Ebenezer Smith “Deacon”, son of James Smith and Elizabeth Smith, was
born February 26, 1710, in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut and died
on April 3 , 1793, in New Marlboro, Berkshire, Massachusetts. Ebenezer
married first Rhoda Noble, daughter of Matthew Noble and Hannah Dewey,
in August 1736 in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts. Rhoda was born
on April 17, 1717, in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts and died on
September 4, 1737, in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts.
John
Smith was born in 1740 and christened on September 8, 1740, in
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts. John married Sarah (--?--).
Lydia Smith was born in 1769 and was christened on June 29, 1769, in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts.
Esther Smith was born in 1772 and christened on April 9, 1772, in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts.
Rhoda
Smith was born in 1743 and christened on September 3, 1743, in
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts and died on March 12, 1795. Rhoda
married Dr. Asa Hillyer, son of James Hillyer and Mary Humphrey, about
1761 in Simsbury, Connecticut. Asa was born on August 21, 1738 in
Simsbury, Connecticut and died December 11, 1820, in East Granby,
Connecticut. Asa was a surgeon in the Continental (Revolutionary) Army.
Dr. Asa Hillyer was an early settler of Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut in 1771.
Asa and Rhoda had ten children Asa, Polly, Justin, Shaler, Truman, Pliny, Theodore, Andrew, James, and Betsey Hillyer.
Ebenezer
Smith was born in 1746 and christened on June 22, 1746, in Sheffield,
Berkshire, Massachusetts and died on June 30, 1746, in Sheffield,
Berkshire, Massachusetts.