Luke Smith was an adult by 1708 when he witnessed a Henrico County Deed. He had married Arabella Gromarrin by June 12, 1712, at which time her father Gilly Gromarrin (some records say Gellygrew Marrin) deeded 439 acres to them on the south side of the Chickahominy Swamp in Henrico County, Virginia. [Footnote 1.] Arabella also received a sizable amount of land when her father died, and Luke Smith was Gilly’s executor. [Footnote 2.] Luke and Arrabella Smith of Henrico County gave their son Obadiah Smith and his wife Mary [Burk] 175 acres in Goochland County, Virginia on Tuckahoe Creek on September 18, 1744. The land was bounded by William Harding, Henry Weir (sic, Ware), Joseph Mayo, deceased, and Thomas Fenton. [Footnote 3.] Obediah and Mary Smith (of Henrico County) sold the 170 (sic) acres in Goochland County to Henry Ware of Hanover Parish in King George County for £60 Virginia money on November 23, 1749. The deed described the land as lying in the fork of Tuckahoe Creek adjoining Wm. Harding’s line and the north branch of Tuckahoe Creek. Witnesses were Leonard Henly, Jr., John Mems (sic, Mims); and Giles Letcher. [Footnote 4.]
Please see additional Luke Smith research posted on the Smith Genforum by several researchers. [Footnote 5.]
Luke and Arrabella Smith’s son Obediah Smith lived in the part of Henrico County that became Chesterfield County in 1749. However, Obadiah Smith had married Mary Burk in Goochland County, Va. before 1744. The records of the births of his children were recorded by Rev. William Douglas [Footnote 6.] who pastured flocks in several Virginia counties, including western Henrico County, Goochland County, Hanover County, and Louisa County, and probably more. Rev. Douglas’ records show that the children of Obediah and Mary Burk Smith were: Luke Smith, born 1744; Susannah Smith, born 1746; Peartree Smith born 1748; Elizabeth Smith born 1750; William Smith born 1752; Obadiah Smith born 1755; Lucy Smith born 1756; Charles Smith; and Joseph Smith born 1761. Apparently, Mary Burk Smith had a brother named Peartree Burk, and he was the man for whom she named her son Peartree Smith. Records show that, indeed, there was a John Peartree Burk who was a party in a Bedford County, Va. Deed. [Footnote 7.]
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