Captain Edward Smith
Captain Edward Smith was born on 28 July 1803 in Norwich, Connecticut. He married Sally Maria Geer (1808-1873) on 8 January 1827. They had nine children: Sally Ann Maria Smith (1827-1830), Francis Edward Smith (1829-1831), Sally Maria Smith (b. 1831), Edward Smith (b. 1833), Francis Smith (1835-1876), Adelaide Elizabeth Smith (1838-1865), Harriet Anna Smith (b. 1840), Jedediah Smith (1843-1870), and Oliver Merrels Smith (b. 1846).
Captain Smith was in charge of a packet running between Norwich, Connecticut and Providence, Rhode Island and excursion steamers running between Norwich, Connecticut and Watch Hill, Rhode Island.
He died on 29 April 1872 in Norwich, Connecticut.
Source: Geer, Walter. "931." The Geer Genealogy: A Historical Record of George and Thomas Geer and Their Descendants in the United States from 1623-1923, Brentano's, 1923, pp. 188.