Betsey Smith

1779 - 1856  (77 years)

• Name	Betsey Smith
  	Father: Josiah Smith (1736–1838) Mother: Esther Poole (1738–1782) [2]
  Birth	17 Jan 1779	New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A.   [3, 5, 11]
  History	14 Mar 1820 (41 years)	Maine becomes a separate state.
  Census	1850 (70 years)	Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.   [1]
  In the 1850 US Census, she was recorded as age 71, living in Norway, Oxford County, Maine with Stephen Greenwood and Lavina Smith.
  Death	28 Feb 1856	Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.   [4, 10, 11]
  Burial	Aft 28 Feb 1856	Rustfield Cemetery, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. Rustfield Cemetery, Norway, Maine   [4, 6]
  	Gravestone of Betsey (Smith) Woodman
  Person ID, Branch	I21363
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Jonathan Woodman,   b. 16 Sep 1772, New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) d. 21 Jul 1850, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	6 Mar 1800	New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A.   [5, 7, 8, 10, 11]
  Type: They had no children together
  	Marriage Record of Jonathan Woodman and Betsy Smith
  Age at Marriage	She : 21 years and 2 months - He : 27 years and 6 months.
  Marriage Intent	6 Mar 1800	New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A.   [9]
  Family ID	F9699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Betsey Smith(1779 – 1856) 2 3

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Jan 1779 - New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A. Marriage - 6 Mar 1800 - New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A. Marriage Intent - 6 Mar 1800 - New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A. Census - 1850 - Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. Death - 28 Feb 1856 - Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. Burial - Aft 28 Feb 1856 - Rustfield Cemetery, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S273] Bureau of the Census, 1850 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Norway, Oxford, Maine; Roll: 263; Page: 52b. [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S841] Bradbury, Osgood N. , Norway in the Forties , (Norway, Maine: Twin Town Graphics, 1986). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 170669178 Betsey Woodman . [S848] Lapham, William B. and Silas P. Maxim. History of Paris Oxford Co. Maine from its settlement of 1880 with a history of the Grants of 1736 and 1771 together with personal sketches, A copious genealogical register and an appendix, (Paris, Maine: Privately Printed, 1884). [S2166] Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019). [S1944] Maine, Marriage Index, 1670-1921, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016). [S162] Maine, U.S., Marriage Records, 1713-1922, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Marriage Record of Jonathan Woodman and Betsy Smith. [S839] Vital Records of New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine., (Town of New Gloucester, Maine). [S396] Woodman, J. H., A List of the Descendants of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who settled at Kingston, N.H., about 1736, (Brunswick, Maine: J. Griffin, 1856). [S398] Woodman, John A., Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman who settled at Ould Newbury Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1635, (Ocala, Florida: by author, 1995).