Col. Henry Smith, Esq.

1678 - 1766  (88 years)

• Name	Henry Smith  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Col.
  Suffix	Esq.
  Nickname	Tangier
  Christening	Jan 1678
  Birth	19 Jan 1678	Royal City of Tangier, Africa   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Setauket, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Death	31 Oct 1766	Long Island City, Queens County, New York, British Colonial America
  Name	Henry Tangier Smith
  Death	31 Oct 1766	Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Burial	Strongs Neck ("Tangier" Smith Cemetery), Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I6054	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Col William Tangier Smith,   b. 2 Feb 1655, Newton, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom d. 18 Feb 1705, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, USA (Age 50 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F2920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Shepherd, >,   b. 30 Jan 1685, Charlestown, Middlesex, MA d. 7 May 1735, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1704/5	Charlestown, Middlesex, MA   [1, 2, 5]
  Children	1. Mary Smith,   b. 27 Sep 1705, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 15 May 1763, Smithtown, Suffolk, NY (Age 57 years)   2. Anna Smith, "Tangier",   b. 20 Dec 1706, Charlestown, Middlesex, MA d. Bef 1755 (Age < 48 years)   3. William Henry Smith, "Tangier",   b. 29 Oct 1708, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 2 Oct 1776 (Age 67 years)   4. Henry Smith, Jr. "Tangier",   b. 13 Feb 1710/1, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 3 May 1747, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 36 years)   5. Gloryana Smith, "Tangier" ^,   b. 5 Dec 1713, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 17 Jul 1750, Mastic Beach, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age 36 years)   6. Martha Smith, "Tangier",   b. 20 Jan 1717/8, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 18 May 1785 (Age 67 years)   7. Charles Jeffrey Smith, "Tangier",   b. 2 Sep 1719, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 24 Nov 1734, New York, New York, NY (Age 15 years)   8. Gilbert Smith, "Tangier",   b. 28 Sep 1721, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 23 Mar 1795, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 73 years)   9. Katherine (Catherine) Smith, "Tangier",   b. 20 Jun 1725, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 12 Mar 1748, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F2905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Frances Caner,   b. 1702, Gospar, Hampshire, England d. 24 Jun 1742, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1737	Fairfield, CT   [2, 6]
  Family ID	F2906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Margaret Biggs,   b. 1717, Southold, Suffolk, New York, USA d. 15 Aug 1764, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	6 Nov 1742	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 6]
  Children	1. Frances Smith, "Tangier",   b. 19 Oct 1743, Brookhaven, , New York d. Between 16 Nov 1786 and 24 Jun 1796 (Age 43 years)   2. Margaret Smith, "Tangier",   b. 1 Oct 1746, Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY d. 15 Apr 1748, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F2907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Smith was Clerk of Suffolk County from 1710 to 1716 and was for many years one of the county judges. As the eldest surviving son, he suceeded to the title "Lord of the Manor of St. George" upon the death of his father.

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Susan H. Carmiencke and Bayard C. Carmiencke, compiled by., A Hawkins genealogy supplement; volume II. Record of the descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (Baltimore : Published for The Hawkins Association by Gateway Press, c2, p. 2 (4aa). [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. 3. [S103] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record (New York Genealogical Society: New York), The 'Tangier Smith' Records. v. 1, no. 1 (Jan 1870) p. 5. [S91] Collected and compiled by Osborne Shawn, Town Historian, Historians Cemetery Inventory (Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, NY. 1939-1940. Handwritten manuscript transcribed July 1982.). [S103] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record (New York Genealogical Society: New York), The 'Tangier' Smith Records. v. 3, no. 1 (July 1870), p. 20. [S103] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record (New York Genealogical Society: New York), The 'Tangier' Smith Records. v. 3, no. 1 (July 1870), p. 21.