Joshua Smith, Esq.

1770 - 1843  (73 years)

• Name	Joshua Smith
  	Father: Josiah Smith (1736–1838) Mother: Esther Poole (1738–1782) [6]
  Birth	9 Jun 1770	New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)   [4, 5, 6]
  	Birth Record of Joshua Smith
  History	4 Jul 1776 (6 years)	United States become Independent
  Living	1790 (19 years)	Norway, Oxford County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A.   [4]
  Offices Held	Between 1797 and 1798 (26 years)	Norway, Oxford County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A.   [4]
  Between 1797 and 1798, he was the Town Clerk of Norway.
  Census	1800 (29 years)	Norway, Oxford County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A.   [1]
  2 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1 - Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 3 - Number of Household Members Under 16 2 - Number of Household Members Over 25 5 - Number of Household Members
  Offices Held	Between 1811 and 1812 (40 years)	Norway, Oxford County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A.   [4]
  Between 1811 and 1812, he served as the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Norway.
  Offices Held	Between 1811 and 1837 (40 years)  [4]
  Between 1811 and 1837, he was the Town Treasurer of Norway, Maine.
  History	14 Mar 1820 (49 years)	Maine becomes a separate state.
  Census	7 Aug 1820 (50 years)	Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.   [2]
  1 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 2 - Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 2 - Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 3 - Number of Persons - Engaged in Commerce 3 - Free White Persons - Under 16 2 - Free White Persons - Over 25 7 - Total Free White Persons 7 - Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other
  Offices Held	1828 (57 years)  [4]
  He was made a a Justice of the Peace by the Governor of Maine.
  Census	1840 (69 years)	Norway, Oxford County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A.   [3]
  1 - Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69 1 - Persons Employed in Agriculture 1 - Schools - No. of Scholars (Pri/Comm) 1 - Free White Persons - Under 20 1 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 4 - Total Free White Persons 4 - Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves
  Death	25 Oct 1843	Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.   [5]
  Burial	Aft 25 Oct 1843	Rustfield Cemetery, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. Rustfield Cemetery, Norway, Maine   [5]
  	Gravestone of Joshua Smith, Esq.
  Person ID, Branch	I24747
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Mary Woodman,   b. 1 May 1775, New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), USA d. 31 Dec 1841, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 66 years)
  Marriage Intent	6 Oct 1792	New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), USA   [8]
  Joshua and Molly filed their marriage intentions.
  	Marriage Intentions of Joshua Smith and Molly Woodman
  Marriage	1793	New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A.   [4, 7, 9, 10]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 22 years and 6 months - She : ~ 17 years and 7 months.
  Children	1793 to 1801  [4]
  1. Solomon Smith (1793-____) 2. Mary Smith (1794-1845) 3. Solomon Smith (1797-1820) 4. David Smith (1799-1830) 5. Elliot Smith (1801-1873)
  Family ID	F9700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 9 Jun 1770 - New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) Living - 1790 - Norway, Oxford County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A. Marriage Intent - 6 Oct 1792 - New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), USA Marriage - 1793 - New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A. Offices Held - Between 1797 and 1798 - Norway, Oxford County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A. Census - 1800 - Norway, Oxford County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A. Offices Held - Between 1811 and 1812 - Norway, Oxford County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A. Census - 7 Aug 1820 - Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1840 - Norway, Oxford County, Massachusetts (now Maine), U.S.A. Death - 25 Oct 1843 - Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. Burial - Aft 25 Oct 1843 - 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

  [S782] Bureau of the Census, 1800 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1800; Census Place: Norway, Cumberland, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 6; Page: 202; Image: 202; Family History Library Film: 218676. [S515] Bureau of the Census, 1820 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Norway, Oxford, Maine; Page: 40; NARA Roll: M33_37; Image: 35. [S281] Bureau of the Census, 1840 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1840; Census Place: Norway, Oxford, Maine; Roll: 147; Page: 203; Family History Library Film: 0009706. [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 223621093 Joshua B Smith . [S2442] Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922, (rovo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Birth Record of Joshua Smith. [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 Intentions of Joshua Smith and Molley Woodman. [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).