Person:Jonathan Smith (10)

Jonathan Smith
b.
 
m. Abt 1719
  1. Capt. Abraham Smith, of Rockingham County, VAAbt 1722 - 1782
  2. Col. Daniel Smith, Sr., of North River and Linville Creek, VAAbt 1724 - 1781
  3. Henry SmithAbt 1727 - Bef 1792
  4. Patrick SmithAbt 1728 - Abt 1756
  5. Lt. John SmithAbt 1730 - 1756
  6. Joseph SmithAbt 1734 - 1756
  7. David SmithBef 1739 - Bef 1782
  8. Margaret 'Louisa' Smith1741 - 1823
  9. David Smith1741 -
  10. Jonathan Smith1744 -
  11. James Jordan SmithBef 1749 -
  12. unproven Jordan SmithBef 1753 -
  13. William SmithBef 1753 -
Facts and Events
Name Jonathan Smith
Gender Male
Birth[1][2]
Christening[3] 22 Jul 1744 Tinkling Springs Church, , Virginia

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> Q65B-WP

Jonathan Smith: a. 1753 will of John Smith: what Ever of my Land Remains un sold to pay of my Debts to be Divided Equally between my sons William Joseph David Jonathan and James Jordan...

b. Looney documents: Joseph Looney was a witness on 26 Dec 1767 when John Smith sold slaves to Jonathan Smith. [May be father Col. John Smith and son, Jonathan Smith, the brother, John Smith was dead at this time.]

Note: James Jordan was an executor, not named as a son in the Will.He says my sons.... and James Jordan.

  • 1760- 13 Mar, at the writing of John Bowen's Will, the witnesses were: John Smith, Margaret Smith, Peter Luney, Walter Crockett, Johnathan Smith, and Jno. Buchanan. {Note: Jonathan would have been over age 21 at this point, making him born before 1739. He also seems to have been just a year or so older than David].
  • 1770- 10 Apr Jonathan Smith security on bond for Walter Stewart who was granted a license to keep at Ordinary at his house for one year. Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest, Va. 1929. Botetourt County, VA Court Minutes.
  • 1770- 16 Aug Jonathan Smith on Grand Jury Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest, Va. 1929. Botetourt County, VA Court Minutes.
  • 1770- 15 Nov Jonathan Smith, assignee of Dennis McClendin ptf, agst Arthur Campbell, deft. Debt for 40 lbs, to be discharged by payment of 20 lbs w/ interest from 13 May 1770. Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest, Va. 1929. Botetourt County, VA Court Minutes.
  • 1771- 10 Apr Jonathan Smith on Grand Jury Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest, Va. 1929. Botetourt County, VA Court Minutes.
  • 1771- 10 Oct Jonathan Smith deft, vs Martha Gatliff. Vertict returned in favorof Deft. Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest, Va. 1929. Botetourt County, VA Court Minutes.
  • 1772- 9 Sep Jonathan Smith, Henry Smith and John Looney on bond of 10 lbs. Jonathan Smith shall save harmless and indemnify the Parish of Botetourt agst maintainence of a female bastard child of which Margaret Kenny is lately delivered and of which the sd. Jonathan appears to be the father. Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest, Va. 1929. Botetourt County, VA Court Minutes.
  • 1772- 11 Sep, 14 Sep Jonathan Smith Juror Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest, Va. 1929. Botetourt County, VA Court Minutes.
  • 1772- 8 Dec Joseph Looney appointed guardian of Peter Looney, son of Peter Looney, deceased, in room of James McCain and Jonathan Smith who are discharged. Entered bond with George Skillern his security. Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest, Va. 1929. Botetourt County, VA Court Minutes.
  • 1773- 13 May David Laird ptf agst Jonathan Smith, deft. Ptf non-suited, and for his false claimor be in mercy and deft recover of ptf 4 shillings damage and costs. Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest, Va. 1929. Botetourt County, VA Court Minutes.
  • 1773- 11 Aug Jonathan Smith fined ten pounds for his insolence in forcibly taking out of the Clerk's Office a writ of subpeona after same had been lodged in sd. office. Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest, Va. 1929. Botetourt County, VA Court Minutes.
  • 1773- 11 Aug Order that for fining Jonathan Smith be set aside, he having acknowledged his error and made a satisfactory concession to the court. Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest, Va. 1929. Botetourt County, VA Court Minutes.
  • 1773- 11 Aug Jonathan Smith Juror Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of Southwest, Va. 1929. Botetourt County, VA Court Minutes.
References
  1. Will
    1753.

