P_10433_1668 – Captain Nathaniel Smith
Owner-captain of a slaving voyage from London co-owned by the South Sea Co. by the Essex to West Central Africa and Buenos Aires in 1726, having been captain of an earlier similar voyage for the South Sea Co. by the same ship in 1724, and conceivably the Nathan Smith who captained a voyage by the King William in 1729: no ownership information is known for this last slaving voyage to Whydah/Ouidah and Jamaica, but a ship of the same name had made earlier voyages for the South Sea Co. to Buenos Aires in 1722 and 1725. Ann[e] Smith, the widow of Capt. Nathaniel Smith late of Barking was in litigation with the South Sea Company in 1736. His posthumous son with Ann[e] Smith (nee Gould), Nathaniel Smith (1730-1794), became East India Co. director and Chairman and MP: the History of Parliament entry for him describes his father as ‘a naval captain.’
Title: Captain
First name: Nathaniel
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Last name: Smith
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Anne Gould
Spouse (married 16/12/1727)
Married at St George the Martyr, Queen Square. He was described as 'widower'.
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Internal migrant: Don't know
Foreign born: No
Supplier to slave trade voyages: No
Creditor to slave trade voyages: No
Philanthropy: No
Plantation owner: No
Sources: PROB 11/642/136 (this will has not been found online on Ancestry.com). Ann Smith, the widow of Capt. Nathaniel Smith of Barking was in litigation with the SSC 1735-1736 , Smith v Mount C 11/1525/30. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/smith-nathaniel-1730-94
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Crossings (2)
75430 - Essex (1726 - 1726)
Role: Captain-owner
75429 - Essex (1724 - 1724)
Role: Captain
Birth
Date: 1696
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Death
Date: 18/12/1730
Location: Bath (Somerset)
Burial
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Location: Bath (Somerset)
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Residencies
Occupation: Mariner (Labourer)
Slave-ship captain
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
Value of Total Personalty: /
Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate): £1,700
Occupation: Mariner
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Courts: PCC
Will of Nathaniel Smith mariner being bound on a voyage to Guinea and the West Indies made 14/03/1728. If he died in England he wanted to be buried at St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey alongside his father. He left his wife Ann an annuity of £50 p.a to be paid out of estates at Throley, Faversham and Grange in Kent: he left the land itself in trust (his trustees were Sir John Eyles bart. and Sir Joseph Eyles) for his eldest son in entail if his wife (who was pregnant) gave birth to male child, or for his daughters including his then only daughter Mary, subject to an annuity of £20 p.a to his sister Hannah Billingsley. From his personalty he gave £500 to his daughter Mary and £500 to his wife
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