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Leonard Smith

Leonard Smith (I11006)

Male 1732 - 1790  (57 years)

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  • Name Leonard Smith  [1, 2, 3
    Relationshipwith Albert Leopold Vitter
    Birth 24 Jun 1732  St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1780  Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    laid out the town of Berlin, Maryland, now called Brunswick 
    Reference Number 11540 
    Death 25 Mar 1790  Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Burial St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Siblings 3 brothers and 1 sister 
     1. Leonard Smith (current person),   b. 24 Jun 1732, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1790, Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
    Elizabeth Neale,   b. 1734, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1820, Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years),  m. Bef 1754  
     2. John Smith,   b. Bef 1735, Charles, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1777  (Age > 44 years)
     3. Henry Smith,   b. Bef 1735, Charles, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1777  (Age > 44 years)
     4. Mary Smith,   b. Bef 1735, Charles, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1777  (Age > 44 years)
    ? ?   d. DECEASED    
     5. Benjamin Smith,   b. Bef 1735, Charles, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1777  (Age > 42 years)
    Mary Neale   d. Bef 1786    
     
    Notes 
    • Information from "Historic Moments"
      by John W. Ashbury
      (ashbury@intrepid.net)
      Walkersville, MD 21793

      On March 25, 1753, The land called "Merry
      Peep-O-Day," conveyed to John Hawkins by
      King George II, and on which Brunswick was
      later laid out by Leonard Smith, was surveyed.

      On November 7, 1780, Clement Hollyday sold
      the land on which Brunswick was laid out, to
      Leonard Smith. The plat was recorded Nov. 9, 1780

      On March 25, 1790, Leonard Smith, who laid
      out Brunswick on November 9, 1780, died and
      was buried in the cemetery of St John The Evangelist Roman
      Catholic Church in Frederick City.

      [SmithG.FTW]

      Information from "Historic Moments"
      by John W. Ashbury
      (ashbury@intrepid.net)
      Walkersville, MD 21793

      On March 25, 1753, The land called "Merry
      Peep-O-Day," conveyed to John Hawkins by
      King George II, and on which Brunswick was
      later laid out by Leonard Smith, was surveyed.

      On November 7, 1780, Clement Hollyday sold
      the land on which Brunswick was laid out, to
      Leonard Smith. The plat was recorded Nov. 9, 1780

      On March 25, 1790, Leonard Smith, who laid
      out Brunswick on November 9, 1780, died and
      was buried in the cemetery of St John The Evangelist Roman
      Catholic Church in Frederick City.
    Person ID I11006  Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2023 

    Father Captain John T. Smith,   b. 1706, Calvert, Cecil, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1734/35, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Mother Jane Brooke,   b. 1718, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1736, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1730  [2, 3
    Married 1736 
    Reference Number 89515 
    Family ID F3979  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Neale,   b. 1734, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1820, Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1754  [2, 3
    Reference Number 89509 
    Children 
     1. Charles Overton Smith,   b. 15 Mar 1751, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1819, Grand Coteau, St Landry, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     2. John Smith,   b. 9 Nov 1754, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1805, Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     3. Joseph Leonard Smith,   b. 1762, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1828, Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     4. Francis Ignatius Smith,   b. 5 Aug 1762, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1805, Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     5. Marie Eleanore Smith,   b. 1764, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1790 (Age > 27 years)
     6. Benjamine Aloysius Smith,   b. 25 Aug 1766, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1820, Grand Coteau, St Landry, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) [Father: natural,Mother: unknown]
     7. Basil Smith,   b. 1768, Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1770, Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     8. Octave Raphael Smith,   b. 13 Oct 1770, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1829, Bellevue, St Martinville, St Martin, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     9. Jane Smith,   b. 1775, St Mary's, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED
    Family ID F3978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Jun 1732 - St Mary's, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - laid out the town of Berlin, Maryland, now called Brunswick - 1780 - Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Mar 1790 - Frederick, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S281] Gladys DeViller, The Opelousas Post, The Colonial Files.
      Benjamin Smith - Son of Leonardo Smith and Ysabela Neal

    2. [S255] Family Database SmithG.FTW.
      Date of Import: 1 Dec 2004

    3. [S1096] Thomas John Chew Williams and Foger McKinsey, History of Frederick Maryland, Volume 1, (Date: 1910, republished in 1967, 1979, 1997, and 2003;), 2003 edition, page 1215.].
      https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/41889097/person/20463427027/media/a25ab9e0-847f-4522-84d5-3efc645f3de1?destTreeId=167934432&destPersonId=102175007854&_phsrc=pDA36&_phstart=default
      Smith Family Summary Document
      Smith Family Summary Document
      Biographical information on the Smiths of England and Maryland. [Thomas John Chew Williams and Foger McKinsey (1910). "History of Frederick Maryland, Volume 1", Originally published in 1910 in Frederick, Maryland. Subsequently republished in 1967, 1979, 1997, and 2003. The 2003 edition is what is copied here, page 1215.]


    4. [S83] Susanne Files Flowers, Frederick County, Maryland Will Index 1744-1946, (Name: PawPrints, Inc. Monrovia, MD 21770 1998;), Pg. 219, LDS #010419.
      10254 Smith, Leonard GM-2-523 8 Apr 1794 Joseph Smith



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