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Part of the Abstract of the Will of Richard Smith, Gentleman of St Albans,
Hertfordshire. Proved in the Court of London. October 30 1809: “To his
wife Mary Smith all his estate & effects both real & personal for her life
& after her decease to his 4 children Ann Lawrence BROWN, Elizabeth Mary
SMITH, his son John SMITH, & Sarah Catherine Firth SMITH but 1st he
devises to his son John Smith after his wife’s decease an orchard in
East Lane in the Parish of Wheathamstead in the County of Herts …. "
The Ann Lawrence Smith married William BROWN but Elizabeth Mary and Sarah
Catherine may have died in 1822 and 1811 respectively. There was also a
connection to the CAPON and FIRTH families of Leighton Buzzard through
Richard’s wife, Mary nee HORNE, who inherited land in Leighton Buzzard
from her aunt Mrs Mary Capon c. 1795. I am not sure when Mary Smith died
but it was before her husband Richard Smith, perhaps 1800. |
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Contributed by E M O’Connell |