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Col. John Dean Smith 1684 – 1760 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 April 1684

Birth Location: Scooters Hill, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1 Jun 1760

Death Location: Smithfield County, North Carolina, USA

Father: John Smith

Mother: Mary Smith

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Whitfield

Children(s): Catherine Smith, Samuel Colonel, Nancy Smith, John Smith, Edith Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Jean Smith*, Col Smith, William Smith, Elizabeth SMITH, Nathaniel Smith, Elkanah Smith, Mary Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Mehitable Smith, Rhoda Smith, Thomas Smith, Reuben Smith, Benjamin Smith, Henry Smith

Col. John Dean Smith was born in 1684 in Scooters Hill, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA, the child of John Brevard Smith and Mary Read Warner Smith. Col. John Dean Smith married Elizabeth Ann Whitfield, and had children including Catherine Smith, Samuel Smith Sr, Colonel, Nancy Smith, John Christopher "Little River" Smith, Edith Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Jean "Jane" Smith*, Col Charles Smith, William Smith, Elizabeth SMITH, Nathaniel Smith, Elkanah Smith, Mary Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Mehitable Smith, Rhoda Smith, Thomas Smith, Reuben Smith, Benjamin Smith, Henry Smith. Col. John Dean Smith passed away in 1760 in Smithfield County, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Col. John Dean Smith was born in 1684 in Scooters Hill, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA, the child of John Brevard Smith and Mary Read Warner Smith.
  • Col. John Dean Smith married Elizabeth Ann Whitfield, and had children including Catherine Smith, Samuel Smith Sr, Colonel, Nancy Smith, John Christopher "Little River" Smith, Edith Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Jean "Jane" Smith*, Col Charles Smith, William Smith, Elizabeth SMITH, Nathaniel Smith, Elkanah Smith, Mary Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Mehitable Smith, Rhoda Smith, Thomas Smith, Reuben Smith, Benjamin Smith, Henry Smith.
  • Col. John Dean Smith passed away in 1760 in Smithfield County, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Smith
1662 – 1698
Birth Location: Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States of America
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Mary Smith
1666 – 1700
Birth Location: Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Whitfield
1702 – 1765
Birth Location: Smithville, Johnston, North Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

Catherine Smith
1712 – 1792
Birth Location: –
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Samuel Colonel
1719 – 1785
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Prince George, Virginia, USA
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Nancy Smith
1719 – 1760
Birth Location: Johnson, Bertie, North Carolina, United States
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John Smith
1720 – 1791
Birth Location: Hanover Co Va, Virginia, United States
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Edith Smith
1721 – 1791
Birth Location: Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, United States
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Elizabeth Smith
1724 – 1770
Birth Location: Smithfield, Bertie, North Carolina, United States
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Jean Smith*
1725 – 1818
Birth Location: Rowan, North Carolina, United States
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Col Smith
1726 – 1776
Birth Location: Red Bud, Frederick, VA
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William Smith
1727 –
Birth Location: Wicomico, Northumberland, Virginia, United States
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Elizabeth SMITH
1728 – 1792
Birth Location: Johnston, North Carolina, United States
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Nathaniel Smith
1728 – 1729
Birth Location: –
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Elkanah Smith
1729 – 1731
Birth Location: –
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Mary Smith
1730 –
Birth Location: Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, USA
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Elizabeth Smith
1732 – 1786
Birth Location: Johnston, North Carolina, USA
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Mehitable Smith
1735 –
Birth Location: –
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Rhoda Smith
1740 –
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Smith
1744 –
Birth Location: –
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Reuben Smith
1747 –
Birth Location: –
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Benjamin Smith
1749 –
Birth Location: –
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Henry Smith
1751 – 1766
Birth Location: –
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Col. Smith's Ancestors

Self
Col. Smith
1684 – 1760
Birth Place: Scooters Hill, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Brevard Smith
1662 – 1698
Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States of America
Mary (Read Warner) Smith
1666 – 1700
Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Col. (John, Speaker of Burgess) Smith
1624 – 1698
Purton, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Anne Bernard
1634 – 1698
Isle of Wigtoft, Isle of Wigtoft, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Col. Smith's Descendants

