WILLIAM SMITH - GENEALOGY RECORDS


Husband:	William "Tangier" Smith						
Born:		2-Feb-1654/5 at Newtown near Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England	
Baptism:	15-Feb-1654/5 in St. Peter's Church, Newton Bromswold
Died:		18-Feb-1704/5 St. George's Manor, Setauket, NY
Buried:		"Tangier" Smith Cemetery, Strongs Neck, Setauket, NY
Will Dated:	
Codicil:	
Probated:	
Occupation:	6-May-1691 appointed judge or delegate of the Prerogative Court	
		11-Nov-1692 appointed Chief Justice & held office until 1703
Father:		John Smith 	
Mother:		Mary (unknown)

Wife:		Martha Tunstall
Married:	26-Nov-1675 in Tangier, Morocco, Africa
Born:	        2-Jul-1652 in Putney, Surrey, England
Died		1-Sep-1709
Buried:		the family cemetery at the Manor of St. George, Mastic, NY
Father:		Henry Tunstall (occupation glazier)	
Mother:		Elizabeth Hutchinson  
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Issue:
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Elizabeth Smith				   Born:      4-Sep-1676 in Tangier, Morocco
     					   Died:      
					   Buried:    
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John Smith				   Born:      21-Sep-1677 in Tangier, Morocco
  					   Died:      22-Feb-1678       
  	  				   Buried:    Tangier, Morocco  	      
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Henry Smith			   	   Born:      19-Jan-1679 in Tangier, Morocco
   sp. (1) Anna Shepard 		   Died:      1737
   sp. (2) Frances Caner
   sp. (3) (Mrs.) Margaret Biggs	   Occupation:  Colonel & judge
  				 	         	
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William Smith				   Born:      2-Feb-1680 in Tangier, Morocco
   					   Died:      11-Jun-1680
   		 			   Buried:    Tangier, Morocco

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Martha (Paty) Smith			   Born:      14-Sep-1681 in Tangier, Morocco  					      
   sp. (Col.) Caleb Heathcote 		   Died:       
	          			   Buried:          
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Mary Smith				   Born:      22-Nov-1682 in Tangier, Morocco
					   Died:      168?
					   Buried:    London, England or Ireland?
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William Smith				   Born:      4-Jan-1683 Long Acre, London
					   Died:      1-Feb-1683
					   Buried:    London, England
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Hibernia				   Born:      9-Jun-1686 Youghal, Cty. Cork, Ireland   
   					   Died:      25-Aug-1686			   	     
	          			   Buried:    died at sea in ye "Thomas Shad"
				                      	      
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Jeane (Janey) Smith			   Born:      8-Dec-1688 in New York
					   Died:      
					   Buried:    
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William Henry Smith			   Born:      13-Mar-1689 in Brookhaven, NY
   Note:  inherited Manor of St George 	   Died:      27-Jan-1742
 	  Mastic, NY 	          	   Buried: 
   sp.(2nd)  Hannah Sayre   
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Gloryana Smith				   Born:      21-Jun-1690 in Brookhaven, NY
   sp. (Rev.) George Muirson		   Married:   20-Jun-1707 at Manor of St. George
					   Died:      7-Oct-1710 at Mannor of Scarsdale, NY
					   Buried:    
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Theadocia Smith				   Born:      14-Dec-1691 in Brookhaven, NY
   					   
					   Died:      29-Dec-1691
					   Buried:    Meeting House, Brookhaven, NY  
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Charles Jeffrey Smith			   Born:      20-Dec-1693 St. George Manor, 
							      Setauket, NY
   unmarried				   Died:      1715
					   Buried:    1715					             
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William Smith made extensive land purchases, settling on "Little Neck", an irregular peninsula between Conscience Bay and Setauket Harbor. Later he bought approximately 40,000 acres on the south side of Long Island where he built a second manor home at Sebonac (Mastic) and known as the Manor of St. George.

From the "Tangier" Smith Record: "Tangr this twentie-sixth Day of Nouembr 1675 This day beeing fryday I William Smith Borne in Newton near Higham ferris in Northampton was married to Martha Tunstall of Putney in the Countie of Surrie, By Docctr William Turner in the Protestant Church in Tanger."

"Manr of St. Georges Febry 18th 1704/5 Then Almight God was pleased (after sixteen days of sickness of a Rheumatim & c...) to take to himselfe our hond Deare Father Colo: William Smith, who ye 21st of saidf inst was intered in the Evening, where he had directed & Mr. Geo: Phillips preached his funeral sermon."

"Manr St Geors Sepr 1st 1709 Thursday morning 1/2 an hour past eight/Then Almighty God was pleased to take to himselfe our hond & Deare Mother, after 14 days sickness, Viz: first ye Chollick & then succeeded with a Mallignant feauer & sore Throat & Mr Phillips Preached her funerall, she was borne July 2d"

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