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roger Smith 1587 – 1629 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Mar 1587

Birth Location: Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 1629

Death Location: Jamestown, James, Virginia, British Colonial America

Father: Sir (Smith)

Mother: Thomasine Manning

Spouse(s): Pocahontas Cornstalk, Jane Pierce, Emaly Smith)

Children(s): Sarah Jamestown), Peregrine Smith, Elizabeth Rolfe, Thomas Rolfe, Robert Smith, Elizabeth Milner, *John Rolfe, Francis (engineer), John Smith

The story of roger Smith began in 1587 in Gloucestershire, England. roger Smith married Pocahontas Cornstalk, Jane Pierce, Emaly Jane Pierce (m. Rolfe, Smith), and had children including Sarah Maycock (orphan of Jamestown), Peregrine Kumeyaay Smith, Elizabeth Pierce (dau of John Rolfe) Rolfe, Thomas Smith Powhatan Rolfe, Robert Smith, Elizabeth Pierce Rolfe Milner, *John Smith\Smyth, stepson of Jane Pierce Rolfe, Francis Smith (engineer), John Smith. roger Smith passed away in 1629 in Jamestown, James, Virginia, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • The story of roger Smith began in 1587 in Gloucestershire, England.
  • roger Smith married Pocahontas Cornstalk, Jane Pierce, Emaly Jane Pierce (m. Rolfe, Smith), and had children including Sarah Maycock (orphan of Jamestown), Peregrine Kumeyaay Smith, Elizabeth Pierce (dau of John Rolfe) Rolfe, Thomas Smith Powhatan Rolfe, Robert Smith, Elizabeth Pierce Rolfe Milner, *John Smith\Smyth, stepson of Jane Pierce Rolfe, Francis Smith (engineer), John Smith.
  • roger Smith passed away in 1629 in Jamestown, James, Virginia, British Colonial America.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

roger Smith's Ancestors

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roger Smith
1587 – 1629
Birth Place: Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Sir John Smythe (Smith)
1543 – 1610
Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Thomasine (Elizabeth) Manning
1548 – 1620
Bovey Tracy, Devonshire, England
Grandparents
john (Smythe) (Smith)
1515 – 1562
Exeter, Devon, England
alice muttlebury
1520 – 1574
John Mannynge
1525 – 1566
Bovey Tracey, Devon, England
Wilmeta Fawell
1530 – 1583
Bovey Tracey, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
william (Smith)
1490 – 1545
Lady Harewell
1503 – 1547
alexander muttlebury
1495 – 1546
Catharina Bevin
1500 – 1557
John Manning
1481 – 1542
Agnes Petley
1502 – 1550
Thomas Falwell
1513 – 1559
Elizabeth Maycott
1510 – 1544
2nd-Great-Grandparents
robert (Smith)
1460 – 1527
maude page
1460 – 1527
John Harewell
1470 – 1505
Anne Middleton
1474 – 1525
Robert muttlebury
1445 – 1500
elianor huett
1450 – 1510
john Bevin
1475 – 1500
eleanor montagu
1475 – 1500
hugh Manning
1431 –
margaret brandon
1462 –
John Downe
1465 – 1520
Christiana Philipott
1469 – 1505

roger Smith's Descendants

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roger Smith (5 Mar 1587 – 1629) m. Pocahontas Cornstalk (17 September 1595 – 21 March 1617) m. Jane Pierce (8 Dec 1600 – 25 Jun 1625) m. Emaly (Jane Pierce (m. Rolfe,) Smith) (abt 1598 – 25 June 1635)
  1. 1. Sarah (Maycock (orphan of) Jamestown) (Nov 1621 (weeks bef. massacre in 1622 – 4 Jun 1655)
  2. 2. Peregrine (Kumeyaay) Smith (1608 – 1670)
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Pierce (dau of John Rolfe)) Rolfe (25 Jan 1613 – 1635)
  4. 4. Thomas (Smith Powhatan) Rolfe (30 Jan 1615 – 19 Apr 1675)
  5. 5. Robert Smith (1617 – 4 Jun 1678)
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Pierce Rolfe) Milner (25 Jan 1621 – 1635)
  7. 7. *John (Smith\Smyth, stepson of Jane Pierce) Rolfe (1625 – 28 April 1691)
  8. 8. Francis (Smith) (engineer) (1629 – Aft. 1654)
  9. 9. John Smith (1625 – 28 Apr 1691) m. Hannah Daft (1644 – 1694)
    1. 1. Obadiah Smith (1667 – JUN 1746) m. Mary Cocke (1675 – 3 Jun 1753)
      1. 1. Ann (Hannah) Smith (1690 – 14 Apr 1746)
      2. 2. 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)
        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
      3. 3. Ellis smith (1704 – 1755)
      4. 4. Elizabeth Smith (1705 – 3 May 1773)
      5. 5. Jacob Smith (1709 – 1746)
      6. 6. William Smith (1710 – 1753)
      7. 7. Abraham Smith (1710 – 1770)
      8. 8. Martha Smith (26 Nov 1710 – 24 Oct 1771)
      9. 9. Obadiah Smith (1712 – 18 Feb 1777)
      10. 10. Mary Smith (1713 – 1800)
      11. 11. Luke Smith (1715 – 10 May 1770)
      12. 12. judith Smith (1715 – 2 May 1753)
      13. 13. Ann Smith (1717 – )
      14. 14. Jacob Smith (1720 – 16 Jan 1790)
      15. 15. Mary Smith (6 Oct 1726 – 14 Nov 1804)

roger Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1587
5 Mar 1587
Birth of roger Smith in Gloucestershire, England
Gloucestershire, England
1629
1629
Age 42
Death of roger Smith in Jamestown, James, Virginia, British Colonial America
Jamestown, James, Virginia, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Mar 1587
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Norfolk: - Musters Returns, 1569, 1572, 1574, 1577

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1629
    Event Place: Jamestown, James, Virginia, British Colonial America

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