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I. Capt. John Marshall, of "The Forest," b. about 1700; d. April 1752. Married (about 1722) Elizabeth Markham, b. about 1704; d. in Fauquier Co., 1775.
Children :
II. 1. Sarah Marshall, b. in Washington Parish, Westmore- land Co., Va., about the year 1723. Married (about 1743) Robert Lovell.
III. 2. Anne Marshall, b. in Washington Parish, Westmore- land Co., Va., about 1725; d. in Fauquier Co. about 1781. Mar- ried (about 1745) Augustine Smith, of the same locality.
IV. 3. Lizzie Marshall (Elizabeth), b. in Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Va., about 1727. Married (about 1747) John Smith, brother of Augustine Smith.
V. 4. Col. Thomas Marshall, b. in Washington Parish, West- moreland Co., Va., April 2, 1730; d. in Washington, Mason Co., Ky., June 22, 1802. Married (1754, in Fauquier Co., Va.) Mary Randolph Keith, b. in Fauquier Co., Va., April 28, 1737; d. Mason Co., Ky., Sept. 19, 1809.
VI. 5. John Marshall, b. in Westmoreland Co., Va., about 1732; d. about 1800. Married Jane Quiscnbury.
VII. 6. Rev. William Marshall, b. in Westmoreland Co., Washington Parish, Va., 1735; d. 1809 in Kentucky. Married (1766 in Virginia) Mary Anne Pickett, daughter of William Pickett and sister of Martin Pickett.
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VIII. 7. Markham Marshall, b. in Westmoreland Co., Va., about 1730; d .-. He came to Fauquier Co., Va., about 1753, with other members of the family: Married Ann Bailey.
IX. 8. Mary Marshall, b. about 1738; d .-. Married (about 1758) Rev. William MeClanahan, of the Baptist Church.
X. 9. Margaret Marshall (Peggy), b. about 1745. Married Smellan. Nothing else is known of her.
II. Sarah Marshall2 (John1), b. in Westmoreland County, Va. (Washington Parish), about the year 1723. Married (about 1743) Robert Lovell. It is not known what became of this family. The names appear in the will of John Marshall, of "The Forest," and Mrs. Mary T. Colston makes Sarah Lovell the oldest ehild of John and Elizabeth Marshall.
The will of Robert Lovell, Sr., doubtless the father of the hus- band of Sarah Marshall, is of record in Westmoreland County. It is dated January 15, 1725; probated February 23, 1725; enu- merates his children :
I. Elizabeth Lovell. Married Nicholson.
II. Mary Lovell. Married Harrison.
III. Robert Lovell.
IV. Daniel Lovell.
V. James Lovell.
VI. Ursula Lovell.
III. Ann2 Marshall (John1), b. in Washington Parish, West- moreland Co., Va., about 1725. Married (about 1745) Augustine Smith of the same locality; d. in Fauquier Co., about 1781. Augustine Smith's name appears as one of the witnesses to the will of John Marshall of "The Forest," and the will itself virtually names him as the husband of Ann Marshall. After the death of John of "The Forest" in 1752, the Smiths, with Thomas Marshall, appear to have removed to the vieinity of Germantown, Fauquier Co., Va. Their property in Westmoreland was disposed of and land purchased in Fauquier Co. Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall went with them, and perhaps lived to the beginning of the war. Augustine and John Smith are supposed to have been brothers, the sons of John Smith, Sr., a native of Bristol, England. He came to Virginia about 1700 and settled on Mattox Creek, Westmoreland County, near to Thomas Marshall. He married Mary Ann Adkins,
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a relative of the Washington family, of Westmoreland, and from the Washingtons the name Augustine was derived. The records of Westmoreland show :
1. In 1723 a Mr. Thompson sells to John Smith land in Washington Parish near John Marshall's.
2. . In 1735 John Smith sells Triplett a tract on Mattox Creek.
3. In 1743 Thomas Smith, of Orange Co., Va., sells to John Smith two hundred aeres on Mattox Creek.
4. In 1744 John Smith, Jr., and Patience, his wife, of Prinec William County, sell to John Smith, Sr., of Westmoreland County, one hundred and sixty acres adjoining John Marshall.
