William SMITH
1697 - 1777 (79 years)-
Name William SMITH Born 2 Nov 1697 Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA Gender Male Will 13 Mar 1770 Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA Died 29 Sep 1777 Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA Probate 15 Apr 1782 Bucks Co, PA _UID C2AF2513C46043128441CAF4A3440A39CFFA Person ID I625333875 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 May 2014
Father William SMITH, b. 1660, Yorkshire, England , d. Apr 1743, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA (Age 83 years) Mother Mary CROASDALE, b. 31 Oct 1669, Yorkshire, England , d. 16 Oct 1716, Bucks Co, PA (Age 46 years) Married 20 Nov 1690 John Chapman's House, Bucks Co, PA (Middletown Mm) Family ID F549247744 Group Sheet
Family Rebecca WILSON, b. 20 Aug 1701, Hunterdon Co, NJ , d. 20 Nov 1771, Bucks Co, PA (Age 70 years) Married 8 Feb 1723 Friend's Meetinghouse, Middletown Twp, Bucks Co, PA Children 1. Sarah SMITH, b. 12 May 1724, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. 25 Jan 1804, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA (Age 79 years) 2. William SMITH, b. 12 Jul 1726, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. 6 Feb 1749, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA (Age 22 years) 3. Thomas SMITH, b. 30 Oct 1728, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. 1797 (Age 68 years) 4. Mary SMITH, b. 16 Mar 1730, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. Aft 1771 (Age 41 years) 5. Stephen SMITH, b. Abt 1736, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. Abt 1799, PA (Age ~ 63 years) 6. Rachel SMITH, b. 3 May 1737, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. 18 May 1824, Bucks Co, PA (Age 87 years) 7. Rebecca SMITH, b. Abt 1742, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. Aft 1779, Bucks Co, PA (Age ~ 38 years) 8. Isaac SMITH, b. 12 Oct 1744, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA , d. 4 Jan 1830, Fallowfield Twp, Chester Co, PA (Age 85 years) Last Modified 17 May 2014 Family ID F549247743 Group Sheet
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Junior
uncertain about birth date since father's will says William Jr was oldest
He was a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly from 1753 to 1765
Owned land in Wrightstown and Upper Makefield
1733 tax list, Upper Makefield, $10.2.6
1742 tax list, Upper Makefield, $10.2.6
one sourcehas dates 2 Jan 1698 - 29 Sep 1777 - source?
will mentions sons Stephen an Isaac Exrs.
oldest son Thomas.
daus. Sarah Betts, Mary, Rebecca, and Rachel
from Davis history of Bucks:
His son William, who married Rebecca Wilson, in1722, purchased
nearly all the original tract of his brothers, and considerable in Upper
Makefield, and died wealthy in 1780. The land remained in the family down
to 1812. The original tract embraces several of the finest farms in that
section.
also...
William Smith, son of William Smith who settled in Wrightstown in 1684,
purchased 201 acres in Upper Makefield in 1708. The surveyor was
instructed to lay out the land "at a place called Windy bush in Penn's
manor of Highlands, near Wrightstown." The deed was executed April 28,
1709, and the purchase money, £50 Pennsylvania currency, paid. His son
Thomas lived several years in a cave in the woods, and when he moved into
a new log house the Indians occupied the cave.
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