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the State. He is esteemed as a liberal
and progressive citizen, always actively
strengthening public improvements and
endeavoring to make life in this world
enjoyable to all who surround him.
Mr. Curtiss married (first) April 19,
1876, Sarah J. Toy, who bore him two
children: 1. Joseph T., born December
16, 1878; was educated at Dobbs Ferry
and Andover, Massachusetts, and spent a
year in study and travel in Europe ; he
married, December 19, 1899, Abigail G.
Eno, daughter of Chauncey H. Eno, of
Simsbury ;
their home was in Tarifrville,
where Mr. Curtiss was engaged in a mercantile
business ; he died March 19, 1912.
2. Grace G., born September 26, 1883 ; was
graduated from St. Margaret's School in
Waterbury, in 1901. Mr. Curtiss married
(second) June 24, 1891, Anna Isabel Ham-
ilton.
SMITH, Waldo C,
Public Official.
The line of ancestry of Waldo C. Smith
is one of the most ancient and honorable
in New England. Cushing in the New
England Genealogical Register, vol. 26,
p. 190, says : "The early settlers of Hingham,
Massachusetts, were mostly from
Hingham, Norfolk county, England," and
he mentions Ralph Smyth as coming to
that place in 1633, and infers from the
numeral "1" following his name that he
came alone. His name appears first in
the Hingham, Massachusetts, Registry in
1637, when he drew a "house lot" on
Bachelor street, now Maine street. In
1637 he took the oath of allegiance. His
name here and always was spelled
"Smyth," though we find the more common
spelling used by his son and all his
descendants. Ralph Smyth was constable
of Eastham, Massachusetts, from
1660 to 1664. He was engaged in trading
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with Jesse Hobart, of Hingham, Massa-
chusetts, and himself became an extensive
landowner in Eastham. He appears to
have been married more than once, and
one of his wives was named Grace, but
there are reasons for believing that she
was not the mother of his son Daniel.
(II) Daniel Smith, son of Ralph Smyth,
was baptized at Hingham, March 2, 1647,
and died at Eastham, Massachusetts,
March, 1720. He married, March 3, 1676,
Mary Young, of Eastham, who was born
April 28, 1658, at Eastham, and was the
daughter of John Young and his wife
Abigail. Daniel and Mary (Young)
Smith had six children : Daniel, Comfort,
Abigail, James, of whom further ; Nathaniel
and Mary.
(III) James Smith, son of Daniel and
Mary (Young) Smith, was born at Eastham,
the last week of April, 1685. He
married Hannah Rogers, of Eastham,
February 19, 1712-13. She was born August
5, 1689, and they had six sons and
one daughter : Levi, Solomon, of whom
further ; James, Joshua, Grace, Benjamin,
Phineas. These children were all born
at Eastham.
(IV) Solomon Smith, son of James
and Hannah (Rogers) Smith, was born
March 8, 171 5-16. He married Susanna,
daughter of Benjamin and Thankful
(Bawerman) Snow, of Eastham. He
died at Sandisfield, Massachusetts, May
13, 1790, aged seventy-five years. His
marriage took place February 21, 1739-
40, at Eastham, Massachusetts. Susanna
(Snow) Smith was of the fifth generation
from Stephen Hopkins, of the "Mayflower"
(Susanna Snow (5), Benjamin
Snow (4), Joseph Snow (3), Constance,
or Constanta Snow (2), wife of Hon.
Nicholas Snow, daughter of Stephen (1)
Hopkins). Their children were: Solomon,
Jr., Uriel, Ezekiel, Susanna, Amos,
of whom further.