William Smith

Evidence needed to support as son of William Smith, of Isle of Wight & Ann Bacon

William Smith was born ABT 1634 in ENGLAND, and died BEF 10 JUL 1705 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA.

He married Mary on ABT 1655 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA.

Family

From “bfulgham -- Fulgham-Fulghum Family Database” < Rootsweb >

WILLIAM SMITH was born ABT 1634 in ENGLAND, and died BEF 10 JUL 1705 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA.

He married MARY on ABT 1655 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA. She was born ABT 1635, and died BEF 23 JAN 1716 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA.

Children of WILLIAM /SMITH/ and MARY are:

1. WILLIAM SMITH was born ABT 1655 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA.
2. NATHANIEL SMITH was born ABT 1658 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA.
3. NICHOLAS SMITH was born ABT 1661 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA, and died 19 NOV 1695 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA. Married Ann.
4. JOSEPH SMITH was born ABT 1664 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA.
5. ANN SMITH was born ABT 1667 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA, and died 9 JAN 1707 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA. Married 1) John Weston (d bef 1690) 2) John Jones (d aft 1697) 3) Nicholas Ogburne (d bef 22 Feb 1714) 4) Thomas Richards (d bef 25 July 1726)
6. ELIZABETH SMITH was born ABT 1670 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA. Married Francis Parker
7. SARAH SMITH was born ABT 1675 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA, and died BEF 27 MAR 1721 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA. Married Anthony Fulgham
8. MARTHA SMITH was born ABT 1677 in ISLE OF WIGHT CO VA.

Notes

From https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bfulgham...

The will of William Smith dated Jan 5 1705 named legatees: wife Mary; son William the land he and John Batten live on, adjoining Thomas Altman and the widow Weston; son Nathaniel the plantation called "Jones's", where John Altman lives; son Nicholas the plantation on which Thomas Bulger lives, also all the land between it and Major Burwell, Bagnall and Parker; son Joseph the plantation on which the Widow Franklyn lives; daughter Ann Weston; Elizabeth Parker; Sarah Bulger; granddaughter Ann Barnes. Wife Executrix. Recorded 10 July 1705. Isle of Wight County VA - Records; William and Mary College Qrtly, Vol. 7, No. 4, P. 250-296 Page 254. Will of William Smith: Sons William, Nathaniel, Nicho and Joseph, daus. Ann, Elizabeth and Sarah. Daughters Anne Weston, Elizabeth Parker, Sarah Fulghen, gr. dau. Anna Barries. Dated 5th June, 1704; proved 10 Sept., 1705. [Note: The body of the will mentions daughter Sarah ?Bulger? but the final listing of the daughters includes Sarah ?Fulghen?. It is inferred that Bulger and Fulghen are both misspellings of Fulgham.]

Comments

• Birth also seen as 1613 at London.
• Birth also seen as 1618 at Hurst, Berkshire.
• Wife’s name seen as Mary Cooke.

References

• Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County Virginia Boddie, John Bennett Genealogical Publishing Company; Baltimore 1980