Drew
Smith
Born in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, British North America
Ancestors 
Son of Nicholas Smith
and Mary (Drew) Smith
Brother of
Richard Smith [half], James Smith, Arthur Smith, Sarah (Smith) Bryant and Mary (Smith) Bryan
Husband of
Elizabeth (Unknown) Smith
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Anne (Smith) Witmel, Temperance (Smith) Alston, Priscilla (Smith) Hunter and Millea (Smith) Barrow
Died
at about age 47
in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, British North America
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Apr 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Drew Smith was a North Carolina colonist.
(Southside Virginia Families, p. 375): Drew Smith -b. circa 1718- will dated 1762, Halifax Co. [NC] Book I.p.57. His will mentions wife Elizabeth, daughters Millea, Priscilla, Anne and Temperance nephews Nicholas and Needham Bryant, sons of Arthur Bryant by his sister Mary.
Slaves Mentioned in Will
I Drew Smith...lend to my Loving wife Elizabeth Smith five Negroes (to wit) one Fellow Named Dick another Named Mingo, another named Jacob, one Wench Nam'd Rose, another Namd'd Hannah, during her life & then they and their increase to be equally divided among my four Daughters...to my Daughter Millea the land whereon Nathan Marley now lives...one Negro Girl Nam'd Lucy...to my Daughter A__ the plantation where on Francis Besthel Haynes now lives...also I give to my daughter Ann one Negro Girl Named Olive...22 February 1762. Drew Smith (signed). March Court 1762.[1]
Sources
- Source: S-1429253115 Repository: #R-1580910961 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=35494779&pid=38
- https://www.geni.com/people/Drew-Smith/6000000008630775452
- (Smith of Scotland Neck, Planters on the Roanoke, Claiborne Thweat Smith, Jr., MD, Gateway Press, Balto., 1976, page 181): His will in its entirety.
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Tommy Smith for creating WikiTree profile Smith-39631 through the import of Cuthbert Smith - Brunswick Fam.ged on Apr 3, 2013.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Drew by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Drew:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Drew by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Drew:
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~0.39%
Sherri (Wyche) Fleming
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Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Liz (Noland) Shifflett
.Smith of Scotland Neck by Claiborne Thweatt Smith, Jr. M.D. (1976) shows Sarah & Mary (m Arthur Bryan) as sisters (Sarah m William Bryan), both daughters of "Nicholas Smith son of Richard of Surry Co. VA. d. 1713". Same book shows Nicholas as d "late 1743" citing will (lost) proved by John Shelley and Drew Smith on February 29, 1744. Drew Smith, executor, filed inventory on May 21, 1745. Chart on p 7 in book shows sons of Nicholas (siblings of Sarah and Mary) as Drew (Halifax will dtd 1762, m Elizabeth- surname unknown), James (c1720-1811; m Mary Edwards), and Arthur (1732-1789; m Anne Ruffin)
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