William Wilberfoss Smith III (1669 - 1743)

Born 22 Jan 1669 in Wighton, Hull Parish, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Agnes (Croasdale) Smith — married 20 Sep 1690 in Wrightstown, Bucks, Pennsylvania

Husband of Mercy (Brock) Smith — married 1720 in Middletown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1743 at age 74 in Wrightstown, Bucks, Pennsylvania

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Biography

William Smith (Jr.) was born on 22 Jan 1668/69 in Wighton, Hull Parish, Burt, Yorkshire, England and his parents were Jane (Wilberfoss) and William Smith (Sr.)

He was baptized on 21 May 1671 at Bramham, Yorkshire, England. ^[1]

He was a Quaker who emigrated from England to America accompanied by William Penn, ^[2] arriving at Pennsylvania on the ship "Welcome" in 1682. ^[3]

In 1684 he was the second "white man" to settle in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania.

William Smith (Jr.) first married on 20 Sep 1690 in Wrightstown Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania to Mary Croasdale ^[2] and they had 9 children born there including ...

1. Margaret Smith, b: 20 Aug 1691; d: 04 Aug 1770 Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA; m1: 25 Sep 1712 Enoch Pearson; m2: 14 Jan 1753 William Oglesby
2. Elizabeth Smith, b: 1694; d: 1729, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA; m: 08 Feb 1717/18 Thomas Watson
3. Mary Smith, b: 09 Feb 1695/96; d: 04 Jul 1756 Upper Makefield, Bucks, PA
4. William Smith, b: 02 Nov 1697; d: 29 Sep 1777
5. Hannah Smith, b: 1698
6. Sarah Smith, b: 26 Nov 1700; d: 15 Jun 1781; m: 1721 Samuel Blaker
7. Lydia Smith, b: 1707; m: c1725 Joseph Heaton

1. Thomas Smith, b: 16 Jun 1699; d: 1750 Windy Bush Farm, Bucks Co, PA.

His wife Mary died about 1716 and William married secondly about 1720 in Middletown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania to Mercy Brock ^[2] and they had 7 children born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania including ...

1. Joseph Smith, b: 01 Jan 1721/22
2. John Smith, b: 15 Jan 1723/24
3. Ralph Smith, b: 28 Oct 1725; d: Apr 1784 Ninety Six District, SC
4. Esther Smith, b: 11 Nov 1727
5. Elizabeth Smith, b: 10 Sep 1730; d: 03 Aug 1769 Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA
6. Samuel Smith, b: 23 Aug 1733
7. David Smith, b: 25 Apr 1736; d: 1801 SC.

William Smith's will dated 13th of the 10th month 1740. Proved 20 April 1743. Abstract names family. ^[4]

William Smith (Jr.) died on 30 Oct 1743 in Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. ^[5]

The book Jordan, John Woolf. Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, Volume 2, p 1519 [1]and [2]

SMITH FAMILY. William Smith, founder of the family of that name in Bucks county, came from Yorkshire, England, arriving in the river Delaware, jmo. (September ) 28, 1682, in the "Friends Adventure." He was then a young man and unmarried, and for several years lived with Phineas Pemberton, in Falls township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He later removed back into the woods of Wrightstown, where John Chapman was the only other white settler, and purchasing one hundred acres of the 500 acre tract surveyed there to Chapman, took unto himself a wife and settled thereon. He later purchased 150 acres adjoining his first purchase, and ex- tending from the Newtown township line to the Penn's Park Square, and built thereon a stone house in which he resided until his death in 1743. On 2mo. (April) 28, 1709, there was surveyed to him 200 acres in the Manor of Highlands, Upper Makefield township, which became known as the "Windy Bush Farm" ; its name being later applied to the locality and the road extending from Wrightstown thereto.

William Smith was a staunch member of the Society of Friends, and was prob- ably the same William Smith who like his neighbor, John Chapman, and his father- in-law, Thomas Croasdale, is mentioned in Besse's "Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers" as having been frequently fined and imprisoned in England for attending Friends' Meeting and non-conformity with the national church government. John Chapman and William Smith were the first settlers in Wrightstown township, and their families are the only ones of the original set- tlers there to hold continual residence in the township from that early date to the present time. Both families have likewise taken a prominent part in the affairs of the township, county and state, many of them holding high official positions at different periods, and others ranking high in professional life.

William Smith married, at the home of John Chapman, in Wrightstown, 9mo. (November) 20, 1690, Mary, born in England 8mo. (October) 31, 1669, daughter of Thomas and Agnes Croasdale, of Middletown, who, with their several children, had crossed in the "Welcome" with William Penn, 1682, bringing a certificate from Settle Monthly Meeting, dated 4mo. (June) 7, 1682.

Mary (Croasdale) Smith, after bearing her husband eight children, and sharing with him in rigors of a life in the new settlement for twenty-six years, died on 10mo. (December) 16, 1716, and was buried in the old graveyard at "Log-town," now Penn's Park. William Smith married (second), 1720, Mercy, who "bore him seven children. Issue of William and Mary (Croasdale) Smith: Margaret Smith, b. Oct. 20, 1691; m., 1712, Enoch Pearson, and her descendants are still numerous in Bucks co. and Phila. ; Mary Smith, b. April 16, 1696; m., 1717, John Atkinson, and also has numerous descendants; Elizabeth Smith, m. Thomas Watson, Jr., of Buckingham, and was the mother of John Watson, Jr., the famous surveyor, who assisted in surveying the Pa. and Md. line, and was almost constantly in the employ of the Proprietaries of his native county; William Smith, b. Jan. 2, 1697 ! m. Rebecca Wilson; he inherited the homestead in Wrightstown, and was a prominent man in the community, representing Bucks co. in the Provincial Assembly for eleven years, 1755 to 1765, inclusive; page 1520/image 692 Sarah Smith, b. Jan. 26, 1700; rn. Samuel Blaker, 1721; Thomas Smith, of whom presently; Hannah Smith, m. William Lee, of Makefield, and left descendants; Lydia Smith, m. Joseph Heston.

DNA

Descendant of yDNA group NE52 William Smith (c1668 ENG-1743 PA) m1: Mary Croasdale. ^[6]

Note

The book "A friendly heritage along the Delaware; the Taylors of Washington Crossing and some allied families in Bucks County", pg. 262, ^[7] states that William arrived on the ship Welcome with William Penn. The Welcome Society has William and his wife Mary arriving on the ship Friends Adventure.

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales Christening Records 1530-1906 on ancestry.com
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Smith Excursus by Hubert Wayne Boyd; Origins in England for William Smith w/ Jane Wilberfoss
3. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s on ancestry.com
4. ↑ Bucks Co, PA Will Abstracts by subscription https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8802/images/005534529_00134?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.217492560.776259929.1598317044-1670828725.1591635556&pId=15006
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #83028782 for William Wilberfoss Smith
6. ↑ See SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project, haplogroup Rb1 NE52 William Smith
7. ↑ https://archive.org/details/friendlyheritage00byea/page/244/mode/2up?q=Henry+Baker

• "Descendents of William Smith" by Philetus Smith in 1924

• "Genealogy of William Smith, of Wrightstown, Bucks County, PA 1684" by Josiah B. Smith of Newtown, PA in 1883 on ancestry.com page 1

• Family Data Collection - Births compiled by Edmund West on ancestry.com

• Family Data Collection - Marriages compiled by Edmund West on ancestry.com

• U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900 compiled by Yates Publishing on ancestry.com

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=58292382&pid=41 Ancestry Family Tree submitted by ancestry.com member

Acknowledgements

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