COL. WILLIAM SMITH, ancestor of the "Tangier'' Smith family of L.I., b. Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, EngIand 2/2/1654/5, d. Manor of St. George, Setauket, Landi. 2/18/1704/5 and bur. with his wife in the "Tangier'' Smith cemetery., son of JOHN SMITH and MARY. Nothing except the record of his baptism 2/15/1654/5 in St. Peter's Church, Newton Bromswold (also that of his bro. John 1/3/1651/2, bur. 4/7/1652, and sis. Elizabeth bap. 6/9/1653) is definitely known about his parents or early life, though Thompson  started unauthenticated rumors of court connections which have been copied more or less verbatim by subsequent publications. Recent study of 17th centuly Northamptonshire records brought to light the will of John Smith, baker of Higharn Ferrers near Newton Bromswold written 8/19/1653 proved 7/27/1661, in which he mentioned wife Elizabeth and ''son John of Newton'' who had a wife and 2 children then. However no proof was found that this son was the father of William Smith. The will of William Smith, mayor of Higham Ferrers, who d. 4/15/1661, also mentions a son John, but there is even less evidence here of any relationship to Col. Smith. No other even possibly related records were found except the baptism in St. Mary's Church, Higham Perrers 6/911658 of Rebecca Smith, dau. of John Smith, schoolmaster, and his wife, Mary. Col. Smith, however, did have a sister-in-law named Susannah since he recorded that ''my sister Susannah Smith'' was a god- mother of Mary Smith .
    A possible but unconfirmed hint as to his mother's family is the statement by Bolton  that there was originally a last line on Col. Smith's gravestone, "being grandson of Max Constammet.'' No authority for this is given, though the presence of a later-obliterated last line was confirmed by one of the Strong family. It was not mentioned in Thompson's earlier work but may have been obliterated by the time he wrote nearly 140 years after Col. Smith's death.
    It is also questionable whether this was the correct reading of worn lettering. In his journal  now in the possession of the Strong family (see illustration facing this page), Col. Smith mentioned his uncle, William Staines (Staynes), and members of that family lived in Highain Ferers and nearby Chelveston in the mid-l7th century, including a William Staines in Chelveston. No
connecting records could be found however Col. Smith's journal began with his marriage in Tangier, Africa 11/26/1675 to MARTHA TUNSTALL, bap. Putney, Surrey, England 7/2/1652, d. Manor of St. George, Setauket, Landi. 9/1/1709, dau. of HENRY TUNSTALL, a glazier, and ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON, bur. Putney 1/9/1676/7, who were mather 1648 at St. Mary Abchurch, London, England Col. William Smith and Martha Tunstall had 6 sons and 7 daus. Col. Smith had apparently joined his uncle William Staines, a merchant, who was one of the first  aldermen of the city of Tangier and was later mayor. Col. Smith was also a merchant there and was elected a Common Councilman of Tangier in 1677. In 1679 he was elected alderman, and he was the city's last mayor from 1682 through the evacuation of the city by the British in Oct. 1683. Thompson made the completely inaccurate statement that Col. Smith was "governor of Tangier,'' thus making his other unprovedStatements also of questionable accuracy. This association there on with the city of Tangier is thesource of the distinguishing title of "Tangier" Smiths later given Col. Smith and his descendants.
    The family returned to London in 1683, where Col. Smith engaged in trade while living in Long Acre. In July 1686 Col. Smith, his wife and 3 surviving children (one of whom died on the voyage) set sail from Youghal, co. Cork, Ireland for New York, where they stayed while Col. Smith made land purchases on Little Neck (now Strong's Neck) in the Township of Brookhaven. In 1689 he took up his permanent residence there on land which is still in the ownership of his descendants,
the Strandongs. On 10/9/1693 a tract of land, bounded roughly by Carman's River and Forge River (then called Connecticut River and Mastic River respectively) between Middle Country Road and the Atlantic Ocean, was combined with his previous property to create the Manor of St. George by patent from Gov. Fletcher. All the unpurchased lands between his property and the bounds of Southampton and Southold were later purchased and added to the Manor by another patent from Gov. Fletcher in 1697. A second Manor house was built on Smith's Point, which still exists (though not the original building) as the Manorof St. George Museum on the William Floyd Parkway at Neighborhood Road.
    Col. Smith was also active in the Provincial government, being appointed in Mar. 1691 a member of the Provincial Governor's Council and also one of the Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer which tried Leisler and his associates. On establishment of the Supreme Court of the Province In May 1691 he was appointed an Associate Justice and became Chief Justice the following year. He was removed from this position when Lord Bellomont became governor, but was reinstated by the new governor after Lord Bellomont's death in 1701, holding the position till Nov. 1703. He was Acting Governor of the Province in 1701 for a few months following the death of Lord Bellomont. In 1691 he was also appointed a judge of the Prerogative Court for Suffolk Co. and in 1693 he was commissioned commander of the Suffolk Co. militia, giving him his title of colonel. He  continued a member of the Council until his death in 1705.

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1.  WILLIAM1 SMITH  (JOHNA) was born February 02, 1654/55 in Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, England, and died February 18,
1704/05 in Manor Of St. George, Setauket, NY.  He married MARIA TUNSTALL November 06, 1675 in Putney, Surrey, England.

Children of WILLIAM SMITH and MARIA TUNSTALL are:
                 i. ELIZABETH2 SMITH, b. September 04, 1676, Tangier, Africa; d. September 06, 1676, Old Churchyard, Tangier, Africa.
       2.        ii. HENRY SMITH, b. January 19, 1678/79, Tangier, Africa (possibly London, Eng.); d. October 31, 1766, Manor Of St. George, Setauket, NY.
       3.       iii. MARITHA SMITH, b. September 14, 1681, London, England; d. September 22, 1681.
                iv. HIBERNIA SMITH, b. June 09, 1686, Youghal, Cork. Ireland; d. August 25, 1686, At Sea On Ship "Thomas".
                 v. JEANE SMITH, b. December 08, 1687, New York; d. September 07, 1707.
       4.        vi. WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, b. March 31, 1688, Brookhaven, NY; d. January 27, 1742/43, Manor Of St. George, Setauket, NY.
       5.       vii. WILLIAM SMITH, b. March 13, 1688/89, London, England; d. Mastic, Suffolk, New York.
       6.     viii. HANNAH SMITH, b. June 21, 1690, Brookhaven, NY; d. October 07, 1710, Manor Of Scarsdale, Westchester, NY.
                ix. THEODOCIA SMITH, b. December 14, 1691, Brookhaven, NY; d. December 29, 1691, Brookhaven Meeting House.
                 x. CHARLES JEFFREY SMITH, b. December 20, 1693, Manor Of St. George, Setauket, NY; d. May 23, 1713, Manor Of St. George, Setauket, NY.
 
 

2.  HENRY2 SMITH (WILLIAM1, JOHNA) was born January 19, 1678/79 in Tangier, Africa (possibly London, Eng.), and died October 31, 1766 in
Manor Of St. George, Setauket, NY.  He married (1) ANNA SHEPARD 1730.  He married (2) MARGARET BIGGS November 06, 1742 in
Brookhaven, NY.

Children of HENRY SMITH and ANNA SHEPARD are:
       7.         i. MARY3 SMITH, b. September 07, 1705, Manor Of St. George, Setauket, NY; d. September 27, 1765, Smithtown, NY.
                ii. ANNA SMITH, b. December 30, 1706, Charlestown, Mass.; d. 1755; m. GEORGE MUIRSON, Abt. 1726.
       8.       iii. WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, b. October 29, 1708, Manor Of St George, Setauket, NY; d. October 02, 1776, Suffolk, New York.
                iv. HENRY SMITH, b. Abt. September 18, 1710, Suffolk, New York; d. 1767, Suffolk, New York; m. (1) CHARITY MATTOCKS, December 12,
       1731, Hempstead, Nassau, New York; m. (2) RUTH SMITH, November 28, 1738.
                 v. GLORIANA SMITH, b. February 26, 1714/15; m. NATHANIEL BREWSTER, Abt. 1735.
                vi. MARTHA SMITH, b. February 26, 1716/17; m. JAMES LYON, February 07, 1753.
               vii. GILBERT SMITH, b. September 28, 1721.

