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Have been going through the book "Genealogical History of Rev Nehemiah Smith" to sort out and list some names. Before going into the issue, there is a Smith DNA group of Nehemiah Smith (or related) descendants that match on YDNA. That is group GRP-I-M223-6  

 Have found one issue with Samuel Smith m Elizabeth Ely. 

Samuel was born 1676 and died 1732, according to the book. (Descent tree so far) His son Samuel was born 1696 and died 1737 at East Lyme, CT m Mary ? 

There is another member who also has a Samuel Smith as son of Samuel Smith m Elizabeth Ely. This tester has done Family Finder. This son said to be born 1702 CT d 1789.  Since Samuel Smith m E Ely has a different Samuel with different date as son, this second one has been detached until we get a resolution. (Descent tree so far)   As a wild card, a Sarah Armstrong  d 1707 is said t be a wife to Sameul Smith m Elizabeth Ely; two problems with this. Sarah Armstrong is not listed in the book and there is a disrepancy about the dates and the dates of some of the children of Samuel Smith. Need a souce for this. 

What is needed for this second line is to have a direct line Smith descendant take a YDNA test for comparison. There was another major Smith line in the same New London CT at the time as well.