DESCENDANT LINE:

(1) Thomas SMITH (1605 - 1692) & Mary KNAPP (~1605 - 1667)
(2) Jonathan SMITH (1649 - 1724) & Jane PEABODY (~1653 - )
(3) Zachariah SMITH (1687 - ) & Susanna GROUT (1681 - )
(4) Jonas SMITH (1719 - 1801) & Thankful FISKE (1723 - 1775)
(5) Amos SMITH (1762 - ) & Rhoda WHITNEY (1768 - 1817)
(6) John SMITH (1802 - 1881) & Hannah Clark MILLER (1807 - 1883)
(7) Ellen Maria SMITH (1832 - >1912) & Abner Gardner TEELE Sr. (1837 - 1868)
(8) Gardner Abner TEELE Jr. (1868 - 1957) & Emma Augusta DEAN (1868 - 1913)
(9) Louis Gardner TEELE Sr. (1889 - 1982) & Gertrude Grace BOLTON (1890 - 1943)


MEMO: Waltham was first settled in 1634 as part of Watertown and was officially incorporated as a separate town in 1738. Jonas Smith was probably born in the part of Watertown that became Waltham in 1738.

MASS. TOWN AND VITAL RECORDS:
Jonas Smith born 7 Jun 1719 in Watertown, MA, Father Zach Smith, Mother Susannah Smith.
Thankful Fisk and Jonas Smith married in Waltham, MA.

1790 CENSUS, WALTHAM, MIDDLESEX, MA:
Jonas Smith is present. One free white male over age 16, one free white female.

1800 CENSUS, WALTHAM, MIDDLESEX, MA:
Jonas Smith is present, one free white male over age 45, and one free white female over age 45.

FROM HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MA - WALTHAM, PAGES 720/721:
Jonas Smith, 1st (1719-1802), was a Minute Man from Waltham at the Lexington Alarm.

Jonas Smith, 2d (his son) (1747-1814) served as private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in Massachusetts militia.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR REJECTED PENSIONS:
(Rejected because he did not serve six months.)

FIND-A-GRAVE: Jonas Smith, Sr., reported buried in Old Common Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA. Ditto Thankful Fiske Smith.

CAUTION CAUTION:
There are MANY family trees that claim Jonas’ parents were Zachariah Smith and Susanna Grout. But many of those trees claim that Zachariah and Susanna were both DEAD more than 10 years before Jonas Smith was BORN.