Rebecca Curtis (1687-1753)

Topsfield Smith Family Home
In 1690,  Thomas  Dorman,  an  early  Topsfield  resident,  built  a  sturdy  New England home on this site. The home was subsequently occupied for many years by four generations of Smiths—Samuel I (1666–1748), Samuel II (1714–1785), Asael (1744–1830), and Joseph I (1771–1840). The home and property became known as the Smith Homestead. Samuel II, Topsfield’s representative to the First Provincial Congress in  1774,  attained  the  rank  of  captain  in  the  Revolutionary  War. Asael defended New  York’s  northern  border  as  an  enlisted  soldier  in  the  Revolution. Joseph I was the father of Joseph Smith Jr., prophet and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints  (Mormonism). The original  home  was  razed between 1870–75. The current home was built in 1876. This monument is erected in honor of the Smith family of Topsfield whose lives and character exemplified the cultural, political, and religious values of the New England region and of a new and emerging nation.


 * Topsfield Smith Homestead - MormonHistoricSites.org