Arthur Smith, Immigrant

Seen as son of Arthur Smith of Blackmore

Arthur Smyth, the Immigrant

• Christening: August 30, 1607 Blackmore, Essex, England
• son of Arthur Smith and Anne Millward
• wife unknown (Alice?)
• Death: after October 1, 1645  Isle of Wight County, Virginia (previously Warrosquyoake Shire, renamed Isle of Wight County in 1637)

1622 Arrival: Mr. Arthur Smith came to Virginia in the Company of Farrar Flinton. He is listed among the "Living in Virginia" in Elizabeth Cittie as of 16 February 1623/4. Listed above him is "Pharow Phlinton." Arthur Smith, age 25, came in the Margret and John in 1622 and is listed as a Servant in the Muster of Farrar Flinton as of January 1624/25 in Elizabeth Cittie. [1]

Family

FamilySearch.org notes his wife as Alice (Unknown) Smith: [5]

Children (uncertain)

• Jane 1637 Smith(1637–1698) [3] (??)
• Col Arthur Smith II(1638–1696) born 1638-1640 • Isle of Wight, Virginia 1638 [3] Arthur Smith, b. 1638, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, d. Jun 1697, Isle of Wight County, Virginia - Probate (Age 59 years) [2]
• George Smith(1640–1669) est 1640 • Isle of Wight, Virginia. Died before 23 September 1669 • Will proved--Isle of Wight, Virginia [3] Isle of Wight Co., VA records: (so Arthur Smith may have had a son named George who married Anne (Unknown). "Deed of George Smyth and Anne his wife. Said George Smyth being a son of Arthur Smith deceased."

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Will of Arthur Smith of Warresquiak in Virginia, Gent.:[2]

• Names sons Arthur and Richard Smith, godson Arthur Long;
• Son George Smith, dau. Jane Smith,
• son Thomas my seale ring of gold and two cows and two heifers and a bull and two breeding sows, a feather bed with furniture, a gun and all my Bookes, &c. ;
• godson Arthur Virgin, son of Robert Virgin,
• Arthur Taylor, son of Jno. Taylor: his children "to be brought up in the fear of God and? to learn to write and read";
• son Thomas Smith, sole exor.;
• Mr. Peter Hull, Mr. Peter KnIght and Mr. Geo. Hardy overseers,
• 20 shillings apiece to buy them Rings.
• Dated 1st Oct., 1645.
• Recorded february 9, 1693.
• Written by Clk underneath, "The old record being in many places disorderly and deficient; he was father of Col. Arthur Smith."

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All the heirs of Arthur Smith l died without issue, except Arthur ll and his brother Thomas.

comments

The Weston Hanger, Kent ("Customer Smythe") and Blackmore, Essex Smiths are not connected.

Not a known son of Thomas Smythe (d 1625). Disconnected June 2015

Portions of Windsor Castle and its former plantation are now part of a 208-acre public park overlooking the Pagan River in the town of Smithfield.

Originally, this area was occupied by the Warraskoyack Indians. There is archaeological evidence of activity in front of the house close to the river.

On Sept. 10, 1637, Arthur Smith patented 1,450 acres of land in Isle of Wight County, formerly known as Warraskoyack Shire. The property was described as “a neck of land running S.E. along a creek behind Pagan Shore.”

Arthur Smith I was the third son of Arthur Smith of Blackmore, Essex, England. His date of arrival to Virginia is unknown, but he did represent the district at the House of Burgesses from 1644 to 1645. He had five children: Thomas, Arthur, Richard, Jane and George. Smith died in 1645, and asked to be “buried in the garden by my late and beloved wife.”

Archaeologists have yet to find evidence of the first house on the 159-acre tract where the current house, outbuildings and cemetery sit.

References

• Arthur Smythe, son of Arthur Smythe, was christened August 30, 1607, Blackmore, Essex. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3DR-MF7
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDW-YQMK
• http://www.historicisleofwight.com/windsor-castle.html
• Web site: Pitt / Pitts Family Page
• Boddie, John Bennett; Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County Virginia; Genealogical Publishing Company; Baltimore, 1980
• Chapman, Blanche Adams; Wills and Administratiions of Isle of Wight County Virginia, Books 1-3; 2006; Heritage Books, Inc.; Westminster, Maryland 21157-5026
• http://blackmorehistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Smyth%20family “There remain so many unanswered and possibly unanswerable questions regarding Arthur and his brother Thomas as well as their brother-in-law and sister. What made this very prominent family leave the comforts of Blakemore to go to the remote ends of the Earth to a wilderness with Indians and disease? I wonder if since the family were obviously well connected to the crown that as Cromwell took over and loyalists were frowned upon, if they decided to get out of England? I suppose we may never know. “
• Smithfield Times, Volume 52, Number 45, 17 November 1971 <link>
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I7263...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-145277
• Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A history of the County ... “Smith of Smithfield.” Page 245-250. <GoogleBooks>
• Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County ... By John Bennett Boddie. “Smith of Smithfield.” Page 245-248.<GoogleBooks>
• The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570 ..., Part 1. edited by Walter Charles Metcalfe. Smyth (No. 1). Page 477-488. <GoogleBooks>
• Dorman, John Frederick. 2004. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. Genealogical Pub. Co. 4th edition. Vol 3, Page 182, book lookup by Hill, C. [03/02/2024]