5. In 1752 Hornbuckle sells to John Smith two hundred acres in Washington Parish.
By the kindness of Col. Marshall J. Smith, Mr. Paxton is able to present the following :
WILL OF THE FIRST JOHN SMITH.
John Smith's will and testament is as follows: I give to my son Thomas, my land which I now live upon, to him and his heirs and assigns forever. And I give my land which I bought of William Thompson to my son John, to him and his assigns; and in ease my son John should die before he eomes of lawful age, the land to fall to my son Augustine. Also, I give unto my son Thomas a gun and a eow which he ealls his. And all the rest of my estate, I give unto my wife Mary, during her widowhood, and then to be equally divided amongst my children. Also I leave my wife Mary and my son Thomas my whole and sole executors. Hereunto I set my hand and fix my seal.
JOHN SMITH [Seal.]
Attest :- Samuel Thornberry, John Pope, Margaret Morris. Probated Aug. 25, 1725.
Children :
· XI. 1. John Smith. Married Weaver. He was the oldest son of Augustine Smith, but dying without issue before his father, his brother Thomas beeame the heir.
XII. 2. Thomas Smith, b. about 1767; d. in Fauquier Co. about 1796. Married (July 13, -) Elizabeth Adams, b. June 26, 1754.
XIII. 3. Mathew Smith. Married Winn.
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XIV. 4. John Smith.
XV. 5. William Smith. Married Ann Ashby.
XVI. 6. Augustine Smith. Married Darnall.
XVII. 7. Elizabeth Smith. Married Brown.
XVIII. 8. Ann Smith. Married William Florenee.
XIX. 9. James Smith. Married Libbie Pickett. . Their ehild : Thomas Marshall Smith, b .--; d. about 1859. Married, second, - Mrs. Eminet.
XX. 10. Susanna Smith.
IV. Elizabeth (or Lizzie) Marshall, b. in Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Va., about 1727. Married (about 1747) John Smith, brother of Augustine Smith, to whose sketeh referenee is made. John is said to have died in 1783. The following passage of a letter from M. L. Hutt, Dept. Clerk, of Westmoreland County, to Col. Marshall J. Smith, dated Aug. 22, 1883, will throw some light on the Smith records :
I enelose you memorandums of all I can find on the deed-books in this office. They date from 1652. I do not see the names of Mary Ann Adkins, nor of Broadwater, mentioned in the books at all. The name of Fontleroy just appears in deed-book of 1772. I think they were Richmond County people. The Turners are mentioned only once in the will-books, though often in the deed-books. In Thomas Turner's will he leaves his farm, "Smith Mount," to his son Harry Smith Turner, and afterwards H. S. Turner deeds a portion of it to Fontleroy. The Turner family still own the farm. The John Smith mentioned in memorandum 1723 was the father of Thomas, John and Augustine. We have no marriage records nor bonds to show to whom he was married. Probably the marriages at that time were recorded in the church registers, none of which are now in existence in this country.
Lizzie Marshall and John Smith are said to have raised three daughters and one son. Mrs. Judith Keith, of Warrensburg, is one of their great-granddaughters.
V. Col. Thomas Marshall, was b. in Washington Parish, West- moreland Co., Va., April 2, 1730; d. in Washington, Mason Co., Ky., June 22, 1802. Married (1754, in Fauquier Co., Va.) Mary Randolph Keith, b. in Fauquier Co., Va., April 28, 1737; d. Mason Co., Ky., Sept. 19, 1809.
Children :
XXI. 1. John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835, b. Sept. 24, 1755; d. at Philadelphia, July
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6, 1835. Married (Jan. 3, 1783, at Yorktown, Va.) Mary Willis Ambler, b. March 17, 1766; d. Dec. 25, 1831, at Richmond, Va.
XXII. 2. Elizabeth Marshall, b. near Germantown, in Fau- quier Co., 1756, d. at "Honeywood," Berkeley Co., Va., in 1842. Married (Oct. 15, -) Raleigh Colston, b. May 10, 1749; d. at. "Honeywood," Va., 1823.
XXIII. 3. Mary Marshall, b. at "Oakhill," Fauquier Co., Va., about 1757; d. about 1827, and buried at Frankfort. Married (about 1784) Humphrey Marshall, b. in Virginia about 1756; d. in Frankfort, Ky., July 1, 1841.
