Major William Henry Smith

1689 - 1743  (53 years)

• Name	William Henry Smith
  Title	Major
  Birth	13 Mar 1688/89	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, USA
  	The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record (New York Genealogical Society: New York), The 'Tangier' Smith Records. v. 1, no. 1 (January 1870), p. 5
  Gender	Male
  Name	William 'Tangier' Smith
  Property	Aft 1705	Setauket, Suffolk, New York, USA
  	Inherited the large Manor of St George from his father
  	Ruth Tangier Smith and Henry Bainbridge Hoff, The Tangier Smith Family: Descendents of Colonel William Smith of The Manor of St. George, Long Island, New York (The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, 1978)
  Will	1742	Setauket, Suffolk, New York, USA
  	Wills and Administrations, Vol 0015-0017, 1742-1751 (digitised on Ancestry.com)
  Death	27 Jan 1742/43	Setauket, Suffolk, New York, USA
  	New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record (New York Genealogical Society: New York), The 'Tangier' Smith Records. v. 1, no. 1 (January 1870) Manor St George.
  Probate	26 Feb 1742/43	New York, New York, USA
  Person ID	I46386	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah Merritt,   b. Abt 1690   d. Bef 1718 (Age < 27 years)
  Children	1. Merritt Smith,   b. Bef 1718   d. 1762, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age > 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah Sayre,   b. Abt 1690, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA d. 1763 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	13 Mar 1717/18	Mastic, Suffolk, New York, USA
  	https://brookhavensouthaven.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I21432&tree=hamlet. Original source to be checked
  Family ID	F31945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Mar 1688/89 - Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, USA Property - Inherited the large Manor of St George from his father - Aft 1705 - Setauket, Suffolk, New York, USA Marriage - 13 Mar 1717/18 - Mastic, Suffolk, New York, USA Will - 1742 - Setauket, Suffolk, New York, USA Death - 27 Jan 1742/43 - Setauket, Suffolk, New York, USA Probate - 26 Feb 1742/43 - New York, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 gives Hannah Sayre as his wife