    JOHN SMITH - Will of 1753

    Copied from:
    Settlers by the Long Grey Trail
    A contribution to: The History and Genealogy of Colonial Families of Rockingham County, Virginia
    by J. Houston Harrison C. J. Carrier Company Harrison burg, Virginia 1975
    Page 199:
    "It has been well said that the Harrisons of Rockingham were intimately connected with the Smiths. Reference here is to the family of the immigrant Capt. John Smith, some account of whom has been given, and the accidental finding of whose will among the unindexed records at Staunton has been noted. (See pp. 8, 37, 86, 141). This will, in the original, was written on a single sheet of paper on the back of which occurs the notation: "John Smith Senr. Will," is dated May 7, 1753, and reads as follows-

    "IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN-
    I John Smith of Augusta County and Colony of Virginia being very Sick in Body but in my perfect Sences do make this my Last will and testament first of all I Leave to Margaret my well beloved wife all my Stock of Horses and Cattle Household Goods and all my Movables Whatsoever She shall also make Choice of any one Tract of Land that I have which She is to hold During her Life and at her Death the sd. Land to fall to my daughter Louisa I also Constitute and appoint Daniel Harrison Silas Hart and my son Abraham Smith to be my Executors and it is my will that they Shall Sell all or so much of my Land Excepting the above Tracts as will Pay all of my Debts and funeral Charges and what Ever of my Land Remains un sold to pay of my Debts to be Divided Equally between my sons William Joseph David Jonathan and James Jordan my Executors to Pay five Shillings Each to my Sons Abraham Henry Daniel and John & I Do hereby Revoke make null and void all other wills made by me before this Date and hereby Pronounce and Publickly Declare this to be my Last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I have Hereunto Set my hand an Seal this Seventh Day of May on Thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty Three- "In Presents of James Patton, Robt. Renick, Humphrey Madison
    "Jno. Smith (seal)
    (See original wills, Box 3, Staunton, Virginia) [Note: John Smith had at least 2 wills. This one dated 1753 and a final one dated April 26, 1779.]

    "The signature of Capt. Smith is in a very bold hand.

    The seal is of red wax bearing embossed on it the figure of a "horn of Plenty," out of which pours a "fleur-de-lis", and water (?), onto a sprig, or branch of a vine, placed underneath, and a curved as an inverted rainbow. The fleur-de-lis was the Royal emblem of France, and is also the same for a species of iris. Probably the vine of the seal alludes to the latter, particularly as the iris of mythology was associated with the rainbow. In one way or another the fleur-de-lis occurs frequently in the arms of Smith families. Its significance pouring from a horn of plenty would seem to be evident. On the Arms of Richard Smith, the Smithtown, Long Island, immigrant, the fleur-de-lis was a prominent figure. (See p. 37)….
    Note from Guy Smith-the seal is reversed in this image.

    "The will is interesting, in that it mentions more children than appear to have heretofore been credited to Capt. Smith. At the proving of his importation at Orange (see p. 8), he included his wife Margaret, and sons Abraham, Henry, Daniel, John, and Joseph. Of these Abraham, b. in Ulster, Ireland, 1722, m. Sarah Caldwell, of Augusta County; Daniel, b. in Ulster, 1724, m. about 1751, Jane, the daughter of Capt. Daniel Harrison; Henry, b. 1727, m. Camey ___ [Amy/Amey/Amelia-various spellings from land records]; John Jr., born 1730, was killed at Ft. Vause, June 25, 1756; and Joseph, born 1734, in Chester County, Pennsylvania (?), was captured with his father at Ft. Vause, June 25, 1756, and died a prisoner on the way to [Canada]. A daughter, Margaret, (according to Boogher p. 330) b. 1741, married Hugh Reece Bowen, who died October 7, 1780. The will names a daughter, Louisa, probably Margaret Louisa, and adds sons William, David, Jonathan, and James Jordan. The last may have been named for his mother's family. Evidently these five were the youngest children.
    [Note from Guy Smith: Very few Jordan in records of Augusta Co. No James Jordan.]

    The seal and signature are from Guy R. Smith historian for the Col. John Smith Society.

    JOHN SMITH - Will of 1753-- names wife and children-- see text
    Copied from: Settlers by the Long Grey Trail
    document provided by Guy R. Smith

  2. Book
    1753.

    Jonathan Smith baptized in Tinkling Spring Church 22 Jul 1744.
    [Colonel John Smith (1701-1783) Unsung Hero of Virginia colonial Frontier by Gordon Aronhime as published in Augusta Historical Bulletin published by Augusta County, [Virginia] Historical Society Volume 14, Spring 1978 Number 1, page 5]

    Colonel John Smith (1701-1783) Unsung Hero of Virginia colonial Frontier by Gordon Aronhime as published in Augusta Historical Bulletin published by Augusta County, [Virginia] Historical Society Volume 14, Spring 1978 Number 1, page 5]

  3. Book.

    Jonathan Smith baptized in Tinkling Spring Church 22 Jul 1744.
    [Colonel John Smith (1701-1783) Unsung Hero of Virginia colonial Frontier by Gordon Aronhime as published in Augusta Historical Bulletin published by Augusta County, [Virginia] Historical Society Volume 14, Spring 1978 Number 1, page 5]

    Colonel John Smith (1701-1783) Unsung Hero of Virginia colonial Frontier by Gordon Aronhime as published in Augusta Historical Bulletin published by Augusta County, [Virginia] Historical Society Volume 14, Spring 1978 Number 1, page 5]

  4.   Very high probability this is Jonathan Smith who died in Randolph county (now WV) in 1848 and was married to Jane Currence.