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 
    Birth 1684  Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 16 Jun 1739  RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 16 Jun 1759  Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name Richard Smith 
    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

    Father Job Smith, 1,   b. 1647, Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1726, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Thompson,   b. Abt 1657, Setauket, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1719, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1675  Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F35862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Brush,   b. 1685, Huntington, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Huntington, Suffolk (Long Island), New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1714  Smithtown, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lemuel Smith,   b. 29 Nov 1715, Stony Brook, Suffolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1777, Long Island, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. Sibyl Smith,   b. 30 Jun 1720, Stony Brook, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1767, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     3. Mary Smith(),   b. Abt 1710
    Family ID F40630  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2026 

  • 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=.