'Smythies1'
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Families covered: Smythies of Alpheton, Smythies of Colchester, Smythies of Witnesham, Smythes of Wryngton, Smythes of Wyke Court
| Apparently of a family which came from Lancashire was the following William. Note that the connection between the earlier Smythes and the later Smythies appears to be not fully proven. | |||||||||||||||
| William Smythes of Wryngton, Somerset | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Smythes | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Smythes of Ubley/Ubley, near Bristol, Somerset (d before 01.06.1568) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (a 06.1568) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue (a 1567) - Thomas, John, George, Susan | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Smythes of Wyke Court in Yatton, Somerset (d before 26.02.1585-6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Godlowe of Bristol | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Smythes of Wyke Court, Sheriff of London (b c1563, d 11.07.1615) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sara Woolhouse (d before 03.06.1654, dau of Anthony Woolhouse of Chapwell (Glapwell) & London, m2. General Sir Arthur Savage) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Arthur Smythes of Obden, etc., Sheriff of Worcestershire (a 1633) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | William Smythes of Templeton, Buckinghamshire (b c1602, a 1654) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Cutts | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Smythes of Bedford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Manley (dau of John Manley of Willshamsted) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - William (b c1654, a 1669), John, Richard, Arthur, Mathew, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Elizabeth, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Hester Smythes (a 1615) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Eyre of Wiltshire & London | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Smythes (a 1615) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Semster of Hertfordshire & London | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Anne Smythes (b c1606, a 1653) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1624?) _ Vernon | |||||||||||||||
| f.+ | other issue (dvp young) - George, George, Frances, Goodliffe | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Smythes of Compton (a 1584, d by 1614) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | William Smythes "one of those who may have been father of" ... | ||||||||||||||
| a. | William Smythies of Gosfields (d before 26.09.1653, vicar of Walter Belhcamp, Essex) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne (a 09.1653) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Isaac Smythies (d before 11.06.1674, vicar of Dagenham) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (d 1676) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Smythies (d(sp?) 1720) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1687) ?? | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Richard (a 1675), Joseph, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Smythies of Witnesham, Suffolk (b 03.03.1635, bur 29.06.1715, rector of Tacolneston, curate in London then Witnesham, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hephzibah Palmer (b 1764-5, bur 12.05.1749, dau of James Palmer of New Buckenham & Witnesham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Smythies of Mile End in Colchester, Essex (bpt 05.03.1663, d 07.03.17419, rector of Mile End) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.1687) Thamar Furley (b c1675, d 06.11.1734, dau/coheir of Stephen Furley of Colchester) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Palmer Smythies of Mile End in Colchester & Cardons Hall in Witnesham (b 18.10.1691, d 25.12.1776, rector in Colchester) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Susan Puplet (d 24.07.1731) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Smythies of Colchester & Alpheton (Suffolk) (b 18.11.1722, d 31.10.1780, rector of Alpheton, vicar in Colchester, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.07.1747) Anna Dorothea Carleton (bur 05.09.1777, dau of Christopher (?) Carleton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Smythies (b 17.07.1753, d 1781-2, surgeon) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.04.1777) Margaret Burgess (m2. Sir Edmund Affleck, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | William Carleton Smythies of Oldland Hall, Gloucestershire had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Aemilia Irving Gosselin (b c1776, d 1858, dau of Joshua Gosselin of Guernsey & Ware) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | son (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Harriet Smythies (b 25.11.1760) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jacob Whittington | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - John (b 30.07.1754, d 04.10.1754), Carleton (dsp), Catherine (b 07.04.1748, m. 1793, d 07.1819), Dorothea (b 21.11.1751) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Humphrey Smythies of Alptheton & Little Staughton (Bedfordshire) (b 14.01.1724, d 30.05.1806, rector of Alpheton then Little Staughton) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Carter (b 1733-4, d 06.05.1810, widow of _ Abbot of Abingdon) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Henry Yeats Smythies of Stanground, Huntingdonshire (b 15.02.1765, bur 20.06.1842, vicar of Stanground) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.11.1809) Isabella Raymond (b 03.03.1784, d 08.09.1858, dau of Rev. Samuel Raymond of Belchamp Hall, niece of Isabella, Countess of Dundonald) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Catherine Smythies (b 24.08.1766, dsp 1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1792) William Brewster of Northfield | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Ann Smythies (b 18.02.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Brook Nathaniel Bridges (rector of Orlingbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | other issue - Richard (b 09.12.1721, d 09.04.1722), George (b 28.05.1726, a 1774), Richard (b 07.12.1728), Thomas (b 25.04.1730), Charles (b 11.07.1731), Susan (b 13.01.1720-1, a 1774), Elizabeth (b 13.08.1727) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1732) Elizabeth Brazier (d 1798-9, dau of Rev. John Brazier of Great Holland & Easthorp) | |||||||||||||||
| (k) | John Smythies of Colchester & Alpheton (b 28.10.1733, d 15.10.1816, rector in Colchester & Alpheton) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.1777) Elizabeth Longcroft (d 30.10.1816, dau of Robert Longcroft of Fratton (by Elizabeth, dau of Edward Bearcroft of Mere Hall), widow of James Powell) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John Robert Smythies of Lynch Court (Herefordshire) & Colchester (b 21.10.1778, d 24.03.1852, rector in Colchester) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.11.1805) Elizabeth Kinnersley (b 08.142.1783, d 20.08.1852, dau of George Kinnersley of Stepney & heir of James Kinnersley of Lynch Court (cousin of George)) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Elizabeth Mary Smythies (b 1779, d 05.01.1866) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.05.1802) Richard Twining of London (d 12.10.1857) | |||||||||||||||
