Richard Smith (1753-1832) was the fifth child of Richard Smith and Lucretia Diman. He was baptized in the Congregational Church. As an adult, he worked as a cordwainer. In 1774, as part of a town-wide effort, he sent a sum of six shillings to support the people of Boston (that city’s port having been recently closed by the British). During the Rhode Island Campaign of 1778, he served as a serjeant in William Throope‘s Company of Bristol Militia. After the war, in 1792, Richard married Ruth James. Beginning in 1797, he served on the Bristol County Court of Common Pleas.
Bristol, Rhode Island in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783
Rev War Bristol 