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William Smith

Male - Bef 1640


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  • Name William Smith 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 11 Dec 1640  [1
    Person ID I28713  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 13 Jun 2020 

    Father William Smith,   b. Abt 1438,   d. Between Oct 1492 and Feb 1493  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Mother (Unknown first wife of William Smith) 
    Family ID F13294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Called Sir William Smith, he was parish priest of Stratford St. Mary. From his will, as quoted by Myrtle Stevens Hyde (citation details below):

      . . . preste dwelling in the Town of Stradforde in the Countye of Suff' . . . to be buryede in the Churche or churchyarde in the p'ishe of Stradforde . . . [unto] my nevye John Smith of Arwarton my house wt all the hous's and all my land . . . within the Town of Stradforde [parcels named] . . . unto the saide John Smith my nevye all my moveible Goodis that is to say all my Raymente all my naperie all my bedding all my brasse and pewter and all my fyre wood both faggot wood and loggs and all my money . . . to Katheringe my neice dwelling in Framingh'm xl li [forty pounds] . . . unto Anne my neace dwellinge in Wickh'm Markett xl li . . . [several other legatees named, without relationships] . . . nevye John Smith of Arwarton . . . Executor . . .

  • Sources 
    1. [S4240] Myrtle Stevens Hyde, "The English Ancestry of Elizabeth Smith, Whose Husband was Samuel1 Smith of Hadley, Massachusetts." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 174:141, Spring 2020; 174:247, Summer 2020.