RTA HERALDRY AND GARY SMITH GENEALOGY PAGE

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Some Family History for Smith of Virginia Connection with George Washington: John Smith, Capt., born 1662, died 1698; son of John Smith, born 1624; son of Christopher Smythe, I, born 1591, Burnley, Abington Co., Lancashire, Engl., died 16 Apr. 1638, Mittford Parish, Engl.; son of Sir Thomas Smythe, born 1558, died 1625. Christopher Smythe, I, married Elizabeth Towneley, born abt. 1600, Lancashire, Engl., died abt. 1679, Mittford Parish, Engl., daughter of Lawrence Towneley, born 1575, and Margaret, born 3 May 1624, Burnley, Lancashire, England. JOHN'S WIFE: Mary Warner, born 1665, daughter of Col. Augustine Warner, II, and Mary Reade. Mary Warner was an ancestor (great-aunt) to Gen. George Washington. Also: Children of John (Smith) Smythe, died 1538, and Jane Brouncker: Elizabeth Smythe = Simon Horspoole of London - their son, William Horspoole = Mary Washington daughter of Lawrence Washington and Martha Newce (Ancestor of George Washington)... http://www.zipworld.com.au/~lnbdds/home/smythwilts.htm
More Smith Genealogy: Of interest to any Smith descendant is when and where the spelling of Smith with a "y" and "e" took place. Some Smythes of Virginia seem to have continued this spelling, however, speaking of other Smiths traveling on to Rockingham, Rowan, Montgomery, Moore and Chatham counties, N.C. the name seems to have altered about 1762. On a List of Taxables for Pitt Co., N.C., 1762, are found Brunswick Co., Va. Smythes by the names of William Smythe, William Smythe, Jr., Christopher Smythe, Joseph Smythe, Jonathan Smythe and Samuel Smythe. On a List of Taxables for Pitt Co., N.C., 1763, it appears each had become a "Smith." Whatever reasons for a spelling change the later practice continued to the present though not all Smythes may have altered their names at one time.
(Smith genealogy continued...) Whichever way Smiths traveled from coastal Virginia westward or into North Carolina their roots were established from Pitt to Granville, to Rowan, Rockingham and Montgomery then Moore and Chatham counties. Smiths also moved into Tennessee and Georgia by way of Revolutionary War land grants but for those that stayed, not all Smiths are found in any one 1790 county census. In Montgomery Co., N.C. are found important names as: Alexander, John, Nathan, James, Asa, Richard, William, Joseph and Sherwood. To demonstrate the Brunswick, Virginia connection there was a Sherwood Smith, born 1761, in Brunswick Co., son of James Smith, born about 1735, found in the 1790 Montgomery Co., Salisbury District, N.C. census.