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1,175 acres in Anne Arundel and Cecil counties
(all inherited from father). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH:
purchased 170 acres in Prince George's County,
1739, and 70 acres in Anne Arundel County, 1742.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: On April 14, 1748, in
Anne Arundel County. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
TEV, at least £1,164.10.6 current money (includ-
ing 25 slaves, 123 oz. plate, and books). LAND:
ca. 1,430 acres in Anne Arundel, Prince George's,
and Cecil counties (although as much as 580 acres
in Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties
may have been given to his son Samuel before
his death).
SMITH (SMYTH), THOMAS (1656-1719). BORN.
in 1656, probably in England. IMMIGRATED:
probably in 1680 as a free adult. RESIDED: in Tal-
bot County; Kent County by 1681. MARRIED first,
by 1684, Elinor, widow of Nathaniel Evitts (Ev-
etts) (?-1683). MARRIED second, ca. 1708, Martha
(ca. 1680-1739), daughter of Tristam and Ann
Coursey Thomas. CHILDREN. SONS: possibly lames
Smith (ca. 1683-1760); Thomas Smith (ca. 1710-
ca. 1741/42). DAUGHTER: Martha (1712-?), who
married Richard Gresham (?-ca. 1773). PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION, literate, probably well ed-
ucated; devised 108 acres in St. Paul's Parish,
Kent County, to be used for the site of a free
school, 1719. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION. Anglican,
St. Paul's Parish, Kent County. Smith's second
wife was a Quaker. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVI-
TIES: perhaps the same Capt. Thomas Smith who
was master of the brigantine Betty of Maryland,
1689; elected unanimously as a burgess in 1697/
98, 1701, and 1704, but was defeated in a by-
election in 1714; prominent legislative and judi-
cial career. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter;
merchant. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Kent County, possibly 1681-1682
(may have been elected to the 3rd session of the
1676-1682 Assembly in place of Samuel Tovey
(?-1683), who was excused from the second ses-
sion because of illness and may have subsequently
resigned), 1694-1697 (Accounts 3-8, chairman
8; Elections 7), 1697/98-1700 (Accounts, chair-
man 1-4), 1701-1704 (Accounts, chairman 1-3,
5), 1704-1707 (Accounts, chairman 1; speaker
2-5); Upper House, 1716-1718. OTHER PROVIN-
CIAL OFFICES: justice. Provincial Court, 1697, 1702-
1719 (quorum); Council, 1716-1719. LOCAL OF-
FICES: St. Paul's Parish Vestry, KentCounty, 1693-
1706, 1711-1714; justice, Kent County, 1694-
1701/2 (quorum); coroner, Kent County, 1705;
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deputy commissary, Kent County, 1708-1719.
MILITARY SERVICE: captain, 1681; major, 1694-
1699; lieutenant colonel, 1699-1705; colonel,
1705-1719. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES:
opposed Protestant Associators' revolution in 1689;
given extensive patronage by Governors Francis
Nicholson (1655-1727/28) and John Seymour
(1649-1709); cooperation with the unpopular
Seymour probably alienated Smith's constituents
and ended his elective political career. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND
BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased
932 acres in Kent County, 1687-1718; patented
590 acres in Kent County, 1704-1707; received
100 acres in Kent County by deed of gift, 1705.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: in May 1719 in Ches-
tertown, Kent County; buried May 21, 1719. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least £1,584.9.11 (in-
cluding 20 slaves, 2 servants, and ca. 130 oz. plate);
size of entire estate is unknown. LAND: 1,630 acres
in Kent County, plus at least one other tract of
unspecified size.
SMITH (SMYTH), THOMAS (ca. 1710-ca. 1741/
42). BORN: on February 21, 1710, as recorded in
the St. Paul's Parish Register, in Kent County.
NATIVE: second generation. RESIDED: at "Ratcliff
Cross," Kent County. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Thomas Smith (1656-1719). STEP-
FATHER: John Nuttle. MOTHER. Martha Thomas
(ca. 1680-1739). HALF BROTHER: possibly James
Smith (ca. 1683-1760). SISTER: Martha (1712-?),
who married Richard Gresham (?-ca. 1773). MAR-
RIED first, on February 14, ca. 1728, Mary Ann
(ca. 1712-by 1734), daughter of Thomas Ringgold
(by 1672-1711) and third wife Frances. Her half
brothers were Thomas (1693-1728), who married
Rebecca (1697-1750), daughter of Simon Wilmer
(ca. 1656-1699); Elias (1702-1737); James (?-
1767); and Josias (?-1770). Her half sister was
Sarah (1700-?). Her half nephews were Thomas
Ringgold (1715-l772),William Ringgold (ca. 1723-
1789), a possible legislator. Her half niece was
Sarah Ringgold, who married Alexander William-
son (ca. 1712-1760). MARRIED second, in 1734,
Mary (1713-?), daughterofWilliam Frisby (1684-
1738) and wife Jane Thompson. Mary was the
granddaughter of both William Frisby (by 1664-
1713) and John Thompson (?-ca. 1701/2). Mary
later married in 1744 William Granger (?-1752).
CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas Smyth (1730-1819); James
(1732-?); Charles (1736-?); and William, who
was apprenticed to Capt. William Hopkins, mar-
iner. DAUGHTERS: Hannah (1734-?); Martha (?-
750
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