[Vol XXV, No 3 (Jan 1917), pp 170-183.]
CAPT. NICHOLAS SMITH (Nicholasl), of South Farnham Parish, in the county of Essex, was appointed a justice between 1720 and 1730, and was vestryman in 1739. (Meade, 1. pp, 393, 405.) He gave a bond as sheriff and collector in 1730. By deed, dated 15 July, 1729, he conveyed to his son Francis 400 acres of land in Essex, "being the dwelling plantation of the said Nicholas Smith;" and in 1733 conveyed land by deed to his son Nicholas Smith, Jr. Administration on his estate was granted 16 August 1757, to his son Nicholas the petition setting forth that he died in testate, and that Francis Smith was the elder son, but resigned his "right of administration" to his brother. (Essex Records.)
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[Note: this states that Francis was the elder son.]
