1Benjamin Tinkham Marshall, A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut, Vol. 2, p. 65 (1922).
"(V) Oliver Smith, son of Nathan and Mary Smith, was born April 29, 1739, on the Smith homestead at Poquonock, Connecticut. He married, April 5, 1759, Mary Denison, daughter of John and Mary (Noyes) Denison.".