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Col. (John Dean) Smith (13 April 1684 – 1 Jun 1760) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Whitfield (1 Jun 1702 – June 1765)
  1. 1. Catherine Smith (1712 – 1792)
  2. 2. Samuel (Smith Sr,) Colonel (27 May 1719 – 14 Sep 1785)
  3. 3. Nancy Smith (1 Jun 1719 – 16 Jan 1760)
  4. 4. John (Christopher "Little River") Smith (1720 – 26 JAN 1791) m. Sarah (Sally Ann) Buckner (06 Dec 1715 – 15 Apr 1783) m. Mary Johns (1722 – 1802)
    1. 1. Joseph (Hiram Garfield) Smith (8 Feb 1752 – Jun 1814)
    2. 2. William (Buckner Smith, PRIV, Contential Army, MA State) Troops (26 February 1763 – 9 Jul 1833) m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Morrell (16 Apr 1763 – 9 Jul 1833)
      1. 1. Anna ("Nails" Smith) Whitehead (11 Apr 1781 – 26 Apr 1876) m. Joseph (Burrell) Whitehead (10 Oct 1779 – 9 Sep 1858)
        1. 1. William ("Bill") Whitehead (1802 – 1881)
        2. 2. Jacob ("Jake") Whitehead (25 March 1805 – 1875)
        3. 3. Archibald (Archer J.) Whitehead (10 Apr 1807 – 25 Aug 1883)
        4. 4. Frances ("Fannie") Whitehead (1808 – 1880)
        5. 5. Mary ("Polly") Whitehead (05 June 1810 – 29 March 1900)
        6. 6. Amy Whitehead (04 August 1813 – 29 March 1900)
        7. 7. Amelia ("Amy") Whitehead (19 Apr 1815 – 1895)
        8. 8. Alice ("Ally " Whitehead) Dodd (14 Feb 1816 – 12 December 1906)
        9. 9. Susan (Whitehead) Yearwood (17 Jul 1818 – 5 Sep 1898)
        10. 10. William (Holden) Whitehead (17 March 1823 – 1894)
        11. 11. Joseph (Burrell) Whitehead (16 June 1825 – 1881)
        12. 12. Nancy (Ann) Whitehead (26 Feb 1827 – 21 January 1897 OR: 29 March 1900)
        13. 13. Bell Whitehead
      2. 2. William Smith (1786 – 3 August 1847)
      3. 3. Jesse Smith (1790 – 3 December 1880)
      4. 4. Nancey Smith (22 Jul 1791 – 25 Mar 1881) m. Archibald Whitehead (01 Apr 1783 – 5 September 1866)
        1. 1. Gracy Whitehead (1807 – 23 Jan 1847) m. Jesse (Nelson) Grisson (1803 – 14 Jan 1873)
        2. 2. Susannah Whitehead (1809 – 10 January 1870) m. John Phillips (1800 – 6 October 1868) m. William (C) Allen (1800 – October 1829)
        3. 3. Joshua (Alexander) Whitehead (9 Jan 1810 – 8 Aug 1902)
        4. 4. Joseph (Burrell) Whitehead (9 Jan 1810 – 28 Apr 1887)
        5. 5. Rebecca Whitehead (1811 – 1832)
        6. 6. Alethia (Alteria 'Allie") Whitehead (23 Mar 1817 – 1888)
        7. 7. Nancy Whitehead (24 Jan 1820 – 13 Mar 1891) m. James (E) Mills (20 Oct 1815 – 24 Dec 1910)
        8. 8. Archibald (Alexander) Whitehead (Abt. 1822 – Aug 1861)
        9. 9. William (R.) Whitehead (15 Jun 1822 – 28 Dec 1900)
        10. 10. Telitha (Tabitha) Whitehead (1826 – 1870) m. Elijah (Martin "Lige") Guess (abt 1822 – 1857)
        11. 11. Elizabeth (Jane) Whitehead (10 Feb 1828 – 11 Dec 1907)
        12. 12. Mary (Elizabeth) Whitehead (7 Mar 1829 – 30 Sep 1906) m. James (F) Morton (abt 1824 – )
        13. 13. Drury (Henry Cox) Whitehead (5 Sep 1831 – 02 Apr 1914)
      5. 5. Mark Smith (1792 – )
      6. 6. Samuel Smith (1792 – 3 December 1880)
      7. 7. Sarah Smith (13 March 1793 – 16 April 1860)
      8. 8. Nancy Smith (19 Sep 1795 – 19 Aug 1853)
      9. 9. Ally Smith (1800 – 1849)
      10. 10. Joseph (J) Smith (1802 – )
      11. 11. William Smith (1804 – )
      12. 12. Daniel (Franklin) Smith (1806 – 1879) m. Margaret (1812 – 1845) m. Nancy Holcomb (9 Mar 1825 – 18 May 1910) m. Margaret (1812 – 1845)
