Hercules Smith

• Name	Hercules Smith  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1698	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Merchant
  Legal	1 Mar 1697/98	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Appeared at the Privy Council accused, with his brothers-in-law John and Isaack Fullarton and others of defrauding James Stewart, Servitor to the Earl of Southesk
  Occupation	11 Jan 1704/05	Montrose, Angus, Scotland   [3]
  	Collector of Customs
  	Hercules Smith was the current Collector of Customs when Thomas Fullarton ('Mr. Foulerton') wrote to John, Earl of Roxburgh recommend that he ("a very honest and substantial merchant") be continued in his post
  Person ID	I46973	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Phebe Fullarton,   b. Abt 1664, Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  Children	1. Jean Smith,   b. Oct 1686, Montrose, Angus, Scotland d. Bef 1692, Montrose, Angus, Scotland (Age < 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Christiane Smith,   b. 1689, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Catharine Smith,   b. 1687, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Hercules Smith,   b. Jan 1690/91, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jean Smith,   b. 1692, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Helen Smith,   b. 1693, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. John Smith,   b. 1695, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. unnamed Smith,   b. Jun 1696, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Thomas Smith,   b. 1699, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Anna Smith,   b. 1700, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Robert Smith,   b. 1705, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. Isobel Smith,   b. 1703, Montrose, Angus, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Merchant - 1698 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Legal - Appeared at the Privy Council accused, with his brothers-in-law John and Isaack Fullarton and others of defrauding James Stewart, Servitor to the Earl of Southesk - 1 Mar 1697/98 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Collector of Customs - 11 Jan 1704/05 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Montrose 312 20/130. [S3797] Privy Council of Scotland, Scottish Privy Council Records Database, The, (Name: Universities of Stirling and Dundee; Location: Stirling and Dundee; Date: 2024-;), D1698/3/3. https://spcr.ac.uk/decreet-1-march-1698-edinburgh-2 [S3799] Baillie, George, Correspondence of George Baillie of Jerviswood, 1702-1708, p35.