Note: The following is a section of a family history compiled by Herbert Armstrong Poole between 1905 & 1960, transcribed by AAA Maitland 1998. Subject numbers are HAP's originals. HAP's page divisions are shown: after subject page numbers are complete document page numbers in brackets and issue dates. The original text had generations indented in turn: here, generation numbers are added to each individual: the children of the title subject are "1/--". Subject 70 Page 1 (187) 2/2/51 JONATHAN SMITH The following is from "The John Rock Smith Family", by Valentine W. Smith, Jamaica, L.I., 1937: from "Smith Wills", by Pelletreau: from Bunker's Long Island Genealogies: from "The Haviland Genealogy", by Josephine C. Frost, New York, 1915: and from "The Cornelius Family of America", by Charles S. Cornelius, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1926. Jonathan Smith's birth and death dates are unknown. His will, dated May 17/1746, proved September 13/1748, left to his oldest son Jonathan, five shillings and his large bible. To wife Elizabeth, the use of the east room in the house, two thirds of the farm lands, and his best riding mare, during her widowhood. To his three married daughters, Elizabeth Matthews, Jane Haviland, and Hannah Tredwell, each a cow and a calf. To daughter Philena, her riding saddle and her Dutch spinning wheel. To eldest son Jonathan, half of a tract of land bought from John Dean, except 20 acres which he sold a his brother Gersham, deceased: the said half was 55 acres, situate near the plains on the east side of the Merrick Road, and one third of a lot of meadow at Little Merrick, 100 acres, bounded north by land which he gave to his son John, and half a tract joining to the north side of Josiah Raynor's land, except 12 acres which he gave to his son John. The whole is 97 acres, and Jonathan is to pay to the essigns of John and Jonathan Searing, œ28 for what he owed for it. To son John, the 12 acres above mentioned, and a certain messuge and piece of land and meadow at Little Merrick, that was bought of Thomas Frost and Nathaniel Oakley, by deed of April 29/1745, and he is to pay Daniel Hewlett œ70. To John, one quarter of his undivided lands. To son Henry, half the tract lying north of Josiah Raynor's land, except 12 acres, and all other lands which he had given him by deed of gift. To son Cornell, all land, which he had given him. Executors were his sons John and Henry, and son in law Timothy Tredwell: witnesses were Benjamin Smith, Benjamin Hewlett, John Rushmore and Samuel Willis. Jonathan married Elizabeth ---: Henry Alanson Tredwell says she may have been an Ellison, Platt, or Plant). They were probably married about 1690, as their eldest child Elizabeth was born in 1700. Valentine W. Smith' genealogy comments about Jonathan's children as follows:.. "tardiness in marriage, childless marriages, and bachelorhood, have bean characteristic of his children". His children below may not be in proper order as they were taken from his will which named his sons first and than his daughters. Valentine W. Smith gives the birth date of only son John: Bunker gives Elizabeth's birthday as 1708, so I put her as the eldest. Issue: 1/1. Elizabeth Smith. Born 1708. She married, 1st, on December 23/1725, Elias Cornelius, born November 2/1703, died June 25/1743, son of Elias and Sarah (Harnatt or Harned) Cornelius of Great Neck, now known as Minell Place, Seaford. They lived in Oyster Bay; L.l. Elias was a descendant of Aaron Cornelius, captain of a privateer, the Canary Bird, an English vessel which sailed from Vlissingen, Holland, in 1639 to Flushing, L.I, Elizabeth married, 2nd, in 1745, Ezekiel Matthews. Issue:- (by her first husband Elias Cornelius) 1.Elias Cornelius, born May 12/1729, died 1762. 2/2. Jane Cornelius, born September 20/1731, died November 12/1815. She married on March 6/1752, Johannes Covert, who died February 14/1794, Issue:. 3/1. William Covert, born January 1/1753, died February 17/1841. He married Jane Stymitz: had son John who married Loretta Lefferts. 3/2. John Covert, born 1755, died 1835. He married on March Subject 70 Page 2 (188) 3/1781, Catherine Hoaglend, born April 6/1769, died September 15/1839, They had eight children. 3/3. Jacob Covert, born April 30/1758: he lived in Oyster Bay in 1799. He married Catherine Powell, born 1760, daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Scott) Powell. 