Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Wilberfoss Smith II
Birth22 Jan 1669, Wighton, Hull, Yorkshire, England
Death13 Oct 1743, Wrightstown, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania
ReligionQuaker
FatherWilliam Smith II (ca1635-1680)
MotherJane Isabell Wilberfoss (~1640-1680)
Spouses
Birth30 Aug 1669, New Key, Yorkshire, England
Death16 Oct 1716, Wrightstown, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania
BurialLogstown (Penn's Park)
ReligionQuaker
FatherThomas Croasdale (1644-1684)
MotherAgnes Hathornwaite (1633-1686)
Marriage20 Sep 1690, Wrightstown, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania
ChildrenMargaret Croasdale (1691-1758)
Mary (1696-)
Thomas Croasdale (1696-1750)
William (1697-1777)
Sarah (1700-)
Notes for William Wilberfoss Smith II
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About William Wilberfoss Smith, III
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~haddockfamily/addington.htm. Came with William Penn to Pennsylvania as indentured servant. William Smith originally built a cabin about 1686. It was maintained and updated in 1965. It is considered to be the oldest continuously occupied home in the United States. The home was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Located at Mud and Penn's Park Road in Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. NRIS Item No.: 77001131, Dates: 1686, 1690, 1965; Record No. 373280; National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service; Published: 04/13/1977; All Rights Reserved. From Ancestry.com and Family Search.com: WILLIAM SMITH -- THE IMMIGRANT, came from Yorkshire England, in 1684, in a ship that landed him at New Castle, Delaware, from which point he traveled up the river to the home of Phineas Pemberton, a native of Yorkshire, who at that time, was one of the most prominent men of the little Quaker Colony on the Delaware, and who always looked after the immigrants from Yorkshire.
How long William Smith remained at the home of Phineas Pemberton is not known, and little is known of his activities until about six years later when he became twenty-one in 1690. In that year, he purchased from John Chapman 100 acres of land in Bucks County; a short time later, he purchased several hundred acres of land adjoining this tract on the south, which extended to and was bounded by the Nasheminy Creek. From this time onward, at intervals, he acquired additional lands which were offered to settlers at, "40 shillings the 100 acres, subject to a quit rent of the shilling a year."
John Chapman was the first settler in that part of Bucks County, and William Smith was the second, and soon, other settlers purchased lands adjoining that of these two pioneers, and together they organized Wrightstown Township. Shortly after his first marriage, William Smith established his homestead on the two tracts of land first purchased by him and this is where he raised his family and lived until his death in 1743.
William Smith of Wrightstown, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania, was married twice and by his two wives had seventeen children, fifteen of whom lived to maturity and married. On September 20, 1690, he married Mary Croasdale, a daughter of Thomas and Agnes Croasdale, formerly of Settle, Yorkshire, England, who with their six children had come to America in 1682 with William Penn on the ship "Welcome".
Mary's parents parents brought with them certificates of membership in the Settle Monthly Meeting of Yorkshire, England, dated April 7, 1682. Their marriage took place in the Middleton Meeting in the home of John Chapman. A full account of the wedding, which includes the names of the guests present, is preserved in the Quaker records.
Mary Croasdale Smith was born 1672 and died 1716, and was buried in the old graveyard at Logstown . Among the witnesses of the marriage were William Croasdale, John Chapman, Jane Chapman and Ezra Croasdale. The parents of Mary, Thomas and Agnes Croasdale were then dead. The Croasdale Family became quite prominent in the colony and were the ancestors of some of America's best known families, notably that of President Theodore Roosevelt. William Smith married a second time in 1720, to Mercy, surname unknown. Some accounts state that Mercy was also a Croasdale, but no evidence exists to support that.
William Smith and Mary Croasdale Smith had eight children, 2 sons and 6 daughters:
1. Margaret, born August 20, 1691, married September 25, 1712, Enoch Pearson, son of Thomas and Mary Pearson. Their daughter, Mary, married John Hulme.
2. Mary, born February 9, 1696, married August 30, 1717, John Atkinson of Buckham Meeting.
3. Elizabeth married February 8, 1718, Thomas Watson Jr., son of Dr. Thomas Watson and Eleanor Pearson Watson.
4. William Jr., born November 2, 1697, died September 29, 1777; married February 8, 1722 or 1723, Rebecca Wilson, daughter of Stephen and Sarah Wilson. This William was a member of the Colonial Pennsylvania Assembly.
