Kesiah Harris

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1840, , Lee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1850, , , Utah, USA
• Residence: 1860, Washington, Washington, Utah, USA
• Residence: 1870, Harrisburg, Washington, Utah, USA; Post Office: Harrisburg
• Residence: 1880, Glendale, Kane, Utah, USA

Notes:

Conversion Story

Moses Harris tells the story of when he first became engaged to his sweetheart, Fanny Smith. Her father, Thomas Dodd Smith, took Moses aside when they were cutting wood one day. He quietly spoke with his future son-in-law, explaining that he took Moses to be a sober and righteous man. He told him that the true church was not on the face of the earth at that time, but that it would come in Moses' life time. He entreated Moses not to forget his wife's parents when that time came. So important was this message to Thomas Dodd Smith, he repeated it to Moses one more time, six months after his marriage to Fanny.Moses and Fanny married in June of 1824. February 27, 1833, Moses and Fanny were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints. He did not forget his promise to his wife's father. He made certain, as soon as he was able, to perform the ordinances of baptism and confirmation for his now deceased in-laws, thereby fulfilling the promises he'd made in 1824 and 1825.


Moses Harris, son of Silas and Annarette Wright Harris, was born in Flitch, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, July 20, 1798. On the 1st of January, 1824, he was united in marriage to Fanny Smith. Moses and his wife were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Missouri . In time seven children were born to this couple, but during their migrations with their co-religionists a son and two daughters passed away. They were in Council Bluffs when the call came for the Mormon Battalion and their eldest son Silas joined. After the Battalion disbanded in California , Silas returned to his family in the states and helped them make the necessary preparation for the trek across the plains. An incident of note was the marriage of Silas to Sariah Aldridge solemnized at Independence Rock the 2nd of September, 1849.

The first home of the Harris family was in Bountiful, Utah, and there they remained until the spring of 1851, when they went to San Bernardino, California. Mr. Harris bought forty acres of farm land, paying at the rate of $10.00 per month for it. Not having it fully paid for when the settlement broke up, he had no title and so lost the land and all the improvements. In the fall of 1857, they came back to Utah, and settled in Washington, Washington county in February of that year. Harrisburg was named in honor of Moses Harris by Brigham Young. For four years they continued to live there then accompanied their sons, John S., his wife Sarah Eiler, and Silas to Berryville, now Glendale in 1864. Because of Indian trouble they returned to Harrisburg in 1867 , where they remained three years helping to build the town of Leeds. In November, 1879, the Harris families returned to Glendale where they lived until the death of Moses Harris.

Moses married Frances Smith on 19 Jan 1824 in Bono, Lawrence, Indiana, USA. Frances (daughter of Thomas Dodd Smith and Keziah Bondurant) was born on 18 Apr 1805 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Jan 1891 in Glendale, Kane, Utah, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , , Utah, USA
• Residence: 1860, Washington, Washington, Utah, USA
• Residence: 1870, Harrisburg, Washington, Utah, USA
• Residence: 1880, Glendale, Kane, Utah, USA; Marital status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife

Notes:

I am FANNY SMITH HARRIS----The wife of Moses Harris. He is a great man, well respected, and I love him. When people speak about Moses they forget that I ever existed.
I was with him when he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We were baptized at the same time, along with his sister Margaret.
I was there when good byes were said to parents and family. They were hard times.
I was there when a dark dreary day was lighted with a ball of fire. It frightened two of our girls because of its intensity. They were coming home from playing with some friends. This happened when the Prophet and his brother Hyrum were murdered.
I was with Moses when we were driven out of Illinois and out into an unknown country.
I was there when a young boy was sent to communicate with his father. When the boy jumped off his horse the saddle blanket fell to the ground and frightened a team of oxen. They started to run away and taking with them the remains of what the owners had managed to bring with them. This oxen team FRIGHTENED other teams and a stampeed ensued.
Precious Margaret was holding the reigns of an ox team. She became frightened and jumped from the wagon. She fell and other ox teams ran over her and many cattle. She was buried the next day along with many others who met the same fate.
I was there when a vicious armed mob forced us to leave our home in DeWitt, Missouri.
I was there when we had to flee from our beautiful Nauvoo home into a trackless desert.
I was there when we were driven from our spacious homestead in California by Johnston's army into a drought stricken area, disease infested, called the Cotton Mission.
I was there when savages ransacked our home and forced us again to move.

My husband wondered why I was gaining weight when there was so little to eat and our daily life was nothing but hardships. He didn't fully realize until I presented him with another mouth to feed. We just did not talk about these things, even to our husbands. These were special and sacred events and were not to be discussed. I managed to surprise him every two years.

