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Family HistoryFamily History - Lemuel Smith


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Lemuel Smith and one of his descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. Lemuel Smith,1 born ____ (parents not determined). Lemuel married, 4 July 1790, Martha Withington1 (born 10 August 1770 in Stoughton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, parents not determined;1 Martha died 5 November 1846 in Stoughton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts1).

Child of Lemuel Smith and Martha Withington:

+2i. Dr. Horatio Smith, born 30 May 1794; died 24 July 1851. Married (1) Electa Gaylord Married (2) Lucretia Roundy.

  1. Find a Grave (website). West Cemetery, Otisco, Onondaga County, New York, Dr. Horatio Smith, born: 30 May 1794; died: 24 July 1851 [from record, which includes notes about his parents, first wife and their children, and biographical information; and the names and links for his first wife and children].
Second Generation
2. Dr. Horatio Smith2 (Lemuel1), born 30 May 1794;1 died 24 July 1851.1 Horatio married, first, Electa Gaylord2 (born 6 September 1795, the daughter of Leman Gaylord and Rhoda Driggs;2 Electa died 1 April 18432). Horatio married, second, Lucretia Roundy3 (born 25 April 1810 in Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, the daughter of Asahel Roundy and Hanna Weston;3, 4, 5 Lucretia died 17 October 1879 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York3). Horatio is buried in West Cemetery, Otisco, Onondaga County, New York.1 Electa is buried in West Cemetery, Otisco, Onondaga County, New York.2 Lucretia is buried in Spafford Cemetery, Spafford, Onondaga County, New York.3

  1. Find a Grave (website). West Cemetery, Otisco, Onondaga County, New York, Dr. Horatio Smith, born: 30 May 1794; died: 24 July 1851 [from record, which includes notes about his parents, first wife and their children, and biographical information; and the names and links for his first wife and children].
  2. Find a Grave (website). West Cemetery, Otisco, Onondaga County, New York, Electa Gaylord Smith, born: 6 September 1795; died: 1 April 1843 [from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, spouse, siblings, and children].
  3. Find a Grave (website). Spafford Cemetery, Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, Lucretia Roundy Lathrop, born: 25 April 1810 in Spafford, Onondaga County, New York; died: 17 October 1879 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York [from record, which includes the text of an obituary giving brief vital and biographical details including the names of her parents and two husbands].
  4. New York State Census, 1855, Onandaga County, Syracuse, 4th Ward, Image 97, John H. Lathrop, 65, Saratoga, farmer; wife Lucretia, 45, Onondaga; cousin Hellen Sabin, 28, Onondaga.
  5. A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in this Country, Embracing the Descendants, as far as known, of The Rev. John Lothropp, of Scituate and Barnstable, Mass., and Mark Lothrop, of Salem and Bridgewater, Mass., and the First Generation of Descendants of Other Names, by Rev. E. B. Huntington, A. M. Published at Ridgefield, Conn., by Mrs. Julia M. Huntington, 1884. Pages 132-133, 202-203, 272. A few of the vital dates (births, etc.) differ from other sources.