SMITH FAMILY TREE T8 4 September 2006

b=born m=married d=died Dr G.M.W.Mann Baytrees

C=Christened B=Buried Burnhams Rd, Lt.Bookham

Surrey, U.K. KT23 3AU

geoff.mann@btinternet.com

SMITH family summary

GL=Gt.Leighs

GW=Gt.Waltham

9 John_SMITH-m-Jane (BEERMAN?) LS=Lt.Sampford

bc1680? | m1695Bw? LW=Lt.Waltham

Gt.Waltham | B1756St St=Stebbing quaker bur.ground

B1754St | TQ=Thaxted Quakers

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1---------------------------------------------2-------------^SMITH------3-------------------4---------5---------6

8 John---1m-Hannah SULLINS Judith_SKINNER-m1-Abraham-2m-Mary_FRANKLIN Thomas-m-Sarah? Jane Mary Peter

bc1700 2m-Elizabeth BETTS m1724GW | bc1702 | m1750GW bc1703 | CORNHILL bc1704 bc1706 b1709

| B1734GW?| B1757St | | m1733LS? m1724TQ m1728TQ B1784St will

see T0 | farmerGW | | S.JOSLIN T.PETTIT farmer/Stonage

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1-----------------2-----SMITH-------3------^4 1---^SMITH2 1-------2^-SMITH-3------4-------5------------6

7 Abraham-m-Eliz John Wm_KEMP-m-Judah Mary Joseph Abigail John William Joseph ? Susannah? Sarah

bc1725 | KNIGHT b1787St m1756GW bc1730 |bc1730 b1747 m1773LW C1734LS? m m C1735LS?

| | | | |of GL? |2m1784LW

| | |Jn.HELMSTED

1-------^--2-SMITH--3-------4 |

6 Elizabeth Mary Judith Jane Mary_SMITH

C1752LW C1755LW C1758GW C1766GW mc1785

m1778GW Jos_COOK [COOTE?]

Bjm.MEAD [3]

[1] Peter SMITH's 1784 will lists the following children of Thomas:

John and his wife,

William,

Joseph,

the wife of Joseph TILFIN,

the wife of Robert RICHARDSON,

Sarah HAMPSTEAD wife of John.

He appears to be less familiar with Thomas’ family than the others as two daughters are named only through their husbands. Moreover he bequeaths money to his sister-in-law Sarah "if she be living". Sarah can only be the wife of Thomas as all other brother's wives are known. The only possible Thomas/Sarah m found so far is at Lt.Sampford, 12 miles N of the Walthams;

m 2Oct1733 Thos SMITH & Sarah CORNHILL

C 31Mar1734 Wilm s Thos & Sarah SMITH

C 11Jan1735 Sarah d Thos & Sarah SMITH;

C 11Apr1742 Eliz d Thos & Sarah SMITH; ?? B 14Jun1765 Eliz SMITH

C 6Apr1740 Mary & Esther ds Thos & Sarah SMITH

B 12Nov1749 Esther SMITH

?? B 3Sep1763 Sarah SMITH

B 24Sep1797 Mary SMITH P 56 innupta [unmarried?] [b 1741]

from Thaxted quaker records

d 1782/2/4 Thomas SMITH labourer of Waltham age 80 [b 1702]; B7Feb Stebbing (quaker burial ground)

So this Thomas had a son William and a daughter Sarah, but no sons John or Joseph C at Lt.Sampford; also a possible burial of Sarah in 1763 although Sarah’s marriage at a later date can be identified with confidence:

m 23Oct1759 Joseph SAMS & Sarah SMITH at Gt.Leighs

m 31May1784 John HELMSTED & Sarah SAMMS widow at Lt.Waltham

but the m of the other daughters to RICHARDSON and TI(L)FIN (WIFFEN?) have not been identified in the ESS m index. Robert RICHARDSON, farmer of Gt Leighs died in 1803 and his will mentions his wife Susannah. Time, name, and occupation suggest that he may be the husband mentioned in Peter’s will.

Possible records relating to John son of Thomas are:

6Feb1773 John SMITH bch 38 of Lt Waltham farmer and malster & Jane JOSSLYN spr 30 of White Notley (m licence)

m 9Feb1773 John SMITH single otp & Jane JOSLING(JOSCELYN) single of White Notley; w: Thos MILLBANK, John KNIGHT at Lt.Waltham

Jane JOSLING may be John's quaker cousin, daughter of Samuel and Jane (nee SMITH) born 1725. This however would make her aged 50 at marriage not 30. This may seem an unlikely error but no children of John & Jane are known and the hypothesis is strongly supported by a burial record at Stebbing quaker burial ground:

d 1777/8/24 Jane SMITH age 52, wife of Jno farmer of Waltham; not a member; B28 Stebbing [b 1725]

the m licence gives John a birth date of about 1735 just 2 years after the m of Thomas and Sarah CORNHILL. His burial may be recorded at Gt.Waltham in Dec1800 (no age given). This is supported by the Gt.Waltham register in which John Smith witnesses marriages in a good hand from at least 1772 to the last seen on 9Feb1799. It will be very instructive to compare the signature over this period with the signature on the two marriages of John in 1773 and 1775 and with the signature on John-7's will.

The burial of Thomas has not been found. The Thomas SMITH buried at Stebbing in 1782 left a will made in 1782 which shows he was not the Thomas in the above tree, as he had under-age children Charles, Jane, Sarah and a wife Ann

[2] The descendants of Abraham are derived from his will, the will of his son John, and parish registers:

1757 will of Abraham identifies

son: Abraham

dau: Judah KEMP

dau: Mary

son: John

dau-in-law: Rebeccah FRANKLING

younger children: Joseph & Abigail

1786 will of John SMITH of Broomfield (see John SMITH-7) identifies:

brother Abraham SMITH

sister Judith KEMP

sister Abigail STRUTT wife of John STRUTT

sister Mary SMITH

niece Mary COOTE [COOK?]

cousin John SMITH of Stonage, Lt.Waltham

[3] From Peter SMITH’s 1784 will:

…and I also give for several good reasons to Mary SMITH my now housekeeper and daughter of my now housekeeper Mary SMITH the joint sum of £40…

From John of Broomfield’s 1786 will:

…and for reasons of bad usage I give unto Mary COOTE, daughter of my sister Mary SMITH one shilling and to all her children one shilling a piece; I also for the like reasons give unto my sister Abigail STRUTT wife of John STRUTT of Little Waltham one shilling and to all her children one shilling apiece…

interesting to speculate what Peter’s “several good reasons” were, and what John meant by “bad usage”