I grieved at the loss of four of our children, but I had to go on. My testimony was strong and I knew that we had the Lord on our side.
I made friends with most of the Indians that came to our door. I loved to feed them and they liked me. Some of the Indians were hostile and I had to outwit them.
I gave all I had to help my husband, my children, my church. I even gave my inheritance, my labor and my love. I look forward to the future time when all of us will be together in the Celestial realms on high.

Now, may I say: "As we ponder the history of nations and peoples and read the fragments of written records left by them, we see men and women much like ourselves who struggled and pressed forward doing the best they could with the elements at hand. Some traveled by foot over desert wastelands, others lived in palatial splendor, and others crossed unknown lands and waters in search of a better life.

Among these millions are those to whom we owe a special tribute--they are ours--they preceded us in life and laid the foundation for the world we live in. They are they who fought for our freedom, challenged the wilderness, crossed the prairies, and embraced the gospel in its infancy. They are they who plowed, prepared, and planted the field for us to reap. We are, in part, what we are because they were what they were. We cannot live without the legacy they left; they must look to us for the blessings they could not have.

SO, TO THE PLOWERS, PLANTERS, HARVESTERS, AND REAPERS, WHEREVER THEY MAY BE, WE DEDICATE PAGES OF HISTORY AND HOPE THAT ONE DAY WE MAY MEET AND REJOICE IN A WORK WELL DONE."


Birthdate: 18 April 1805 at Pittsylvania, Virginia
Death: 3 Jan. 1891 at Glendale, Kane, Utah
Parents: Thomas Dodd Smith and Keziah Bunderant
Pioneer: 1849 - Allen Taylor Company was principle company of 100, but the company was divided into two groups of 50 with Reddick N. Allred as Captain of 50, and Enoch Reese as captain of 50. Fanny was in the group of 50 with Reddick N. Allred.

Spouse: Moses Harris
Married: 1 Jan. 1824 at Lawrence County, Indiana
His Death: 15 March 1890 at Glendale, Kane, Utah

Children:
Silas Harris -- born 14 Oct. 1824
Keziah Harris -- born 19 Feb. 1826 (Died Oct. 1827 - age l yr. )
John Smith Harris -- born 7 Dec. 1828
Annaretta Harris -- born 15 Feb. 1831
Lydia Harris -- 28 Dec. 1832
Thomas Jefferson Harris -- born 30 May 1835 (Died abt. Feb. 18,1837)
William Jones Harris -- born 5 Jan 1837
Samuel Harris -- born 30 May 1839 (Died abt. 1841)
Mary Ann Harris -- born 15 Nov. 1841 (Died Sept. 1842)
Cynthia Ann Harris -- born 25 Sept.1843 (Died Dec. 1846)

Fanny Smith Harris, along with her husband Moses was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 27 Feb. 1833. Their farewell parting was a hard one for them as they left to join the rest of the Saints. Their parents were not in favor of their decision to join the Mormons, but hey had heard the truth and were determined to do what ever was asked of them. Fanny came from a home of much love and refinement. She lived a shielded, comfortable life with her parents. It was a shocking life for her to be driven from their home with only what the wagon would hold. She loved the Church and supported her husband in his decisions. At Zarahemla, where they stopped she lost three of her children from a terrible disease. They finally continued on and arrived at Council Bluff just in time to enroll their oldest son into the Mormon Battalion. Because of the extreme hardships Moses health began to fail him, and because of this, Fanny shouldered a tremendous amount of the responsibility along with her second son, John. Fanny was a great nurse for her husband, so along with her faith and diligence Moses survived. When Silas arrived home from the Mormon Battalion they left for the trek west arriving in the Salt Lake Valley Oct. 15, 1849 with the Reddick N. Allred Company of 50. They settled in Bountiful. There they built a home and were settled in comfortably when the call came for them to leave their home to go to San Bernardino. Happy was Fanny to build another home in such a beautiful fertile valley When Johnston's army threatened the life of any Mormon, so by the advice of their Prophet, Brigham Young, they were to leave their San Bernardino home and find refuge in Washington, Washington County, Utah. They lived there for about a year, then in the spring of 1859 Moses and two his married sons, Silas and William and their families, together with several other families settled Harrisville, located at the confluence of Quail Creek and the Virgin River. Then in the spring of 1861 Harrisville was abandoned and the settlers moved some three miles up the creek (north) and settled Harrisburg.

Fanny was a life-member of the Relief Society and received a certificate for her dedication and compassion in her callings. She was a dedicated wife, a loving mother, tender and compassionate to everyone. She knew how to stand her ground in face of difficulty or her rights. Her faith was her guiding star and by that she won many a battle.

She experienced depredations with the Indians. She made friends with them and fed them often, but when kindness and food would not suffice she fled from them. Many times she was alone with her little children and it was her duty to protect them, and she did.