XXIV. 4. Thomas Marshall, b. in Fauquier Co., Oct. 27, 1761; d. in Washington, Ky., March 19, 1817. Married (1790) - Frances Maitland Kennan, b. in Virginia, July 24, 1773; d. in Washington, Ky., Nov. 19, 1833.
XXV. 5. James Markham Marshall, b. in Fauquier Co., Va., March 12, 1764; d. at "Fairfield," Fauquier Co., April 26, 1848. Married (April 9, 1795) Hester Morris, b. July 30, 1774; d. at "Fairfield," April 18, 1816. Both were buried at "Happy Creek."
XXVI. 6. Judith Marshall, b. in Fauquier Co., about 1766; d. Married (about 1783) George Brooke.
XXVII. 7. William Marshall (twin brother of Charles), b. in Fauquier Co., Va., Jan. 31, 1767; d. in Richmond, Va., 1815. Married, first, Alice Adams; second, Mary Macon; third, Maria C. Winston (Price).
XXVIII. 8. Charles Marshall (twin brother of William), was b. at "Oakhill," Fauquier Co., Va., Jan. 31, 1767; d. at Warrenton, Va., 1805. Married (Sept. 13, 1787) Lucy Pickett, b. May 2, 1767, d. 1825. Both are buried at Old Turkey Church, Fauquier Co., Va.
XXIX. 9. Lucy Marshall, b. in Fauquier Co., Va., about 1768; d. at Jamestown, Va., 1795. Married (1790) John Ambler, b. at Jamestown, Va., Sept. 25, 1762; d. May 8, 1836.
XXX. 10. Alexander Keith Marshall, b. at "Oakhill," Fau- quier Co., Va., 1770; d. at "Walnut Grove," Mason Co., Ky., Feb. 7, 1825. Married (Oct. 10, 1794, at Danville, Ky.) Mary McDowell, b. Jan. 11, 1772; d. at the house of James A. Paxton, Washington, Ky., Jan. 27, 1822. Married, second (Nov. 3, 1823). Mrs. Eliza A. Ball, née Lewis, who d. July 1829.
XXXI. 11. Dr. Louis Marshall, b. at "Oakhill," Fauquier Co., Va., Oct. 7, 1773; d. at Buckpond, Woodford Co., Ky., 1866.
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Married (at Frankfort, Ky., 1800) Agatha Smith, b. 1782; d. May 1844.
XXXII. 12. Susan Tarleton Marshall, b. at "Oakhill," Fau- quier Co., Va., May 12, 1774; d. in Marysville, Ky., 1858. Mar- ried (at Buckpond, Woodford Co., Ky., May 25, 1793) Judge William McClung, b. in Rockbridge Co., Va., July 12, 1758; d. in Mason Co., Ky., 1811.
XXXIII. 13. Charlotte Marshall, b. at "Oakhill," Fauquier Co., Va., 1777; d. in Washington, Ky., April 17, 1817. Married (at "Buekpond," Woodford Co., Ky., 1794) Dr. Basil Duke, b. in Calvert Co., Md., 1766; d. in Washington, Ky., 1828. Dr. Duke married, second, Margaret Chinn, daughter of Raleigh Chinn, Ky.
XXXIV. 14. Jane Marshall, b. at "Oakhill," Fauquier Co., Va., July 29, 1779; d. at Mt. Ephraim, Fauquier Co., Va., Sept. 13, 1866. Married (Dec. 22, 1799) George Keith Taylor, b. March 16, 1769; d. Nov. 10, 1815.
XXXV. 15. Nancy Marshall, b. at "Oakhill," Fauquier Co., Va., about 1781. Married (1803) Col. Joe Hamilton Daviess, son of Joseph and Jean Daviess, b. in Bedford Co., Va., March 4, 1774 ; killed at the battle of Tippecanoe, Nov. 8, 1811. Mar- ried, second, William Pollard; third, a Mr. Cox, and after a few unhappy months experienced, was divorced.
V. Col. Thomas Marshall is regarded by his posterity with veneration. In sound judgment and depth of native mind he is said to have surpassed all his illustrious children. They, them- selves, admitted his superiority of intellect. His posterity are thought to have inherited their mental powers, rather from the Markhams and the Marshalls than from the Keiths.
