John Smithwick

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John was the son of Hugh and Elizabeth Windley Smithwick. He was born after the family moved to what would became North Carolina. He married Hannah Kent. They had only two daughters prior to John's death in 1696.

Impact of the Lived Quaker Experience John and Hannah were Quaker, as a part of that colony of believers established in 1672 that represented the sole organized religion in Bath. Bath County, North Carolina is now Beaufort County. Society of Friends was predominant for decades in the region.

After John's death, Hannah married Furnifold Green and by 1708, they were noted to be in attendance at the Parish of St Thomas in Bath County.

"The Quakers were firmly entrenched in the colony dominating all branches of government and when the requirement for declaring loyalty to the Church of England was reinstated, Quakers were barred from office because of their religious conviction.

"They had previously been exempt from swearing an Oath of Allegiance to the Crown. Governor Thomas Cary showed a preference for the Quaker side and he and the Quakers ruled the province in an atmosphere of tension from 1708 to 1711, until the Lord's Proprietors appointed Edward Hyde as Deputy Governor of North Carolina and the opposing governments battled until Cary's rebellion collapsed.

"This disrupting effect of war nearly ceased government and the courts during the 3 years of debate and bloodshed. Coupled with a severe drought in the summer of 1711, as well as the raging epidemic of yellow fever, the settlement was left weak and exhausted and vulnerable to attack by the Indians, who meanwhile were gathering strength with guns and ammunition." [1]

John Smithwick Will Extract Will of John Smithwike, 28 Aug., 1696 / 6 Jan., 1696 at Pamticoe - 1/2 my estate to my wife, Hanah, the other half to my daughter Sarah when she comes of age or marries. To daughter Ann, 2 cows and calves - - - . [2]

His wife Hannah Smithwick appears in court in 1696 as witness to a bond. [3]

Sources ↑ Report of User VelvetSchrelle on Ancestry.com [Message Board in re: Rev Roger Green, posted 05 Jan 2008]https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.britisles.england.nfk.ge..., and citing Grimes work on Quaker history

↑ "Early Records of N.C., Vol. II, Wills, Administrations, Inventories, Deeds 1677 - 1790" (From the Sec. of State Papers); Bradley, 1992

↑ The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register: Volume 1 Hathaway page 613 http://tinyurl.com/lc5pxe2

Additional back-up on dates and marriages is avaiable as transcribed at FamilySearch.org per this source, where noted: Bennett, William Doub, Smithwick Genealogy as published in Hugh Smithwick Descendants (Williamston, NC: Martin County Historical Society, 1997) W. D. Bennett's "Smithwick Genealogy" was included in the book "Hugh Smithwick Descendants" published by the Martin County Historical Society.

Additional sources:

https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll41/id/5728/r... (Will of John Smithwick)

Bennett, William Doub, Smithwick Genealogy as published in Hugh Smithwick Descendants (Williamston, NC: Martin County Historical Society, 1997) W. D. Bennett's "Smithwick Genealogy" was included in the book "Hugh Smithwick Descendants" published by the Martin County Historical Society .