Gilbert Smith, "Tangier"

1721 - 1795  (73 years)

• Name	Gilbert Smith  [1, 2]
  Suffix	"Tangier"
  Birth	28 Sep 1721	Setauket (St. George Manor), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Mar 1795	Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Burial	Strongs Neck ("Tangier" Smith Cemetery), Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I6098	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	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   [3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F2905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phoebe (Phebe) Biggs,   b. Abt 1721, Brookhaven, L I, N Y d. 1796 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Children	1. John Smith,   b. Abt 1745, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 9 Nov 1800, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 55 years)   2. Penelope Smith,   b. 30 Apr 1747, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 25 Oct 1800, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 53 years)   3. Gilbert Smith, Jr,   b. Jul 1749, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 10 Oct 1781, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 32 years)   4. Comfort Smith, UE POSSIBLY son of a Gilbert,   b. From 1757 to 1765, United States d. 28 Jun 1823, Fredericksburg, Greater Napanee, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)   5. Henry Smith,   b. 19 Aug 1759, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 15 Mar 1828, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 68 years)   6. Nathaniel Smith,   b. 28 Sep 1760, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 3 May 1782, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F2926	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Dr. Gilbert Smith was a Loyalist sympathizer during the Revolutionary War.

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [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. 6. [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. 3, no. 1 (July 1870), p. 20.