Col. Marshall is said to have attempted, with George Washington, the school of Rev. Archibald Campbell, reetor of Washington Parish. Here commenced the intimate friendship that continued through life between Col. Marshall and the great apostle of liberty. Well instructed and experienced in the surveyor's art, he often attended Washington in his surveying excursions for Lord Fairfax and others. For these services he received several thous- and aeres of wild land in Henry Co., Va., which were sold and divided among his heirs, as provided in his will. During the French War he was Lieutenant of Volunteers. He was not at
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Braddoek's defeat, because he was left behind, employed in build- ing Fort Necessity. His father died in April, 1752, and Mr. Marshall, being the oldest son and the heir, qualified as his executor. His brother, John, though also appointed an exeeutor, was too young to serve. Shortly after the death of John Mar- shall, of "The Forest," the Marshalls, with their relatives, the Smiths, removed to the vicinity of Germantown, Fauquier Co., Va. Here Thomas accepted the ageney of Lord Fairfax, to super- intend his immense landed estate, to make leases, colleet rents, ete. In 1754, he married Mary Isham Keith, daughter of Rev. James Keith and Mary Randolph. Near Germantown, his elder children were born. In 1765, eleven years after his marriage, he purchased of Thos. L. and R. H. Lee three hundred and fifty aeres of land on Goose Creek, and removed upon it. His old log house still stands a mile northeast of Markham. In 1773, he sold his farm; and it was, perhaps, at this time that he purehased "Oakhill," or, as he ealls it in his will, "The Oaks." Here he built a fine house of wood, which still remains. All his younger children were born here. His mother had attended him in all his removals. A little later she disappears, and it is probable she was laid in the graveyard near Germantown known as "Loeust Level," where the Marshalls, Keiths and Smiths buried their dead. In 1767, while residing on Goose Creek, he was High Sheriff of Fau- quier County. His bond as such still appears of record.
When the war broke out, Col. Marshall was already prepared for it. He was one of that band of early patriots which had re- solved to resist the eneroaehments of the British Crown at the hazard of all that is dear to man. The heroie spirit manifested itself in raising a patriotie company known as the Culpeper Minute Men. This was the earliest organization in the cause of freedom. When formed into a regiment under command of Col. Woodford, Capt. Marshall became Major. Maj. Marshall's esteem for his superior offieer was afterward shown, and his influenee manifested by the county of his residenee, in Kentucky, being ealled Woodford. .
Maj. Marshall distinguished himself at the battle of the Great Bridge,-the first engagement on Virginia's soil. He was fre- quently elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, and was a member of the convention that deelared the colony independent.
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He was at Valley Forge, with his sons, John (Chief Justice) and Thomas. At the battle of Germantown, when Gen. Mcreer was killed, he sueeeeded to the eommand. A horse was killed under him at Brandywinc. It has been said that at Brandywine Col. Marshall saved the patriot army from destruction. For sueh dis- tinguished service, the House of Burgesses through their speaker, Edmund Randolph, presented him a sword. This heirloom de- scended to his son, Capt. Thomas Marshall, who by his will be- stowed it on his son, Gen. Thomas Marshall. The latter left no male issues, and, on his death, his daughter, Mrs. Bland, presented it to the Maysville, Kentucky, Historieal Society, which preserves it with eare.
In 1779, Col. Marshall, with his Third Regiment, was sent to reinforce Gen'l Lineoln in South Carolina. He joined Lincoln just in time to be shut up with him in Charleston, and to share in the surrender of that city to the British. But having been paroled, Col. Marshall, with other officers, visited Kentucky in 1780. On that trip he located his beautiful farm of "Buckpond," near Versailles.
About the year 1780, Col. Marshall was appointed Surveyor- General of the lands in Kentucky, appropriated to the officers and soldiers of the Virginia State line. November 1st, 1781, it was divided into three counties-Fayette, Lineoln and Jefferson, and Col. Marshall was made surveyor of the first. In 1785, Col. Marshall returned to Virginia for his family, which he brought west on a flatboat, down the Ohio River. In 1787, Col. Marshall represented Fayette County in the Virginia Legislature, and in 1788 was elected to the Danville Convention, to form a State Constitution.