        1. 1. Thomas (Holcomb "Tom") Smith (22 Oct 1847 – 10 Jul 1911) m. Martha (Jane) Aston (4 Dec 1851 – 12 May 1916)
        2. 2. Alva (Josephus) Smith (19 Mar 1848 – 12 Jul 1910) m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Bishop (6 SEP 1848 – 14 SEP 1926)
        3. 3. Andrew (J.) Smith (1849 – 1894)
        4. 4. Johnathan (Marion) Smith (17 Apr 1851 – 2 Apr 1923) m. Bethany (Malinda) Smith (6 April 1859 – 5 June 1912)
        5. 5. Daniel (Franklin) Smith (Sep 1851 – 1933) m. Drucilla (Jane) Harris (24 Jul 1857 – 7 Feb 1924)
        6. 6. Reuben (Carroll) Smith (Apr 1854 – Unknown) m. Martha (F) Brown (Apr 1864 – ) m. Sallie (V.) Todd (abt 1867 – 1896)
        7. 7. Sarah (Ema) Smith (1856 – 1902)
        8. 8. George (W.) Smith (7 Apr 1856 – 26 Mar 1899)
        9. 9. Sarah (Ellen) Smith (March 1858 – 10 Jul 1931) m. William (M. "Billy") Aston (14 Dec 1856 – 26 Oct 1900)
        10. 10. George (Washington) Smith (4 Feb 1860 – 1 Jul 1924)
        11. 11. William (Wiley) Smith (17 May 1860 – 9 Feb 1918)
        12. 12. Anderson Smith (abt 1862 – 1894)
        13. 13. Martha Smith (Abt. 1865 – )
        14. 14. James Smith (1832 – )
        15. 15. Polly Smith (1833 – 1901) m. William (Wesley) Murphy (8 Jan 1832 – 1918)
        16. 16. Elisabeth Smith (1836 – )
        17. 17. Henry (H.) Smith (1839 – 7 Nov 1862)
        18. 18. Matthew (J.) Smith (1841 – 28 Oct 1862)
        19. 19. John (M.) Smith (1843 – 31 Oct 1862)
      13. 13. Alfred Smith (20 January 1810 – 29 January 1860)
      14. 14. Moses (Howell) Smith (15 Feb 1811 – 8 Jan 1870)
      15. 15. Sarah Smith (1813 – )
      16. 16. Merrell (Morrell) Smith (1823 – 1865)
    3. 3. Martha Smith (1738 – 1820)
    4. 4. Cealey Smith (2 Jan 1739 – 21 Dec 1854)
    5. 5. Mary Smith (Abt. 1741 – Abt. 1824)
    6. 6. Nancy (Ann) SMITH (1743 – 1759)
    7. 7. Elizabeth SMITH (1743 – 1759)
    8. 8. Hannah Smith (1744 – 1802)
    9. 9. Elizabeth Smith (1745 – 1791)
    10. 10. John Smith (1748 – 1805)
    11. 11. Celia Smith (1750 – 1850)
    12. 12. Mary Smith (19 Sep 1750 – 1824)
  5. 5. Edith Smith (1 Jun 1721 – 29 Jul 1791)
  6. 6. Elizabeth Smith (1724 – 1770)
  7. 7. Jean ("Jane") Smith* (1725 – 1818)
  8. 8. Col (Charles) Smith (1726 – 06 Aug 1776)
  9. 9. William Smith (8 Mar 1727 – )
  10. 10. Elizabeth SMITH (1728 – 1 Jun 1792)
  11. 11. Nathaniel Smith (22 Jul 1728 – 21 Jan 1729)
  12. 12. Elkanah Smith (6 Dec 1729 – 25 Jun 1731)
  13. 13. Mary Smith (1730 – )
  14. 14. Elizabeth Smith (11 Apr 1732 – 8 May 1786)
  15. 15. Mehitable Smith (30 Oct 1735 – )
  16. 16. Rhoda Smith (12 Oct 1740 – )
  17. 17. Thomas Smith (15 Jun 1744 – )
  18. 18. Reuben Smith (20 Mar 1747 – )
  19. 19. Benjamin Smith (23 Nov 1749 – )
  20. 20. Henry Smith (3 Feb 1751 – 23 Oct 1766)

Col. Smith's Timeline

3 Records

1684
13 April 1684
Birth of Col. John Dean Smith in Scooters Hill, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA
Scooters Hill, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA
1705
10 January 1705
Age 21
Col. John Dean Smith was married
None
1760
1 Jun 1760
Age 76
Death of Col. John Dean Smith in Smithfield County, North Carolina, USA
Smithfield County, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 April 1684
    Event Place: Scooters Hill, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 10 January 1705

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Jun 1760
    Event Place: Smithfield County, North Carolina, USA
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