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Richard Smith *1786 Washington DC, USA 10053 |
Walter Smith *1744 10095 |
Clement Smith *1718 10097 |
Walter Smith 1692-1734 10101 |
Walter Smith 10109 <162:12 >2:1 |
Rachel Hall 10110 <162:12 >2:1 |
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Susanna Brooke -1767 10102 |
Clement Brooke 10111 >63:23 |
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Jane Sewall 10112 >18:6 |
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Barbara Sim +1746 10098 |
Patrick Sim -1740 10103 |
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Mary Brooke -1758 10104 |
Thomas Brooke 10113 <162:12 >63:23 |
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Barbara Dent 10114 >4:2 |
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Hester Belt *1744 10096 |
Joseph Belt *1716 10099 |
Benjamin Belt 1682-1773 10105 |
John Belt 10115 >2:1 |
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Elizabeth Tydings 10116 >2:1 |
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Elizabeth Middleton -1745 10106 |
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Mary Wheeler 110432 |
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Esther Smith *1722 10100 |
William Smith 1693-1750 10107 |
Nathan Smith 10117 >3:2 |
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Elizabeth Coale 10118 >1701:76 |
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Jane Edmonston 1693-1750 10108 |
Archibald Edmonston 10119 >2:2 |
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Jane Beall 10120 >8:3 |
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Covington Mackall *1796 Washington DC, USA 10054 <265:28 m. 1811 | Elizabeth Ringold Smith *1815 03 24 Washington, DC, USA? Listed in 1880 Census of Washington, DC, USA as widowed, living with sons Robert, John and Walter, sister Louisa and servants Kittie Walker, Caroline Green and Elenora Buckner. A portrait of her, painted by Charles Bird King, is in the online collection of the Smithsonian, their object #DC990444 Some sources spell her middle name Ringgold. JJC 10005 had her birth year as 1818. Buried at Chapel Hill, Lot 538, Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC. 10044 | Robert Smith Chew 1811 11 04-1873 08 03 Brief biography listed in Appleton's 1886 Encyclopedia, is mentioned elsewhere for his roles as aide to Seward (was present at signing of Alaskan treaty in 1867, painted by Emanuel Leutze, an excerpt of which is shown above) and wartime special messenger for Lincoln. 1834 07: Joined State Department (according to sworn testimony, p. 117 of Congressional Globe, 40th Congress, 2nd Session at memory.loc.gov) 1844 03 02: Is mentioned in National Intelligencer as an Assistant Marshal on horseback at the funeral for the late Secretary of State, the Hon. Abel P. Upshur, killed when a gun aboard the USS Princeton exploded during a demonstration. 1861 04 06: Carried a famous message (which survives, and can be viewed at memory.loc.gov) from Lincoln to Governor Pickens at Charleston. 1866 07: Promoted to Chief Clerk of the State Department. 1868 04 04: Testified before Senate in impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson (memory.loc.gov). 1880: widow listed in Washington, DC, USA census. Should investigate Seward papers at U of Rochester. Library of Congress has some correspondence with Hamilton Fish as part of the latter's archives (LC mm 78020602). According to family lore, when his brother was captured in the Civil War, RSC negotiated his release into house arrest at RSC's home. 10043 <12641:80 m. 1842 01 26 | Richard Smith Chew 11933 >7:2 |
Elizabeth Ring(g)old Chew 11936 | |||
Harriet (Hallie) Patterson Chew 11938 | |||
Robert Smith Chew 10021 >53:5 | |||
John James Chew 11637 >2:1 | |||
Louis Forsyth Chew 11943 | |||
Walter Hill Chew 11639 | |||
Leonard Covington Chew 11945 >1:1 | |||
Louisa B. Smith *1819? Washington, DC, USA? Listed in 1880 Census of Washington, see ERS 10044. 11640 |
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