William Smith (1655 - 1704)

Born 2 Feb 1655 in Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, England

Husband of Martha (Tunstall) Smith — married 26 Nov 1675 in Tangier, Morocco

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1704 at age 49 in Setauket, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, British Colonial America

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Biography

William Smith is Notable.

Biography in A Sketch of the First Settlement of the Several Towns on Long Island: With ...By Silas Wood. Was married at Tangiers 6 Nov 1675 to Martha Tunstall, daughter of Henry Tunstall Esq of Putney in Surrey, England, He died St George's Manor 18 Feb 1705. She died 1 Sep 1709 ^[1] Appointed the Governor of Tangiers in 1675.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Tangier

His will names wife Martha; oldest son, Henry; son William Henry; 3rd son Charles Jefrey; oldest dau Martha Heathcote; grandson William Heathcote; daus jeane and Georgiana

Birth

Birth Date: 02 FEB 1655

Birth Place: Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, England

Birth Date: 1655

Birth Place: Manor St George, Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, England^[2]

Birth Date: 02 FEB 1655

Birth Place: Newton,Northamptonshire,,England

Marriage

Martha Tunstall, d. 1 Sep 1709, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ^[3]

Married : 26 Nov 1675 Tangier

From The 'Tangier' Smith Record:

"Tangr this twentie-sixth Day of Nouembr 1675. This day beeing fryday I William Smith Borne in Newton neare Higham ferris in Northampton was married to Martha Tunstall of Putney in the Countie of Surrie, By Docctr William Turrner in the Protestant Church in Tanger."

They had thirteen children. No evidence exists of a 14th child although one is mentioned in a later family who is said to have died unmarried in 1742. Only 13 children are mentioned in Col. Smith's journal or in his or his wife's wills.

Children

1. Elizabeth Smith, "Tangier", b. 4 Sep 1676, Tangier d. Abt 1681/2, Tangier
2. John Smith, "Tangier", b. 21 Sep 1677, Tangier d. 22 Feb 1677/8, Tangier
3. Colonel Henry Smith, Esq. "Tangier" >, b. 19 Jan 1678/9, Tangier d. 31 Oct 1766, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
4. William Smith, Jr. "Tangier", b. Feb 1679/80, Tangier d. 26 Jun 1680, Tangier
5. Martha Smith, "Tangier", b. 14 Sep 1681, Tangier Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 18 Aug 1736, Manor of Scarsdale, Westchester, NY
6. Mary Smith, "Tangier", b. 22 Nov 1682, Tangier d. 1684, Long Acre, London, England
7. William Smith, "Tangier", b. 4 Jan 1683/4, Long Acre, London, England d. 1 Feb 1683/4, Old Brainford, England
8. Hiberniæ Smith, "Tangier", b. 9 Jun 1686, Yaughall, co Cork, Ireland d. 25 Aug 1686, At sea aboard the ship "Thomas." Her godfather was Billop-1
9. Jeane Smith, "Tangier", b. 8 Dec 1687, New York, New York, NY d. Aft 7 Sep 1707
10. Major William Henry Smith, "Tangier", b. 13 Mar 1688/9, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 27 Jan 1742/3, {Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
11. Gloryana Smith, "Tangier", b. 21 Jun 1690, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 7 Oct 1710, Scarsdale (Manor of Scarsdale), Westchester, NY
12. Theadocia Smith, "Tangier", b. 14 Dec 1691, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 29 Dec 1691, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
13. Charles Jeffrey Smith, "Tangier", b. 20 Dec 1693, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 23 May 1715, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY

Death

Death Date: 18 FEB 1704/5

Death Place: Setauket,Suffolk,New York

Burial

Burial Date: FEB 1704/5

Burial Place: Setauket, Suffolk,New York

Sources

1. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZLYwUNpgpQgC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=yale+graduate+Richard+Woodhull&source=bl&ots=LqxBnpEAlA&sig=zp8Q3zoh13cKG7yST3S27UktzC0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipzpKL6b3SAhVW92MKHYwKBeAQ6AEILDAE#v=onepage&q=smith&f=false
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.
3. ↑ Genelogy website: Brookhaven South Haven Hamlets: William Smith

See also:

• Biography in A Sketch of the First Settlement of the Several Towns on Long Island: With ...By Silas Wood. https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZLYwUNpgpQgC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=yale+graduate+Richard+Woodhull&source=bl&ots=LqxBnpEAlA&sig=zp8Q3zoh13cKG7yST3S27UktzC0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipzpKL6b3SAhVW92MKHYwKBeAQ6AEILDAE#v=onepage&q=smith&f=false
• The legends and traditions of a northern county. by James Fenimore Cooper, 1921. Page 259-263. This passage explains how the Tangier Smith family married into the James Fenimore Cooper family through Cooper's wife's line.
• Find-A-Grave Virtual Cemetery memorial #70258434 in Saint Georges Manor Cemetery, Setauket, Suffolk County, New York
• Wikipedia: William Smith
• Wills of the Smith families of New York and Long Island, 1664-1794 Intro page vii, 5-7]