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John Smith m. Whitfield 1691 – 1777 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Dec 1691

Birth Location: Norfolk, Virginia

Death Date: 01 Nov 1777

Death Location: Smithfield, North Carolina

Father: Obadiah Smith

Mother: Mary Cocke

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Smith

Children(s): Edith Smith, Thomas Smythe, Mary Smith, Charles Smith, Elizabeth Smith, JOHN SMITH, Nancy Smith

The story of John Smith m. Whitfield (Col.) began in 1691 in Norfolk, Virginia. John Smith m. Whitfield (Col.) married Elizabeth Whitfield m. Smith, and had children including Edith Smith, Thomas Smith Smythe, Mary Smith, Charles Smith, Elizabeth Smith, JOHN SMITH, Nancy Smith. John Smith m. Whitfield (Col.) passed away in 1777 in Smithfield, North Carolina.

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Biography

  • The story of John Smith m. Whitfield (Col.) began in 1691 in Norfolk, Virginia.
  • John Smith m. Whitfield (Col.) married Elizabeth Whitfield m. Smith, and had children including Edith Smith, Thomas Smith Smythe, Mary Smith, Charles Smith, Elizabeth Smith, JOHN SMITH, Nancy Smith.
  • John Smith m. Whitfield (Col.) passed away in 1777 in Smithfield, North Carolina.

Immediate Family

Parents

Obadiah Smith
1667 – 1746
Birth Location: Henrico, Virginia, United States
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Mary Cocke
1675 – 1753
Birth Location: Bremo, Henrico, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

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

Edith Smith
1720 – 1791
Birth Location: Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, USA
ES
Thomas Smythe
1720 – 1797
Birth Location: Middlesex County, Virginia, USA
TS
Mary Smith
1724 – 1815
Birth Location: Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
MS
Charles Smith
1726 – 1776
Birth Location: Berryville, Clarke, Virginia, United States
CS
Elizabeth Smith
1727 – 1767
Birth Location: Smithfield, Bertie, North Carolina
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JOHN SMITH
1731 – 1790
Birth Location: Middlesex, Virginia, USA
JS
Nancy Smith
Birth Location: –
NS

John Whitfield's Ancestors

Self
John Whitfield
1691 – 1777
Birth Place: Norfolk, Virginia
Parents
Obadiah Smith
1667 – 1746
Henrico, Virginia, United States
Mary Cocke
1675 – 1753
Bremo, Henrico, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
John Smith
1625 – 1691
, , , England
Hannah Daft
1644 – 1694
Easton, , Chandler, England
William Cocke
1655 – 1693
Bremo Plantation, Henrico, Virginia, United States
Sarah (Jane) Flowers
1658 – 1691
Henrico, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
roger Smith
1587 – 1629
jane smith
1605 – 1625
william Daft
1606 –
joan parker
1612 –
Lt. Bremo
1597 – 1665
Mary Aston
1609 – 1693
John FLOWERS
1633 – 1673
Mary Daux
1620 – 1678
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir (Smith)
1543 – 1610
Thomasine Manning
1548 – 1620
william pierce
1580 – 1655
joan pierce
1580 – 1630
Roland Dafte
1575 – 1607
Mary Mallam
1575 – 1607
Lawrence Parker
1582 – 1612
Alice GGF
1582 – 1612
John Cocke
1569 – 1631
Elizabeth Wallfurlong
1585 – 1630
Lt. Aston
1583 – 1656
Hannah Jordan\Jordaine
1585 – 1656
Sir GGF
1596 – 1642
Frances 1600
1600 – 1673
John Douglas
1605 – 1628
Jane Plaine
1600 – 1660

