Sixth Generation

219. Dorothy Stowe BACON (*) (~) was born on 15 July 1760 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^9,27,29,55 (Her given name is listed as "Dolly" in a Family Group Record on www.FamilySearch.org.) She appeared in the census in 1790 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.⁵³ She died on 6 March 1791 at the age of 30 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.^45,56 Dorothy has Ancestral File Number VH6B-4L.² She has Ancestral File Number LDJL-558. She has Ancestral File Number K45H-8CZ.³⁸

Dorothy Stowe BACON (*) (~) and John Riches SMITH (*) were married on 26 October 1780 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^2,56,57,58 John Riches SMITH (*), son of (Unknown) SMITH and (Unknown) UNKNOWN (SMITH), was born in 1755 in London, Middlesex County, England.^{21,59,60,61 62} He paid the Duties required for an Apprentice's Indenture. He emigrated in 1775 from London, Middlesex County, England.⁴⁵ About 1780 he was a manufacturer of Damask linen in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^63,64 John appeared in the census in 1790 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.⁵³ His household consisted of 1 "free white male, 16 years & upwards, including heads of families;" 4 "free white males, under 16 years;" and 4 "free white females, including heads of families." The first person was John Riches Smith; the second group consisted of his sons James, Ebenezer and two unknown sons; and the third group consisted of Dorothy Bacon Smith and their daughters, Rhoda, Sarah and Susanna. He appeared in the census in 1800 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.⁶⁵ His household consisted of 1 male "over 16 and under 26" (either Ebenezer or James), 1 male "over 26 and under 45" (John), 2 females "under 10" (Susanna and Elizabeth), 1 female "over 10 and under 16" (Sarah or Rhoda), 1 female " over 26 and under 45" (his second wife, Mary), and 1 female "over 45" (unknown, but probably his widowed mother-in-law). He died on 18 February 1801 at the age of 46 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.^{56,58,60,61,66} He died "after a short illness."

(The Pomfret Vital Records, 1705-1850, list a John R. Smith with a date of death of "Feb 18, 1801." That was him.

The Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, lists: "Smith, John R. post-rider, at Pomfret, Ct., after a short illness, Feb 28, 1801." That may also have been him.) John has Ancestral File Number LDJL-5MD. He has Ancestral File Number K45P-VQT.³⁸

Dorothy Stowe BACON (*) (~) and John Riches SMITH (*) had the following children: