William 'Point Billy' Smith^[1]

1777 - 1857  (80 years)

• Name	William 'Point Billy' Smith  [2]
  Nickname	Tangier
  Birth	7 Apr 1777	Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Dec 1857	Mastic, Suffolk, New York, USA
  Burial	Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  Person ID	I252	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Major General General John Henry Smith, "Tangier",   b. 12 Feb 1752, Mastic, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 25 Jun 1816, {Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Lydia Fanning, <,   b. 1759/60   d. 6 Jun 1777 (Age 17 years)
  Marriage	7 Oct 1776  [5]
  Family ID	F738	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Major General General John Henry Smith, "Tangier",   b. 12 Feb 1752, Mastic, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 25 Jun 1816, {Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} (Age 64 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F7549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Carman, †^,   b. 4 Apr 1785, South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 18 May 1862, {Manor of St. George, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1804  [2, 4]
  Children	1. Sylvester Smith, "Tangier" <,   b. 15 Oct 1805, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 13 Nov 1805 (Age 0 years)   2. William Smith, "Tangier" <,   b. 2 Feb 1807, NY d. 30 Apr 1830, Franklin, Warren?, OH (Age 23 years)   3. Lydia Smith, "Tangier" <,   b. 10 Nov 1810, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 20 Oct 1898 (Age 87 years)   4. Egbert Tangier Smith,   b. 27 Aug 1822, {Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} d. 8 Jul 1889, Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He was call colloquially "Point Billy" or "Billy Pint" ("William at the Point") to distinguish him from the William Smith who lived at the Longwood estate in the northern part of the Manor of St. George. The two were born were born the same year and died the same year. -- MERGED NOTE ------------ [smith.GED] [tangier.GED] [tangier.GED] !UPDATE: 9 MAR 1994 Family records in possession of Doris Haskell 1403 Palisades Way Rock Springs, WY 82901 (307) 362-3904

  
  

• Sources

  [S181] , tangier.GED (N.p.: n.p., n.d.). Date of Import: Sep 7, 1998 [S180] Carman.net (http:/www.carman.net/samuel.htm. 10 Dec 2002, http://www.carman.net/ancestors_of_william_g__carman.htm 13 Jul 2003). [S8] Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D., p. 109. Not transcribed. Age 73. [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. 31. [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.