Ralph SMITH
1725 - Aft 1740 (15 years)
Generation: 1
1. Ralph SMITH was born 28 Oct 1725, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA (son of William SMITH and Mercy UNKNOWN); died Aft 1740. Other Events:
- _UID: 16C2269D107C421C8043AD725FF7D6009399
Notes:
From Davis history of Bucks:
[In 1765 Ralph Smith, son of William Smith, the immigrant, with his three
sons, William, Aaron and Zopher, went to South Carolina, and settled in
the Spartansburg district. He held the office of justiceof peace under
King George III, but resigned when hostilities with the colonies broke
out, and entered the army. He and his young son, Samuel, were arrested and
confined in the loathsome prison at Ninety-Six. His son Aaron was killed
at the battle of the Cowpens, and Zopher fought at the same battle.*]
2. William SMITH was born 1660, Yorkshire, England; died Apr 1743, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA. Other Events:
- Immigration: 1684, PA ("Friend's Adventure")
- Occupation: Farmer
- Probate: 20 Apr 1743, Bucks Co, PA
- Will: 13 Dec 1740, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA
- _UID: 3F02362FB39649988BCFCFBB5A1ACD07FC46
Notes:
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Senior
will 480 lists:
wf Mercy
sons William (eldest),Thomas, Joseph, Ralph, John, Samuel, and David
daus Margaret Pearson, Sarah Blaker, Mary Atkinson, Hannah Lee,
Lydia Heaton, Esther and Elizabeth.
John Penquite and Joseph Chapman exrs.
Land adj John Chapman, Abrm Chapman and John Turning
land warrant, 3/10/1718, resurvey land purchased about 20 years ago from John Rowland.
1693 tax list, Middletown, $31.1.7
children of second wife listsed at Wrightstown MM
From Davis history of Bucks:
Although John Chapman was the first to penetrate the wilderness of
Wrightstown, he was not long the only white inhabitant, for within two
years William Smith, of Yorkshire,came to dispute with him the honors and
hardships of pioneer life. He bought 100 acres of Mr. Chapman and
afterward patented several hundred acres adjoining, extending to Newtown
and the Neshaminy. His dwelling stood near where Charles Reeder lived. He
was twice married, first to Mary Croasdale, of Middletown,in 1690, and
afterward in 1720, and was the father of fourteen children. He died in
1743.
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=davideyre&id=I112William married Mercy UNKNOWN Abt 1721, PA. Mercy was born Abt 1680; died Aft 1740, Bucks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]
3. Mercy UNKNOWN was born Abt 1680; died Aft 1740, Bucks Co, PA. Other Events:
- _UID: 58DB9F1201C44AAC8B7461AD62F87DC144AF
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Nickname:
Marcy Children:
- Joseph SMITH was born 1 Jan 1722, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1740.
- John SMITH was born 15 Jan 1724, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1740.
- 1. Ralph SMITH was born 28 Oct 1725, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1740.
- Esther SMITH was born 11 Nov 1727, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1740.
- Elizabeth SMITH was born 10 Jan 1731, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1740.
- Samuel SMITH was born 23 Dec 1733, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1740.
- David SMITH was born 25 Apr 1736, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died Aft 1740.