(A-372) – FLOOD/SMITH/SEDERQUIST/STUBBS - Richard FLOOD-SMITH
and some of his fam. are bur. in the Old Cemetery, Provincetown, Mass. His
tombstone and Provincetown records say he d. 17 May 1857, aged 63 yrs., 9 mos.
15 d which would make his date of birth 2 Sept. 1793. He m. in Provincetown 29
Dec. 1818 Sally (Sarah) STUBBS (TUBBS in m. record). The marriage
record states he was b. in Boston, Mass but I could not find him recorded. She
d. 16 Nov. 1872, recorded on 20 Jan. 1873 as b. Wellfleet, Mass., 24 May 1788.
Her tombstone gives her age as 77yrs., town records say 84 yrs., 8 mos. if her
tombstone record is wrong his possibly is also. Their dau. (my ancestor) Nancy
FLOOD SMITH was b. Provincetown 29 Oct. 1819; d. 1903; m. there 10
Sept 1836 Robert Eldridge SMITH, b. Provincetown 22 Jan. 1815; d. 1892.
Both are bur. North Eastham. Her bro. was Richard FLOOD SMITH, b.
Provincctown, 9 Mar, 1832: m. there 24 Feb. 1857 Rosalthe SEDEQUIST, dau.
of John SEDAQU1ST of Nova Scotia (Provincetown records).
Mabel W. Elliott. 601 E. Republic St., Peoria, IL 61603
(A-388) - HICKS/SEABURY - Oliver HICKS was b. Westport,
Mass., 20 July, 1806; d. Tiverton, RI., 10 July 1869; m. Mary Jane
SEABURY. He is the son of Capt. Benjamin & Patty (TOMPKINS)
HICKS of Little Compton, RI.; m. int. Westport, Mass., 26 Oct. 1805.
Patty d. in Westport 30 Nov. 1836, in her 59th year. Refs.: Vital Records of
Westport. Mass. (1918), pp. 56. 174; “Cemetery Inscriptions in Tiverton, RI.” in
Register 117:218.
Ellen M. Moore. 34 Fair Oaks Drive. Lexington, Mass., 02173
(A-390) HOWARD/HARWOOD/PRESCOTT - Vital Records of Westford. Mass.,
pp. 178 & 218. indicate m. int. 7 Mar. 1730/31, of Jonas4
PRESCOTT (Jonas3-2, Jonn1) & Elizabeth HARWOOD,
not HOWARD as stated in The Prescott Memorial (1870, repr. 1983), pp. 53.
72. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Mass., p. 77, records b. of “Elesabeth HARWOD,
dau. of Nathaniell and Mary, Jan. 28, 1701,” The same volume (p.84) records b.
of Elizabeth HOWARD on 21 April 1717. Dau. of Benjamin & Mary It seems
unlikely tlrat Jonas4 PRESCOTT, aged 28 in 1730/31, would have a
fourteen year old wife. Elizabeth HARWOOD was about thirty at this time.
Nathaniell HARWOOD was bur. Chelmsford 30 Aug. 1751, aged 82 years. as was his
wid. Mary. 10 Oct. 1758, aged 85 years (Vital Records of Chelmsford, p. 400).
See also W. H. Harwood, A Genealogical History of the Concord Harwoods
(1912), pp. 9-10. where Nathaniel HARWOOD’s w. is identified as Mary BARRON
(1673-1758), dau. of Moses & Mary (LEARNED) BARRON.
William B. Prescott, 724 Hawthorne Ave , Bound Brook. NJ 08805