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Mary Smith (Het)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New York, New York County, New York, United States
Death: circa 1744 (25-42)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of René Het and Blanche DuBois
Wife of Supreme Justice William Smith
Mother of Chief Justice William Smith II; Sarah Keteltas; Thomas Smith, Esq.; Joshua Hett Smith; Elizabeth Blanche Torrans and 8 others
Sister of Sarah Smith

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About Mary Smith

From Robert Sewell Family History Site:

Mary Het (1710 – 1754) who was the daughter of René Het and Blanche Dubois, French Huguenots who had been forced to flee from Marennes and La Tremblade, Saintonge, France following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.

Family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_(New_York_judge)_

In 1727, WilliamSmith was married to Mary Het (1710–1754), a daughter of René Het and Blanche Dubois, French Huguenots who fled France following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Together, William and Mary were the parents of fourteen children, including:[1]

  1. William Smith (1728–1793), the Chief Justice of the Province of New York and, later, of Canada in Quebec. He married Janet Livingston (1730–1819),[7] a granddaughter of Robert Livingston the Younger.[4][8]
  2. Sarah Smith (1732–1815), who in 1755 married Abraham Keteltas, a minister elected to the Provincial Congress.[1]
  3. Elizabeth Blanche Smith (1736–1817), who married John Torrans (1702–1780).
  4. James Smith (1738–1812), a physician.[1]
  5. Martha Smith (1745–1821), who married Ann Hawkes Hay, an American officer during the Revolutionary War.[1]
  6. Margaret Smith (1747–1799), who married Alexander Rose (1731–1801), who represented Prince George Winyah in the North Carolina Royal Assembly in 1779.[1]
  7. Thomas Smith, a physician.[1]
  8. Joshua Hett Smith (1749–1818), who was known as the "dupe of the Benedict Arnold" for his participation in a conspiracy to capture West Point for the British.[1]

After the death of his first wife in 1754, he married noted hymnwriter Elizabeth (née Scott) Williams (1708–1776) in 1761. Elizabeth, the widow of Elisha Williams (the 4th Rector of Yale College), was a sister to Thomas Scott and Dr. Joseph Nicol Scott, and the niece of Daniel Scott (an English nonconformist minister and lexicographer).[1] Smith died in New York City on 22 November 1769.[9][10]


References

  • Patriot-improvers: 1743-1768 By Whitfield Jenks Bell. Page 134. GoogleBooks
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Mary Smith's Timeline

1710
1710
New York, New York County, New York, United States
1728
June 18, 1728
New York
1729
December 24, 1729
1733
August 3, 1733
1734
March 11, 1734
1736
December 13, 1736
Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
1736
1738
1738
1742
1742