Sarah Frances Fendall Smoot

• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 10 2020, 15:06:17 UTC

Sarah was the daughter of Capt. Philip Alexander II (1704-1753) and Sarah Hooe (1708-1758).

Sarah married John Fendall (1730-1763) and had the following children:

1. Elizabeth Ann Fendall b. 1752 “Cedar Point”, Charles Co., MD. d. after 1791 Charles Co., MD. (never married).

2. Benjamin Fendall b. 12-19-1753 "Cedar Point", Charles Co., MD. d. 9-3-1817 "Cedar Grove", Charles Co., MD. m.1) Anne Marshall (1759-1785); m.2) Elizabeth "Betsy" (Hughes) Rudloph (1762-1827).

3. Eleanor Fendall b. 1-3-1756 "Cedar Point", Charles Co., MD. (died 12-17-1766).

4. Sarah Fendall b. 9-28-1757 "Cedar Point", Charles Co., MD. (died 11-1761).

5. Ann Fendall b. 4-20-1761 "Cedar Point", Charles Co., MD. (lived a few hours).

In the will of Sarah’s father, Capt. Philip Alexander II, Gent., of King Co., Virginia, which was proved August 14, 1753, John received “as much money as will appear in Mr. John Fendall’s account”.

After John Fendall's, death Sarah (Alexander) Fendall married George Clarke Smoot I (1730-1779), of Charles Co., Maryland, on February 8, 1765. On this same day, John's brother Philip Richard I, Sarah, and Sarah's new husband George Smoot were executers of John's estate. They petitioned Daniel Jenifer III, Esq. (1729-1795), the Deputy Commissioner for a settlement of the estate.

Sarah and George Smoot had the following children:

1. Susannah Mackall Smoot (1767)

2. Willoughby "Wilks" Smoot b. 1768 Charles Co., MD. During Revolutionary War, manufactured salt for the cause. m. Mary ?

3. John Alexander Smoot (1769-1827), Charles Co., MD. d. Jefferson Co., KY. John served in the Revolutionary War, as a Private in Capt Benjamin Cawood’s Company of the Charles County Militia. m. Abigail Hunter Tabbs, daughter of Moses Tabbs (1719-1777) and Eleanor Smoot (ca. 1737).

4. George Clarke Smoot II (1770-1844), Charles Co., MD. m. Matilda ? (1776-1844).

5. Philip Barton Smoot. Philip moved to Bourbon Co., KY. m. Maria Glenn.

6. Frances Smoot (no further information).

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 10 2020, 15:19:40 UTC