Person:William Smith (82)

1699/70: William Smith, wife & family leave Glastonbury, Somerset, England for America

The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy lists a Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (date not given), in which William Smith, wife, and family were "received on certificate from" the "Glasenbury (sic)" Monthly Meeting in "Somersetshire, Eng. (sic)".⁴

• [Note: the exact date that the certificate was received at the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting is not given, however it falls chronologically between 27 Aug 1693 and 25 Aug 1700 as presented, which would suggest that William Smith traveled between England and America between 14 Jun 1699 (certificate date) and 25 Aug 1700 (date of next entry). --Cos1776 11:52, 16 July 2012 (EDT)]

From Jane BALDWIN: "The Maryland Calendar of Wills" (Pub. 1907):

William SMITH apparently settled in the northeast corner of Cecil County, Maryland which is about fifty miles south west of Philadelphia, for it was here that he made his will 20 Sep 1708. The will was proved 20 May 1710. He left to "second son John and heirs, 1000 acres dwelling plantation ... to daughter Mary, wife of John HAYET and granddaughter Hannah, daughter of son William, personalty (personal property). The Execitors: Wife Grace and son John. Test: (Wittnesses) David EVANS and William SMITH.

From Annie Walker BURNS - "Maryland Testamentary Proceedings", Probate of Wills and Administrations of Estates 1708-1719 - Books 21-23, p.418, 1908 John HIETT, Cecil County, Liber XXI Folio 61.

From a letter by Nellie A GARD dated 1 Feb 1971:

Known children of William and Grace SMITH were: 1. William SMITH b. in England d. ? m. Hannah SMITH 2. John SMITH b. in England d. ? came to Maryland 3. Mary SMITH b. in England d. after 1745(?) Bucks Co, PA m. 1695(?) Eng.

John HIETT, Quaker. (See Hiett Genealogy).

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} William Smith, in The Quaker yeomen : a quarterly newsletter of Quaker and related genealogy. (Portland, Oregon: J. E. Bellarts, 1974-)
   Vol 13, No 4, p 9.

   A Quaker Will, Contributed by Dorothy Hardin Massey from County, Maryland Wills - Liber AA folio 135:
   In the name of God amen the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord God 1708, I William Smith of Cecil Co in the Province of Maryland being sick of body but good and perfect ... memory so make constitute and ordain and declare this my last will and testament in ... and I am following revoking and annulling by these presents all and every testament wills heretofore made by me and declare by word or writing and this to be taken only for my last will and testament and none other and now for the settling of my temporal estate and such good scattle and debts as it hath pleased God above my desserts to bestow upon me. I do order and give and dispose in the same manner and form following that is to say first I will that all those debts and duties as I owe ... shall be paid within convenient time after my decease by my executors hereafter named.
   
   - Item First I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Grace Smith the one half of all my household stuff also give and bequeath to my wife one half of all my stock of cattle of all sorts.
   - Item Secondly I give and bequeath to my second son John Smith all the Plantation that I now live upon containing 1000 acres and also one grinding mill and one saw mill together with all other effects moveable and immoveable whatsoever to me belonging and give unto him my said son and his assigns forever except the one half of my household stuff and one half of my stock before specified unto my wife.
   - Item Thirdly I give and bequeath unto John Hayett my son in law one English shilling to be paid by executors hereafter named.
   - Item Fourthly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary wife of said John Hayett one English shilling to be paid her by my executors hereafter named.
   - Item Fifthly I give and bequeath unto my grandchild Hannah Smith daughter of my son William one English shillling to be paid by my executor hereafter named.
   - Item Sixthly and lastly I do nominate and appoint my well beloved wife Grace Smith and son John Smith to be joint Exers of this my last will and testament written upon one sheet of paper revoking and annulling all other wills and this to be taken only for my will and testament.
   
   In witness thereof I have here unto set my hand and seal.
   William X Smith
   In the sight and presence of David Evans
   William X Smith
   
   1710-May-20 Then came David Evans and William Smith two witnesses to the above will and test of William Smith and make oath on the holy evanglist that they saw the Testor seal and deliver the foresaid will and that he was at the time of perfect memory before me.
   W.W. Hayden Dept Commissioner of Cecil County.

2. ↑ William Smith, in Johnston, George. History of Cecil County, Maryland: and the early settlements around the head of Chesapeake Bay on the Delaware River, with sketches of some of the old families of Cecil County. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987).

   p 224 - The land upon which Elkton was built is part of the tract of fourteen hundred acres which was patented to Nicholas Painter in 1681, under the name of Friendship. ... The tract came into possession of Philip Lynes, as did the large tract of Belleconnel, ... Philip Lynes devised these tracts to his wife Anne Lynes, his cousin Mary Contee, and his friend William Bladen, by his last will dated 1709, and they by a deed executed in 1711 conveyed it to John Smith, the son and heir of William Smith, to satisfy a claim which his father had against Philip Lynes for money loaned him by said Smith in his lifetime. This deed is for three parcels of land, comprising about one thousand acres, parts of Friendship and Belleconnell. ...
   
   p 225 - John Smith was the son of William Smith, who is supposed to have been the person who erected the first mill at the Head of Elk. This mill is known to have been there as early as 1706, and the next year one William Anderson petitioned the court for leave to retail strong liquors at the Head of Elk, "he being a poor man and much incumbered with people passing and repassing to the said mill along the Queen's road," which then ran from the lower ferry at Perryville via North East and crossed the Big Elk Creek at or near where the bridge now stands at Mitchell's mill, and ran down the peninsula east of the heads of Back Creek, Bohemia and Sassafras rivers.

3. ↑ William Smith, in 20080712 treasurenet.com posting by kierdan.

   DUCK NECK - A tract of land containing 100 acres which was laid out for William Smith on April 20, 1702, described as beginning “att a marked white oak standing by the side of Elk River near a place called French Town.” (Rent Roll of Cecil County, Calvert Papers No. 884, folio 126).

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 SMITH, Wm., in Hinshaw, William Wade; Thomas Worth Marshall; and John Cox. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. (Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States: Edwards Brothers, 1936-1950)
   Vol 11, p 653.

   (New Jersey and Pennsylvania Monthly Meetings)
   ---- -- -- [SMITH,] Wm. & w & fam rocf Glasenbury MM, Somersetshire, Eng., dated 1699,6,14