Fanny learned how to be frugal and by so doing helped Moses over many an obstacle.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1840, , Iroquois, Illinois, USA

Silas married Annaritta Wright in 1790 in Salem, Salem, New Jersey, USA. Annaritta (daughter of Moses Wright and Grace Gillingham) was born on 12 Jul 1771 in , Salem, New Jersey, USA; died on 28 Jan 1847 in Milford, Iroquois, Illinois, USA; was buried in , Iroquois, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1783, , Amherst, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1812, Militia, Franklin, Indiana, USA
• Residence: Apr 1816, , , Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1818, , Washington, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1824, , , Indiana, USA

Notes:

Thomas Dodd Smith was born 17 February 1750. He was the son of John Smith and Jane Bunderant.. On 1 October 1785 he married Kesiah Bunderant and lived in Bedford County, Virginia. Family tradition says that Thomas Dodd Smith, father of Fanny Smith Harris, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.

Thomas Smith applied for a Revolutionary War Pension in Washington County Indiana, when he was about 70 years old. On the 12th of October 1818, and on the 16th of June 1819, he appeared before Judge Davis Floyd of the Circuit Court of Washington County in the second Judicial Circuit, District of Indiana, and made sworn statements to the effect that about the year 1776 he enlisted in the State of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Cavil (or, Cabba) of the Sixth Virginia Regiment; that he was in the battles of or near Albany in the State of New York, where Johnsons Indians were made prisoners and carried into Albany; also the battle of White Marsh, near Philadelphia, generally known by the name of Chesnut Hill; as also the battle of Saratoga at the taking of General Burgoyne; and that he continued in the service of the United States until the 4th of March 1778, when he was discharged from the service at the Sign of the White Horse on the Lancaster road twenty-six miles from Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania.

In 1820 the law required that a veteran prove his need for a pension. The following sworn statement, made by Thomas Smith and recorded by Basil Prather, clerk of the court, was apparently intended to serve that purpose:

District of Indiana...
"On this 13th day of October 1820 personally appeared in open Court (being the Circuit Court of Washington County in the Second Judicial Circuit, and having unlimited in all cases as well civil as criminal) Thomas Smith aged Seventy years Resident in Washington County in said circuit, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted in Armherst (Amherst) County State of Virginia Regiment, in the company of Captain Samuel Cabbill of the Sixth Virginia Regiment , commanded by Col. Buckner, that he served in said Corps about one year, at the end of which time he was drafted into Col. Morgans Regiment of the State of New Jersey under the command of the aforesaid Cpt. Samuel Cabball on the Continental Establishment,and that his original declaration was stated on the 12th day of October One thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen, and that I was a resident citizen of the United State on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gifts, sales, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent there by so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act,to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war passed the l8th day of March 1818--and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, to wit, Thirty nine acres of Land not paid for, 1 old blind Mare with a coult, 2 cows & 3 yearlings, 9 head of Hogs, l pair old gears, l shovel plough, 2 hoes, l axe, l oven, l pot, l dish, 4 plates, 6 cups & saucers, l old coffee pott & one chair. My occupation a farmer, but not able to pursue that business from old age and infirmity, Kessiah my wife aged about 55 years, weakly and unable to do much labour in consequence of having a confirmed case of the consumption -- which said property was valued by the Court at $114.50.
Thomas Smith

A file notation further reads: "12811 Indiana -- Thomas Smith, of Washington County in the state of Indiana who was a Private in the 6th regiment...of the Virginia line, for the term of three of three years (corrected to '1776 2 years') -- Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence the 12 of October 1818 -- Certificate of Pension issued the 12th of July 1819 and sent to David (Davis) Floyd ...Salem Indiana -- arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819: $38.19; semianl all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819: $48.00; Total: $86.19."

A last notation states: "Died Feb. 27, 1829"

It appears that his wife Kesiah outlived him, because she is listed in the 1830 Census of Lawrence County, Indiana. (Lawrence County adjoins Washington County.) However, her name was not found in the Census of 1840.

Thomas Dodd Smith, father of Fanny Smith, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was also known as "Devil Tom" Smith, a name he earned for himself by his daring as a soldier, it is said. During the period of his service, like so many of the poorly-clothed and equipped American soldiers, he had many trying experiences and was often in danger. Once, along with another soldier he deserted, but on the way home he thought better of it and decided to return. The other soldier went on toward home, but was killed by Indians on the way.

In the winter of those days the soldiers slept on the ground, and this is how their beds were made: The snow was first removed from the spot and piled to one side, and a blanket put down. Then the soldier lay down with another blanket over him while one of the other piled snow over the top, it being warmer that way.

It is said that for a period of about three months "Devil Tom" served as one of the Washington's bodyguard, and as such was often one of the last to be bedded down and covered with the snow.

