William Smith

Husband of Elizabeth (Schenckingh) Smith — married before 1695 in Province of Carolina

Descendants

Died about Sep 1710 in Charles Town, Province of Carolina

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Biography

William Smith arrived in the Province of Carolina from Barbados about 1690. He worked as a factor, then established himself as a merchant in Charles Town. He was active in local politics, representing Berkeley and Craven counties in the Commons House of Assembly in 1695-1705 and 1707-1708. He also served in many local offices, including as sheriff of Berkeley County. In 1707 he was appointed the first secretary of the Commissioners of Indian Trade.^[1]

Sometime before May 1695 he married Elizabeth Schenckingh, daughter of Bernard Schenckingh and widow of Thomas Smith (d. 1690).^[2] They had children Benjamin (d. young), William, John, Catherine (m. William Greenland), Anne (m. Thomas Dale), and Amarinthia (m. Benjamin Gibbes and Peter Taylor).^[3][1]

William Smith wrote his Will 30 August 1710.^[3]The Board of Indian Trade mentioned him as deceased on 20 September 1710.^[1]

Research Note

William Smith was not the son of Landgrave Thomas Smith and his wife Barbara Atkins. The Landgrave Thomas Smith had only two sons, Thomas and George.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Edgar, Walter B. and N. Louise Bailey. Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Volume II: the Commons House of Assembly 1692-1775 (1977), pp. 646-7
2. ↑ Salley, A. S. “Abstracts from the Records of the Court of Ordinary of the Province of South Carolina, 1692-1700.” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 8, no. 3 (1907): 166 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575165.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Salley, A. S. “William Smith and Some of His Descendants.” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 4, no. 3 (1903): 239–57. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575032

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Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Beaman Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.
• Profile Smith-34717 was created through the import of Jamie Matthews Coyle Family Tr.ged on Nov 29, 2012 by Jamie Coyle.