William 'Point Billy' Smith

William 'Point Billy' Smith[1]

Male 1777 - 1857  (80 years)


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  • Name William 'Point Billy' Smith  [2
    Nickname Tangier 
    Birth 7 Apr 1777  Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Dec 1857  Mastic, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1816, {Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1816, {Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Woodhull,   b. 30 Nov 1762, St. George Manor, Brookhaven Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1839, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 2 Dec 1780  New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Carman, †^,   b. 4 Apr 1785, South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1862, {Manor of St. George, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 20 Nov 1804  [2, 4
    Children 
     1. Sylvester Smith, "Tangier" <,   b. 15 Oct 1805, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1805 (Age 0 years)
     2. William Smith, "Tangier" <,   b. 2 Feb 1807, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1830, Franklin, Warren?, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     3. Lydia Smith, "Tangier" <,   b. 10 Nov 1810, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1898 (Age 87 years)
     4. Egbert Tangier Smith,   b. 27 Aug 1822, {Mastic (Manor of St. George), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1889, Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • 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.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S181] , tangier.GED (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
      Date of Import: Sep 7, 1998

    2. [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).

    3. [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.

    4. [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.

    5. [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.