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1 Descendants of Richard Smithsend & Anne Whithorne (London) This Is Descendants of Richard Smithsend & Anne Whithorne (London) This is the history of the Smithsend family who originate in Tewkesbury in the 14th century. These are the ancestors of the Smithin family in Pershore. This document describes the branch of the Smithsend family that settled in London in the 18th and 19th centuries. This includes two very interesting brothers Richard & Nicholas Smithsend who became Captains for the Hudson Bay Company; both led very adventurous lives. Many thanks to the other researchers involved. Judith Valenzuela, Jill Evans, Bob O'Hara, Irene Greatorex, Scott and Gladys Macdonough Dates before 1751 are based on the Julian calendar. In some cases the calendar used by the source is not clear so dates from 1st January to 25th March are may refer to one year or the other, e.g. 1705/1706. Contents The descendants of Richard Smithsend & Anne Whithorne ................................................................... 2 Richard Smithsend (1652-1716) ............................................................................................................. 2 Richard Smithsend (bd.1697) ............................................................................................................ 20 Elesabeth Smithsend (b.1702) .......................................................................................................... 20 Sarah Smithsend (1704-1728) .......................................................................................................... 20 Conway Smithsend (b.1654) ................................................................................................................. 20 Anne Smithsend (b.1659) ..................................................................................................................... 20 Elizabeth Smithsend (c.1658) ............................................................................................................... 21 Nicholas Smithsend (1663-1730) .......................................................................................................... 21 John Smithsend (1665-1725) ................................................................................................................ 42 Sarah Smithsend (b.1667) .................................................................................................................... 47 Mary Smithsend (b.1669) ...................................................................................................................... 47 Susanna Smithsend (1671-1672) ......................................................................................................... 48 Thomas Smithsend (1673-c.1730) ........................................................................................................ 49 Mary Smithsend (1708-1766) ............................................................................................................ 52 Ann Smithsend (c.1709) .................................................................................................................... 54 Descendants of John Smithsend (1665-1725)...................................................................................... 54 John Smithsend (bd.1693) .................................................................................................................... 54 Richard Smithsend (bd.1694) ............................................................................................................... 54 Edward Smithsend (1695-1758) ........................................................................................................... 54 Conway Smithsend (b.1697) ................................................................................................................. 59 Jane Smithsand (d.1703) ...................................................................................................................... 59 John Smithsend (c.1704-1729) ............................................................................................................. 59 Nicholas Smithsend (1709-c.1748) ....................................................................................................... 59 Mary Smithsend (1733-1735) ............................................................................................................ 60 Esther Smithsend (1735-1797) ......................................................................................................... 60 Anne Smithsend (c.1712) ...................................................................................................................... 60 Katherine Smithsend (c.1714-1748). .................................................................................................... 60 Hester Smithsend (1716-1754) ............................................................................................................. 61 Richard Smithsend (c.1710-1782) ........................................................................................................ 61 Richard Smithsend (c.1738-1798) ..................................................................................................... 62 John Smithsend (b.1739) .................................................................................................................. 62 Sarah Smithsend (b.1743)................................................................................................................. 62 Mary Smithsend (bd.1746) ................................................................................................................ 62 Mary Smithsend (b.1748) .................................................................................................................. 62 Elizabeth Smithend (b.1750) ............................................................................................................. 62 James Smithend (c.1752).................................................................................................................. 62 Ann Smithend (b.1779) .................................................................................................................. 62 John Smithend (b.1782) ................................................................................................................ 62 Edward Smithsend (1755-1829) ........................................................................................................ 62 James Smithsend (b.1772) ............................................................................................................ 63 Sarah Smithsend (b.1781 .............................................................................................................. 63 1 Nicholas Smithsend (1761-1837) ...................................................................................................... 63 The descendants of Richard Smithsend & Anne Whithorne Richard Smithsend married Anne Whithorne in Tewkesbury in about 1653. His father was Nicholas Smithsend (1615-1697) who was a prominent landowner in Walton Cardiff and Tewkesbury. The Whithorne family had a house in London and maybe this lead to some of their children living and working in London. There always seem to have been close links between the Smithsends in London and Tewkesbury. Full details of Richard Smithsend and Anne Whithorne are in a separate document. Richard Smithsend (1652-1716). The son of Richard Smithsend and Anne Whithorne. He was born in 1652, probably in Tewkesbury. Richard was mentioned in the Will of John Higgins in 1662; his aunt Elizabeth's husband.1 Alsoe I doe give unto Richard Smithsend the sone of Richard Smithsend the lower tenement with the garden lying next to Avon now in the occupation of John Cooke. Richard was also mentioned in the Will of his aunt Elizabeth who died in 1665.2 Alsoe I give and bequeath to Richard Smythsend Elizabeth Anne and Nicholas Smythsend sonnes and daughters of my brother Richard Smythsend Tweny five pounds apeece of current mony to be paid to them within siz moneths next after my decease. And if any or other of them the said Richard, Elizabeth Anne and Nicholas shall dye before the payment of the said legacy that then the legacy or porcon of any or other of them soe dyeing shall remaine amongst the survivor or survivors of them. Richard was listed on a Gloucester marriage allegation in 1680. Richard Smithsend, Mariner, aged 28 with Sarah Guy, aged 27, on the 17th August 1680, at Twining or Ashchurch.3 Richard married Anne Guy (b.1653) in Tewkesbury on the 19th August 1680.4 5 19 July 1680, Richard, s. of Richard Smithsend, Gent, marryed to Anne, d. of Anne Guy of ye Woolpak, Widow In 1684 Richard was apparently in debt and a John Hine bought a civil case against him, his father, and Conway Whithorne (probably the brother of Richard's mother, Ann Whithorne) and others in the High Court (Court of Equity).6 Richard owned a half share in a ship called the Thomas and Richard and the other half was left to John Hine in a Will - but John Hine claimed that this had been rendered worthless because most of the moveable items and rigging etc. of the ship had been sold by Richard, or taken by others, to settle Richard's debts. Hine versus Smithsend and Whithorne 28th Oct 1684 Marsham To the Right Honourable Francis Lord Guilford Lord Keeper of the Greate Seale of England 7 Humbly complaining herewith unto your Lordship your dayly orator John Hine of the Parish of Bristoll Grocer that whereas John Walls of the said Parish of Bristoll merchant being about three years since lawfully possessed
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