Grace (Frankland) Smelt (bef. 1667 - abt. 1729)

Born before 24 Mar 1667 in Thirkleby, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Leonard Smelt — married 17 Nov 1679 in Thirkleby, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died about 2 Dec 1729 after about age 62 in York, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Grace was the daughter of William Frankland^[1][2] and Arabella Belasye.^[3] She was baptised on 24 March 1667 (Clay's edition of Dugdale's Visitation gives the year as 1666:^[4] the parish register image on FindMysearch shows it was 1666/7) at Thirkleby, Yorkshire.^[5][6]

Marriage and Children

On 17 November 1679 Grace married Leonard Smelt^{[1][2][3][4][7][8]} at Thirkleby, Yorkshire.^[9] They had the following children:

• Leonard, their eldest son,^[10][11][12] born on 7 February 1683/4 and baptised at Thirkleby, Yorkshire on 11 February 1683/4^[13][14]
• Arabella, baptised at Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire on 13 February 1685/6^[15][16]
• Anne, baptised at Thirkleby, Yorkshire on 31 December 1687^[17][18]
• William, baptised at Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire on 10 January 1690/1,^[19][20] and buried there on 11 September 1755^[21] with a memorial inscription giving his age at death as 66^[22]
• John, baptised at Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire on 20 October 1691^[23]
• Grace, baptised at Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire on 4 December 1692^[24]
• Elizabeth,^[25] baptised at Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire on 6 January 1695/6,^[26][27][28] who married Cornelius Cayley^[29]

Death and Will

Grace was buried at St Maurice's, York, Yorkshire on 5 December 1729.^[30][31]

Her will, dated 18 June 1726, was proved on 4 July 1730. A deposition made for probate purposes says that her death date was on or about 2 December 1730. In the will, among other provisions, she:^[32]

• named her eldest son Leonard, her son William, her daughter Ann Smelt and her daughter Elizabeth Cayley
• named her granddaughter Luce[?} Wright
• appointed her son William as executor

Research Notes

First Name

ThePeerage.com wrongly gives Grace the first name Anne.^[33]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} J W Clay. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions, Vol. III, William Pollard, 1917, p. 508, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} John Peile. Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1505-1905: and of the earlier foundation, God's House, 1448-1505, Cambridge University Press, 1913, p. 55, Internet Archive
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} George Lipscomb. The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham, Vol. II, J & W Robins, 1847, p.197, Internet Archive: confuses her husband with their son also called Leonard
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} J W Clay. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions, Vol. II, p. 245, Internet Archive
5. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66BV-TH3X : 23 February 2022), Grace Frankland, 1666: gives the year as 1666: the parish register image on FindMyPast shows it was 1666/7
6. ↑ Yorkshire Baptisms, FindMyPast and linked image of Bishop's Transcript of parish register: the transcript gives the year as 1666; the image shows it was 1666/7
7. ↑ Thomas Wotton. The Baronetage of England, Vol. II, London, 1771, p. 134, Internet Archive
8. ↑ William Grainge. The Vale of Mowbray, 1859, p. 190, Internet Archive
9. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66GL-YSQR : 11 August 2022), Leonard Smelt, 1679
10. ↑ History of Parliament Online, entry for 'SMELT, Leonard (c.1683-1740), of Kirkby Fleetham, nr. Northallerton, Yorks.'
11. ↑ Wikipedia: Leonard Smelt (politician)
12. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, entry for 'SMELT, LEONARD (1719?–1800)', Wikisource
13. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66BL-PZW1 : 23 February 2022), Leonard Smelt, 1683: gives the year as just 1683; the parish register image on FindMyPast shows it was 1683/4
14. ↑ Yorkshire baptisms, FindMyPast and linked parish register image which shows the year was 1683/4
15. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWK8-R25 : 20 March 2020), Arabella Smelt, 1686
16. ↑ North Yorkshire County Record Office, ref. PR/KRF 1/1, p. 76, Yorkshire baptisms, FindMyPast and linked parish register image: transcript gives the year as 1685; the linked parish register image shows it was 1685/6
17. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68KY-GHPT : 23 September 2021), Anne Smelt, 1687
18. ↑ Yorkshire baptisms, FindMyPast and linked image of parish register
19. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66BL-BD11 : 23 February 2022), Will Smelt, 1690: gives the year as 1690; the parish register image on FindMyPast shows it was 1690/1
20. ↑ North Yorkshire County Record Office, ref. PR/KRF 1/1, p. 80, Yorkshire baptisms, FindMyPast and linked Irish register image: transcript gives the year as 2690; the linked parish register image shows it was 1690/1
21. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDC8-J56 : 15 March 2020), William Smelt, 1755
22. ↑ Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions, FindMyPast
23. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66BL-5XL9 : 23 February 2022), John Smelt, 1691
24. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66BJ-1TXD : 23 February 2022), Grace Smelt, 1692
25. ↑ Joseph Foster. Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, Vol. III (North and East Riding), 1874, Cayley pedigree, Internet Archive
26. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66B2-WDWC : 23 February 2022), Elizabeth Smelt, 1695/6.
27. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66B2-WDWC : 23 February 2022), Elizabeth Smelt, 1695: gives the year as just 1695; the image of the parish register on FindMyPast makes clear it was 1695/6
28. ↑ North Yorkshire County Record Office, ref. PR/KRF 1/1, p. 84, Yorkshire baptisms, FindMyPast and linked image of parish register, which confirms the year was 1695/6
29. ↑ The Register of Marriages in York Minster, in 'Yorkshire Archaeological Journal', Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1873, p. 343, Internet Archive
30. ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:661W-2373 : 23 February 2022), Mrs Grace Smelt, 1729
31. ↑ Borthwick Institute for Archives, ref. PR Y/MAUR 2, p. 7, Yorkshire burials, FindMyPast and linked image of parish register for burial of "Mrs Grace Smelt widdow"
32. ↑ The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/639/17, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
33. ↑ The Peerage.com

• Wilcox, Arthur Marwood and Metcalf, John Henry. Royal Descent, privately printed, 1892. p. 12, footnote 1, Internet Archive