Richard Smith, "Bull"

Richard Smith, "Bull"

Male 1684 - 1739  (55 years)


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  • Name Richard Smith  [1
    Suffix "Bull" 
    Birth 1684  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 Jun 1739  RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8063  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2023 

    Father Job Smith, (i) "Bull",   b. 1647, Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1719, Nissequogue, Suffolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Thompson,   b. Abt 1650, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1718, Suffolk, Livingston, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1675  Saint James, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3799  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S21] Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net, http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy2/software/getperson.php?personID=I12348&tree=.
      Page 147.--In the name of God, Amen. February 12, 1735. I, RICHARD SMITH, of Smithtown, in Suffolk County, but now resident of Rhode Island, bolter. My executors are to sell all my lands, tenements, mills, and implements in Smithtown, and all my right in certain Thatch beds, so-called, in Smithtown. I leave to my wife Elizabeth a negro woman, two negro boys, and €50. To my son Gilbert, €20, when of age. To my son John, €200, when of age. To my son Tallman, €200. To my son Richard, €200, when of age. To my son Samuel, €200. To my daughter, Mary Smith, €100, when 18. "To the child with which my wife is now pregnant," €100. All the rest to my wife, and my executors are to sell all cattle, etc. I make my brothers-in-law, Peter Tallman and Daniel Waters, both of Flushing, executors.

      Witnesses, John Lawrence, Matthew Borden, Joseph Fox. Proved, November 9, 1736.

      [NOTE.--Richard Smith was son of Job Smith, who was one of the sons of Richard Smith, the Patentee of Smithtown. To distinguish him from others of the same name, he was known as "Saint" Richard.--W. S. P.]

    2. [S21] Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net, http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy2/software/getperson.php?personID=I12348&tree=.