William SMITH

1660 - 1743  (83 years)

• Name	William SMITH
  Born	1660	Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1684	PA ("Friend's Adventure")
  Occupation	Farmer
  Will	13 Dec 1740	Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA
  Died	Apr 1743	Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA
  Probate	20 Apr 1743	Bucks Co, PA
  _UID	3F02362FB39649988BCFCFBB5A1ACD07FC46
  Person ID	I625333877	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 May 2014

  
  

  Family 1	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)
  Children	1. Margaret SMITH,   b. 20 Oct 1691, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. 4 Aug 1770, Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA  (Age 78 years)   2. Mary SMITH,   b. 9 Feb 1696, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. 4 Jul 1756, Upper Makefield Twp, Bucks Co, PA  (Age 60 years)   3. Thomas SMITH,   b. 20 Dec 1696, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. 27 Feb 1750, Bucks Co, PA  (Age 53 years)   4. Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 2 Nov 1697, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. Abt 1729, Buckingham Twp, Bucks Co, PA  (Age 31 years)   5. William SMITH,   b. 2 Nov 1697, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. 29 Sep 1777, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA  (Age 79 years)   6. Sarah SMITH,   b. 26 Nov 1700, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. 15 Jun 1791, Bucks Co, PA  (Age 90 years)   7. Hannah SMITH,   b. Abt 1705, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. Aft 1740  (Age ~ 36 years)   8. Lydia SMITH,   b. Abt 1707, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. Aft 1740  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2014
  Family ID	F549247744	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mercy UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1680,   d. Aft 1740, Bucks Co, PA  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Married	Abt 1721	PA
  Children	1. Joseph SMITH,   b. 1 Jan 1722, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. Aft 1740  (Age 18 years)   2. John SMITH,   b. 15 Jan 1724, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. Aft 1740  (Age 16 years)   3. Ralph SMITH,   b. 28 Oct 1725, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. Aft 1740  (Age 15 years)   4. Esther SMITH,   b. 11 Nov 1727, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. Aft 1740  (Age 13 years)   5. Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 10 Jan 1731, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. Aft 1740  (Age 9 years)   6. Samuel SMITH,   b. 23 Dec 1733, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. Aft 1740  (Age 7 years)   7. David SMITH,   b. 25 Apr 1736, Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co, PA ,   d. Aft 1740  (Age 4 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2014
  Family ID	F549247893	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Name Suffix: 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=I112