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Generation One William Smith Born: circa 1635 Married: September 4, 1661 to Elizabeth Hartley. Click here for Elizabeth's ancestry. Died: June 2, 1632 William
Smith owned a barn in Newport Pagnell High Street called "The Great
Meeting House." In 1660 he allowed it to be used by local people
who were Dissenters, including Puritans. The site of the barn is still
in use as a place of worship. William served in the Army of the Commonwealth.
He moved from Isle of Ely in Cambridgeshire to Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire.
Both William and Elizabeth were buried in one grave in the Isle on the
south side of the Font in the Parish Church at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire.
William was buried on June 20, 1682 and Elizabeth on March 5, 1711/12.
William Smith and Elizabeth Hartley had the following
children:
William Smith (1662 – 1736) This William was
known as “Port Royal Smith” and also as “the Uncle” to distinguish him
from his nephew, {Judge} William Smith. He married on December 12,
1693 to Francis Peartree, daughter of William Peartree who was Mayor of
New York 1703 – 1706. His son William Smith (died February 7, 1728)
had one son, William Peartree Smith (1723 – 1801) who died without issue.
James Smith married Susannah Pargiter.
John Smith who emigrated to New York where he married
and left issue.
Samuel Smith who settled in Jamaica, West Indies
where he married and died æt 27.
Thomas Smith who married Susan Odell in 1696 and emigrated to New York. Click here for this family.
Christina Smith who died young.
Generation Two James Smith Born: October 3, 1665 Died: August 7, 1720 in Passenham, Northamptonshire. James
married Susannah Pargiter. Unfortunately the old Parish Register is
lost so exact dates for their marriage and the birth of their children
are unknown. Susannah inherited Sherrington Manor from her father in
1710. James Smith and Susannah Pargiter had the following children:
Thomas Smith
James Smith
Mary Smith
Dryden Smith
Joseph Smith
Susannah Smith
Samuel Smith
Some genealogies also show the following additional children for whom we cannot find documentation. Please send any information to Roy Smith and Robert Sewell:
Ann Smith
Ragister or Ragiston Smith
Generation Three Dryden Smith Born: circa 1701 Married: September 3, 1730 to Mary Huggins Died: March 9, 1770 and buried at Passenham Dryden was a very successful shipwright at Wapping in East London. Dryden Smith and Mary Huggins had the following children:
Joanne Smith
Abigail Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Mary Smith
Thomas Smith
Dryden Smith
James Smith
Generation Four Dryden Smith Born: baptised on July 19, 1741 at St.George in the East, Wapping (an independent Church.) Married: March 2, 1781 to Ann Cooper in Sherrington, Buckinghamshire. Died: April 19, 1810 in Sherrington, Buckinghamshire. Dryden Smith and Ann Cooper had the following children:
Dryden Smith
James Smith
Mary Smith (again)
Thomas Smith
Samuel Smith
Ann Smith
Joseph Smith
Mary Smith
Generation Five Samuel Smith Born: January 8, 1792; baptised at the Great Meeting House, Newport Pagnell. Married: December 7, 1814 to Emma Jane Wake at Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Died: 1872 at Cardiff, Wales. Samuel Smith and Emma Jane Wake had the following children:
Dryden Thomas Smith
George Griggs Smith
James Smith
Sarah Ann Smith
Mary Ann Smith
Rosanna Cooper Smith
Emma Jane Smith
Samuel Wake Smith
Elizabeth Elstob Smith
Generation Six George Griggs Smith Born: November 9, 1820; baptised at St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire. Married: April 16, 1846 to Sylvia Cooksey at Holborn, London. Died: 1900 at Windsor, Berkshire. George Griggs Smith and Sylvia Cooksey had the following children:
George Walter Smith
Samuel Smith
Robert Smith
Sarah Ann Smith
George Cooksey Smith
Albert Smith
Jesse Smith
Sylvia Priscilla Smith
Generation Seven George Walter Smith Born: May 14, 1848 in Kensington, London. Married: October 19, 1869 to Hannah Hance. Died: May 27, 1909 at Windsor, Berkshire. George Walter Smith and Hannah Hance had the following children:
George Walter Smith
Jessie Camilla Smith
Albert Edward Smith
Herbert
Generation Eight Albert Edward Smith Born: March 22, 1875 in Kensington, London Married: August 29, 1898 to Harriet Hawthorne at Windsor, Berkshire. Died: May 5, 1918 at Acton, Middlesex. Albert Edward Smith and Harriet Hawthorne had the following children:
Albert Henry Smith
Constance Louisa Smith
Beatrice Annie
Generation Nine Albert Henry Smith Born: October 19, 1900 at Acton, Middlesex. Married: July 14, 1928 to Elsie Nunn at Acton, Middlesex. Died: May 18, 1941 at Hillingdon, Middlesex. Albert Henry Smith and Elsie Nunn had the following children:
Roy Arthur Smith
Ann Pamela Smith
Generation Ten Roy Arthur Smith Born: November 29, 1929 Most of the information on this page was shared by Roy who may be contacted at muroybug@btinternet.com Roy Arthur Smith married and had the following children: