Edith (Whitfield) Smith

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Edith Elizabeth Smith (Whitfield)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Craney Island, Portsmouth, VA
Death: April 14, 1785 (68)
Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: Selma, Johnston County, NC, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Whitfield, I; Mary Elizabeth Whitfield and Mary Elizabeth Whitfield
Wife of Samuel Smith, Sr and Capt. Samuel Smith, Sr., Chief of Tuscorora
Mother of Elizabeth Barnes; John Smith; Minqua Edith (Smith) Bryant-Folsom; Alexander Smith; Samuel Smith, Jr. and 2 others
Sister of Margaret Winkfield; William Whitfield, II; Mary Elizabeth Graddy / Beck; Matthew Whitfield; Luke Whitfield and 7 others

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About Edith (Whitfield) Smith

Sister of William Joshua Whitfield 1715–1795; Edith (Whitfield) Smith 1717–1785; and, Mary Elizabeth (Whitfield) Graddy 20 May 1715 -30 Dec 1791 (aged 76) always lived in Albertson, Duplin Co, NC buried in Graddys Cemetery Duplin Co MEMORIAL ID 25376890

  • Disconnection from non proven siblings requested: Disconnection from non proven childen except the three on record. Smiths are hard to study but this person left a very easy to read will.

Spouse: Samuel Smith (1709 - 1803 mentioned in his sister's will and that means he died after her death of 1793)

Edith married Capt. Samuel Smith, Sr. circa 1737 in Johnson Co., North Carolina. Together they had the following children: Minqua Edith (Smith) Bryant-Folsom; Samuel Smith, Jr.; Col. David Smith Her only children were: Children: Samuel Smith, Jr. (1744 - 1809); David Smith (1746 - 1795); Edith (Smith) Bryan-Folsom.

Sister of William Joshua Whitfield 1715–1795; Edith (Whitfield) Smith 1717–1785; and, Mary Elizabeth (Whitfield) Graddy 20 May 1715 -30 Dec 1791 (aged 76) always lived in Albertson, Duplin Co, NC buried in Graddys Cemetery Duplin Co MEMORIAL ID 25376890.

Find A Grave Memorial# 73810340 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgipage=gr&GSln=smith&GSbyrel=...


[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73810340]

http://www.smithsworldwide.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I29136

Marriage and Parents: p. 157 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=xNYUAAAAYAAJ&hl=en&fbclid=I...


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Edith (Whitfield) Smith's Timeline

1717
March 7, 1717
Craney Island, Portsmouth, VA
1733
1733
What had been Whitfield Lands, located on 1670 Johnson map, became Johnson Co, NC
1735
1735
Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, United States
1737
1737
Johnson, North Carolina, United States
1738
1738
NC, Colonial America
1744
June 12, 1744
Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, United States
1746
September 7, 1746
Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, United States
1764
March 25, 1764
Robeson Co., NC