| (l) | Francis Smythies (b 21.08.1742, d 21.07.1798, town clerk of Colchester) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.02.1771) Jane Strange Norfolk (d 21.06.1824, dau of William Norfolk of Cambridge) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Smythies in London (b 23.10.1772, dsp 12.02.1785) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Richards (b 1769-70, d 22.05.1847, dau of Thomas Richards of Newport) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Francis Smythies of London, Mayor of Colchester (b 14.11.1779, d 13.05.1840, town clerk of Colchester) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.11.1809) Caroline Dale (b c1782, d 11.10.1851, dau of John Dale of Hatton Garden & Greenwich) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Mary Ann Smythies (b 05.10.1773) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1796) Sackville Frederick Gwynne of Glanbrane Park | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Jane Smythies (b 17.05.1781, d 22.08.1845) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gilbert Affleck (Lt. Colonel, nephew of Sir Edmund, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| ((5))+ | other issue - Palmer (b 01.03.1777, d 12.06.1777), Palmer (b 16.03.1778, d 28.05.1790), Edmund Walcot (b 19.12.1782, d unm 26.05.1810), Charlotte (b 20.1.1771, d unm), Jane (b 02.10.1774, d 08.06.1775), Elizabeth (b 11.10.1775), Harriet (b 07.10.1785, d unm 11.01.1812) | ||||||||||||||
| (m) | Elizabeth Smythies (b 01.03.1739, d 1796) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.1764) Thomas Twining (d 1804, rector in Colchester) | |||||||||||||||
| (n)+ | other issue - Francis (b 25.02.1735, d young), Francis (b 05.01.1736-7, d young), Robert (b 21.04.1738, d young), Robert (b 06.08.1740-1?, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Smythies of Colchester (b 10.01.1698-9, d 13.04.1772, surgeon) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (12.102.1734) Margaret Richard de Vandergnes (bur 04.01.1737) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Yorick Smythies of Colchester (bpt 10.02.1737, d 13.10.1824, rector in Colchester & Little Bentley) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1773) Ann Leigh (b c1737, d 27.01.1814, dau of Rev. Thomas Leigh of Greenwich) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | issue "became extinct" | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth (d 11.09.1807) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | James Smythies, later Blatch of Basingstoke, Hampshire (b c1747, d 18.12.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Dennis (b c1743, d 22.10.1815) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | James Blatch of Basingstoke (d unm c1870, vicar of Basingstoke) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Mary Ann Blatch (d 1869) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Hoddyn (rector of All Saints, Colchester) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Elizabeth Blatch (d 1852) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Augustus Beevor | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Charlotte Smythies (b c1750, bur 20.03.1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Doyle of Stratford-le-Bow | |||||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | issue - William Smythies (b c1772, d 28.01.1796), Edward (b c1774, d 27.09.1793) | ||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | other issue - William, John, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Smythies of Lavenham, Suffolk (dsp 1746, cleric of Alpheton) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Summers (dau of Henry Summers of Sible Hedingham) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Hephzibah Smythies (b 14.07.1695) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Meadows of Witnesham | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - James, Hephzibah, Sarah | ||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | other issue - Mary 9b 17.01.1689), Dorothy, Susan, Furley (b 18.09.1693) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Peter Smythies of Norwich & Witnesham (b 26.12.1673, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sergeant Smythies of London | ||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | other issue - John (bpt 02.04.1664, a 1702), Robert (b 05.11.1665, a 1687), Christopher (bpt 12.1666, bur 05.07.1669) | ||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - John (bur 1626), William (bpt 1632, bur 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Parmynter | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Robert Smythes of Bristol (d before 18.02.1585/6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (widow of _ Whoper) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Jessey Smythes | ||||||||||||||
| D. | George Smythes of Wrington (Wrenton) (bur 22.07.1590) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John Smythes of Wrington (bpt 25.07.1551, bur 28.06.1626) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Dorington (d before 02.07.1639, dau of _ Dorington of Dorington) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Smythes (b 1598, dvp bur 04.05.1626) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sara Fowen of Bristol | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Jane Smythes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Barnard of Downside | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Smythes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Goodwyn of Orkey | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Edward, Thomas, Elizabeth, Anna, Joane | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Smythes (bpt 21.10.1599, a 06.1672) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Bisse of Batcomb (b c1605, d 07.04.1640) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Joan Smythes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Chichester | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Judith Smythes | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Taverner of London | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Sarah Smythes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Harvey of Brockley | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Gideon Smythes (bpt 05.06.1579, bur 30.09.1609, younger son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Smythes | ||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 26.05.1555, bur 13.02.1570-1), Timothy (bpt 14.12.1565. bur 01.10.1566), George (bpt 11.11.1569, bur 23.08.1570), William (bpt 07.10.1576), Edward (bpt 05.06.1583) | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Edward Smythes (a 1567) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'Records of the Smythies family' (Major R.H. Raymond Smythies, 1912), with thanks to a contributor (CV, 21.10.12) for drawing our attention to this book which may be found of archive.org, MGH (NS4 vol 4 (1912), 'The Pedigree of the Smyties Family', p172+)
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