The Family of Anne Smith

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The parents of Anne Smith are not known. According to a 1663 deposition of Elizabeth Scott, one Robert Smith came to America with his wife and his sister Mary, another sister Anne having come a year earlier. When Robert and his wife returned to England, they left the two sisters, who each married. As Robert was said in this record to be a wine cooper in London, the Smiths may have originated in London, Middlesex, England.

The children of — Smith are:

1	Robert Smith, married — —, a wine cooper from London, Middlesex, England, came to New England with his wife and one of his sisters, later returned to England with his wife. Wife: — —, name not known, came with her husband and sister-in-law to New England, returned with her husband to England.
2	Anne Smith, came to New England about a year before her brother Robert and sister Mary, married John Kenrick in about 1638, died 15th day 9th month 1656 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Husband: John Kenrick, b. abt. 1606, adm. to the church at Boston 11 Aug 1639, freeman 1640, m. 2) Judith —, d. 29 Aug 1686 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, will dated 21 Jan 1684 and proved 23 Sep 1686.
3	Mary Smith, came to New England with her brother Robert and his wife, married Philip Torrey, was living in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts in 1663 (at the time of the deposition). Husband: Philip Torrey.

Summary of Sources

"New England Gleanings," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 40 (Jan 1886), p. 63.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Boston, 1862, retrieved from http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/, Nov 2012.
Jackson, Francis, A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, from 1639-1800, Boston: Stacy and Richardson, 1854, pgs. 354-6.
Pope, Charles Henry, Pioneers of Massachusetts, Heritage Books, 2009, p. 423.

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Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England

Vol. 3
KENRICK, KENERICK, oft. KENDRICK
JOHN, Boston 1639, adm. 11 Aug. of that yr. into the ch. so that he had come, prob. the former yr. if not earlier, and there is no slight reason to think he came with Mather in the James from Bristol, 1630; by w. Ann, sis. prob. of Robert Smith, from London, had Hannah, bapt. 9 Feb. 1640, wh. d. soon; John, 3 Oct. 1641; Elijah, 21 Jan. 1644, then six days old, d. soon; Elijah, again, or Elisha, as the false rec. has it, 18, bapt. 19 Oct. 1645; and Hannah, again, 20 Mar. 1652, wh. m. 10 Apr. 1674, Jonathan Metcalf. He liv. after 1652, when she sold his est. in Boston proper, in that part of B. call. Muddy riv. now Brookline, where his w. d. 15 Nov. 1656; but rem. 1658 to Cambridge vill. now Newton, there d. 29 Aug. 1686, aged 80, if we may reckon from his will of 21 Jan. 1684, call. hims. a. 78. His wid. Judith d. says Roxbury rec. 23 Aug. 1687.

Source: Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Boston, 1862, retrieved from http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/, Nov 2012.

A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts

I. KENRICK, JOHN, born in England, 1605, was in Boston as early as 1639; then a member of the ch.; took the Freeman's oath, 1640; owned a wharf on the easterly side of the Town Dock, sometime called Tyng's wharf, which he sold in 1652. In 1658, he purchased of Richard Parker, of Boston, two hundred and fifty acres of land, in the southerly part of Camb. Village, previously owned by Thos. Mayhew, bounded w. by Charles river, and n. by Gov. Haynes' farm of one thousand acres, granted by the Gen. Court, 1634, with farm house and barn thereon. This house was near the bridge, crossing Charles river, called "Kenrick's bridge." His first w. Anna d. at Boston, Nov. 1656. 2d w. Judith, d. at Rox., Aug. 23, 1687. He d. Aug. 29, 1686, ae. about 81, leaving a will, dated Jan. 21, 1683, in which he states his age to be "about 78." Gives his w. Judith the west end of his house, &c. ; gives his s. in law Jonathan Metcalf, fifty acres of land at the s. e. part of his farm, which he purchased of Dea. John Jackson, and the rest of his meadow, at Cow Island, containing ten acres. To Rev. Nehemiah Hobart, four acres of meadow, adjoining the meadow of John Parker n. and Charles river w., or £10, at the option of his s. John. To John Kenrick, eldest s. of his s. Elijah, deceased, £5, and to each of the other chil. of his s. Elijah, twenty shillings, as they come of age. To s. John, his dwelling house, barn and out houses, and all his lands and estate, not disposed of in his will. Appoints s. John and s. in law Jonathan Metcalf, executors. William Adams, Samuel Truesdale and Nehemiah Hobart, witnesses. Proved Sept. 23, 1686. He had by w. Anna, in Boston, Hannah, 9. 12. 1639; John, 3. 8. 1641; Elijah, 1643; (this name is erroneously spelt Elisha, on the Boston Record.) Hannah m. Jonathan Metcalf, of Dedham.

Source: Jackson, Francis, A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, from 1639-1800, Boston: Stacy and Richardson, 1854, pgs. 354-6.

Pioneers of Massachusetts

SMITH, etc.
Robert, wine cooper, London, came about 1637 to N. E., bringing with him his wife and sister Mary Smith; had sent over his sister Anne Smith the year before. He and his wife ret. to Eng., leaving his sisters here; Anne m. John Kenrick of Boston about 1638, and had several children by him; Mary m. Philip Torrey and had children and was living in Bo. 4 Dec. 1663, when Elizabeth, widow of Robert Scott, deposed to the foregoing statement. [See Scarbarrow.] [Reg. XL, 63.]

Source: Pope, Charles Henry, Pioneers of Massachusetts, Heritage Books, 2009, p. 423.

Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Name:    Anne Kenricke
Event Type:    Death
Death Date:    15 Sep 1656
Death Place:    Boston, Massachusetts
Spouse Name:    John
[Note: Record states 15 9 56, which may also be 15 Nov 1656. MB]

Name:    John Kenrick
Event Type:    Death
Death Date:    29 Aug 1686
Death Place:    Newton, Massachusetts

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

New England Gleanings

Mass. Achives. xv. A. p. 11. -- Elizabeth Scott, aged about 47, relict of the late Robert Scott, of Boston, deposes 4 Dec. 1663 that about 26 years ago she well knew one Robert Smith, said to be a wine cooper in London who came over with his wife to New England and brought with him his sister Mary Smith, and had sent over his sister Anne Smith the year before. That when Robert Smith and his wife went back to England, he left his two sisters behind -- That Anne Smith about 25 years ago married John Kenrick then of Boston and had several children by him. That Mary Smith married Philip Torrey and has children and is still living in Boston.

Source: "New England Gleanings," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 40 (Jan 1886), p. 63.