Charles Jeffrey (Jeffry) Smith, "Tangier"

1740 - 1770  (30 years)

• Name	Charles Jeffrey (Jeffry) Smith  [1]
  Suffix	"Tangier"
  Birth	1739/40  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Aug 1770	L.I., NY   [1, 2]
  	Bigelow records: "He was thought to have died accidentally of a gunshot but years later a negro on the eve of execution for another crime confessed he had also murdered Charles Jeffrey Smith in 1770." R.T. Smith concurs in his murder.
  Burial	Strongs Neck ("Tangier" Smith Cemetery), Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I6119	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Ruth Smith, "Bull" 1713,   b. 31 Dec 1713, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America d. 9 Apr 1793 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Aft 28 Nov 1738  [3]
  Family ID	F2828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Smith, "Bull",   b. 1736/7   d. 31 Aug 1816 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1767  [4]
  Family ID	F2941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Charles Jeffrey Smith was a Presbyterian missionary to the Indians of the Mohawk Valley and later to slaves in Virginia, where he owned property and intended to found a settlement at Providence Forge.

  
  

• Sources

  [S839] Stephanie S. Bigelow, "The Remarkable Tangier Smiths," Long Island Forum (1973):. [S46] Ruth Tangier Smith, M.D. and Henry Bainbridge Hoff, compiler, The Tangier Smith Family: Descendants of Colonel William Smith of the Manor of St. George, Long Island, New York (Farmingdale, L.I., NY: The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America., p. 12. [S46] Ruth Tangier Smith, M.D. and Henry Bainbridge Hoff, compiler, The Tangier Smith Family: Descendants of Colonel William Smith of the Manor of St. George, Long Island, New York (Farmingdale, L.I., NY: The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America., p. 5. [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.12.