Moses Harris, who married Fanny Smith, is reported to have said, "My father-in-law. Tom Smith, said to me sometime before his death, 'Moses, the Lord is going to establish His work in the earth, and I'm going to look to you for salvation.' This was hard for me to understand, because I thought he was a good man, as good as myself, and felt that his salvation was a sure as anyone's. But when the Gospel was restored and I accepted it, the meaning of his prophetic words became plain to me."

A search of the file of "Nauvoo Baptism" in Salt Lake City shows that in 1841 a vicarious baptism was performed at Nauvoo for "Thomas Smith, at the instance of Fanny Harris, Daughter."

Thomas married Keziah Bondurant on 1 Oct 1785 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. Keziah (daughter of John Peter Bondurant and Pauline Marshall Allen) was born in 1765 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died in 1835 in Liberty, Clark, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Kessiah Smith
• Residence: 1830, , Lawrence, Indiana, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1774, Hopewell, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1778, Hopewell, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1779, Hopewell, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1810, Hopewell, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1812, Hopewell, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA

Silas married Mary Jones Jackson. Mary (daughter of Andrew Jones and Mahaley Pickel) was born on 8 Jan 1735 in Hopewell, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA; died on 15 Jul 1808 in Hopewell, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA; was buried in Roadstown, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1768, Alloway Creek, Salem, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1773, Lower Alloways Creek, Salem, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1774, Lower Alloways Creek, Salem, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1782, Lower Alloways Creek, Salem, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1793, Upper Penns Neck, Salem, New Jersey, USA

Moses married Grace Gillingham on 20 Oct 1768 in Salem, Salem, New Jersey, USA. Grace (daughter of Robert Gillingham and Grace Pedrick) was born on 8 Jan 1744 in Alloway Creek, Salem, New Jersey, USA; died on 16 Nov 1784 in , , New Jersey, USA; was buried in Shiloh, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: , Salem, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Family Tree Book; Genealogical and Biographical, Listing the Relatives of General William Smith and of W Thomas Smith

By William Alexander Smith Publisher: Published by the author Publication date: 1922

502 (See 902) -501B-C-John Smith No. 5. son of Samuel Smith Sr., and Elizabeth Cartlitch, born 1719, about 1735 emigrated to Virginia and shortly afterwards plunged into the forests where few white men and many Indians lived, and settled in what was then Bertie County, N. C, but territory which later became Johnson County, and in 1770 became Wake County NC, and there lived the life of a farmer. He perhaps
married about 1739, as his son, John Smith, whom we shall hereafter speak of as John Smith No 2, was born in 1740. We know he was a grandson Thomas Smith Sr. and his wife Fortune Collin, and that he used the same Coat of Arms as is described in paragraph 900, and which was granted to all the "male issue alike of Thomas Smith Sr., deceased, of Nottingham and Gaddesby" when granted to Thomas Smith Jr. in 1717, as representative of his father's family. John Smith No. 2 born in 1740, married Mary Flake.-503-

-502-John Smith No. 2, born in territory now known as Wake County, NC, in 1740, at an early date emigrated to Anson County, NC, and located near Lilesville, NC. on Smith's Creek, it taking its name from him. He married Mary Flake, the daughter of Samuel Flake by his first wife. See Flake Table-301-A- Children:
(A) Thomas Smith, born 1768, died after 1 820, married Jane Goff.-504- (B) John Smith No. 3, born 1770, married Mary Bellew. (also spelled Bellyew)-600-
(C) Eli Smith No. 1 , married Sarah (Sallie) Hicks.-710-
(D) Samuel Smith, married Margaret (Peggy Hutchinson.-750-
(E) James Smith, married Mary Gathings.- 550-
(F) Jessie Smith, married Mary Seago.-700-
(G) Sarah Smith, married George Lindsay. - 711-
(H) Mary Smith, born,lived,died in Anson County NC, single.
504 (See 912)
-503-A-

Thomas Smith was born near Lilesville, N. C, lived and died there. Jane Goff lived and died there. We know nothing of her ancestry. 


John married Jane Bondurant in 1739. Jane (daughter of John Peter (Jean Pierre) Bondurant and Martha Ellen Dodd) was born in 1725 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Oct 1834 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1783, , Powhatan, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1790, , Powhatan, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1800, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1810, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Residence:
1790 Powhatan County Tax List
https://jemgen.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=1664&medialinkID=1873

Residence:
1800 Buckingham County Tax List
https://jemgen.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=1665&medialinkID=1874

John married Pauline Marshall Allen in 1758 in , , Virginia, USA. Pauline was born in 1741 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1788 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1752, , Cumberland, New Jersey, USA; Jury List
• Residence: 1757, , Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1761, Cumberland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 4 Jan 1773, Hopewell, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Samuel Harris (1697-1773)

Samuel was born in Connecticut . He moved to New Jersey when he was 18 years old (1715). He lived in Cumberland County, New Jersey his entire life. In 1720 he married Sarah Johnson and they had five children. Sarah died in 1761 and in the same year, he married Rachael Hood and had one more child. His first son by Sarah was John (1721-1821) the founder of the OHIO Enclave of HARRIS'. Samuel appears to have served in the French/Indian War.

