Col William Tangier Smith

1655 - 1705  (50 years)

• Name	William Tangier Smith
  Prefix	Col
  Christening	15 Feb 1654	Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
  Birth	2 Feb 1655	Newton, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Feb 1705	Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, United States of America   [1]
  Death	18 Feb 1705	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, USA
  Person ID	I21433	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	John Smith,   b. 1630   d. 1654 (Age 24 years)
  Mother	Mary Constammet,   b. Abt 1629, of Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, England d. 1674, Newton, Northamptonshire, England (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	1654	Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F3322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Tunstall, >,   b. 2 Jul 1652, Putney, Surrey, England d. 1 Sep 1709, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1675	Tangier, Morocco
  Children	1. Elizabeth Smith, "Tangier",   b. 4 Sep 1676, Tangier, Tanger-Asilah, Tanger-Tétouan, Morocco d. 6 Sep 1676, Tangier, Tanger-Asilah, Tanger-Tétouan, Morocco (Age 0 years)   2. John Smith, "Tangier",   b. 21 Sep 1677, Tangier, Tangier-Assilah, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco d. 22 Feb 1678, Tangier, Tangier-Assilah, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco (Age 0 years)   3. Col. Henry Smith, Esq.,   b. 19 Jan 1678, Royal City of Tangier, Africa d. 31 Oct 1766, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 88 years)   4. William Smith, Jr. "Tangier",   b. 2 Feb 1680, Tangier, Tangier-Assilah, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco d. 26 Jun 1680, Tangier (Age 0 years)   5. Martha Smith, "Tangier",   b. 14 Sep 1681, Tangier d. 18 Aug 1736, Manor of Scarsdale, Westchester, NY (Age 54 years)   6. Mary Smith, "Tangier",   b. 22 Nov 1682, Tangier d. 1684, Long Acre, London, England (Age 1 year)   7. Hiberniæ Smith, "Tangier",   b. 9 Jun 1686, Yaughall, co Cork, Ireland d. 25 Aug 1686, At sea aboard the ship Thomas (Age 0 years)   8. Jeane Smith, "Tangier",   b. 8 Dec 1688, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. Sep 1707, Suffolk County, New York, USA (Age 18 years)   9. William Henry Smith,   b. 13 Mar 1689, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 27 Jan 1742, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 52 years)   10. Gloryana Smith, "Tangier",   b. 21 Jun 1690, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 7 Oct 1710, Scarsdale (Manor of Scarsdale), Westchester, NY (Age 20 years)   11. Theadocia Smith, "Tangier",   b. 14 Dec 1691, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 29 Dec 1691, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 0 years)   12. Charles Jeffrey Smith, "Tangier",   b. 20 Dec 1693, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 23 May 1715, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 21 years)   13. William Smith,   b. 4 Jan 1683, London, England d. 1 Feb 1683, Ould Brainford, London, England (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F2920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  As recorded by Smith and Hoff: "Col Smith had apparently joined his uncle William Staines, a merchant, who was one of the first aldermen of the city of Tangier and was later mayor. Col. Smith was also a merchant there and was elected a Common Councilman of Tangier in 1677. In 1679 he was elected alderman, and he was the city's last mayor from 1682 through the evacuation of the city by the British in Oct. 1683. ... This association with the city of Tangier is the source of the distinguished title of "Tangier" Smiths later given Col. Smith and his descendants." [And to distinguish this family from other Smith families on Long Island, including the "Bull" Smith's of Smithtown] "The family returned to London in 1683, where Col. Smith engaged in trade while living in Long Acre. In July 1686 Col. Smith, his wife and 3 surviving children (one of whom died on the voyage) set sail from Youghal, co. Cork, Ireland for New York, where they stayed while Col. Smith made land purchases on Little Neck (now Strong's Neck) in the Township (sic) of Brookhaven, L.I. In 1689 he took up his permanent residence there on land which is still in the ownership of his descendants [1978]. On 10/9/1693 a tract of land, bounded roughly by Carman's River and Forge River (then called Connecticut River and Mastic River respectively) between Middle Country Road and the 'Atlantic Ocean was combined with his previous property to create the Manor of St. George by patent from Gov. Fletcher. All the unpurchased lands between his property and the bounds of Southampton and Southold were later purchased and added to the Manor by another patent from Gov. Fletcher in 1697. A second Manor house was built on Smith's Point, which still exists (though not the original building) as the Manor of St. George Museum on the William Floyd Parkway at Neighborhood Road. "Col. Smith was also active in the Provincial government, being appointed in Mar. 1691 a member of the Provincial Governor's Council and also one of the Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer which tried Leisler and his associates. On establishment of the Supreme Court of the Province in May 1691 he was appointed an Associate Justice and became Chief Justice the following year. He was removed from this position when Lord Bellomont became governor, but was reinstated by the new governor after Lord Bellomont's death in 1701, holding the position till Nov. 1703. He was Acting Governor of the Province in 1701 for a few months following the death of Lord Bellomont. In 1691 he was appointed a judge of the Prerogative Court for Suffolk Co. and in 1693 he was commissioned commander of the Suffolk Co. militia, giving him his title of colonel. He continued a member of the Council until his death in 1705."

  
  

• Sources

  [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. 1.