In 1795, one of his favorite daughters, Iney Ambler. died at Jamestown, Va. He was deeply affected by this event, and in a letter to his son, John Marshall, dated Buekpond, Ky., November 6, 1795, he pours forth his sorrow. The beginning of this letter was given in Volume I, p. 41. The latter part shows that at that time he held the office of the Collector of United States revenue for the State.
He writes :
We are informed that you are appointed Attorney General for the United States, and that you have accepted the office. Now I hope we may be
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informed why we have no Attorney in this State for the United States. I have complained of this in every letter I have written on the subject of revenue. I cannot possibly have the revenue collected, as no one will comply with the laws without compulsion, and the government has not put it in my power to compel compliance. This I have tried, but without success. What can I do? I know not. I should think that in the present situation of affairs there might be political reasons assigned for the neglect. But if that be the case, why am I repeatedly written to by the Commissioner of Revenue, as if it were expected that I could go on with the business in the same manner as if there were no impediment, etc. ?
From 1780 to 1800 Col. Marshall's home was "Buekpond," one of the most lovely farms in the State of Kentucky. In 1800 his youngest son, Louis, was married to Agatha Smith, and “Buek- pond" was given to them. The old people went to live with their son, Thomas, who resided at Washington, Mason Co., Ky. Here June 22, 1802, Mr. Marshall died, and was buried on "The Hill." Paxton says the inseription on his tomb is now illegible; but many years ago he transeribed it, and it is :
Thomas Marshall, to whom this memorial is inscribed, was born the 2nd of April, 1730, intermarried with Mary Keith, in her 17th year, by whom he had fifteen children, who attained maturity; and after distinguishing himself by the performance of his duties as a husband, father, citizen and soldier, died on the 22nd of June, 1802, aged 72 years, 2 months and 20 days.
Col. Marshall's will ean be found, p. 23, Paxton's Book.)
The wife of Thomas Marshall was Mary Randolph Keith, daughter of Parson James Keith and Mary Isham Randolph.
The Keiths are deseended from Maresehal, of the Seottish army under Bruee. George Keith-born at Kineardine, Seotland, in 1685; died near Potsdam, Prussia, May 25, 1778-was the tenth and last earl that bore the name. His raee had been long Mare- sehals of Scotland, and were possessed of large estates. The family were adherents of the Stuarts, and took an active part in the Rebellion of 1715 in favor of the Pretender. Alexander and James, afterward Field Marshal of Russia and Prussia, were younger brothers of the Earl. James Keith, afterwards known as Parson Keith, a cousin of the Earl, was a professor in the Mare- sehal College of Aberdeen. The professor was Bishop of the Episcopal Church, and the unele and guardian of the Earl and his brothers. His son James (the Parson) had been edueated with his eousins, and in 1715 was a youth of nineteen. The Earl and
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his brothers took part in the rebellion, and had to leave for the continent. Here, through their Cousin James, they still fomented discontent, and in 1719 entered into Scotland, and were repulsed. Their seeret correspondence with their friends had been condueted through their eousin James, and he, when discovered, took refuge in the Colony of Virginia.
James (Parson) Keith had been edueated for the Church. Coming to Virginia, he settled in Fauquier County, and married Mary Isham Randolph, daughter of Thomas Randolph, of Tucka- hoe, the second son of William Randolph, of Turkey Island. She was therefore, closely related to John Randolph, of Roanoke; to Thomas Jefferson and to Riehard Henry Lee. (More about the Randolphs in Chapter V.)
Bishop Meade, Vol. 2, p. 216, thus speaks of Parson James Keith :
Of Rev. Mr. Keith and his descendants I have not been able to obtain all the information I desire, or hope for. For all that I ean learn, he was a worthy man. He was a native of Seotland. Being involved in the Re- bellion in favor of the Pretender, he was foreed to fly his eountry, and eame to Virginia. Returning to England for orders, he was settled in Hamilton Parish, and performed the duties of his office there for a long time-probably until 1757 or 1758. A daughter married Col. Thomas Marshall, of "Oakhill," Fauquier County, the seat of the Marshalls to this day (1857).