Samuel married Sarah Harris. Sarah was born on 10 Jul 1697 in Cohansey, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA; died on 16 Jun 1761 in Hopewell, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA; was buried in Sheppards Mill, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Mahaley Pickel. Mahaley was born in 1720 in Salem, Salem, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1747, , Burlington, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1773, Lower Alloways Creek, Salem, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1774, Lower Alloways Creek, Salem, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1781, Lower Alloways Creek, Salem, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1787, Lower Alloways Creek, Salem, New Jersey, USA

Jonathan married Mary Inskeep on 15 Jun 1747 in Alloway Creek, Salem, New Jersey, USA. Mary was born on 7 Oct 1726 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Grace Pedrick on 21 Mar 1745 in , , New Jersey, USA. Grace was born in 1724 in , Camden, New Jersey, USA; died in Salem, Salem, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1716, London, London, England

Notes:

Samuel Smith

Family Tree Book; Genealogical and Biographical, Listing the Relatives of General William Smith and of W Thomas Smith

By William Alexander Smith
Publication date: 1922

501 B -500-E- Samuel Smith Sr., third son of Thomas Smith Sr., born about 1684, was left by his father the lands at Keyworth. We do not know whether or not this estate was located in Hertforshire, but are of the opinion that it was or that his wife's people lived in Hereford County, as there is a tradition that his son, John Smith, the Emigrant to America, was born in Hertford County. He sold his lands and moved to London and was there a merchant (Goldsmith). He was afterwards known as Samuel Smith, of Gaddesby, Leices- ter County He probably came into possession of this estate after the death of his brother, Thomas Smith Jr., with whom he had business dealings and to whom he was indebted in the sum of 4,000 pounds at his death in 1 727. He first started to loaning money in London in partnership with his brother,
Thomas Smith Jr., who ran the Nottingham end of it. After the death of Thomas Smith Jr. in 1727, this end in London was taken over by the younger brother, Abel Smith Sr. , and from this came Smith and Payne, and then Smith, Payne, and Smith, now one of the large Banks of London. Samuel Smith Sr. died intestate in London in 1751, and when his estate was wound up, it was found then to be practically all personal property, and when divided among his six surviving children, each received as much as 40,000 pounds, so says Harry Tucker Easton in his book, "The History of A Banking House (Smith, Payne, and Smiths). We suspect that an error was made and it should have been 4,000 pounds, as six times that or 24,000 pounds or $120,000.00, was a large fortune in that day. Gen. Smith, who knows more than we of English
traditions, thinks 40,000 pounds is correct. Samuel Smith Sr. married Elizabeth Cartlitch, the daughter of John Cartlitch. Of the children born to Samuel Smith Sr. and Elizabeth Cartlitch we only know of the following:

(A) John Smith No. 4, born 1716, died 1717.
(B) Anne Smith, born 1718.
(C) John Smith No. 5, born 1719, who perhaps ran away from home, came to America about 1735, and to whom we shall hereafter refer as John Smith, No. 1 , the Emigrant to America. -502-
(D) Thomas Smith No. 3, of Nottingham and Keyworth, born 1720, died 1765, married Dorothy Lister.
(E) Samuel Smith Jr., born 1722, died 1789, married Elizabeth Watson.

There were evidently more children, as six shared in the division of the estate in 1751; One of the above five had died in infancy. We have some doubt as to whether or not John Smith No. 5, the Emigrant to America, had kept in
correspondence with his parents, and we suspect that the estate was settled up without his ever sharing in it. The only reason for this presumption is that English historians do not seem to know anything of him after his birth in 1719. We shall give more of the history of book.

(901) To those who wish more data, you can find considerable in Burke's Landed Gentry under the titles as follows: "Smith of Woodhall Park, Smith of Goldings, Smith of Bramcote, Smith of Duffield, Smith of Wilford House, Smith of Shottesbroke Park, Smith of Midhurst, Smith of Mount Clare and Dorrien-Smith of Tresco Abbey." Also in Burke's
1921 Edition of Peerage and Baronetage, page 1378 "The Marquis of Linconshire," Sir Charles Carrington, whose ancestor Robert Smith took the name of Carrington on being elevated to peerage; page 2297, Sir Maurice Bromley-Wilson, whose ancestor took the name of Bromley upon being elevated to peerage and subsequently it was changed to Bromley-Wilson ; also page 2049, Earl Stanhope, whose ancestor the 4th Lord Stanhope married Catherine Smith.

