Author: Mack, Solomon
Biography:
MACK, Solomon (1732-1820: ancestry.com)
Most of what is known of his life comes from the memoir that he wrote to describe his experience of conversion in 1810 and to accompany a small set of hymns in a chapbook. His main claim to historical significance is as the maternal grandfather of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter-Day Saints. His parents were Hannah (Huntley) and Ebenezer Mack of Lyme CT. He was indentured to a local farmer until he was 21 and later fought in both the Indian wars and the Revolutionary War. In 1759 he married a schoolteacher, Lydia Gates, with whom he had seven children. By his own account practically illiterate, Mack depended on her to help him in his conversion crisis. He died in Gilsum NH. (ancestry.com 31 Dec. 2019; Solomon Mack, Narraitve [sic]) HJ