Source 1. Ancestral File.
Source 2. New England Marriages by Torrey.
Source 3. Genealogical & Family History of Northern New York-lists Thomas Smiths wife last name as Knowlton. (no marriage for Thomas & Martha Knowlton is recorded in Vital Records of Ipswich, Essex, Mass. or New England Marriages. The childrens birth are listed in Vital Records of Ipswich, Mass. as (son, Dau.) of Thomas & Martha.
Source 4: Fifty Great Migration Colonists To New England & Their Origins: Thomas b. about 1657 in Ipswich; he married Martha Knowlton;
In a desposition of 23 Setpember, 1697 he & wife Martha were both aged 40. On 16 February 1719/20 Thomas Smith, innholder of Ipswich, quit claimed for l20 his rights in his parents estate to brothers Ephraim, Samule & Jacob of Boxford;
He & Martha had 8 children; He d: testate 25 February 1725/26 at Ipswitch
She died 4 February 1728/29;
Source 4: Film: 1, 425,173: Genealogical Pamphlets on Five Smith Families:
Thomas Smith was an Inn holdder in Ipswich;
In a plan of a section of Ipswich in 1717,the late Mr. Joseph Bakers house, on the Meeting House Green, is owned by Turner Thomas Smith; and the old Black house on the corner of the lane is owned by his son Ephraim Smith;
Thomas was the son of Robert Smith of Boxford; On 23 Sept 1697, he calls himself 40 years old, and Martha, his wife, forty years old. He says Robert is his father and his brothers are Ephraim, Samuel & Jacob of Boxford.
He (Thomas) was in Ipswich in 1680. He mentions 8 children in his will:
They are: Thomas; Sarah, John, Martha, Ebenezer, Ephraim, Mary,
Abigail;
In a plan of a section of Ipswich, 1717, the late Mr Joseph Bakers house, on the rim of Meeting House Green, is owned by Tevernier Thomas Smith; and the old Block House on the corner of the lane, by his son Ephraim Smith.
Taveriner Thomas Smith was the son of Robert Smith of Boxford.
23 Sept, 1687, in a deposition, he calls himself forty years old; and Martha, his wife, forty years and he says Robert is his father, and his brothers are Ephraim, Samuel and Jacob of Boxford.
Thomas Smith was in Ipswich in 1680.
His estate was valued at l218, 7, 9.
Eight children are mentioned in his will.