John Whitfield's Descendants

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John (Smith m.) Whitfield (18 Dec 1691 – 01 Nov 1777) m. Elizabeth (Whitfield m.) Smith (1 Jun 1702 – 01 Jun 1765)
  1. 1. Edith Smith (1720 – 29 Jul 1791)
  2. 2. Thomas (Smith) Smythe (30 October 1720 – 15 January 1797) m. Elizabeth (Witt m.) Smith (2 February 1725 – 1797) m. Eleanor Davis (16 Apr 1712 – 30 Aug 1830)
    1. 1. Margarett (Elizabeth Smith m.) Mays (1738 – 1846)
    2. 2. Zachariah (Smith m.) Moore (1742 – 19 May 1798)
    3. 3. Drury (Erastus Smith m.) Vaughn (1746 – 29 Jun 1822)
    4. 4. Mary (Smith m.) Jarnigan (4 Dec 1747 – 1820)
    5. 5. Sarah (Sally) Smith (1748 – 14 May 1815)
    6. 6. Elizabeth (Nancy Daux) Smith (29 December 1752 – October 1846)
    7. 7. Charles Smith (1748 – 1825)
    8. 8. Thomas Smith (c. 1750 – 8 November 1828) m. Eunice (Nancy Lewis) Smith (23 Feb. , 1753 – 9 March 1827)
      1. 1. Sarah Carter (1773 – 1870)
      2. 2. Sarah Carter (1773 – 1870)
      3. 3. Sarah Carter (1773 – 1870)
      4. 4. John (Arra) Smith (1774 – 17 March 1849)
      5. 5. James Smith (1774 – )
      6. 6. James Smith (1774 – )
      7. 7. James Smith (1774 – )
      8. 8. Mary (Margaret "Polly") Smith (1775 – 8 Jan 1874)
      9. 9. Mary (Margaret "Polly") Smith (1775 – 8 Jan 1874)
      10. 10. Mary (Margaret "Polly") Smith (1775 – 8 Jan 1874)
      11. 11. Sallie (Ann) Smith (Abt. 1776 – )
      12. 12. Sallie (Ann) Smith (Abt. 1776 – )
      13. 13. Sallie (Ann) Smith (Abt. 1776 – )
      14. 14. Sarah (Smith) Stewart (1778 – 20 November 1859)
      15. 15. Mary (Smith) Swafford (1779 – 1826)
      16. 16. Mary ("Polly" Smith) Swafford (1779 – 1826)
      17. 17. Mary ("Polly" Smith) Swafford (1779 – 1826)
      18. 18. Mary ("Polly" Smith) Swafford (1779 – 1826)
      19. 19. Robert Smith (1780 – 1864)
      20. 20. Robert Smith (1780 – Aft. 1860)
      21. 21. Benjamin Smith (19 May 1780 – 20 Jul 1859) m. Celia (Smith) Hall (1787 – 1859) m. Minor Mothershead
        1. 1. Alex Smith (1804 – )
        2. 2. Anna (Hanna Smith Jackson) Hubbard (1804 – 20 Jul 1887)
        3. 3. Anna (Hannah) Smith (1804 – 20 Jul 1889)
        4. 4. Alexander Smith (Apr 05, 1807 – 10 May 1889)
        5. 5. Malekiah Smith (1810 – 1870)
        6. 6. Malekiah Smith (1810 – 1870)
        7. 7. Malekiah Smith (1810 – 1870)
        8. 8. Malekiah Smith (1810 – 1870)
        9. 9. Mary (Alice Smith) Hubbard (1814 – Jun 1880)
        10. 10. Mary Smith (abt 1814 – Apr 1880)
        11. 11. Milton Smith (1815 – 6 Sep 1831)
        12. 12. Sylvania Smith (1815 – Apr 1880)
        13. 13. Sylvania Smith (1815 – Apr 1880)
        14. 14. Sylvania Smith (1815 – AFT Feb 1885)
        15. 15. Milton Smith (1815 – 6 Sep 1831)
        16. 16. Sylvania Smith (1815 – Apr 1880)
        17. 17. Cecilia (Mary) Smith (Apr 1815 – Apr 1880)
        18. 18. Cecilia (Mary) Smith (Apr 1815 – Apr 1880)
        19. 19. Milton (B.) Smith (1816 – 1888)
        20. 20. Milton (B.) Smith (1816 – 1888)
        21. 21. Milton (B.) Smith (1816 – 1888)
        22. 22. Milton (B.) Smith (1 February 1816 – about 1888)
        23. 23. John (Milton) Smith (25 Sep 1816 – 4 May 1878)
        24. 24. John (Milton) Smith (25 Sep 1816 – 4 May 1878)
        25. 25. Jesse (James) Smith (1818 – 1 Jan 1890)
        26. 26. Jesse (James) Smith (1818 – 1 Jan 1890)
        27. 27. Barsheby Smith (1820 – 29 Apr 1855)
        28. 28. Milton Smith (1820 – 6 Sep 1831)
        29. 29. Barsheby Smith (1820 – 29 Apr 1855)
        30. 30. Barsheby Hubbard (abt 1820 – 29 Apr 1855)
        31. 31. Mary Smith (Apr 1820 – Apr 1880)
        32. 32. Mary (Alice) Smith (Apr 1820 – aft Jun 1880)
        33. 33. Mary Smith (Apr 1820 – Apr 1880)
        34. 34. Cecilia Smith (1821 – )
        35. 35. Hugh (Benjamin) Smith (1821 – 1880)
