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Josiah Smith 1728 – 1818 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 DEC 1728

Birth Location: Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America

Death Date: 14 OCT 1818

Death Location: Bullock's Creek, York, SC

Father: William Smith

Mother: Ann Isham

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Collier, Jemima Dorcas

Children(s): Susannah Smith, Ann Smith, Charles Smith, William Smith, Isaac Smith, Ann Smith, Sarah Smith, Lucinda Smith, Rosanna Smith, Smith None, Martha Smith, Judith Smith, Smith None, Lucinda Smith-Howell, Myhill Smith, Elizabeth Smith

The story of Josiah Smith began in 1728 in Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America. Josiah Smith married Elizabeth Collier, Jemima Dorcas, and had children including Susannah Smith, Ann Smith, Charles Smith, William Smith, Isaac Smith, Ann Smith, Sarah Smith, Lucinda Jessie "Lucy" Smith, Rosanna Smith, Smith, Martha Smith, Judith Smith, Smith, Lucinda Lucy Smith-Howell, Myhill Smith, Elizabeth Ann Smith. Josiah Smith passed away in 1818 in Bullock's Creek, York, SC.

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Biography

  • The story of Josiah Smith began in 1728 in Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America.
  • Josiah Smith married Elizabeth Collier, Jemima Dorcas, and had children including Susannah Smith, Ann Smith, Charles Smith, William Smith, Isaac Smith, Ann Smith, Sarah Smith, Lucinda Jessie "Lucy" Smith, Rosanna Smith, Smith, Martha Smith, Judith Smith, Smith, Lucinda Lucy Smith-Howell, Myhill Smith, Elizabeth Ann Smith.
  • Josiah Smith passed away in 1818 in Bullock's Creek, York, SC.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Smith
1688 – 1751
Birth Location: Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America
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Ann Isham
1700 – 1771
Birth Location: Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Collier
1728 – 1775
Birth Location: Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America
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Jemima Dorcas
1735 – 1821
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
JD

Children(s)

Susannah Smith
1773 – 1850
Birth Location: Brunswick, Virginia, United States
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Ann Smith
1750 – 1798
Birth Location: Albermarie Parish, Sussex, Virginia, United States
AS
Charles Smith
1752 – 1850
Birth Location: Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia, United States
CS
William Smith
1754 – 1836
Birth Location: Sussex, Virginia, United States
WS
Isaac Smith
1756 – 1831
Birth Location: Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America
IS
Ann Smith
1758 – 1785
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
AS
Sarah Smith
1760 – 1806
Birth Location: Albemarle, Sussex, Virginia, United States
SS
Lucinda Smith
1762 – 1844
Birth Location: Sussex, Virginia, United States
LS
Rosanna Smith
1763 – 1800
Birth Location: ,, Va
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Smith None
1764 – 1875
Birth Location: –
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Martha Smith
1764 –
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
MS
Judith Smith
1767 – 1844
Birth Location: Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America
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Smith None
1768 – 1818
Birth Location: <,Brunswick,Virginia,Usa>
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Lucinda Smith-Howell
1768 –
Birth Location: Sussex,Sussex.VA,USA
LS
Myhill Smith
1769 – 1847
Birth Location: Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
MS
Elizabeth Smith
1770 – 1841
Birth Location: Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America
ES

Josiah Smith's Ancestors

Self
Josiah Smith
1728 – 1818
Birth Place: Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America
Parents
William Arthur Smith
1688 – 1751
Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America
Ann Isham
1700 – 1771
Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Nicholas Smith
– 1719
Virginia, British Colonial America
Elizabeth Flood
1650 – 1719
Surry, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America
George (Robert) Isham
1677 – 1703
Old Rappahannock, Virginia, USA
Catherine Bates
1674 – 1740
Essex, Virginia, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Richard Smith
John Flood
1595 – 1658
Fortune Jordan
1620 – 1669
Robert Isham
1618 – 1678
Grace Madison
1610 – 1692
William Bates
1646 – 1684
Martha Willard
1650 – 1674
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Smith
1612 – 1669
Margaret Turner
1614 – 1670
Nicholas Flood
1568 – 1607
Elizabeth Fluude
1570 – 1640
Arthur Jordan
1595 – 1635
Rawlings
1600 –
John Maddison
1570 – 1645
Isabella Todd
1577 – 1644
John Bates
1600 – 1667
Elizabeth Winston
1605 – 1701
Nicholas Willard
1620 –
Margaret

