| George P. Smith. 1830 Bradford, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 census Girard,
Clearfield Co, PA, Deed Book N:692, Will of 1879, Commemorative Biog. Rec,
Central PA. Minerva living with son, David L. in 1880; had 13 children. |
8. Mrs. Harold V. Linn. 1961. Daniel Smith, Pioneer
Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, p. 11 (cited
by Gwen Boyer Bjorkman).
9. Archives of the STRAUB-L mailing list (online at RootsWeb.com).
10. Emails from Gwen Boyer Bjorkman. |
