Person:Richard Smith (190)

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Richard Smith
  • HRichard SmithAbt 1583 - Bef 1659
m. Abt 1620
  1. Susan SmithAbt 1620 -
  2. Alice SmithAbt 1620 - Bet 1664 & 1677
Facts and Events
Name[1] Richard Smith
Alt Name Richard Smythe
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1583 Leicestershire, EnglandOfhusbandsboswth Parish Citation needed
Christening? 1583/84 Stratford-o-Avon, EnglandCitation needed
Property? Abt 1618 Accomack, Virginia, United Statesreceived a certificate for 100ac Citation needed
Property? Nov 1618 patented 950ac on the Eastern shore [in conflict with other accounts, sources needed]
Property? 18 Nov 1618 granted 200 ac on Occahannock Creek on the Eastern shore of Virginia Citation needed
Immigration[2] Mar 1619/20 came to Virginia aboard the "London Merchant"
Marriage Abt 1620 Northampton, Virginia, United Statesto Unknown
Census? 1623/24 James City, Virginia, United States
Residence? 1625 James City, Virginia, United Statesappears on the muster roll
Residence? 1630 Accomack, Virginia, United States
Death[1] Bef 30 Jan 1659 Northampton, Virginia, United States
Probate[1] 30 Jan 1659 Northampton, Virginia, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Richard Smith, in Marshall, James Handley. Abstracts of the wills and administrations of Northampton County, Virginia 1632-1802. (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, c1994).

    p 60 -
    SMITH, RICHARD [R] – Undated / 30 Jan. 1659 – To my son-in-law Nathaniel Bradford the
    500 A. plantation whereon I now live, the land to run[sic] for Alce Smith and her children. And if
    the said Alce dies without issue then the said plantation to Nathaniel during his lifetime and then
    to her sister Susan Smith and her heirs. To my dau. Susan Smith 450 A. lying on the other
    side of the branch, one neck being called “James Davis’ Neck” and the other “King Tomes Neck”.
    To my dau. Susan the linen that was her mother’s. To my dau. Alce Smith my little boy William
    East. To my dau. Susan Smith my servant John Major. To Edward Martin who was my servant,
    his diet until next October. To John Gorthine 4 barrels of Indian corn. To my servant John Fisher
    one year of his time, and to the little boy William East one year of his time. To Alphonsoe Ballis
    200#t. My son-in-law Nathaniel Bradford and William Thorn to assist my dau. Susan. Witt:
    William Thorn, Nathaniel Bradford, Alphonsoe Ballis – p. 57 {70}

  2. Richard Smith, in Hotten, John Camden. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality (1874): Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations 1600- 1700. with their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars. (London, England: Chatto and Windus, 1874).

    p 219, 239 -
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    [Adam M. Bradford 2008 Note of Caution: Since there were at least two or more Richard Smiths in Accomack
    during the period from the 1630s to 1660, caution should be exercised in accepting the conclusion that
    Richard Smith of Occahannock was the same man who appeared on the muster. ]