Mary (Smith) Simonton (1690 - 1767)

Born 1690 in Urney, Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland

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Died 1767 at about age 77 in Rowan, North Carolina

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Biography

Mary Smith was born in 1690 on the Glebe (parish lands) of Urney, Strabane Barony, County Tyrone in Ireland.

Before 1729, she had married [[Simonton-31|Theophilus Simonton.

In 1729, Mary's brother, Archibald Smith bequeathed to his sister Mary Simonton: "a 300 acre tract which was formerly James Barr’s … allowing my brother-in-law the aforeseaid Theophilus Simonton the use thereof during his natural life.'

This will also provides information about Mary and Archibald's family. He leaves bequests to a number of Smith "cousins" -- really nieces and nephews, as they seem to be the children of Archibald & Mary's brother, Robert -- who were living in the Glebe of Urney Parish, in Strabane Barony, County Tyrone, Ireland.

Archibald directs executor to "sell property in Somerset county, Maryland called “Begrove” left unto me by my uncle Robt Perrie" -- showing that Mary and Archibald's mother was a Perrie or Perry, although her first name is, as yet, unknown.

Mary's husband, Theophilus was asked to assist the executor of Archibald's estate.

Mary Simonton died in 1767 in Rowan, North Carolina.

Sources

• WikiTree profile Smith-13712 created through the import of Paula's family 5-28-2011.GED on May 29, 2011 by Paula Marksman.

• Source: S3 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.

• Marie Mills, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Marie and others.

• Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, , 1676-1971: Sussex: General index 1682-1948 Wills, book A 1682-1781. Image 424-425. FamilySearch.org [1] accessed 17 Oct 2019.

Will of ARCHIBALD SMITH, merchant, of Lewes Town, Sussex

Signed: 27 Nov 1729; Proved 4 Dec 1729

Heirs: wife, Isabella Smith; sister, Mary Simonton present wife to Theophilus Simonton; cousin [niece?] Anne Simonton; cousin [nephew?] James Smith “who at this time dwells with me”; cousin [niece?] Jennet Smith; cousins [nephews?] James Smith and Adam Smith of the Glebe in the parish of Orney [Urney] and Barony of Straban[e] in the Kingdom of Ireland; Jane Thomson daughter of the Rever’d John Thomson; cousins Anne, Magdalen, and Mary Smith daughters of my brother Robert Smith in Ireland; sister Rachel Curry in Ireland;

Executors: "cousin James Smith who now dwells with me"

requesting my friends Robert Smith, Theophilus Simonton and Philip Russell to be aiding and assisting him

Witnesses: John Shankland, Wm. Molleston, Phil. Russell