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John Smith, of Coxtown and Brooke's Adventure
b.Bef 1686
Facts and Events
| Name[1][3] |
John Smith, of Coxtown and Brooke's Adventure |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
Bef 1686 |
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| Marriage |
Abt 1705 |
Maryland, United Statesto Dorothy Brooke |
| Will[4] |
7 Dec 1715 |
Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| Residence[2] |
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Calvert, Maryland, United Stateson Battle creek, Patuxent river |
| Death[2] |
Bef 19 Mar 1717/18 |
Maryland, United States[probate] |
| Probate[4] |
19 Mar 1717/18 |
Calvert, Maryland, United States |
References
- ↑ John Smith of Coxtown, in Papenfuse, Edward C; Alan F Day; David W Jordan; and Gregory A Stiverson. A Biographical dictionary of the Maryland legislature, 1635-1789. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Johns Hopkins University Press, c1979-1985)
426:745.
... IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS. There were two prominent John Smiths in All Saints' Parish, Calvert County, in 1701: John Smith of Hall's Creek and John Smith of Coxtown. Both were admitted as vestrymen in 1704. The legislator is almost certainly John Smith of Hall's Creek, who married into the prominent Hall family, which was also represented in the 1701-1704 Assembly by two brothers and another brother-in-law. This John Smith was a sitting justice in 1701 at a time when it was very rare for a delegate not to have served, or be currently serving, on the bench. The next generation of this John Smith's family continued to have extensive ties with legislators.
John Smith of Coxtown (?-1717/18) married ca. 1706 Dorothy, widow of both Michael Taney (?-1702) and Richard Blundell (?-1705), and daughter of Roger Brooke (1637-1700). He became a justice by 1714/15 when his name appears last on the list of men officiating at a court session in Calvert County. Although he controlled at least 1,000 acres of Taney land after his marriage, he does not appear to have been of comparable status to John Smith of Hall's Creek in 1701. ...
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Smith, Mrs. Francis F. "Captain John Smith, Frederick Co. MD., of the Revolution, and some of his ancestors." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. Volume X. Pages 328-334.
[cos1776 Note of Caution: Smith identifies this John Smith as the father of Leonard Smith who m. Elizabeth Neale - but at this time, it appears that it was actually his grandfather as Leonard was the son of his son (also named John Smith). More research is needed.]
- ↑ Williams, Thomas John Chew, and Folger McKinsey. History of Frederick County, Maryland: with a biographical record of representative families. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Regional Pub. Co., 1967)
1:1215.
... The ancestor of this Smith family was John Smith, a native of England, whence he emigrated to this country, and settled in what is now Calvert County, Md., between 1660 and 1666. He was the owner of a plantation that was known as "Brooke's Adventure." He was married to Dorothy Brooke, a daughter of the Rev. Robert Brooke, a minister of the Episcopal Church, then residing in Calvert County. Robert Brooke had grant of "Dela Brooke Manor," 2,000 acres on Patuxent River. ...
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Will Abstract of John Smith, in Cotton, Jane Baldwin; F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Wright; and Annie W. B. (Annie Walker Burns) Bell. The Maryland calendar of wills. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1968).
Smith, John, gent., Calvert County, 7th Dec., 1715; 19th March 1717/18.
- To son Samuel, personalty.
- Real estate to be divided among four sons, viz.: James, John, Benjamin and Basill.
- Sd. unborn child be a boy, the land to be equally divided bet. five sons.
- To dau. Mary, unborn child. sons-in-law Michll. and Thos. Taney, and dau.-in-law Dorothy Smith, personalty.
- To wife Dorothy, extx., ½ personal estate.
- Residue of estate to be equally divided among child., viz.: Elizabeth, Martha, Anne, Eleanor, James, John, Benjamin, Basill, Mary and unborn child.
Test: Roger Brooke, John Rouse, Geo. Lines. 14. 530.
Note: In codicil to above will, dated 21st Dec., 1717, testator leaves certain personalty to son Roger.
Test, to codicil: Jno. Brooke, Wm. Biddle.
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