Josiah Smith's Descendants

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Josiah Smith (19 DEC 1728 – 14 OCT 1818) m. Elizabeth Collier (19 DEC 1728 – 1775) m. Jemima Dorcas (ABT 1735 – AFT 1821)
  1. 1. Susannah Smith (1773 – 1850) m. William (Mitchell) Norwood (ABT 1771 – 8 NOV 1850)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Ann) Norwood (ABT 1798 – 30 AUG 1860) m. Samuel (C.) Thompson (ABT 1793 – 9 MAR 1842) m. Peter Luna (7 NOV 1788 – 31 DEC 1860)
      1. 1. James (Wesley) Thompson (1822 – 1903) m. Permintey (Jane) Elzey (27 JUN 1824 – 1899)
        1. 1. James (D "Jim") Thompson (7 MAR 1856 – 8 OCT 1923) m. Bettie (Ann) Davidson (JUL 1860 – 1929)
        2. 2. Samuel (Miller "Sam") Thompson (29 AUG 1845 – 8 JUN 1918) m. Modrah (Frances) Tuttle (1846 – 1874) m. Divinie (Ellen "Dovie") Parker (JUL 1846 – 4 AUG 1903)
        3. 3. William (Steven) Thompson (11 DEC 1847 – 12 NOV 1914) m. Martha (Arra) Cole (18 MAY 1864 – 12 JAN 1955) m. Nancy Phipps (27 AUG 1859 – 30 MAY 1922)
        4. 4. Josiah (S) Thompson (29 OCT 1854 – 17 SEP 1936) m. Margaret (Elizabeth) Jones (28 JUN 1856 – 24 FEB 1941) m. Margaret (Elizabeth) Jones (28 JUN 1856 – 24 FEB 1941)
        5. 5. Elizabeth (Dulcina) Thompson (27 FEB 1859 – 29 OCT 1911) m. David (Martin) Dawson (17 AUG 1859 – 29 APR 1934)
        6. 6. Charles Thompson (1865 – 17 SEP 1936)
        7. 7. Johnathan (Lafayette) Thompson (28 SEP 1869 – 3 FEB 1957) m. Mary (Jane) Pou (3 MAR 1875 – 10 MAR 1910) m. Lula (Kate) Bruner (26 JUL 1882 – 16 JUL 1965)
      2. 2. Charles (Nathaniel) Thompson (17 JAN 1813 – 27 FEB 1880) m. Mary (Ann) Davis (21 SEP 1818 – 18 AUG 1891)
      3. 3. David (Edward) Thompson (27 JAN 1817 – 14 JAN 1894) m. Frances (Mary G.) Brantley (2 NOV 1820 – 20 JAN 1894)
      4. 4. Jonathan (Oglesby) Thompson (19 FEB 1819 – 21 JAN 1906) m. Lucinda (Ann) Hall (5 FEB 1820 – 25 FEB 1878) m. Mary (H) McIntire (1838 – 8 JAN 1920)
      5. 5. Penninah Thompson (11 DEC 1821 – 4 MAR 1886) m. William (W) Caskey (1820 – 3 MAR 1870)
      6. 6. Josiah (Smith) Thompson (SEP 1825 – 14 DEC 1914) m. Dulcina Stephenson (ABT 1822 – 26 AUG 1874) m. Caroline (I.) Holland (31 DEC 1830 – 21 APR 1916) m. Louiza Shelton (1831 – )
      7. 7. William Thompson (1835 – )
    2. 2. Charles (Nathaniel) Norwood (16 OCT 1795 – 19 MAR 1837) m. Elizabeth (Hannah) Moores (8 AUG 1798 – 7 JAN 1841)
    3. 3. Peninah Norwood (1797 – 19 NOV 1882) m. Joseph (H.) Sandlin (24 MAR 1799 – 19 NOV 1862)
    4. 4. Johnathan (Oglesby) Norwood (24 MAR 1799 – 25 OCT 1887) m. Priscilla Atkinson (1805 – ) m. Sara (Ann) Landers (12 OCT 1835 – 25 OCT 1912)
    5. 5. Julia Norwood (BEF 1800 – )