These books can be found in nearly all of the larger libraries in large cities. Burke's Tables do not profess to be complete, or more than a skeleton sufficient to connect the now living with the early ancestors and give their branches. It is inaccurate in that it gives Thomas Smith Sr. as the son of John Smith and Frances Wilcocke, when in fact he was the son of John Smith by Elizabeth Garton, the first wife. He only mentions three children of Samuel Smith Sr. when in fact he had as many as seven. A more complete and correct Genealogical Table can be found in "The Smith Family" by Compton Reade, with some other information.

"History of A Banking House (Smith, Payne, and Smiths)"
byHarry Tucker Easton, published in 1903, also gives us some interesting information. The data in these books was taken largely from a book entitled "Stemmata Smithiana Ferraria", compiled by John Augustus Smith in 1865. These words translated mean: "A True, Faithful History of the
Smith Family," He was a great grandson of Samuel Smith Sr. and Elizabeth Cartlitch. We will refer to him in the historical part of
the book. (901)


Samuel Smith and Business

Source: "The History of a Banking House (Smith, Payne, & Smith)" by Harry Tucker Easton

"Samuel Smith, Sr., third son of Thomas Smith, Sr., born about 1684, was left by his father the lands at Keyworth. We do not know whether or not this estate was located at Hertfordshire, but are of the opinion that it was or that his wife's people lived in Hereford County, as there is a tradition that his son, John Smith, the emigrant to America, was born in Herford County. He sold his lands and moved to London and was there a merchant (Goldsmith). He was afterwards known as Samuel Smith of Gaddesby, Leicester County. He probably came into possession of this estate after the death of his brother, Thomas Smith, Jr., with whom he had business dealings and to whom he was indebted in the sum of 4,000 pounds at his death in 1727. He first started loaning money in London in partnership with his brother, Thomas Smith, Jr., who ran the Nottingham end of it. After the death of Thomas in 1727, the end in London was taken over by the younger brother, Abel Smith, Sr., and from this came Smith, Payne, and Smith, now one of the largest banks of London. Samuel Smith, Sr., died intestate in London in 1751, and when his estate was wound up, it was found then to be practically all personal property, and when divided among his six surviving children, each received as much as 40,000 pounds."

Samuel married Elizabeth Cartlitch on 10 May 1716 in Saint Pauls Cathedral, London, England. Elizabeth was born in 1684 in London, London, England; died in 1746 in London, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Carthitch
• Residence: 1716, London, London, England

John married Martha Ellen Dodd. Martha was born in 1709 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1734 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Relationship 5th great-granduncle of Paul Edward Lawrence.
Relationship 29th great-grandson of Charlemagne.

John Peter Bondurant [Sr.] was born circa 1710 in King William Parish, Goochland Co., Virginia., He married Sarah Rachael Moseley about 1729 or 1736. John died circa 1774 in Buckingham Co., Virginia.

John Peter Bondurant was listed as a vestryman in King William Parish in 1748. He is first mentioned in his father's will in 1734. John and his wife Sarah lived in Goochland County, Virginia, and later in Cumberland County. He deeded 200 acres of land to his son, John Peter III of Albemarle County, on 9 March 1758.

Sarah was the widow of Robert L Moseley. The Bondurant Family Association Newsletter reprinting information from The Huguenot Magazine, Vol 25, page 173 gives the marriage date as 1836 but indicates date and place not proved.

Grinnell, in his manuscript, indicates that John died in Manakin in 1744. A pedigree chart in The Huguenot, Publication No. 30, submitted by Mary V Bondurant Epling, indicates that John died about 1744 in Buckingham County, but before 1776, and that his death was recorded in Powhatten County. A GEDCOM received from Ruby Talley Smith indicated he died in 1774.

Citations
1. The Huguenot Society. The Huguenot 1981-1983. Midlothian, Virginia: The Huguenot Society, the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, Inc.).
2. The Bondurant Family, compiled by Wiley B. Grinnell, Sr.. 1979. Private Printing, Copy in researcher's file, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee.
3. The Bondurant Family Association Newsletter.
4. Bondurant Family. 27 August 1998. Copy in researcher's file, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee.

John married Sarah Rachel Taylor in 1736 in , , Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Francis Taylor and Judith Ann Leake) was born in 1711 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1762 in , Buckingham, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas Harris (1657-1697)
Thomas was born in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. In 1680, He married Ruth James (1650-1723). They had four children Mary, Thomas, Nathaniel and Samuel. Ruth's father was the Reverend Thomas James.

