Received 21
May 2014
Mr. Smith:
I live in the United States and am trying to gain membership into
the Jamestown Society. I have a family history that was written in the
early 1970’s. The lady that wrote the history is long gone and I have no
source documents. I am trying to document a Thomas Smith that left
England for Virginia ca 1623. My history shows the following lineage:
1. Thomas Smith Sr. Born 1518 married Margaret Turner
2. Arthur Smith born 1560 Married Anne Milword
3. Thomas Smith Sr. born 1590 came to America ca 1623 aboard
the Margaret & John
Roger Smith
(Brother of Thomas) also came to America ca 1623
I saw somewhere on your blog where you listed a brother of Thomas
as being Arthur Smith.
Do you have any information of my ancestor Thomas Smith Sr. who
sailed for Virginia in ca 1623. I would love to have a source document
of his birth and his passage on the Margaret and John.
When I have my history completed, I plan on coming to Blackmore
and toasting my Smith ancestors with a Beer in your local pub.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kenneth Smith
Replied 24
May 2014
Dear Kenneth
Thank you for your e mail. Thomas Smyth (d. 1592, not 1594)
is commemorated on a tomb in the south east corner of the Priory Church of St
Laurence. One of his six sons and four daughters of his second marriage
to Margaret Turner was Arthur who was the next Smyth in the Blackmore family
line. I did not have his birth year (1560?) but a note that he married
Anne Milward (born 1592 – is this plausible?) in 1602 and died 7 March
1622/3. They had, it seems, 5 children the second being Thomas born 1605
at Braintree who emigrated to Virginia. A Roger Smyth is not one of the 5
children. This is all I have about Thomas Smyth.
My booklet on the Smyth Family at Blackmore was produced in 2008,
so I have to say that this is a topic I will not have pursued since then.
Occasionally I receive an e mail from Smyth descendants and am always happy to
publish correspondence on the blog.
I had never heard about a Jamestown Society. How interesting.
Regards
Andrew Smith (no relation)
Blackmore Area Local History
