History records the arrival of the Rev. John Smith at Barnstable, Massachusetts, in 1630. He afterward removed to Sandwich, that state, and was pastor of the Sandwich church for many years, there passing away in 1710. His son, Thomas Smith, was town treasurer of Sandwich, where he died in the year 1700. His son, Samuel Smith, married Bethia Chipman and passed away at Sandwich in 1730. They were the parents of Stephen Smith, who in 1762 wedded Deborah Ellis, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, and in 1772 removed to Machias, Maine. He was known as Captain Smith and in 1776 was appointed truck master to the Indians by the provincial congress.  John Smith, a son of Stephen and the grandfather of Dr. Henry H. Smith, married Love Scott, whose ancestors removed from Scarboro, Maine, to Machias, that state, in 1763.  Their son, William  Otis  Smith, wedded Susan C. Hoyt, and they were parents of Henry Herbert Smith of this review.  Mrs. Smith was a granddaughter of Daniel Hoyt, whose eldest son, also named Daniel, married Eleanor Haws and had seven children, of whom Susan was the fifth.  Dr. Smith is a descendant of Mayflower stock, four of his ancestors, John Tilley and his wife Elizabeth, and their daughter Elizabeth, who married John Rowland in Plymouth, being the four  passengers on the Mayflower. Their daughter, Hope Rowland, married Elder John Chipman in 1646 and their son, Hon. John Chipman was the father of Bethia, who married Samuel Smith, as mentioned above.
     Dr. Henry Herbert Smith was born in Machias, Maine, January 9, 1855, and acquired his early education in the common schools there, while later he attended Washington Academy in East Machias and next entered Bowdoin College, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1877. In the same year he was graduated as a physician and surgeon from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at once entered upon the active practice of his profession in his native city, where he remained until 1896, when he removed to New Haven, where he has for twenty-one years been en-gaged in active and continuous practice. For years he held membership in the Maine Academy of Medicine and in the Maine Medical Association. He is a member of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Medicine. He has served as secretary of the board of United States examining surgeons for pensions. He now belongs to the New Haven Medical Association, the New Haven County Medical Association and the Connecticut State Medical Association, and thus he keeps in close touch with the trend of modern professional thought, research and investigation and he quickly utilizes the scientific discoveries which promise to become valuable factors in the treatment of disease. In a word, he is very progressive and his labors have been attended with a most substantial measure of success. While he has won prominence in his profession, he has also become known in business circles as one of the promoters and directors of the Peoples Bank & Trust Company of New Haven.
     On the 24th of December, 1877, Dr. Smith was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth Longfellow, a daughter of Edwin and Agnes B. (Brown) Longfellow, of Machias, Maine. She died April 15, 1884, leaving two children, Agnes Longfellow and Philip Seabury. The daughter became the wife of Caleb W. O'Connor, a lawyer of Washington, D. C., and died April 20, 1915, at the age of thirty-two years, leaving one child, Caleb Henry O'Connor, who was born March 30, 1911, in New Haven, Connecticut, and is now making his home with his grandfather, Dr. Smith. Philip S. Smith was graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School with the Electrical Engineer degree in the class of 1907 and he married Lenore Lambert, a native of Louisville, Kentucky. He is special examiner for the United States bureau of foreign and domestic commerce and for the past year has been in South America, making observations and reports for the United States government. Prior to this he was in charge of the foreign sales department for the General Electric Company of Schenectady, New York, having charge of the South American, Canadian and Mexican trades. In applying for his present position he was chosen out of ninety-four applicants, a fact which indicates his superior ability and high standing. He is a remarkably intelligent and progressive young man and undoubtedly has before him a brilliant future.
     Dr. Smith is a very prominent Mason and is one of the valued and active members of the order. He was made a Mason in 1884 and is now identified with all the different Masonic bodies of New Haven, being a past master of Harwood Lodge of Machias, Maine. He is likewise a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. He belongs to the Graduates Club, the Union League and the New Haven Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, is a member of the United church and of the Congregational Club. In politics he has been a lifelong republican. He is widely known as a man of many pleasing characteristics and kindly disposition. He is devoted to his family and to his profession and safeguards the former with the same fidelity which he displays in performing the duties that devolve upon him in a professional connection. He recognizes fully the obligations that devolve upon him as a physician and surgeon and he puts forth every possible effort to render his labors in that connection more efficient.