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Edward Francis Benjamin Rebecca
Edward Smalley was born about 1600 and lived at Bideford, Devonshire, England. He was a clothier manufacturer and merchant of woolen goods. Edward Smalley and his wife, Elizabeth, had six children, who were all baptized at the St. Mary's Episcopal Church, at Bideford, England:
Francis - our ancestor - was baptized in 1625.
Elizabeth was baptized 6 July 1627, and died young.
Mary was baptized on 5 May 1629.
Edmond was baptized on 2 March 1630.
Elizabeth was baptized on 10 October 1632, and was buried at Bideford on 27 December 1635.
William was baptized on 4 February 1634.
About 1635, Edward Smalley emigrated from nearby Dartmouth, Devonshire, England to New England with his son - Francis. Edward Smalley and his son first stopped at Plymouth to see John Smalley. Edward left his wife - Elizabeth, and four of their younger children at Bideford, Devonshire.
Edward Smalley can be found in the records of Saco, Maine as early as 1640, and was probably there five years before that time. In 1645, he was also recorded at Falmouth, Maine, and later at the Isle of Shoals. Elizabeth was buried at England on 10 February 1665.
Sometime prior to 1643, Edward Smalley, his son Francis and Capt. Francis Champernowne, as well as others, founded Piscattagua Plantation, which was on the east side of what is now known as the Eliot Creek. Piscattagua or Pascattaway is an Indian word meaning - right angle. By 1647, this area became known as - Kittery, the first town in Maine. It now consists of Kittery, Eliot, Berwick and South Berwick.
Edward Smalley served as a juryman several times between 1640 and 1651. On 21 October 1645, Edward was elected as a Magistrate. He sold his property (100 acres) on 23 June 1647, and probably went to Dover, N.H.. On 18 May 1653, Edward Smalley was a resident of the Isles of Shoals (nine miles south from the mouth of Piscataqua Harbor.
Records lose him about 1653, and Edward Smalley may have returned to England to his Devonshire home. Edward Smalley was a fisherman and husbandman.
Francis Smalley was born at Bideford, Devonshire, England about 1623 and was baptized at St. Mary's Parish at Bideford on 6 October 1625. He was named for Francis Champernowne, a relative of the family. Francis Smalley came to New England, with his father, about 1635. Francis Smalley was about twelve when they sailed. His mother and two younger sisters and two younger brothers stayed in England. Francis and his father first settled in Saco, Maine. In 1645, they were also recorded at Falmouth, Maine, and later at the Isle of Shoals.
Francis Smalley's father sold his property (100 acres) on 23 June 1647, and probably went to Dover, N.H.Earliest records indicate that Francis Smalley was taxed at Dover, N.H. on 19 October 1648. Besides being venturesome, Francis Smalley was a planter, a trapper, a fisherman and an Indian trader. He learned the language of the Indians and was used to negotiate with them. He was a Councillor in 1639 and 1640.
Francis Smalley married about 1652 to Elizabeth Leighton, who was born about 1634. On 27 July 1657, he acquired a tract of land near Portland called - Capisie, from the Indian chief - Scitterygusset. He was a fisherman at Casco Bay (now Falmouth), which was famous for its sturgeon fisheries. In 1659, he moved to the island of Sebascadegan (or Sebascoe Diggin), which is in Casco Bay and became known as Cape Small's Point.
In 1662, Francis Smalley and his family returned to Falmouth, where he did some trapping, as well as dealing in land. In 1663, he was an attorney for Falmouth, in some of the government squabbles of the times. On 28 November 1668, he acquired a 260,000 acre tract, at Ossipee, from an Indian chief - Captian Sandy. Francis Smalley returned to Kittery about 1668, and was granted 100 acres there and he took up fishing again. When he tired of fishing and fighting Indians, he moved south to the Plymouth Colony with his wife and seven children.
On 30 April 1711, Francis Smalley deeded Ossipee to one of his sons. Francis Smalley died, at Truro (now Chadham on Cape Cod), about 1714 as a large land owner. The date of Elizabeth's death is not known, nor are we sure of the exact number of their children:
Edward Smalley , named for his grandfather, was born at Falmouth about 1652. Mary was born at Falmouth in 1656. Francis was born at Great Sebascodegan about 1659.
Benjamin Smalley - our ancestor - was born about 1665.
Samuel Smalley was born at Kittery about 1666. Daniel was born at Maine about 1670. Alice and Elizabeth were born sometime after 1666.
Benjamin Smalley was probably born at Great Sebascodegan Island, Maine, about 1665. The Smalley family lived at the island of Sebascadegan (or Sebascoe Diggin), which is in Casco Bay and became known as Cape Small's Point. Benjamin Smalley was the middle child of about seven children born to Francis and Elizabeth (Leighton) Smalley.
On 28 November 1668, Benjamin Smalley acquired a 260,000 acre tract, at Ossipee, from an Indian chief - Captian Sandy. Benjamin's father returned to Kittery about 1668, and was granted 100 acres there and he took up fishing again.
In young manhood, Benjamin Smalley left Maine and went to live at Eastham on Cape Cod. About 1694, he married at Eastham to Rebecca Snow, who was born on 23 July 1676 to John Snow and Mary Smalley (the daughter of John Smalley).
In 1701, Benjamin and Rebecca Smalley moved from their first home at Eastham to Truro, Mass.(further up the Cape). By 1710, Benjamin and his brother-Daniel, were the first to own cattle. Benjamin was a Selectman of Truro in 1710. On 1 November 1711, he and six other men founded the church at Truro.
On 26 March 1712, Benjamin Smalley purchased 375 acres of land, at Lebanon, Ct., and moved his family with six children from Truro to Lebanon. On 14 March 1713, he sold half of this land to his brother - Daniel. The Smalley's had three more children born at Lebanon. their oldest daughter was twenty-one when their youngest child, Elizabeth, was born in 1716.
Benjamin Smalley died at Lebanon prior to 4 June 1721 (when his will was proved). Their youngest child died the following year at the age of six. Rebecca (Snow) Smalley married again on 26 December 1728 to John Porter of Hebron, Ct.. After John died, Rebecca moved to Salisbury, Ct., to live with her son - Benjamin Jr.. She died there, at her son's home, on 31 August 1753.
Benjamin and Rebecca (Snow) Smalley had ten children:
Hannah was born at Eastham 25 November 1695. Rebecca - our ancestor was born in 1697. Benjamin Jr was born at Eastham on 23 January 1701, and died young.
Ensign Benjamin Jr was born at Truro on 15 October 1702. Mary was born at Truro on 15 March 1705. Capt. James was born at Truro on 28 October 1707. Phoebe was born at Truro on 13 December 1709. Deacon Joseph was probably born at Lebanon about 1712. Francis was born at Lebanon about 1714. Elizabeth was born at Lebanon about 1716, and died after 1722.
Rebecca Smalley was born at Eastham, Cape Cod, Mass., on 27 April 1697. Rebecca Smalley grew up at Truro with her older sister and younger sister and brothers. When Rebecca was about fifteen, her family moved to Lebanon CT where the Woodworths lived.
Rebecca Smalley married, at Lebanon, Ct., on 27 December 1717 to Ebenezer Woodworth, who was born at Rhode Island on 12 March 1691 to Benjamin and Hannah Woodworth. They had eight children, including our ancestor - Ebenzer Woodworth Jr. He was born in 1718 and married in 1742 to Hopestill Tryon.