5. Sarah, born November 26, 1700, married 1721, Samuel Blakey.
6. Thomas born December 20, 1696, died 1750, married 1727, Elizabeth Sanders, daughter of Robert and Mary Large Sanders. She was born October 10, 1706; she died after 1750.
7. Hannah married William Lee
8. Lydia married Joseph Heaton
William Smith and his second wife, Mercy, had seven children, five sons and two daughters:
9. Joseph born November 1, 1721; married 1743, Rachel Wildman
10. John born November 15, 1723, married 1752, Martha Burgess
11. Ralph born August 28, 1725, married 1750, Mercy Penquite. He went to South Carolina. He was Justice of the Peace under George III. He resigned when the war broke out and he and his sons figured in the Revolutionary War.
12. Esther, born September 11, 1727, married 1748, Thomas Lacy
13. Elizabeth, born November 10, 1730, married Anthony Hartley
14. Samuel, born August 23, 1733, married 1760
15. David, born February 25, 1736, married 1768.
The will of William Smith, made October 30, 1740, probated April 20, 1743, names children and wife, Mercy.
Inventory, March 29, 1743. Executors, John Penquite and Joseph Chapman. Witness Rachel Penquite, Abraham Chapman and William Chapman.
Among William Smith's descendants was U.S. Senator Oliver H. Smith of Indiana.
Sources: Bucks County Wills; "Genealogy of William Smith of Wrightstown" by Josiah B. Smith; Robert Smith and William Smith in "Bucks County History" by William W. H. Davis; Vol. I, Pennsylvania Archives, Marriages.
The above information was also posted on the Agnes Mary Croasdale page of Ancestry.com, and states that it was taken from Genealogy.com: Historial Southern Families, Smith of Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Alabana, Vol., IV, pg. 224; Notable Southern Families, Zella Armstrong, Clearfield Publishing, Chattanooga, TN., 1918, Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 1997.
The following information was found on another page of Ancestry.com:
From: "Mary" < bigmikek@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [SMITH] William Smith, Quaker, 1669-1743
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:15:05 -0500
References: <20010221235011.38441.qmail@web12107.mail.yahoo.com> This willam smith
Name: William SMITH 1
Sex: M
Birth: 22 Jan 1668/1669 in Wighton, Hull Parish, Yorkshire, England 2
Death: 13 OCT 1743 in Frederick Co, Virginia, 3
Burial: Wrightstown, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania 4
Death: 1743 in Wrighstown, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania 5 1
Ancestral File #: 1DK0-1R
About William Wilberfoss Smith, III
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~haddockfamily/addington.htm. Came with William Penn to Pennsylvania as indentured servant. William Smith originally built a cabin about 1686. It was maintained and updated in 1965. It is considered to be the oldest continuously occupied home in the United States. The home was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Located at Mud and Penn's Park Road in Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. NRIS Item No.: 77001131, Dates: 1686, 1690, 1965; Record No. 373280; National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service; Published: 04/13/1977; All Rights Reserved. From Ancestry.com and Family Search.com: WILLIAM SMITH -- THE IMMIGRANT, came from Yorkshire England, in 1684, in a ship that landed him at New Castle, Delaware, from which point he traveled up the river to the home of Phineas Pemberton, a native of Yorkshire, who at that time, was one of the most prominent men of the little Quaker Colony on the Delaware, and who always looked after the immigrants from Yorkshire.
How long William Smith remained at the home of Phineas Pemberton is not known, and little is known of his activities until about six years later when he became twenty-one in 1690. In that year, he purchased from John Chapman 100 acres of land in Bucks County; a short time later, he purchased several hundred acres of land adjoining this tract on the south, which extended to and was bounded by the Nasheminy Creek. From this time onward, at intervals, he acquired additional lands which were offered to settlers at, "40 shillings the 100 acres, subject to a quit rent of the shilling a year."
John Chapman was the first settler in that part of Bucks County, and William Smith was the second, and soon, other settlers purchased lands adjoining that of these two pioneers, and together they organized Wrightstown Township. Shortly after his first marriage, William Smith established his homestead on the two tracts of land first purchased by him and this is where he raised his family and lived until his death in 1743.
