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• A child of LAWRENCE TOWNELEY SMITH and MARY JENNINGS DEBNAM
• This information was last updated on March 25, 2024.

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Rev Guy Smith
Birth: 1669 Ely, East Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Death: 1719 (aged 49œ50) Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Burial: Abingdon Episcopal Church Cemetery, White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Memorial #: 104613412
Bio: Guy Smith was probably born in Virginia in 1675 and was educated in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England. He was the son of Col. Lawrence Smith (1629-1700) and Mary Hitchon Smith (1631-1687). There are no birth records found for Rev. Guy Smith, but much information about him living and dying in Virginia. In the Encyclopedia of Virginia, Vol. 1 page 326, it is recorded that Rev. Guy Smith came to Virginia before 1700 and was minister of Abingdon Church in Gloucester County, Virginia. He was a member of the clergy who assembled at William & Mary College in 1719.

Guy married Elizabeth Perrin (1685-1720) in 1699 at Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, United States. Elizabeth was the daughter of Richard Perrin (1665 - abt 1695) and Anne Porter (1667-1711). There is a passenger list for Guy Smith coming to Virginia from England 3 years after his marriage. It could be possible that he had to go to England to be educated and licensed as a minister for the Church of England in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. His parents were born in England but came to Virginia, and all of Guy's brothers and sisters were born in Virginia, and both of his parents died in Gloucester, Virginia. All of his children were born in Gloucester, Virginia.

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Guy Smith Name: Guy Smith Year: 1702 Place: Virginia Source Publication Code: 9658.50.15 Primary Immigrant: Smith, Guy Annotation: Date and place of mention. Date and place of birth and death, name and occupation of father, college attended and degrees earned, and other information may also be provided. Source Bibliography: WEIS, FREDERICK LEWIS. The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Boston: Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, 1955. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1976. Page: 47

Rev. Guy and Elizabeth Perrin Smith were the parents of the following 9 known children: Col. John Smith, Mary, Ann, Guy, Augustine, Joanna, Susanna, Constantine and Lawrence Smith. Rev. Guy Smith was Rector of Abingdon Episcopal Church from 1702-1719.

He is listed in the Encyclopedia of Virginia Page 326: Smith, Rev. Guy, came to Virginia before 1700 and was minister of Abingdon Church, Gloucester county. he was a member of the convention of the clergy that assembled at William and Mary College in 1719. He died about 1720, leaving issue at least four sons, John, Guy, Constantine and Lawrence.

Rev. Guy Smith died aft 1720 in Abingdon, Gloucester, Virginia, United States. He was 45 years old.

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Family Members
Parents
Maj Lawrence Smith1629-1700
Mary Debnam Smith1634-1687
Spouse
Elizabeth Marie Perrin Smith1682-1722
Siblings
CPT Charles Smith1655-1720
Sarah Smith Taliaferro1659-1720
Col Lawrence Smith1660-1739
Children
John M. Smith1701-1775
Mary Smith Haynes1708-1782
Created by: Stella (47848948)
Added: 2013-02-03T20:41:57.000Z
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104613412/guy_smith
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104613412/guy-smith: accessed March 25, 2024), memorial page for Rev Guy Smith (1669œ1719), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104613412, citing Abingdon Episcopal Church Cemetery, White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Stella (contributor 47848948).

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