Title:
Captain
First name:
Nathaniel
Middle name:
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Last name:
Smith
Aliases:
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Primary cohort:
London
Sex:
Male
Religion:
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Social background:
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Primary outcome:
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Political Affiliation:
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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'.
Political Offices Held
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Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
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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
Other Individuals
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Organisations
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Crossings (2)
Birth
Date:
1696
Location:
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Death
Date:
18/12/1730
Location:
Bath (Somerset)
Burial
Date:
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Location:
Bath (Somerset)
Memorial details:
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Christening:
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Knighthood:
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Baronetcy:
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Peerage:
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Residencies
St Giles without Cripplegate
City of London (Middlesex)
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Occupation:
Mariner (Labourer)
Slave-ship captain
Universities
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Inns of Court
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Military training
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Imperial positions
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Apprenticeships
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Livery company affiliations
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Other business activities
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Was slave trading profitable:
Don't know
Will
Value of Total Personalty:
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Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate):
£1,700
Occupation:
Mariner
Town/City:
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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
Legacies
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