Dr. Azor Betts (-)

Dr. Nathan Smith (1738-1818)

Elizabeth Betts (1747-1784)

Dr. Rufus Smith (1770-1844)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Elizabeth Dixon Fanny Smith Polly Smith Charles Dixon Smith William Coates Smith Mary Elizabeth Smith Matilda Smith Edward B. Smith Lucy Smith Ruth Roach Smith Diana Gay Smith Dr. Rufus Smith 3 Born: 26 Aug 1770, New York, United States 2 Marriage: Elizabeth Dixon on 13 Oct 1789 1 2 Died: 15 Nov 1844, Westmorland, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada aged 74 1 2 4   Noted events in his life were: • Political: Provincial Representative: Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. 4 • Alt. Birth, 19 Nov 1766. 1 5 • Immigration: from New York, United States, 1784, Aulac, Westmoreland County, New Brunswick, Canada. 2 4 • United Empire Loyalist, 1784, New York, United States. 4 • Occupation: Justice of the Peace, 25 Jun 1799, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. 2 Rufus married Elizabeth Dixon, daughter of Charles Dixon and Susannah Coates, on 13 Oct 1789.1 2 (Elizabeth Dixon was born on 25 Aug 1770 in Hutton Rudby, Cleveland, Yorkshire, England 6 and died on 26 Jun 1859 in Richibucto, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 1.)

1 Robert F. Fellows, "Genealogies (First Families) at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Canada," p. D 69-70; report to Provincial Archives New Brunswick, Sixth Edition Jan 2006.

2 Canadian Council of Archives, "Archives Canada," database, Archives Canada (http://www.archivescanada.ca : accessed 20 Feb 2010), Rufus Smith Fonds; CAIN Number: 160279, Retrieval Number: MC1674.

3 Daniel F. Johnson, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, "Newspaper Vital Statistics," database, Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats : accessed 19 Feb 2010), Newspaper record of Charles Dixon; citing Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 79 Number 2946, the Chignecto Post, 26 Nov 1891; http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=bc491b31-0cb4-4c24-a74f-270bffcc178c&r=1&ni=59664

4 Daniel F. Johnson, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, "Newspaper Vital Statistics," database, Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats : accessed 2 May 2010), Newspaper record of Rufus Smith; citing Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 10 Number 2234, New Brunswick Courier, 7 Dec 1844; http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=c605a243-961a-440c-b0e0-3b5f6a69329c&r=1&ni=265812

5 Robert F. Fellows, "Genealogies (First Families) at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Canada," p. S-143; report to Provincial Archives New Brunswick, Sixth Edition Jan 2006.

6 James D. Dixon (a grandson), History of Charles Dixon, One of the Early English Settlers of Sackville, N.B. (Rockford, Illinois: Forest City Publishing Co, (Online copy provided by Margaret Moorehead of Prince Edward Island, Canada), 1891), 16.