3.  MARITHA2 SMITH (WILLIAM1, JOHNA) was born September 14, 1681 in London, England, and died September 22, 1681.  She married CALEB
HEATHCOTE September 07, 1699.

Children of MARITHA SMITH and CALEB HEATHCOTE are:
                 i. GILBERT3 HEATHCOTE, b. Abt. 1700.
                ii. WILLIAM HEATHCOTE, b. Abt. 1702.
               iii. MARY HEATHCOTE, b. Abt. 1704.
                iv. ANNE HEATHCOTE, b. Abt. 1706; m. JAMES DE LANCY, Abt. 1730.
                 v. MARITHA HEATHCOTE, b. Abt. 1708; m. LOUIS JOHNSON, Abt. 1720.
                vi. ELIZABETH HEATHCOTE, b. Abt. 1712.

4.  WILLIAM HENRY2 SMITH (WILLIAM1, JOHNA) was born March 31, 1688 in Brookhaven, NY, and died January 27, 1742/43 in Manor Of St.
George, Setauket, NY.  He married HANNAH COOPER in Suffolk, New York.

Children of WILLIAM SMITH and HANNAH COOPER are:
       9.         i. WILLIAM3 SMITH, b. June 28, 1720, Mastic, NY; d. March 17, 1799, Mastic, NY.
                ii. MARTHA SMITH, b. April 10, 1727, Manor Of St. George, Mastic, NY; d. October 10, 1778, Smithtown, NY; m. CALEB SMITH, March 03,
       1755.

5.  WILLIAM2 SMITH (WILLIAM1, JOHNA) was born March 13, 1688/89 in London, England, and died in Mastic, Suffolk, New York.  He married
UNKNOWN in ,Suffolk, New York.

Child of WILLIAM SMITH and UNKNOWN is:
       10.          i. WILLIAM3 SMITH, b. Abt. 1690, ,Suffolk, New York.

6.  HANNAH2 SMITH (WILLIAM1, JOHNA) was born June 21, 1690 in Brookhaven, NY, and died October 07, 1710 in Manor Of Scarsdale,
Westchester, NY.  She married GEORGE MUIRSON June 20, 1707 in Manor Of St. George, Setauket, NY.

Child of HANNAH SMITH and GEORGE MUIRSON is:
                 i. GEORGE3 MUIRSON, b. Abt. 1760, Suffolk, New York; m. FLOYD, December 25, 1780, Suffolk, New York.
 
 

7.  MARY3 SMITH (HENRY2, WILLIAM1, JOHNA) was born September 07, 1705 in Manor Of St. George, Setauket, NY, and died September 27,
1765 in Smithtown, NY.  She married EDMUND SMITH.

Children of MARY SMITH and EDMUND SMITH are:
       11.          i. THOMAS4 SMITH, d. November 04, 1812.
                ii. ANNE SMITH, b. 1732; d. April 23, 1814; m. OBADIAH SMITH.
               iii. ADAM SMITH, b. 1734.

8.  WILLIAM HENRY3 SMITH (HENRY2, WILLIAM1, JOHNA) was born October 29, 1708 in Manor Of St George, Setauket, NY, and died October
02, 1776 in Suffolk, New York.  He married MARGARET LLOYD December 19, 1732 in Manor Of Queen's Village, Lloyd's Neck, NY.

Children of WILLIAM SMITH and MARGARET LLOYD are:
       12.          i. REBECCA4 SMITH, d. November 25, 1809, Flushing, Long Island, New York.
       13.         ii. HENRY SMITH, b. 1729; d. August 24, 1802, New York.
               iii. WILLIAM SMITH, b. Abt. 1730, New York.
                iv. RACHEL N. SMITH, b. Abt. 1732, New York.
                 v. GILBERT SMITH, b. Abt. 1735, New York; d. September 18, 1819, New York; m. HARRIET SCOTT, Abt. 1760, New York.
                vi. OLIVER SMITH, b. Abt. 1737, New York.
               vii. CATHARINE SMITH, b. Abt. 1742, New York.

