Bethiah Phinney

AKA Bethia

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-68281

Bethya Smith was born in Eastham, Plymouth Colony on 16 January 1681/2, the daughter of John and Mary (Eldredge) Smith.[1]

She may possibly[2] be the Bethya Smith who married Samuel Phinney on 30 April 1713 in Eastham.[3]

Samuel was living in 1723 when his daughter Mary was baptized. No probate records are found in Barnstable County for Samuel or Bethya.[3]

Children born Barnstable, except Rhoda:[3]

1. Bethiah, b. 9 Jul 1715; n.f.r.
2. Thankful, bp. 29 Jul 1716; n.f.r.
3. Rhoda, b. 1 Feb 1718/10 Truro, bp. 8 Mar 1718/19 Truro; n.f.r.
4. Mary, bp. 16 Jun 1723;[6] n.f.r.

Sources

1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 146 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
2. Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722, p. 81b.
3. Bethya Smith the Daughter of John and Mary Smith was borne at Eastham the Sixteenth day of January in the year 1681/2.
4. Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 34.
5. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XWF?cc=2061550&w... : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths 1701-1796 > image 12 of 126; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
6. Births, marriages, deaths 1701-1796, p. 9.
7. Samuel Phinney of Barnstable and Bethya Smith of Eastham were married by Nathanael ffreeman Esqur on the 30th day of april annodom:1713 See also:
8. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 Eastham-Orleans, V1 - page 91.