Major General General John Henry Smith, "Tangier"^[1]

1752 - 1816  (64 years)

• Name	John Henry Smith
  Title	Major General
  Prefix	General
  Suffix	"Tangier"
  Birth	12 Feb 1752	Mastic, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America   [2, 3, 4]
  Christening	17 Apr 1756	New York City, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1816	Smith Family Cemetery, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Death	25 Jun 1816	{Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I17999	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Judge William Smith, "Tangier" †,   b. 28 Jun 1720, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 17 Mar 1799, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary Smith, "Bull",   b. 23 May 1735, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 22 Apr 1758, {Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} (Age 22 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1755	Smithtown, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2931	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lydia Fanning, <,   b. 1759/60   d. 6 Jun 1777 (Age 17 years)
  Marriage	7 Oct 1776  [5]
  Children	1. William 'Point Billy' Smith,   b. 7 Apr 1777, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 18 Dec 1857, Mastic, Suffolk, New York, USA (Age 80 years)   2. William "Point Billy" Smith,   b. 7 Apr 1777, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 18 Dec 1857, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F738	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Platt,   b. 12 Apr 1765   d. 7 Mar 1787 (Age 21 years)
  Marriage	1785  [4]
  Family ID	F3674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth Woodhull,   b. 30 Nov 1762, St. George Manor, Brookhaven Suffolk, New York, United States d. 14 Sep 1839, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	2 Dec 1780	New York, United States
  Children	1. William 'Point Billy' Smith,   b. 7 Apr 1777, Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 18 Dec 1857, Mastic, Suffolk, New York, USA (Age 80 years)   2. Sarah Augusta Smith, "Tangier",   b. 19 May 1794, Mastic, Suffolk, New York, USA d. 13 Nov 1877, New York, New York, New York, USA (Age 83 years)   3. Major Egbert Tangier Smith,   b. 17 Aug 1796, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 16 Feb 1879, Napa, California, United States (Age 82 years)   4. Robert Smith, "Tangier",   b. 9 Jul 1798, Mastic, Suffolk, New York, USA d. 28 Jun 1862 (Age 63 years)   5. Charles Jeffrey Smith, "Tangier",   b. 9 Aug 1803, Mastic, Suffolk, New York, USA d. 12 May 1876, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F7549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  [smith.GED] [bull.GED] Taken from the Biographical Dictionary of the American Congress 1774-1961. John Smith a Rep. and Senator from NY, born in Mastic Long Island, Feb 12, 1752; ========major general in the NY Malitia at the time of his death in Mastic, LI, NY August 12, 1816; internment at the family cemetery on Smiths Point, NY. [tangier.GED] Taken from the Biographical Dictionary of the American Congress 1774-1961. John Smith a Rep. and Senator from NY, born in Mastic Long Island, Feb 12, 1752; ========major general in the NY Malitia at the time of his death in Mastic, LI, NY August 12, 1816; internment at the family cemetery on Smiths Point, NY.

  
  

• Sources

  [S994] , nicollsCIS51.FTW (N.p.: n.p., n.d.). Date of Import: Feb 1, 2000 [S839] Stephanie S. Bigelow, "The Remarkable Tangier Smiths," Long Island Forum (1973):. [S17] Mary Gould Woodhull and Francis Bowes Stevens, compiler, Woodhull Genealogy: The Woodhull Family in England and America (Phildelphia, PA: Henry T. Coates and Company, 1904). Available Google Books and Ancestry.com, p. 99 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/_glc_/3123/3123_99.html, Genealogy.com. [S58] Ruth Tangier Smith, M.D. and Henry Bainbridge Hoff, The Tangier Smith Family: Descendents of Colonel William Smith of The Manor of St. George, Long Island, New York (The Order of colonial Lords of Manors in America. Publication No. 34. 1978.), p. 17. [S4436] Ruth Tangier Smith, M.D. and Henry Bainbridge Hoff, The Tangier Smith Family: Descendents of Colonel William Smith of The Manor of St. George, Long Island, New York (The Order of colonial Lords of Manors in America. Publication No. 34. 1978.), p. 17.