Jasper Smith Sr (abt. 1672 - abt. 1770)

Born about 1672 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about Mar 1770 at about age 98 in Maiden Head, Burlington Co, New Jersey

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Biography

Jasper was born about 1672

John Smith, bricklayer of NYC, purchased at 17 March 1680 a 2-acre home lot from Isaac Deschamps merchant , including a 40 acre lot in Bedford, a section of Brooklyn. His will 7 Dec 1683 named guardians Goldens for his children however the will did not name the children. Thomas and Jasper Smith later sold this same property thus it is stated they were John Smith's heirs. Text further states that the son Thomas married a Susannah Mathews and that Thomas called his father-in-law Ralph Hunt. The brothers sold the land and moved to New Jersey by 1699. ^[1]

No record of a Thomas, son of John Has been found.

Jasper died in 1770 at Maiden Head, Burlington Co, New Jersey.

Children

1. John Smith, b. 1699, d. Nov 1779 (Age 80 years)
2. Jasper Smith, Jr, b. 1701, d. 19 Sep 1754 (Age 53 years)
3. Thomas Smith, b. c 1703, Maidenhead,Burlington,NJ,USA d. After 1769, Morristown, Morris, NJ, USA (Age ~ 67 years)
4. Samuel Smith, b. c 1705, d. After 1769 (Age ~ 65 years)
5. Ralph Smith, b. c 1707, d. Jul 1784, Hanover Township, Morris, NJ (Age ~ 77 years)
6. Joshua Smith, c. 22 Jun 1714, Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co, NJ, USA d. Aug 1784, Oxford Township,Sussex Co,NJ,USA (Age ~ 70 years)

research notes

JASPER SMITH, BORN IN OR SHORTLY BEFORE 1678, RESIDED IN BEDFORD VILLAGE, TOWN OF BROOKLYN. HE REMOVED THENCE WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER THOMAS SMITH, AS IS EVIDENT FROM THE KINGS COUNTY DEED OF 1696. ALSO THEY ARE FOUND IN MAIDENHEAD TWP., BURLINGTON CO., N.J., BY 1699. (THAT TOWNSHIP WAS INCLUDED IN THE ERECTION OF HUNTERDON COUNTY FROM BURLINGTON IN 17 14.)

JASPER SMITH, SR., FREEHOLDER, DIED IN MAIDENHEAD IN MARCH 1770, AGED 92 YEARS OR MORE, HAVING SURVIVED HIS WIFE, WHOSE NAME ESCAPES RECOVERY HERE. HE WAS COMMISSIONED A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY OF HUNTERDON, 1719-1727 (PGM 8:64, 142, 150, 240) AND IN 1734, 1739 AND 1749, BU THE PETITIONED TO BE DISMISSED FROM THE COMMISSION ON 21 DECEMBER 175 7 (NJA15:98; 16:91; 17:137).

THE NAMES OF THOMAS SMITH AND JASPER SMITH ARE THE NINTH AND TENTH OF THE 28 GRANTEES, ALL OF MAIDENHEAD, IN THE DEED OF 18 MARCH 1698/9 BY WHICH THE WEST JERSEY SOCIETY CONVEYED TO THEM A TRACT OF 100 ACRES THERE ON WHICH TO ERECT A MEETING HOUSE AND SCHOOL HOUSE AND TO PROVIDE A BURYING GROUN (NJA 21:517, ABSTRACT; REV. JOHN MOORE OF NEWTOWN, L.I., P .423, FOR TRANSCRIPT IN FULL).

BY DEED OF 18 DEC 1710, JASPER SMITH OF MAIDENHEAD, YEOMAN, CONVEY ED TO RICHARD FURMAN OF NEWTOWN, QUEENS CO., L.I., YEOMAN, FOR 60 LIRA SILVER MONEY, A TRACT OF 100 ACRES IN HOPEWELL, SAID COUNTY, BOUNDED SOUTHWEST BY RALPH HUNT AND JOHN BAINBRIDGE, NORTHWEST BY RICHARD HALL, NORTH BY REHOBOTH GANNETT, AND SOUTHEAST BY FIVE MILE RUN AND ARTHUR KYRK, WHICH WAS SOLD BY THOMAS REVELL, AGENT FOR THE WEST JERSEY SOCIETY, TO S AID JASPER SMITH (WEST JERSEY DEED BOOK 0:363).