3/4. Elizabeth Covert, born February 1/1763. She married at Hempstead on February 1/1783, Fulkert Duryea, baptized at Oyster Bay, June 27/1753, son of Hendrick and Maria (Brinkerhoft) Duryea. The Census of 1800 gave them as living at Brooklyn, with three sons and three daughters, of which I have the names of only:- Issue: - 4/1. Cornelius Duryea, baptized at Hempstead, July 19/1785. 4/2. Mary Duryea, baptized at Hempstead, July 9/1786. 4/3. Garret Duryea, baptized at Hempstead, June 28/1788. 3/5. Jane Covert. She married on June 24/1782, Henry Lounsberry, and had five children. 3/6. Moses Covert, born June 1765, died March 24/1787. 2/3. Patience Cornelius, born April 22/1734, died unmarried. 2/4. Jonathan Cornelius, born January 26/17536, died 1820. He married in 1757, Sarah Baldwin, and had six children. 2/5. John Cornelius, born December 22/1739, died April 10/1814. He married on August 3/1765, Mary Powell, born October 30/1739, died March 21/1822, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Hallock) Powell. They had one child. 2/6. Moses Covert Cornelius, born April 21/1743, died 1796. He married Ann Carman and had five children. 1/2. Jonathan Smith. Dates of birth and death unknown. He married at St. George's Church, Hempstead, on January 28/1736, Philena Weeks. His will, dated June 4/1767, proved June 19/1767, left to his son Jonathan, his wagon, oats and flax: to wife Philena, his furniture: his executors were to sell his homestead, and after paying his debts, the rest was left to his wife. Executors his brother William Smith and friend George Hewlett. Valentine W. Smith's genealogy doesn't mention any brother William. Issue:- 2/1. Jonathan Smith, born about 1737: his will dated June 22/1777, proved January 20/1778, mentioned his wife Mary ---. 2/2. Sarah Smith, born about 1739. She married Stephen Willis, born 1730, son of John and Abigail (Willets) Willis. 1/3. Henry Smith. Date of birth unknown: his will, dated October 19/1769, proved March 13/1770, mentioned his wife Joycey, to whom he left all household goods and use of his farm. Executors were to sell the land and after bringing up his children, the proceeds to go to the children. Issue:- 2/1. Isaac Smith. 2/2. Mary Smith. 2/3. Philena Smith. 2/4. Elizabeth Smith. 2/5. Hannah Smith. 1/4. Cornell Smith. Date of birth unknown: his will, dated May 28/1781, proved July 28/1781, mentioned wife Mercy. Issue :- 2/1. Amos Smith. His father left him his gun and cutlass and all land bought from brother Jonathan. 2/2. John Smith. Subject 70 Page 2 (189) 2/3. Elijah Smith. 2/4. Jacob Smith. His father left him the remainder of the farm bought from Nehemiah Sammis. 2/5. John Smith. His father left him the sword that was Elijah's. His father left to him and his brother David, the homestead "where I now liveth". 2/5. David Smith. 2/7. Susannah Smith, under age in 1781, according to her father's will. 2/8. Mary Smith. She married a Raynor. 2/9. Cornell Smith. Mentioned in his father's will. 1/5. John Smith. Born 1717, died May 4/1778. His will, dated August 10/1777, proved May 20/1778, left to son Joseph, his homestead and lands at Merrick, derived from his father Jonathan: to wife Rachel œ30: and all undivided lands in Hempstead to his three daughters. He married Rachel Valentine, born 1732, died March 31/1817. Issue: 2/1. Joseph Smith, born April 25/1754, died April 21/1844. He married Sarah Willets, born May 7/1776, died November 8/1871. Another source says He married Elizabeth Gildersleeve, born February 20/1771, died June 19/1831, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Gildersleeve. I don't know which is correct. Issue: - 3/1. Valentine Smith, born at Hempstead, October 2/1791, died June 25/1873. 3/2. Joseph Smith, born November 9/1793, died June 8/1870, 90 years old less three days. He married on December 24/1818-9, Harriet Raynor, born March 10/1799 died October 17/1886, daughter of Whitehead and Mary (Seaman) Raynor. Issue:- 4/1. Carman Smith, born 1819, died December 27/1902. He had a general store at Freeport, L.1. He married Ruthella ---. Issue : - 5/1. Joseph Nelson Smith, born 1856, died 1873. 5/2. Samuel Raynor Smith, born 1852, died 1931. 5/3. Emily E. Smith. She married a Mr. Wallace. 4/2. Valentine Smith, born 1820. He married Mary Carman, born June 1832, died December 20/1895. This is wrong, see the Valentine Smith on the next page. 4/3. Sydney Smith, born 1831, died 1880. He was a tin smith at Freeport, L.I., and postmaster there from 1874 to 1880. He married, 1st, on October 20/1853, Harriet Peck: 2nd, on May 24/1860, Ellen Blake: 3rd, on October 18/1875, Emeline Seabury: 4th, on December 8/1877, Ruthella Carpenter. He had six children, but by which of his wives was not stated. 