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Benjamin Smith
1631–1713
era: colonialsupport: unsourced-entryresearch: incompletepublication: public
which grandparent's branch?
Through Grandma Donna Ruth Lawton
the parent-to-child line from Donna Ruth Lawton (9 hops)
- Donna Ruth Lawton · 1925–1988 — the branch head
- ↑ father — Rollin Eugene Lawton · 1894–1974 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Rufus Elijah Lawton · 1872–1954 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Loyal Hiram Lawton · 1831–1904 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Edward Lawton · 1806–1841 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Abigail Hall · 1773–1836 walked provider link
- ↑ father — George Hall · 1734–1817 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Elizabeth Smith · 1704–1734 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Benjamin Smith Jr · 1661–1730 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Benjamin Smith · 1631–1713 walked provider link
check all four grandparent branches
- Jack Benedum Sutphen — no direct path recorded here
- Donna Ruth Lawton — ancestor on this branch
- Don Ray Remington — no direct path recorded here
- Marilyn Lowry — no direct path recorded here
This identifies the family-tree route, not an inherited DNA segment.
parents, marriages and children
- father Christopher Lawrence Jr Smythe DGBA-14M · 1592–1676 — walked provider link
- mother Mary Alice Gibbs (Smith) DBGAAA-14F · 1595–1681 — walked provider link
marriage
Benjamin Smith & Lydia Carpenter · 1638–1711
children of this couple (1)
- child Benjamin Smith Jr · 1661–1730
Children listed here may not be the complete family — this edition follows the founder's blood line; siblings, other marriages and descendants largely live beyond the published record (coverage, not contradiction).
sources and research notes
era ≠ support: “colonial” dates the evidence; “unsourced-entry” assesses it — one never derives the other. Attribution distinguishes, never ranks.
- documentary record — FamilySearch LT28-BCQ (retrieved 2026-09-16) · open the provider record — opens a new tab
- spiritual reflection (founder (reserved — his own words) · reserved: personal spiritual reflections (Seiðr-related experiences) will be preserved here in the founder's own words, dated and attributed. Personal importance without biological-descent verification — the lens never upgrades evidence.)
- research status: incomplete — no attached sources harvested for this person; era-heuristic only
- publication: public
identity + address
- internal id: p361cf28d41 (provider ids are references, not identity)
- ref: familysearch LT28-BCQ
- bnr://skaists.dev/blood/p361cf28d41