Thomas Smith of Hanover Square

~• Perhaps... a merchant who did business in Hanover Square: See: New York City During the American Revolution: Being a Collection of Original ... By Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-York, Abraham Tomlinson

Petition to the Crown

asking to: ' Restore the City and County to his Majesty's Protection and Peace '
list of signers

note: ~ listed with 'John Smith, Jr." who would be his half-brother according to his father's will (on record). Both were, in this document, professing their allegiance to King George in the time of strife {October 16, 1776}... just months before the British occupation.

Thos. Smith, Esq. is also on: A Copy of the poll list of the election for representatives for the city and county of New York, 1768