Thomas married Ruth James in 1696 in , , , USA. Ruth was born on 2 Mar 1650 in Long Island, Queens, New York, USA; died in 1723 in Long Island, Queens, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1739, Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1742, Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA

Jonathan married Elizabeth Frettwell in 1712. Elizabeth was born on 26 Jan 1692 in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA; died on 17 Jan 1733 in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jean Pierre Bondurant was born on 18 July 1677 in Génolhac, Gard, France. He married Ann Tanner, daughter of Edward Tanner [Sr.] and Mary Hatcher, circa 1708 in Manakin Town, Virginia. Jean died before 25 January 1734/35 in Manakin Town, Virginia. Jean was also known as John Peter. He was first baptised a Huguenot, then at the age of seven rebaptised Catholic in order to preserve his right to inherit family property. With the Revocation both of his parents, and his grandfather and step-grandmother renounced their Huguenot faith and were "newly converted" Catholics.

Jean Pierre was orphaned in 1695 and left in the guardianship of his cousin, Andre Bondurant, who was an apothecary and also the mayor of Génolhac. In September 1697, with Andre's consent, Jean Pierre's property, the mills at l'Aribal and Calquières inherited from his parents, were sold. Jean Pierre left France and arrived in Aarau, Switzerland in February 1697/98 where he joined his maternal uncle, Guillaume Barjon, Pastor of the Huguenot refugee Church there. On October 3, 1697, Jean Pierre recanted the Catholic faith and became a Huguenot again.

The following is recorded in the congregational record:
The 3rd of October 1697, Seigneur Jean Pierre Bondurant, apothecary, presented himself in front of us, claiming that he was extremely affected by the fault he committed in his youth, which was to attend the worship of the Roman [Catholic] Church; showing his repentance by asking God to forgive this sin and after he claimed that he would live and die in our Holy Religion, he was admitted into the peace of the Church and to participate in the Holy Sacraments.
He signed this present deed along with us: Henry Malbois and Pierre Brochet, both hat makers who took refuge in the town of Aarau, and undersigned by myself:
[signed by]
Barjon
refugee Pastor
JP Bondurant
Henry Malbois
Brochet4

Because Jean Pierre had left France with money from the sale of his mills, he did not appear on the Swiss charity records as did the Barjons and most refugee Huguenots. Being financially independent also shielded him from scrutiny and perhaps enabled him to buy his first land when he later went to Virginia. He was listed as a "fugitive from the Kingdom because of religion" in 1712. This late date is not significant, as such listings were normallly late; and his father's cousin was Consul General in charge of the listings.

In 1699, in the company of Pastor Barjon and other refugees, he went to Karlshafen, Germany. There is no record of his travel from Karlshafen to England, but he was among Huguenot refugees arriving at the mouth of the James River in Virginia on 20 September 1700 aboard the ship Ye Peter and Anthony which had sailed from England. This was the "second transport" of Huguenots from London. The immigrants were taken up the James River in smaller boats as far as the shoals (present day Richmond). They went overland to Manakin Town, where they joined the "first transport" settlers who had occupied a deserted Monacan Indian village near Fine Creek the previous year. Jean stayed with the colony until 1701 and then, as a single man, went elsewhere looking for more opportunity. He practiced medicine in Henrico County (part of which later became Goochland County) for many years.

Jean Pierre's grandfather was a Doctor of Law and was apparently successful. His father, Jean Pierre Bondurant, Sieur de Cougoussat, Advocate, did not seem to be as successful as he was in debt when he died. At one time, Jean Pierre, the immigrant, was forced to accept public assistance from the Church of Rome. He was apprenticed to his father's cousin, Andre, a Master Apothecary, where he learned enough medicine to be accounted a Doctor in the Colonies in Virginia.

In 1704, the Huguenot men petitioned to become citizens of the colony and by an act passed in 1705, they, including Jean Pierre, were granted citizenship by the Governor and House of Burgesses.

Jean Pierre obtained 200 acres of land on Old Town Creek, near present Matoaca, across the Appomattox River from Petersburg. He sold that on 29 Dec 1708 to John Wilson Sr., acknowledged in court 1 June 1709. In 1711 he registered a cattle mark with the Virginia governor. On March 24 he purchased, from the King of England, 400 acres on the south side of the James River located on Jones Creek and Matthews Branch in Henrico County, later part of Goochland County. In 1729, sons Peter and John were listed as tithables on this land, but the father does not appear on the tithables lists until 1730. This seems to indicate that the parents were living elsewhere and the sons had come ahead to prepare the new land. This land was divided among his sons in his will in 1734. Jean Peire was elected to the Vestry of King William Parish Church, but died before he could take office.

It is not known if he was married more than once and, if so, which children belong to each wife. A wife Ann, the mother of his son Peter, is mentioned in his will. Many researchers had thought that his wife was Ann Faure but this appears incorrect. She may have been Ann Tanner. The will of Mrs. Mary Tanner, Albermarle Co., Virginia, in the 1760s, left $1 to her daughter Ann Bondurant. Whether this is the widow of Jean Pierre has not been proven. Also, the marriage date cannot be confirmed. The date shown is given by some researchers but it has never been proven.

