Lévesque/Bishop Genealogy - Person Sheet
Lévesque/Bishop Genealogy - Person Sheet
NamePolly Smith 
Alias/AKAMary
Birth3 Nov 1780, Bennington, VT
Death2 Sep 1872, Highgate, VT
BurialHighgate Falls, VT
FatherSamuel Smith
MotherJerusha Atwood
Spouses
Birth18 May 1772, Middleton or Durham, CT
Death21 Aug 1832, Highgate, VT
BurialHighgate Falls, VT
FatherAsher Seward (1726->1790)
MotherSarah Jordan (~1730-~1792)
Marriage1799, Monkton, Addison, VT
ChildrenAlura (1800-)
Betsy (1802-1893)
Daniel (1804-1894)
Orange (1806-1864)
Sarah (1808-1894)
Mary Ann (1811-1888)
Alonzo Martin (1813-1904)
John Hiram (1815-1900)
Notes for John (Spouse 1)
Vermont Historical Gazeteer, Vol II: "In 1832 Mr. John Seward was killed by a fall when at work on the grist mill." Mother-in-law Jerusha Smith died just a few days earlier.
Oral tradition in the Seward family attributes his fall to excess alcohol consumption when celebrating the completion of the grist mill. Some speculate that he may also have been celebrating the death of his mother-in-law.37
Oral tradition in the Seward family attributes his fall to excess alcohol consumption when celebrating the completion of the grist mill. Some speculate that he may also have been celebrating the death of his mother-in-law.37