4/4. Nelson Horatio Smith, born 1834, died may 8/1901. He had a general store at Freeport, L.I. He married Catherine J. Smart, and had two children. 6/5. Eliza Ann Smith. She married a Powell. 4/6. Mary Smith. She married a Johnson. 4/7. Emily Josephine Smith. She married Wright Pearsall born August 20/1840, died 1899, son of Uriah and Matilda (Davison) Pearsall of Hempstead. 3/3. Elizabeth Smith, born September 15/1795, died October 12/1858. She married a Carman. Subject 70 Page 4 (190) 3/4. Ann Smith, born October 20/1797, died August 9/1846. She married before 1822, Stephen Wood, born March 9/1798. Six children. 3/5. Philetus Smith, born October 25/1799, died August 23/1843. His wife was Phebe ---. 3/6. Elijah Smith, born May 11/1803, died October 25/1826. 3/7. William Smith, born January 11/1805, died August 10/1884. He was a gentleman farmer at the old Merrick farm. He married, on February 1/1828, Amy Mott Smith, born 1804, daughter of George and Amy (Mott) Smith. Issue:- 4/1. Elijah Smith, born February 10/1829, died July 21/1893. He inherited the Merrick farm from his father. He married on May 27/1857, Delia Fish, born February 24/1839, died June 20/1924, daughter of William Fish. Issue 5/1. Charles Corwin Smith. Married Minnie Anderson: no issue. 5/2. Harvey Buchanan Smith. Married Fannie B. Powell. 5/3. Willet Fish Smith, died in infancy. 4/2. Valentine Smith, born December 10/1830, died April 2/1911. He married on February 10/1854, Mary Carman, born June 23/1832, died December 20/1895. Issue :- 5/1. William Carman Smith, born January 10/1855, died at Freeport, 1927. He married Annie Maria Tredwell. 5/2. Franklin Valentine Smith, born 1860. He had a general store at Merick. He married Mary Combes. 5/3. Anna Eliza Smith, born November 30/1856. She married Amos Williams. 5/4. Henrietta Smith, born June 22/1861. 5/5. Alvin Gilbert Smith, born 1864. He was a county engineer at Nassau, L.l. He married Mary Haff. 5/6. Amy Mott Smith, born March 18/1866, died June 20/1877. 4/3. J. Gilbert Smith, born November 18/1853, died March 22/1904. He was a boat builder and built several boats for carrying coal and wood to New York. to later grew Oysters. He married on December 26/1866, Mary Powell, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Smith) Powell. Issue :- - 5/1. Valentine W. Smith, the author of the John Rock Smith Genealogy, from which I have copied these items. He married Lila Carman Denton. 5/2. Charles Powell Smith. He married Eugenia Mean. 3/8. Phebe Smith, born January 18/1808, died January 19/1872. She married a Raynor and had a daughter Catherine. 3/9. Mary Ann Smith, born August 15/1810, died June 23/1867. 3/10. Burtis Smith, born March 29/1815, died December2/1854. 3/11. George G. Smith, born July 29/1815, died September 16/1815. 3/12. Rachel Smith, born December 1/1816, died November 1/1818. 2/2. Phebe Smith. No data. 2/3. Ann Carman Smith, born December 12/1760, died June 21/1794. 2/4. Elizabeth Smith. No data. 1/6. Philena Smith. Dates of birth and death unknown. She married at St. George's Church, Hempstead, on May 8/1749, John Rushmore, born about 1725, died intestate, July 10/1759, son of John and Mary (Carman) Rushmore, see subject 66. She married, 2nd, on June 20/1761, Subject 70 Page 5 (191) Elias Dorlon of Troy,N.Y., son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Freedenburgh) Dorlon, but had no children by him. See subject 34 for issue and further particulars. 1/7. Hannah Smith. Dates of birth and death unknown. Her father's will says she was the wife of Timothy Tredwell, but the Tredwell Genealogy doesn't confirm this. Valentine W. smith, Bunker, and Henry Alanson Tredwell's genealogies say she married between September 22/1738 and May 17/1746, Timothy Bedell, born about 1720, still living on September 20/1773, and had three children, Benajah, Timothy and Hannah. 1/8. Jane Smith. Baptized at the same time as her eldest son: died in 1780. She married at Hempstead, on February 17/1733-4, Benjamin Haviland, who died July 20/1751, son of John and Sarah (--) Haviland. He lived in oyster Bay, and his estate was valued at œ485,16.O. Issue:- 2/1. Benjamin Haviland, baptized September 18/1743, died before 1776. He was a carpenter. He probably married Rohamah Steed on July 8/1761, and had John, Joseph and Benjamin. 2/2. John Haviland, baptized October 27/1744, living in 1780. 2/3. Luke Haviland, baptized May 4/1747, died between 1776 and 1781. He never married and left his estate to Benjamin's three sons. 2/4. Joseph Haviland. 2/5. Jane Haviland. 2/6. Peter Haviland.