An American Family History

Priscilla Everett Smith

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves,
and, under a just God cannot retain it."
― Abraham Lincoln

Everett is also spelled Everet, Everette, Everit, and Everitt.

A yeoman was a man who owned and cultivated a small farm. He belonged to the class below the gentry or land owners. A husbandman was a free tenant farmer. The social status of a husbandman was below that of a yeoman.

Priscilla Everett Smith was born in 1691 in Hempstead, Queens (now Nassau) County, New York. Her parents were Nicholas and Elizabeth Everett.

Priscilla married Nehemiah Smith. Nehemiah Smith was born in 1677 in Queens County, New York. He was the son of Wait Smith and Phebe Ashman. He was a yeoman.

Priscilla and Nehemiah's children included:
Nehemiah Smith (1708),
Noah Smith (1709),
Nicholas smith (1713),
Rachel Smith (1717),
Phebe Smith (1719),
Priscilla Smith (1722),
Wait Smith (1724), and
Mary Smith (1726).

Queens County, New York is on Long Island. Jamaica was called Rustdorp by the Dutch. It was originally settled by English settlers from neighboring Hempstead. Hempstead was founded in 1644 by emigrants led by Reverend Richard Denton. Jamaica and Hempstead are now in Nassau County.

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