        36. 36. Hugh (Benjamin) Smith (1821 – 1 Jan 1890)
        37. 37. Cecilia Smith (1821 – )
        38. 38. Cecilia Smith (1821 – Apr 1880)
        39. 39. Cecilia Smith (1821 – )
        40. 40. Hugh (Benjamin) Smith (1821 – 1880)
        41. 41. Alfred Mothershead (abt 1822 – 13 Jan 1894)
        42. 42. Hugh Smith (1823 – 1880)
        43. 43. Hugh (Benjamin) Smith (1823 – 1880)
        44. 44. Hugh Smith (1823 – 1880)
        45. 45. Julia (Ann) Smith (1826 – )
        46. 46. Julia (Ann) Smith (1826 – )
        47. 47. Julia (Ann) Smith (1826 – 1 July 1921)
        48. 48. Julia (Ann) Smith (1826 – )
        49. 49. Jesse (James) Smith (20 Apr 1828 – 1 Jan1890)
        50. 50. Jesse (James) Smith (20 Apr 1828 – 1 Jan 1890)
        51. 51. Benjamin (F) Smith (1830 – 1880) m. Celia ("Cecelia" "Cella") Hall (abt 1787 – abt 1845)
        52. 52. Benjamin (F) Smith (1830 – 1880)
        53. 53. Benjamin (F) Smith (1830 – 1880)
        54. 54. Benjamin (F) Smith (1830 – 1880)
        55. 55. Noah Smith (1842 – 16 Aug 1863)
        56. 56. Noah Smith (1842 – 16 Aug 1863)
        57. 57. Noah Smith (1842 – 16 Aug 1863)
        58. 58. Noah Smith (1842 – 16 Aug 1863)
        59. 59. James (Henry) Smith
      22. 22. Jabel (M) Smith (1781 – 22 Mar 1858)
      23. 23. Eunice (Nancy Smith) Jones (1784 – BEF 1812)
      24. 24. Nancy (J) Smith (1785 – 1850)
      25. 25. Thomas Smith (1788 – 1874)
      26. 26. Thomas Smith (1788 – 8 Nov 1828)
      27. 27. Thomas Smith (1788 – 8 Nov 1828)
      28. 28. Thomas Smith (1788 – 8 Nov 1828)
      29. 29. Margaret (Peggy Smith) Henson (1790 – 8 January 1874)
      30. 30. Mary (Polly) Smith (1791 – 1860)
      31. 31. Mary (Polly) Smith (1791 – 1860)
      32. 32. Mary (Polly) Smith (1791 – 1860)
      33. 33. Kezziah ("Kizzy" Smith) Jones (1794 – 1868)
      34. 34. Kezziah (Smith) Jones (1794 – 1870)
      35. 35. Kezziah Jones (1794 – 18 Jul 1868)
      36. 36. Kezziah (Smith) Jones (1794 – 1870)
      37. 37. Kezziah Jones (1794 – 18 Jul 1868)
      38. 38. Kezziah (Smith) Jones (1794 – 1870)
      39. 39. Kezziah Jones (1794 – 18 Jul 1868)
      40. 40. Paul Smith (1795 – )
      41. 41. Paul Smith (1795 – )
      42. 42. Paul Smith (1795 – )
      43. 43. Martha Smith (1797 – )
      44. 44. Martha Smith (1797 – )
      45. 45. Martha Smith (1797 – )
      46. 46. Kesiah ("Kizzy") Smith (10 Jun 1799 – 1860)
      47. 47. Kesiah ("Kizzy") Smith (10 Jun 1799 – 1860)
      48. 48. Kesiah ("Kizzy") Smith (10 Jun 1799 – 1860)
      49. 49. Rhoda (Smith) Taylor (10 June 1799 – 16 June 1879)
    9. 9. Moses Smith (1754 – )
    10. 10. Moses (R.) SMITH (27 Jan 1756 – 6 November 1830)
    11. 11. SGT (Charles) Smith (1763 – 8 Jul 1833)
    12. 12. John Smith (1770 – 1843)
    13. 13. Anna Smith (03 Apr 1774 – 19 May 1842)
    14. 14. Martha Smith (1780 – )
    15. 15. Moses Smith (1780 – 1850)
    16. 16. Letitia Smith (29 Sep 1782 – Aug 1846)
    17. 17. Joseph Smith (5 Feb 1786 – 26 Jun 1868)
    18. 18. Jane Smith (5 Oct 1789 – 23 Jul 1867)
    19. 19. Martha Smith (11 Aug 1792 – 7 Aug 1883)
  3. 3. Mary Smith (23 Aug 1724 – 1815)
  4. 4. Charles Smith (1726 – 6 Aug 1776)
  5. 5. Elizabeth Smith (ABT 1727 – ABT 1767)
  6. 6. JOHN SMITH (27 AUG 1731 – DEC 1790)
  7. 7. Nancy Smith

John Whitfield's Timeline

2 Records

1691
18 Dec 1691
Birth of John Smith m. Whitfield (Col.) in Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia
1777
01 Nov 1777
Age 86
Death of John Smith m. Whitfield (Col.) in Smithfield, North Carolina
Smithfield, North Carolina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Dec 1691
    Event Place: Norfolk, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 Nov 1777
    Event Place: Smithfield, North Carolina
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