Smith, Asael, 1744-1830

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Dates

Existence: 1744 - 1830

Biography

Asael Smith (1744-1830) was the grandfather of Joseph Smith, Jr.

Citation:

Joseph Smith's New England Heritage, 2003: title page (Asael Smith) p. 114 (b. 1744; d. 1830)

Mormon genealogies, 1946: page 2 (The ancestry of the Prophet Joseph Smith; Asahel Smith; b. 1744; d. 1830)

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Census for Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York

File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334499]

Identifier: MSS 1074

Scope and Contents Photocopies of handwritten copies of the "First Census" of 1815 listing census roll 224. The census contains names of resident and non-resident taxpayers of Potsdam, New York. Additional entries for 1903 were added from the Potsdam Museum. The lists contain birth and death dates, where persons were buried, names of spouses and other relatives, and when the individuals arrived in Potsdam. Among the names listed are Asael Smith, grandfather of the first president of the Mormon Church,...

Dates: 1815-1903

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Census for Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York

Martha Coray notebook

File — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Vault MSS 230

Scope and Contents Notebook includes Coray's interview notes used in compiling of Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph Smith.Smith family history notes contain John and Clarissa Smith's account of visit by Joseph Smith Sr. to Smith family members, including his father, Asael Smith, in Lawrence County, New York, in 1830; John Smith's account of his and Joseph Smith Sr.'s reunion with their mother, Mary Duty Smith, at Kirtland, Ohio, and their subsequent journey eastward to visit Church branches and...

Dates: 1845

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martha Coray notebook

Susan Smith last will and testament

File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334598]

Identifier: MSS 1133

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten last will and testament of Susan Smith and documents relating to her estate. Also included are photocopies of materials relating to the estate of Samuel Smith. These persons were children of Asael Smith (1744-1830), the paternal grandfather of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1801-1844).

Dates: 1833-1849

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Susan Smith last will and testament

Mormon Manuscript Retrieval Project collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 19

Abstract Photocopies of reminiscences, histories, maps, and miscellaneous materials relating to the early Mormon experience in Ohio and New Hampshire. A. Gary Anderson and Milton V. Backman, Jr., faculty members of the Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, did research on Mormon Church history. Anderson worked in New Hampshire in 1973 and Backman did research in Ohio in 1974. Their project was to collect copies of manuscripts and documents relating to the early members...

Dates: 1772-1974

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Manuscript Retrieval Project collection

Asael and Mary Duty Smith

File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334606]

Identifier: MSS 1135

Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographies of Asael Smith and Mary Duty Smith, the grandparents of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Also included are genealogies relating to the genealogy of Asael and Mary Duty Smith. The biographies are largely compilations of sources by Smith family members. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: 1950

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Asael and Mary Duty Smith

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