Individual Details
Katherine Smith
(1627 - 14 Jul 1664)
Note: the birth year given (1622) is an approximation based on her marriage date in 1643 and the likely marriage date of her parents in 1621; the death date (1660) is a rough approximation based on her having a child born about 1658, but being called deceased in the 1664 will of her father.
Katharine was the daughter of Richard Smith, who ran a trading post at Cocumscussoc, near modern-day Wickford, Rhode Island. Secondary sources give her mother's name as Joan Barton, which is entirely plausible. Her father also had dealings in New Netherland, and it was there that Katharine was married on 23 Sep 1643 to German-born Gysbert op Dyck, whose name has been anglicized to Gilbert Updike. Her husband was an official with the Dutch government of New Netherland, and he worked as both the commissary and commander of the Dutch trading post at Fort Good Hope, where Hartford, Connecticut now stands.
Katharine and Gilbert had seven known children, all likely born in New Netherland, and the first three baptized there. Katharine was called deceased in the 1664 will of her father, and likely died in New Netherland, and was likely buried there. Not long after her father's death in 1666, her husband and many of her children came to Rhode Island, likely to claim their inheritance of her father's lands.
Katharine was the daughter of Richard Smith, who ran a trading post at Cocumscussoc, near modern-day Wickford, Rhode Island. Secondary sources give her mother's name as Joan Barton, which is entirely plausible. Her father also had dealings in New Netherland, and it was there that Katharine was married on 23 Sep 1643 to German-born Gysbert op Dyck, whose name has been anglicized to Gilbert Updike. Her husband was an official with the Dutch government of New Netherland, and he worked as both the commissary and commander of the Dutch trading post at Fort Good Hope, where Hartford, Connecticut now stands.
Katharine and Gilbert had seven known children, all likely born in New Netherland, and the first three baptized there. Katharine was called deceased in the 1664 will of her father, and likely died in New Netherland, and was likely buried there. Not long after her father's death in 1666, her husband and many of her children came to Rhode Island, likely to claim their inheritance of her father's lands.
Events
| Birth | 1627 | Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England | |||
| Marriage | 21 Sep 1643 | Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts - Gilbert op den Dyke | |||
| Death | 14 Jul 1664 | Wickford, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island |  |
Families
| Spouse | Gilbert op den Dyke (1605 - ) |
| Child | Lodowick Gysbert op den Dyck (1644 - 1737) |