John Smith (1685 - 1712)

Born 18 Jul 1685 in Purton, Gloucester, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Bernard (Alexander) Willis — married 8 Oct 1711 in Virginia

Died 1712 at about age 26 in Purton, Gloucester, Virginia

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Biography

John Smith was a Virginia colonist.

John Smith , also Known as, "John Smith of Purton", was born on July 18, 1685, the child of John Smith and Mary Warner . He married Anne Alexander on October 18, 1711^[1]. They had one child during their marriage. He died as a young father in 1712^[2] at the age of 27.

Research Notes

• Record A Record in York County whereby John Smith, of Purton, in the County of Gloucester, in Virginia, gentleman' sells to William Buckner of York County, twenty-nine acres, 'my share of a parcel of land my grandmother, Madam Mildred Warner, bought of Mr. Thomas Read, according to the division made between Mr. John Lewis, Esq., Mr. John Washington, and myself {John Smith}, co-heirs to my {John Smith} uncle, Mr. Robert Warner, deceased, to whom the said land was give n by the said Madam Mildred Warner. 'This instrument was recorded February 24, 1708, and witnessed by John Lewis, Robert Porteus, and Paul Washington. In 1715 John Washington sold to Philip Lightfoot a tract of land 'descended to him as son and heir of Lawrence Washington and Mildred, his wife, deceased, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Augustine Washington and Mildred, his wife, deceased, of the one part, and John Smith, son and heir of John Smith and Mary, his wife, deceased, another of Warner's daughters and con-heirs, and John Washington, party to these presents, of the other part,' etc."

• Grandson of Smith, John, who came to Virginia about 1652, and married Anna Bernard, daughter of Richard Bernard, of "Purton," in Gloucester county.

Sources

1. ↑ pg. 48, William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume 4, The College, 1895 - Virginia
2. ↑ pg.33, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume 4. Louise Pecquet du Bellet, Edward Jaquelin, Martha Cary Jaquelin J.P. Bell Company (Incorporated), 1907 - Virginia.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Smith-31730 created through the import of Smith Family Tree.ged on Aug 27, 2012 by Martin Smith.

• WikiTree profile Smith-29597 created through the import of GerkeFam.ged on Jun 14, 2012 by Matthew Gerke. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Matthew and others.