Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 SMITH. He married ELIZABETH BALL 1685 in Burlington, NJ. Child of JOHN SMITH and ELIZABETH BALL is: 2. i. JOHN2 SMITH.
Generation No. 2 2. JOHN2 SMITH (JOHN1). He married SARAH SCOTT 1711 in Falls Mtg, Bucks Co., PA. Child of JOHN SMITH and SARAH SCOTT is: 3. i. SAMUEL3 SMITH, b. 24 Aug 1721, Burlington, NJ; d. 1785, VA.
Generation No. 3 3. SAMUEL3 SMITH (JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 24 Aug 1721 in Burlington, NJ, and died 1785 in VA. He married (1) ELIZABETH ?. He married (2) NAOMI WHITTAKER Abt. 1855 in Kingwood MM, Hunterdon, NJ, daughter of JOHN WHITTAKER and NAIOMI HULME. The children of SAMUEL SMITH and ELIZABETH ? were: i. JOHN4 SMITH, b. 14 Apr 1742, PA; d. 14 May 1766; m. SARAH MEYERS. ii. ABRAHAM SMITH, b. 06 Jun 1743, PA. 4. iii. THOMAS SMITH, b. 12 May 1746, PA. iv. HENRY SMITH, b. 27 Sep 1748, PA. v. ROBERT SMITH, b. Abt. 1751, PA. vi. JOSEPH SMITH, b. Abt. 1753, PA; m. LINDA WALKER, 16 Apr 1789, Hopewell Mtg., VA Notes for SAMUEL SMITH: From Kingwood MM, (West) Jersey "Samuel Smith, of Greenwich, declared out of unity for marrying one too near kin and much sooner after the death of his former wife than is allowable amongst Friends 11-12mo-1755. Whereas Neomi Smith sho was before her Marriage timely Admonished & Precautioned by Several Friends, against Proceeding in Marriage with Samuel Smith who is near of Kin to her, But she disregarding their Advice& tender admonition, Proceeded in Marriage with him in a different manner than according to the Rules of the Discipline of Friends, and Sooner after the Death of his former wife than is allow'd...Wherefore we Delare her out of Unity with us, and no more to be received as a member of our Religious Society until She Condemn the Same to the Satisfaction of this Meeting 13 3m 1760 Samuel Smith on behalf of his wife requested and appeal to the Quarterly Mtg. on account of the Judgement of this Mtg against her Marrying Contrary to Discipline. 14 8m 1760. Friends appointed to go to Naomi Smith to find what temper of mind she is in regard to Truth. 11 9m 1760 Samuel Smith produced a Paper for himself and his wife Condemning their former conduct and requesting a cert. to Fairfax MM, VA where they had moved. 12 8m 1762." (lookup by Kay Walton from the Kingwood MM Minutes, Thanks Kay) From Fairfax MM, VA Samuel, w Naomi & 9 ch: John, Abraham, Thomas, Henry, Robert, Joseph, Ruth, Hannah & Geo. rocf Kingwood MM in the Jerseys. Samuel Smith of this record preached in Meeting persistently from 1767 and was dis 31-15-1767, he appealed to the QM which denied him and approved his disownment 29-4-1768, also approved by YM 28-1-1769, but he kept on attending Meetings and attempting to preach, he was finally prevailed upon to make satisfaction but it was rpd that his death (1785) occurred before he could make up his paper of ack. The children of SAMUEL SMITH and NAOMI WHITTAKER were: vii. RUTH4 SMITH, b. Abt. 1756, NJ. 5. viii. HANNAH SMITH, b. 28 Jul 1758. ix. GEORGE SMITH, b. 1762, NJ. x. SAMUEL SMITH, b. 01 Nov 1765, Louden Co., VA; m. (1) MARY CONNING; m. (2) SARA BISHOP, 1784. Samuel was a miller xi. NAIOMI SMITH, b. 1768, VA. xii. BENJAMIN SMITH, b. 1770, VA. xiii. MARY SMITH, b. 1772, VA; m. JONATHAN SMITH, 20 Aug 1807, Short Creek Meeting, Jefferson Co., OH. xiv. WILLIAM SMITH.
Generation No. 4 4. THOMAS4 SMITH (SAMUEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 12 May 1746 in PA. He married (1) RACHEL RUSSELL 14 Apr 1768 in Plumstead Mtg., Bucks Co., PA. He married (2) RACHEL RUSSELL 14 Apr 1768 in Plumstead Mtg., Bucks Co., PA. More About RACHEL RUSSELL: Fact 1: of Bucks Co., PA Children of THOMAS SMITH and RACHEL RUSSELL are: i. ELIZABETH5 SMITH, b. 22 Dec 1768. ii. MARY SMITH , JR., b. 07 Jan 1771; m. JOSEPH GREGG, 10 Apr 1792, Westland MM, Washington Co., PA. iii. HANNAH SMITH, b. 27 Sep 1772; m. JONATHAN WILSON, 22 Apr 1797, Westland MM, Washington Co., PA. iv. ANN SMITH, b. 11 Oct 1774; m. DAVID HIRST, 06 Apr 1796, Fairfax MH, VA. v. JOSEPH SMITH, b. 22 Dec 1776. vi. JESSE SMITH, b. 02 Jun 1779. 6. vii. RACHEL SMITH, b. 03 Oct 1781; d. 14 Nov 1823. viii. SAMUEL SMITH, b. 09 Feb 1784. ix. THOMAS SMITH, b. 06 Aug 1786. x. PHEBE SMITH, b. 29 Jul 1789. xi. SARAH SMITH, b. 22 Jan 1792. 5. HANNAH4 SMITH (SAMUEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 28 Jul 1758. She married (1) SAMUEL JAMES 1819 in Short Creek Meeting, OH.. She married (2) THOMAS REEDER Notes for HANNAH SMITH: From Minutes of Fairfax MM, VA Hanah (now James) dt Samuel & naomi Smith rpd "guilty of bearing an illegitimate ch 27-3-1779 and mou to the child's father" dis her ack acc 22-2-1783, rst 8-3-1783 on advice from Westland MM, Washington Co., PA "where she now resides, gct same Meeting 28-3-1795 in the name of Hannah James The child of HANNAH SMITH and SAMUEL JAMES was: i. ?5 JAMES, b. 27 Mar 1779. (sex of child not noted)
Generation No. 5 6. RACHEL5 SMITH (THOMAS4, SAMUEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 03 Oct 1781, and died 14 Nov 1823. She married NATHAN HEALD , JR. 29 Mar 1798 in Westland MM, Washington Co., PA, son of NATHAN HEALD and REBECCA MCBRIDE.
Endnotes: 1. All above information on the Smith Family comes from Hinshaw's Quaker Encyclopedia provided in lookups from fellow Quaker researchers and especially, from Dan Treadway: a Smith (and Beeson) cousin. 2. Please return to this site again as more information will be posted on this family as soon as I can get my hands on some more Quaker records. Please email me if you would like to link to this page or have more data on this family.This page was created using the Descendent Report feature of Family TreeMaker ver 4.0 and edited for web presentation