William Smith of Wrightstown, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania, was married twice and by his two wives had seventeen children, fifteen of whom lived to maturity and married. On September 20, 1690, he married Mary Croasdale, a daughter of Thomas and Agnes Croasdale, formerly of Settle, Yorkshire, England, who with their six children had come to America in 1682 with William Penn on the ship "Welcome".
Mary's parents parents brought with them certificates of membership in the Settle Monthly Meeting of Yorkshire, England, dated April 7, 1682. Their marriage took place in the Middleton Meeting in the home of John Chapman. A full account of the wedding, which includes the names of the guests present, is preserved in the Quaker records.
Mary Croasdale Smith was born 1672 and died 1716, and was buried in the old graveyard at Logstown . Among the witnesses of the marriage were William Croasdale, John Chapman, Jane Chapman and Ezra Croasdale. The parents of Mary, Thomas and Agnes Croasdale were then dead. The Croasdale Family became quite prominent in the colony and were the ancestors of some of America's best known families, notably that of President Theodore Roosevelt. William Smith married a second time in 1720, to Mercy, surname unknown. Some accounts state that Mercy was also a Croasdale, but no evidence exists to support that.
William Smith and Mary Croasdale Smith had eight children, 2 sons and 6 daughters:
1. Margaret, born August 20, 1691, married September 25, 1712, Enoch Pearson, son of Thomas and Mary Pearson. Their daughter, Mary, married John Hulme.
2. Mary, born February 9, 1696, married August 30, 1717, John Atkinson of Buckham Meeting.
3. Elizabeth married February 8, 1718, Thomas Watson Jr., son of Dr. Thomas Watson and Eleanor Pearson Watson.
4. William Jr., born November 2, 1697, died September 29, 1777; married February 8, 1722 or 1723, Rebecca Wilson, daughter of Stephen and Sarah Wilson. This William was a member of the Colonial Pennsylvania Assembly.
5. Sarah, born November 26, 1700, married 1721, Samuel Blakey.
6. Thomas born December 20, 1696, died 1750, married 1727, Elizabeth Sanders, daughter of Robert and Mary Large Sanders. She was born October 10, 1706; she died after 1750.
7. Hannah married William Lee
8. Lydia married Joseph Heaton
William Smith and his second wife, Mercy, had seven children, five sons and two daughters:
9. Joseph born November 1, 1721; married 1743, Rachel Wildman
10. John born November 15, 1723, married 1752, Martha Burgess
11. Ralph born August 28, 1725, married 1750, Mercy Penquite. He went to South Carolina. He was Justice of the Peace under George III. He resigned when the war broke out and he and his sons figured in the Revolutionary War.
12. Esther, born September 11, 1727, married 1748, Thomas Lacy
13. Elizabeth, born November 10, 1730, married Anthony Hartley
14. Samuel, born August 23, 1733, married 1760
15. David, born February 25, 1736, married 1768.
The will of William Smith, made October 30, 1740, probated April 20, 1743, names children and wife, Mercy.
Inventory, March 29, 1743. Executors, John Penquite and Joseph Chapman. Witness Rachel Penquite, Abraham Chapman and William Chapman.
Among William Smith's descendants was U.S. Senator Oliver H. Smith of Indiana.
Sources: Bucks County Wills; "Genealogy of William Smith of Wrightstown" by Josiah B. Smith; Robert Smith and William Smith in "Bucks County History" by William W. H. Davis; Vol. I, Pennsylvania Archives, Marriages.
The above information was also posted on the Agnes Mary Croasdale page of Ancestry.com, and states that it was taken from Genealogy.com: Historial Southern Families, Smith of Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Alabana, Vol., IV, pg. 224; Notable Southern Families, Zella Armstrong, Clearfield Publishing, Chattanooga, TN., 1918, Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 1997.
The following information was found on another page of Ancestry.com:
From: "Mary" < bigmikek@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [SMITH] William Smith, Quaker, 1669-1743
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:15:05 -0500
References: <20010221235011.38441.qmail@web12107.mail.yahoo.com> This willam smith
Name: William SMITH 1
Sex: M
Birth: 22 Jan 1668/1669 in Wighton, Hull Parish, Yorkshire, England 2
Death: 13 OCT 1743 in Frederick Co, Virginia, 3
Burial: Wrightstown, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania 4
Death: 1743 in Wrighstown, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania 5 1
Ancestral File #: 1DK0-1R