9.  WILLIAM3 SMITH (WILLIAM HENRY2, WILLIAM1, JOHNA) was born June 28, 1720 in Mastic, NY, and died March 17, 1799 in Mastic, NY.  He
married (1) MARY SMITH in Suffolk, New York, daughter of DANIEL SMITH and HANNAH BREWSTER.  He married (2) RUTH WOODHULL 1762.

Children of WILLIAM SMITH and MARY SMITH are:
       14.          i. WILLIAM4 SMITH, b. Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; d. Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York.
       15.         ii. JOHN SMITH, b. February 12, 1752, Mastic, NY; d. August 12, 1816, Mastic, NY.

10.  WILLIAM3 SMITH (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1, JOHNA) was born Abt. 1690 in ,Suffolk, New York.  He married UNKNOWN in ,Suffolk, New York.

Children of WILLIAM SMITH and UNKNOWN are:
                 i. WILLIAM4 SMITH, b. Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; d. Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; m. UNKNOWN.
       16.         ii. JOHN SMITH.
 
 

11.  THOMAS4 SMITH (MARY3, HENRY2, WILLIAM1, JOHNA) died November 04, 1812.  He married MARY THOMPSON.

Child of THOMAS SMITH and MARY THOMPSON is:
                 i. ANNA5 SMITH, m. RICHARD FLOYD.

12.  REBECCA4 SMITH (WILLIAM HENRY3, HENRY2, WILLIAM1, JOHNA) died November 25, 1809 in Flushing, Long Island, New York.  She married
JOHN ASPINWALL June 05, 1766 in Stamford, Connecticut.

Child of REBECCA SMITH and JOHN ASPINWALL is:
                 i. JOHN5 ASPINWALL, b. February 10, 1774, New York City, New York; d. October 06, 1847, New York City, New York; m. SUSAN HOWLAND,
       November 27, 1803, New York City, New York.

13.  HENRY4 SMITH (WILLIAM HENRY3, HENRY2, WILLIAM1, JOHNA) was born 1729, and died August 24, 1802 in New York.  He married (1)
MARY CHICHESTER February 23, 1750/51 in First Church, Huntington, Suffolk, New York.  He married (2) REBECCA HAVENS December 20,
1778 in First Church, Huntington, Suffolk, New York.

Children of HENRY SMITH and MARY CHICHESTER are:
                 i. HENRY5 SMITH, b. Abt. 1762, New York; d. December 08, 1846, New York; m. RUTH ROGERS, October 02, 1782, Huntington, Suffolk, New
       York.
                ii. JOHN SMITH, b. Abt. 1763, Suffolk, New York.

Child of HENRY SMITH and REBECCA HAVENS is:
               iii. CHARITY5 SMITH, b. Aft. 1783.

14.  WILLIAM4 SMITH (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM HENRY2, WILLIAM1, JOHNA) was born in Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, and died in Brookhaven,
Suffolk, New York.  He married UNKNOWN.

Child of WILLIAM SMITH and UNKNOWN is:
                 i. WILLIAM SIDNEY5 SMITH, b. Suffolk, New York; d. Suffolk, New York.

15.  JOHN4 SMITH (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM HENRY2, WILLIAM1, JOHNA) was born February 12, 1752 in Mastic, NY, and died August 12, 1816 in
Mastic, NY.  He married (1) LYDIA FANNING.  He married (2) ELIZABETH WOODHULL, daughter of NATHANIEL WOODHULL and RUTH FLOYD.

Child of JOHN SMITH and LYDIA FANNING is:
                 i. WILLIAM5 SMITH, b. April 07, 1777, Manor Of St George, Mastic, NY; d. December 18, 1857; m. HANNAH CARMAN, November 20, 1804.

16.  JOHN4 SMITH (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1, JOHNA).  He married WOODHULL.

Child of JOHN SMITH and WOODHULL is:
                 i. DAUGHTER5 SMITH, b. ,Suffolk, New York.