    6. 6. Josiah Norwood (3 OCT 1802 – 14 AUG 1870) m. Rachel (Lampkins) Moores (31 MAR 1803 – 22 JUN 1834) m. Henriette (Mary) Polston (1812 – 27 FEB 1897)
    7. 7. William (Mitchell) Norwood (1 JUL 1804 – 18 OCT 1891) m. Lucinda Larwood (28 JUN 1807 – 17 OCT 1889)
    8. 8. Susannah Norwood (29 NOV 1805 – 1880) m. Joseph Clark (10 OCT 1809 – 1883)
    9. 9. Nancy Norwood (12 AUG 1807 – 4 SEP 1880) m. George (M. C.) Weems (9 JAN 1802 – 28 SEP 1880)
    10. 10. Judah Norwood (ABT 1809 – ABT 1827)
    11. 11. Mary (Ann) Norwood (1810 – ABT 1864) m. Roland (Jefferson) Hampton (1807 – ABT 1880)
    12. 12. George (Washington) Norwood (31 MAR 1811 – 23 AUG 1870) m. Priscilla McDaniel (JAN 1813 – JAN 1892)
    13. 13. Sarah Norwood (16 APR 1812 – 23 JUL 1902) m. William (Stafford) Blissard (24 DEC 1807 – 20 FEB 1889)
    14. 14. Julie Norwood (1812 – )
    15. 15. Matilda Norwood (1818 – BEF 1870) m. William (Harris) Elkins (1813 – 1880)
    16. 16. Norwood (1820 – 1820)
  2. 2. Ann Smith (14 NOV 1750 – BEF 12 OCT 1798)
  3. 3. Charles Smith (20 SEP 1752 – 20 OCT 1850) m. Jane Bunch (9 DEC 1754 – 29 MAY 1794) m. Jean William (1762 – 1818)
  4. 4. William Smith (22 APR 1754 – 26 JAN 1836) m. Elizabeth Vines (27 JUN 1753 – BEF 1831) m. Nancy Boyd (ABT 1750 – 2 SEP 1839)
  5. 5. Isaac Smith (12 JUN 1756 – FEB 1831) m. Mary Selleck (12 JUN 1756 – 2 FEB 1833)
  6. 6. Ann Smith (1758 – 1785)
  7. 7. Sarah Smith (14 NOV 1760 – 1806) m. John Lloyd (1760 – 28 OCT 1806) m. John Lloyd (1757 – 28 OCT 1808)
  8. 8. Lucinda (Jessie "Lucy") Smith (1762 – 1844) m. Joseph Howell (12 JUL 1761 – 16 OCT 1818)
  9. 9. Rosanna Smith (ABT 1763 – 1800) m. Samuel (Givens) Bell (19 JAN 1756 – 19 APR 1843)
  10. 10. Smith (1764 – BEF 1875)
  11. 11. Martha Smith (1764 – ) m. Abraham Summerford (1770 – 1820)
  12. 12. Judith Smith (4 JAN 1767 – 1844) m. Joseph (Josiah) French (17 AUG 1760 – 24 JAN 1838)
  13. 13. Smith (1768 – 1818)
  14. 14. Lucinda (Lucy) Smith-Howell (1768 – )
  15. 15. Myhill Smith (11 APR 1769 – 11 SEP 1847) m. Judith (11 FEB 1776 – 14 FEB 1816) m. Sarah ("Sally") Spell (ABT 1795 – 18 JUL 1881)
  16. 16. Elizabeth (Ann) Smith (1770 – 1841) m. John (David) Hampton (1767 – 1827)

Josiah Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1728
19 DEC 1728
Birth of Josiah Smith in Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America
Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America
1818
14 OCT 1818
Age 90
Death of Josiah Smith in Bullock's Creek, York, SC
Bullock's Creek, York, SC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 DEC 1728
    Event Place: Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 OCT 1818
    Event Place: Bullock's Creek, York, SC
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