Capt. Thomas Smoot

Thomas Smoot was the son of Thomas Smoot and his wife, Jane Batten.

Thomas wrote a will in Charles County, Maryland on 6 January 1704. His wife, Elizabeth Barton, was not named in it, so it is assumed she was deceased by this date.[1] Some of the children named in Thomas' will were named in the will of their grandfather, Capt. William Barton.[2]

Children named in Will

Sons

1. Barton (named as eldest son; not yet 21 in 1704/5 but over 18, as he was appointed co-Executor with his uncle, Lt. Col. William Barton. He was also named in the will of his grandfather, Capt. William Barton in 1717.[4])
2. Thomas
3. Charles
4. William (under age 21 in 1704/5. He was named in the will of his grandfather, Capt. William Barton in 1717.[5])
5. John Nathan (under age 21)

Daughters (All were unmarried when Thomas' will was made. Several married granddaughters were named in the 1717 will of Capt. William Barton, but it is hard to tell whether they were Smoot daughters or children of Barton's other daughters.)

1. Elizabeth
2. Rachael
3. Ann (Ann Smoot was named in the will of her grandfather, Capt. William Barton in 1717.[6] However, if she was the Ann Smoot who married Thomas Luckett around 1708, she should have been married by that time. Perhaps the grandfather did not know the name of her husband?)
4. Mary

Will

• Will of Thomas SMOOTE of Charles County, Maryland. 6th Jan., 1704; 30th Jan., 1704-5.
• To sons Thomas and Charles jointly and hrs., 150 A., "Cabbin," 32 A., "Gwinn’s Choice," 21 A., "Bargain," all on w. side Wiccomoco R. In event of death of both sons afsd. without issue, sd. land to pass to sons William and John Nathan and hrs., successively.
• To sons William and John Nathan and hrs., 200 A. (unnamed) at majority.
• To daus. Elizabeth, Rachell, Anne and Mary, personalty.
• To eld. son Barton, personalty, and to be joint ex. together with brother-in-law Lt. Col. Wm. BARTON. Should Col. BARTON die during minority of sd. son Barton, Thomas TANEY, Richard HARRISON, Robert YATES and Wm. HERBERT to assist in administration of estate.
• Test: Thos. WHICHHALEY, Thos. CARELESS, Samuell DURHAM, Jos. DEWELL.
• (3. 486. Calendar of Wills: Volume 3 page 57)

notes

possible 1st cousin of his wife Ann

1st cousin of his wife Elizabeth

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smoot-313
• "Maryland Charles County Wills 1716-1718 T2721/C681-3, J Reverse, 1 Jan 1716–31 Dec 1718," digital images, DGS 105422395, image 29 of 63, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39M-79BD-M); citing Maryland State Archives, Charles County Wills vol. J, 1716-1719, p. 23, "Capt. William Barton's Will."
• Harry Wright Newman, The Smoots of Maryland and Virginia, p. 54 (Washington, D.C.: self-published by Harry Wright Newman, 1936). Note that the digital image of this book may be borrowed and viewed on Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/smootsofmaryland0000harr/page/54/mode/2up).
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2869...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105966796/thomas-smoot