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Edith Smith 1717 – 1785 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 07 Mar 1717

Birth Location: Cranen, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 03 Sep 1785

Death Location: Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: William Whitfield

Mother: Mary Goodman

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Edith Smith was born in 1717 in Cranen, Virginia, United States, the child of William Whitfield and Mary Elizabeth Goodman. Edith Smith passed away in 1785 in Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Edith Smith was born in 1717 in Cranen, Virginia, United States, the child of William Whitfield and Mary Elizabeth Goodman.
  • Edith Smith passed away in 1785 in Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Edith Smith's Ancestors

Self
Edith Smith
1717 – 1785
Birth Place: Cranen, Virginia, United States
Parents
William Whitfield
1688 – 1770
Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, United States
Mary (Elizabeth) Goodman
1693 – 1773
Gates, Gates County, North Carolina
Grandparents
Rev. (Matthew Whitfield II (Immigrant) (arriv in "The Providence" his own ship 1664 to) VA)
1657 – 1761
Surrey, England
Priscilla Lawrence
1661 – 1739
Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, USA (Nansemond)
henry Goodman
1661 – 1745
Gates, North Carolina, United States
Rebecca Reeves
1670 – 1697
Marlboro, , North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Rev. Whitfield
1590 – 1657
Dorothy Sheafe
1601 – 1669
John Lawrence
1643 – 1696
Mary Power
1643 – 1700
Benjamin Goodman
1639 – 1735
Johanna Webster**
1640 – 1719
Henry (immigrant)
1630 – 1687
Elizabeth Bagnall
1640 – 1711
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sheaffe
1562 – 1639
Maria (Sheafe)
1537 – 1609
John Coroghmore
1597 – 1661
Lady Pyphoe
1598 – 1642
Benjamin Goodman
1639 – 1735
Johanna Webster
1640 – 1719
George Reeves\Ryves
1588 – 1666
*Elizabeth (Ryves)
1590 – 1643
Roger Bagnall
1592 – 1647
Rebecca Braswell
1615 – 1675

Edith Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1717
07 Mar 1717
Birth of Edith Smith in Cranen, Virginia, United States
Cranen, Virginia, United States
1785
03 Sep 1785
Age 68
Death of Edith Smith in Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, United States of America
Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 07 Mar 1717
    Event Place: Cranen, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 03 Sep 1785
    Event Place: Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, United States of America

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