Several portraits of Mary R. Keith Marshall are preserved. Miss Mollie Marshall, of Washington, Ky., has the likeness preserved by the old lady herself. Mrs. Bullett, of Louisville, Ky., has the portrait possessed by her grandfather, Dr. Louis Marshall, and Mrs. Aliee Carroll, of Leeds, has the third heirloom, handed down from her grandfather, Judge John Marshall. I know no likeness of Col. Thos. Marshall. The three likenesses of Mrs. Marshall are alike, and represent her dressed with a eap, in the style of an old lady of hier generation. Doubtless the portraits were taken after the death of her husband, or his likeness would have accompanied them.
V. John Marshall was born in Westmoreland Co., Va., about 1732. He is said to have married Jane Quisenbury. He was ap- pointed an exeeutor of his father's will, but failed to qualify. His father died in 1752, and John was then, perhaps, a minor. He came to Bourbon Co., Ky., at an early day. He must have died about the year 1800. His name does not appear upon the records of Bourbon County. I have found no family records, and his posterity, now living, never heard of him.
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V. Rev. William Marshall was born in Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., Va., in the year 1735; d. 1809 in Kentucky. Married (1766, in Virginia) Mary Ann Pickett, daughter of William Pickett and sister of Martin Pickett. His father died in 1752, and the family removed to Fauquier Co., Va., and settled in the vicinity of Germantown. In 1765 he purchased land two miles west of Markham, Fauquier Co., Va., and his old residence is still pointed out. About 1766, he married, and in 1768 he was brought under the influence of the New Light preachers, and united with the Baptist Church. In a short time he began to preach. Among the fruits of his ministry were John Taylor and Joseph Reading, who afterwards became zealous apostles of the gospel. He often preached at Happy Creek and Front Royal. In 1780 he removed to Kentucky, and settled in Lincoln County, where his brother Markham had preeeded him. A few years later he removed to Eminenee, Henry Co., Ky., and built up "Fox Run" Church. He died at Eminenee in 1809. A year before his death he divided among his children a large amount of real estate, which he had located at an early day. No name is more revered, even to this day, throughout Kentucky; and indeed William Marshall may be said to have been the best if not the greatest of the family. His will ean be found in Paxton's Book, also his descendants.
V. Markham Marshall, b. in Westmoreland Co., Va., about 1740. He came to Fauquier Co., Va., about 1753, with other members of the family. Married Ann Bailey, removed to Lincoln Co., Ky., about 1779, and engaged in surveying lands; went further south, and I have heard nothing further of him. The name of Markham Marshall frequently appears on the records of Fauquier Co., Va. There are no traees of his posterity, exeept of a daughter, who married William Green.
V. Mary Marshall, b. about 1738. Married (about 1758) Rev. William MeClanahan, of the Baptist Church. Mary was un- married at the time of her father's death, 1752. The marriage must have taken place about 1758. At that time the Marshall family were living near Germantown, Fauquier Co., Va. Their oldest son, Thomas, is said to have been born in Westmoreland. At the breaking out of the war in 1776, the MeClanahan family were living in Culpeper County. Sometime towards the elose
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of the century, Mr. McClanahan removed to Greenville, N. C., where he died. The children will be found p. 35, Paxton's Book.
V. Peggy (Margaret) Marshall. From the will of her father, she appears to have been the youngest ehild, and was born about 1745. She married Mr. Smellan.
VI. Thomas Smith, b. in Westmoreland Co., Washington Parish, Va., about 1767; d. in Fauquier Co., Va., about 1796. Married Elizabeth Adams. His father removed with Col. Thomas, Marshall and other relatives, about 1753, to the neighborhood of Germantown, Fauquier Co., Va. He had several children :
Sixth son, John Adams Washington Smith, b. in Fau- quier Co., Va., June 2, 1781; d. Sept. 1, 1832. Mar- ried (Feb. 2, 1806) Maria Love Hawkins, b. 1789; d. July 18, 1826. Married, second (Oet. 18, 1827), Julia A. M. Chapin, who died Oet. 5, 1828. Married third, Sarah O. Hall, of Loudoun Co., Va. Mr. Smith was eclueated in Richmond; studied law with his rela- tive, William Marshall. His first wife was a daughter of Capt. John Hawkins, Adjutant of Col. Thos. Mar- shall's Third Virginia Regiment.
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