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Dorothy SMUTE, Smoot

Dorothy SMUTE, Smoot

Female Abt 1663 - Aft 1725  (~ 63 years)


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  • Name Dorothy SMUTE  [1
    Suffix Smoot 
    Birth Abt 1663  Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Dorothy Durham Greenham Died After 1725, Exact Date Unknown   [2
    Dorothy Durham Greenham Died After 1725, Exact Date Unknown 
    Dorothy Durham Marriage to Second Husband Jeremiah Greenham   [2
    Dorothy Durham Marriage to Second Husband Jeremiah Greenham 
    Will of Thomas Durham   [2
    Will of Thomas Durham 
    _FSFTID LJ2D-WPQ 
    _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJ2D-WPQ 
    _UID AA495BDB38DF4DDB9FB072947E70856797FB 
    Death Aft 1725  Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I594779418  Carney Wehofer July 2025
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2024 

    Family 1 Thomas DURHAM, Sr,   b. Bef 1649, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1715, Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Marriage 1685  Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Mary DURHAM,   b. 5 Jun 1686, Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1732, Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     2. James DURHAM,   b. Abt 1688, Baltimore, Md. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Thomas DURHAM, Jr,   b. 27 Jun 1690, Richmond, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1734, Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     4. John DURHAM,   b. 23 Nov 1698, Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1722, Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     5. Samuel DURHAM,   b. 1699, Durham, England, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1772, Baltimore, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     6. Joseph DURHAM,   b. 1710, Farnham, Richmond County, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1742, Farnham, Richmond County, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
     7. Margaret DURHAM,   b. Abt 1711, Richmond, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1742 (Age ~ 31 years)
     8. Sarah DURHAM,   b. 1712, Farmham, Richmond, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1750, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Family ID F536732143  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2024 

    Family 2 Jeremiah GREENHAM,   b. 1660, Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1752, Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 1716  Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F536732144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Dorothy Durham Greenham Died After 1725, Exact Date Unknown
      Dorothy is named as follows in the Will of her Niece dated 9th of February 1725 Will of Ann Chinn Fox Chichester reads in part as follows: ". . . Item - I give to my Aunt Dorothy Greenham, wife of Jeremiah Greenham of Richmond Co. Plantu, my suit of silk crape clothes and a suit of muslin head clothes - with apron, rufels and . . . Item - My will and desire is that my Mulatto girl name Mary which is now in possession of Jeremiah Greenham and my aunt Dorothy Greenham his wife remain with my Aunt Greenham until the said mulatto girl Mary shall rise to the years of twenty and one . . . " Will is recorded in Lancaster County, Virginia Will Book No. 12, page 123

      Dorothy Durham's is NOT THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM SMOOT.
      Dorothy's son, Thomas Durham Jr. married Mary Smoot, daughter of William Smoot, as proven by William Smoot's 1716 will. Clearly, Dorothy's son did not marry his mother's sister, meaning his aunt. See: https://dna-explained.com/2017/06/10/dorothy-durham-1663-after-1725-no-shrinking-violet-52-ancestors-164/

      Will of Thomas Durham
      Will dated 4 Aug 1711; Probated 1 Jun 1715. Named wife Dorothy, children Thomas, John and Mary Durham., a grandson Thomas Dodson. [Richmond Co WB 3, p210]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Oct 2024), entry for Mary DURHAM, person ID LRX4-CB8. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Oct 2024), entry for Dorothy SMUTE, person ID LJ2D-WPQ. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Oct 2024), entry for Thomas Durham, person ID LTKC-7BV. (Reliability: 3).