In 1990 the Bondurant Family Association erected a fence and placed a commemorative plaque at the posited graves of Jean Pierre and Ann Bondurant. The graveyard is located on Birdsong Lane (Road No. 1217) near Powhatan, in Powhatan County, Virginia. The plaque reads:
To the glory of God and in memory of Jean Pierre
Bondurant and his wife Ann. Born in Génolhac,
France 18 July 1677, Jean Pierre (John Peter)
Bondurant escaped to Switzerland in 1697, and
reached Jamestown with other Huguenots in 1700.
Trained as an apothecary, he practiced medicine
in Virginia where he married Ann. Members of
King William Parish. He died near Manakin
1734/35. Their five children were John, Peter,
Joseph, Ann and Frances.
Erected 1990 by descendants.

Jean made a will on 25 September 1734. The will of John Peter Bondurant, Gouchland County, Virginia:
In the name of God Amen, I John Peter Bondurant, being sick and weak by of good sound disposition mind and memory, all praise be given to God for it, and now minding to settle my worldly estate which it has please God to bestow upon me before I depart this life: I do make and appoint this my last will and testament in manner and form following:
First: I give my soul to God who gave it, and my body to the earth from which it was taken, to be decently buried according to the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.
Item: I give and bequeth unto my son John Bundurant, one hundred and forty acres of land which he now dwelleth on and one horse and one hog and blanket and rug and sheet and hide and bed cord and frou pot, and dish and basin and three plates and one cow and calf that he is now possessed of him and to his heirs forever.
Item:I give and bequeath unto my son Peter Bondurant one hundred and fifty acres of land on Age Creek and up along creek Goos, and a horse named Smoker and one cow and calf and two sows and four shoats and one pewter dish and one basin and one porringer and six pewter spoons and one frou pot and one rug and blanket and sheet and brown lining to make him a bed, to him and his heirs lawfully begotten forever, but if one or all of my sons die without issue, then to the survivor and his heirs lawfully begotten forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Bondurant one hundred and fifty acres of land with the purtenances belonging thereto, where he now dwelleth, and one cow and calf in the possession of James Ford and two sows and four shoats and one ram sheep, and one mair with the hors colts the she has and the mair fols to return to me and two dishes, one large and one small, one basin and six plates and one Porringer and one paint pot and one sow and four shoats, to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Ford one heifer eighteen months old, and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give to my daughter Frances Salle one heifer at the age of eighteen months and one sow and pigs to her and her heirs forever.
And I do give unto my son Peter Bondurant all my wearing clothes and it is my desire that my wife keep them and let him have them as she sees fit and my carpenter tools and shoemakers tools and croscut saw and wagons I lend for the use of my wife and two sons and their heirs be no hinderance or molestation of any persons or persons whatsoever.
Item: I give to my loving wife Ann Bondurant after all my just debts and funeral charges and legacies are paid, all the remainder of my estate real and personal in this place or also wherever to her and her heirs forever, and I do allow my loving wife Ann Bondurant whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills by me made heretofore.
As witness my hand and fixt my seal, this 25th day of September 1734.
J. P. Bondurant (Seal)
Test: John Cook, James Ford, John Bondurant
It is my desire that my son Peter Bondurant heirs his share of land on the S. & E. of Age Branch and my son John Bondurant and my son Joseph Bondurant to have their share on the S. & W. of my branch to be equally divided between them according as the lines go and to have the liberty of cutting any pine or pine trees upon my son Peter Bondurant's land for their house.

His will was proved on 25 January 1734/35. At the court held for Goochland County January 25th, 1734, this will was proved by the oaths of John Cook and James Ford, two of the witnesses hereto and was admitted to probate.
H. Wood, County Court Clerk.

Citations
[S4] The Huguenot Society. The Huguenot 1981-1983. Midlothian, Virginia: The Huguenot Society, the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, Inc.).
[S511] The Bondurant Family, compiled by Wiley B. Grinnell, Sr. 1979. Private Printing, Copy in researcher's file, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee.
[S116] The Huguenot Society. The Huguenot 1979-1981. Midlothian, Virginia: The Huguenot Society, Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, Inc., 1984).
[S476] Warren, Mary Bondurant. The Bondurants of Génolhac, France. Athens, Georgia 30606: Heritage Papers, 2000.

Jean married Rhoda Ann Faure in 1708 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Rhoda (daughter of Daniel Isaac Faure and Mary Ann Chastain) was born in 1689 in Berry, Cher, Centre, France; died on 17 Dec 1750 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ann L'Orange Faure

Francis married Judith Ann Leake on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]