Person:Thomas Smith (431)

This Thomas was probably the Thomas Smith who acted as guardian to Dorcas Chapman and her sisters Lydia and Mary.

1. ↑ Church of England. Aston Parish registers, 1558-1980. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   Buried 1768 / Thomas Smith - Butcher - July 20

2.   Hertfordshire, England. Huntingdon (Hitchin) Archdeaconry Wills. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies)
   127HW49.

   Summary
   Testator: Thomas Smith the elder of Aston, Hertfordshire, butcher
   Written: 8 Jun 1768
   - son Thomas Smith - 24 acres of land (part freehold & part copyhold) in Benington; leasehold messuage and land in Aston
   if son Thomas dies before 21 to be split equally between:
   - sister Ann Smith
   - Thomas Smith son of my late brother Benjamin Smith
   - Thomas Smith son of my late brother William Smith
   - Ann Smith daughter of my late brother William Smith
   - Martha Smith daughter of my late brother William Smith
   - niece Elizabeth Devonshire
   Other bequests:
   - Thomas Kent, yeoman of Benington - £5
   - William Pallet, yeoman of Aston - £5
   - residue to son Thomas Smith
   Executors: Thomas Kent & William Pallet
   Witnesses: Phi. Squire, George Walby, Henry Adams
   Proved: 2 Aug 1768 at Hitchin by Thomas Kent & William Pallett