Person:Augustine Smith (6)

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From Genforum.com post:

Re: Augustin Smith, 1790, Mecklenburg, VA Posted by: Carol Smith Date: January 06, 2002 at 09:37:21 In Reply to: Augustin Smith, 1790, Mecklenburg, VA by John Franklin Walker of 65922

Augustin Smith was married to Phebe Burnett (parents Thomas Burnett, Sr. and Anne {Uknown maiden name}). The Burnett's tie is strong and seen in later naming of children and in court documents. The Burnetts were of Scottish origin and trace their lines back to John Burnett I of Aberdeen Scotland who had been a royal merchant for Charles I to transport goods between the Virginia colony and Scotland primarily tobacco and Scottish goods.

It is also noted that William Smith who died ca 1760 in Essex County, VA was Augustin's father. The Will is as follows:

Essex County, Virginia, Will Boox 11, Page 293

William Smith's will is recorded in Essex County, Va. Will Book 11, p. 293. The text is as follows:

In the Name of God Amen. I William Smith of the Parish of Southfarnham in the County of Essex, planter, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God therefore call in unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul unto the hand of od that gave it and for my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian like and Decent manner at the Discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall the same again by the mighty Power of God and as touching such Worldly Estates wherewith it hath please God to give one in this life I give Devise and Dispose of the same in manner of form following. IMPREMIS ITERN. I give Mary Woodin Alis Smith one cow called Beauty and her heighfer and one feather bed and furniture. All the rest of my Estate to be Equally Divided among my six children, William Smith, Robert Smith, Thomas Smith, Augustine Smith, Elizabeth Burnett, Mary Woodin Alis Smith and Lastly I make constitute and ordain my Loving Son Robert Smith and William Burnett to be my sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament hereby Revoking and Disannuling all former Wills and Testaments made by me. In witness thereof I have set my hand and seal this 14th Day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty.

Signed, Seal'd & Delivered William Smith Jas. Burnett Leonaid Burnett Augustine Smith (There was an X with the words "His Mark") In court held for Essex County at ----- this 19th day of January 1761 this last Will and Testament of William Smith, Deced. was this day presented in court by the Executors therein named who made Oath thereto according to Law and was proved by the oaths of the Witnesses thereto and order to be recorded and is recorded.

Test. John Lee

Note: James or whoever transcribed the will listed Mary Woodin Alis Smith. However, I wonder if this should be Mary Woodson alias Smith, meaning that her maiden name was Smith. I have a Woodson line from Dr. John Woodson and his wife Sarah who emigrated to Va. in 1619. Elizabeth Smith Burnett is not listed in this manner, but perhaps her husband was living and Mary's wasn't. Notice that Mary inherited extra items. James said that he heard that William Smith's mother was a Woodson, but I've seen no proof of this yet.

Source: http://genforum.genealogy.com/smith/messages/36142.html

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).