Daughter of Thomas Hopkins III and Elizabeth (Mitchell? Blake?) Hopkins of Scituate,RI.
Children: Richard Smith, Joseph Smith, Oziel Smith, Thomas Smith, Jonathan Smith, Hope Smith, and Mercy Smith Peckham. (Mercy is also called Sarah in Stephen R Smith's 1852 memoir, and she is called Mary in John Smith's 1794 will.)
“The children of my grandfather, John Smith, of Scituate, Rhode Island, were six sons and one daughter, namely Richard, Joseph, Jonathan, Oziel, Thomas, Hope and Sarah[sic-Mercy}. The sons were in their several spheres distinguished for their devotion to the cause of national freedom. Richard, the eldest, was a subaltern in one of the New England regiments, during one or two of the campaigns in what was known as the French War, and which terminated in the capture of Quebec and the cession of Canada to Great Britain. Joseph, though never in the regular service was one of those Green Mountain Boys who stormed the breastworks at the Battle of Bennington; while his son, a lad of only fifteen years, fought in the second battle on the same day. Jonathan (the grandfather of Delazon), with a lieutenant’s commission, on hearing of the Battle of Lexington, marched immediately with his company to Cambridge; was several years in the Continental service, and lived till a very advanced age in the enjoyment of his country’s bounty. Thomas declined a commission, and entered the service as a volunteer. He was killed at the bridge in Springfield, New Jersey. Captain Olney, of the Rhode Island line, has given in his own memoir, an interesting account of his feelings and fears when left to guard the bridge, where he lost his life. Oziel, though devoted to the cause of liberty, was emphatically a man of peace, and although occasionally called out for short periods of service, it is not known that he ever remained longer than immediate duty required. Of Sarah[sic-Mercy] I know only that she married a respectable farmer, by the name of Pickham, and was still living, a few years since.” (The Memoir of Rev. Stephen R. Smith. Sawyer, Thomas Jefferson, 1852)
Children: Richard Smith, Joseph Smith, Oziel Smith, Thomas Smith, Jonathan Smith, Hope Smith, and Mercy Smith Peckham. (Mercy is also called Sarah in Stephen R Smith's 1852 memoir, and she is called Mary in John Smith's 1794 will.)
“The children of my grandfather, John Smith, of Scituate, Rhode Island, were six sons and one daughter, namely Richard, Joseph, Jonathan, Oziel, Thomas, Hope and Sarah[sic-Mercy}. The sons were in their several spheres distinguished for their devotion to the cause of national freedom. Richard, the eldest, was a subaltern in one of the New England regiments, during one or two of the campaigns in what was known as the French War, and which terminated in the capture of Quebec and the cession of Canada to Great Britain. Joseph, though never in the regular service was one of those Green Mountain Boys who stormed the breastworks at the Battle of Bennington; while his son, a lad of only fifteen years, fought in the second battle on the same day. Jonathan (the grandfather of Delazon), with a lieutenant’s commission, on hearing of the Battle of Lexington, marched immediately with his company to Cambridge; was several years in the Continental service, and lived till a very advanced age in the enjoyment of his country’s bounty. Thomas declined a commission, and entered the service as a volunteer. He was killed at the bridge in Springfield, New Jersey. Captain Olney, of the Rhode Island line, has given in his own memoir, an interesting account of his feelings and fears when left to guard the bridge, where he lost his life. Oziel, though devoted to the cause of liberty, was emphatically a man of peace, and although occasionally called out for short periods of service, it is not known that he ever remained longer than immediate duty required. Of Sarah[sic-Mercy] I know only that she married a respectable farmer, by the name of Pickham, and was still living, a few years since.” (The Memoir of Rev. Stephen R. Smith. Sawyer, Thomas Jefferson, 1852)
Daughter of Thomas Hopkins III and Elizabeth (Mitchell? Blake?) Hopkins of Scituate,RI.
Children: Richard Smith, Joseph Smith, Oziel Smith, Thomas Smith, Jonathan Smith, Hope Smith, and Mercy Smith Peckham. (Mercy is also called Sarah in Stephen R Smith's 1852 memoir, and she is called Mary in John Smith's 1794 will.)
“The children of my grandfather, John Smith, of Scituate, Rhode Island, were six sons and one daughter, namely Richard, Joseph, Jonathan, Oziel, Thomas, Hope and Sarah[sic-Mercy}. The sons were in their several spheres distinguished for their devotion to the cause of national freedom. Richard, the eldest, was a subaltern in one of the New England regiments, during one or two of the campaigns in what was known as the French War, and which terminated in the capture of Quebec and the cession of Canada to Great Britain. Joseph, though never in the regular service was one of those Green Mountain Boys who stormed the breastworks at the Battle of Bennington; while his son, a lad of only fifteen years, fought in the second battle on the same day. Jonathan (the grandfather of Delazon), with a lieutenant’s commission, on hearing of the Battle of Lexington, marched immediately with his company to Cambridge; was several years in the Continental service, and lived till a very advanced age in the enjoyment of his country’s bounty. Thomas declined a commission, and entered the service as a volunteer. He was killed at the bridge in Springfield, New Jersey. Captain Olney, of the Rhode Island line, has given in his own memoir, an interesting account of his feelings and fears when left to guard the bridge, where he lost his life. Oziel, though devoted to the cause of liberty, was emphatically a man of peace, and although occasionally called out for short periods of service, it is not known that he ever remained longer than immediate duty required. Of Sarah[sic-Mercy] I know only that she married a respectable farmer, by the name of Pickham, and was still living, a few years since.” (The Memoir of Rev. Stephen R. Smith. Sawyer, Thomas Jefferson, 1852)
Children: Richard Smith, Joseph Smith, Oziel Smith, Thomas Smith, Jonathan Smith, Hope Smith, and Mercy Smith Peckham. (Mercy is also called Sarah in Stephen R Smith's 1852 memoir, and she is called Mary in John Smith's 1794 will.)
“The children of my grandfather, John Smith, of Scituate, Rhode Island, were six sons and one daughter, namely Richard, Joseph, Jonathan, Oziel, Thomas, Hope and Sarah[sic-Mercy}. The sons were in their several spheres distinguished for their devotion to the cause of national freedom. Richard, the eldest, was a subaltern in one of the New England regiments, during one or two of the campaigns in what was known as the French War, and which terminated in the capture of Quebec and the cession of Canada to Great Britain. Joseph, though never in the regular service was one of those Green Mountain Boys who stormed the breastworks at the Battle of Bennington; while his son, a lad of only fifteen years, fought in the second battle on the same day. Jonathan (the grandfather of Delazon), with a lieutenant’s commission, on hearing of the Battle of Lexington, marched immediately with his company to Cambridge; was several years in the Continental service, and lived till a very advanced age in the enjoyment of his country’s bounty. Thomas declined a commission, and entered the service as a volunteer. He was killed at the bridge in Springfield, New Jersey. Captain Olney, of the Rhode Island line, has given in his own memoir, an interesting account of his feelings and fears when left to guard the bridge, where he lost his life. Oziel, though devoted to the cause of liberty, was emphatically a man of peace, and although occasionally called out for short periods of service, it is not known that he ever remained longer than immediate duty required. Of Sarah[sic-Mercy] I know only that she married a respectable farmer, by the name of Pickham, and was still living, a few years since.” (The Memoir of Rev. Stephen R. Smith. Sawyer, Thomas Jefferson, 1852)
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