BY DEED OF 22 JUL 1740, JASPER SMITH, SR., OF MAIDENHEAD, YEOMAN, CONVEYED TO JASPER SMITH,, Jr., "SON OF THE SAID JASPER SMITH, SR.," TRACTS OF 150 AND 25 ACRES IN MAIDENHEAD, WITH THE HOUSES ETC., BEGINNING AT A N OAK TREE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FIVE MILE RUN, IN THE LINE OF BENJAMIN BREARLEY, THENCE ALONG HIS LINE AND THAT OF MATTHEW ROGER TO THE CORNER OF THOMAS SMITH, THENCE ALONG HIS LINE TO A TREE NEAR SAID RUN, THENCE DOWN SAID RUN TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, 150 ACRES. THE WITNESSES WERE JOHN SMITH, JOSHUA SMITH, AND JOSEPH YARD, WHICH LAST-NAMED ATTESTED THE SIGNATURE OF THE GRANTOR ON 17 FEBRUARY 1759, AND THE DEED WAS RECORDED ON 09 OCTOBER FOLLOWING IN WEST JERSEY DEED BOOK P:152.

THE WILL OF JASPER SMITH OF MAIDENHEAD TOWNSHIP, HUNTERDON CO., N. J., FREEHOLDER, DATED 29 NOVEMBER 1769 AND PROVED 11 APRIL 1770, DEVIS ES TO ELDEST SON JOHN THE PLANTATION ON WHICH HE NOW DWELLS; TO GRANDSO N WATERS SMITH THE PLANTATION WHEREON HIS FATHER, MY SECOND SON JASPER SMITH, DWELLED WHEN HE DIED; TO THIRD SON THOMAS THE PLANTATION WHERE HE LIVES; TO FOURTH SON SAMUEL 20 SHILLINGS; TO GRANDSON JOHN SMITH, FOURTH SON OF MY SON SAMUEL, 100 ACRES FROM THE PLANTATION WHEREON I LIVE, TO B E ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM TRENTON TO PRINCETON, SAID GRANDSON TO MAINTAIN HIS MOTHER ELIZABETH SMITH, HIS FATHER'S WIFE; TO GRANDSON JASPER, SECOND SON OF MY SON JOHN, 2 ACRES OF MEADOW ADJOINING THE WIDOW HUNT'S L OT; TO MY YOUNGEST SON JOSHUA THE REST OF THE PLANTATION WHEREON I LIVE , HE TO PAY TO MY SON RALPH, HIS BROTHER, 100 LIRA; AND THE MOVEABLE ESTATE TO MY SONS SAMUEL, RALPH, AND JOSHUA; AND APPOINTS SON RALPH AND GRANDSON WATERS SMITH EXECUTORS (ABSTRACT OF ORIGINAL WILL).

WATERS SMITH RENOUNCED EXECUTORSHIP ON 09 APRIL 1770 IN WRITING WITNESSED BY ISRAEL SMITH AND JEAN SMITH. RALPH SMITH ALSO RENOUNCED IN WRITING ON 07 APRIL 1770, WITNESSED BY JOHN BILES AND SAMUEL SMITH, WHEREUPON JOSHUA SMITH WAS APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR. HE GAVE BOND DATED 15 JUN 1770 , AND FILED THE ACCOUNT DATED 23 MARCH 1772 (NJA 33:394) THE SIGNATUR E OF JOSHUA SMITH, ADMINR., ON HIS BOND IS IDENTICAL WITH THAT OF JOSHU A SMITH OF OXFORD TOWNSHIP, SUSSEX CO., NJ., WHOSE WILL WAS DATED 04 SEPTEMBER 1777. THE OTHER SON, RALPH SMITH, EVIDENTLY RENOUNCED EXECUTORSHIP BY REASON OF HIS REMOVAL FROM MAIDENHEAD TO HANOVER, MORRIS CO., N.J.

SECONDARY SOURCE. FAMILY ARCHIVE CD #182, FAMILY HISTORY: NJ GENEALOGIES #1 1600s-18 00s, THE SMITH FAMILY OF BEDFORD, NEW YORK., AND MAIDENHEAD, NEW JERSEY LEWIS D. COOK, F.A.S.G. PAGE 754 AND 755 COPYRIGHT 1997 BRODERBUND SOFTWARE, INC

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogies of New Jersey Families

• Smith DNA Project

• Jasper Smith of Maidenhead

Acknowledgments

Thanks to David Townsend for starting this profile.