23rd Generation

188. Anne DOUGLAS was born in 1740 in Charles county, Maryland. She served in the military in Feb 1778 in Charles county, Maryland.¹³² Josiah Smoot5
(17-- - 1797)

Josiah Smoot, son of Thomas and Abigail Smoot, was born in old William and Mary Parish, Charles County. He married first Christian, the daughter of James Grant. After the death of his first wife, he on December 22, 1781, married Anne Douglas, by the Rev. John McPherson, of William and Mary Parish. It is proved that one son was of the first union, but some doubt exists whether Samuel was of the first or second marriage.

Children of Josiah Smoot

1. Charles Smith Smoot, born Dec. 9, 1774, married Rachel ----.
2. Samuel Smoot married Lydia Gill. q.v.
During the Revolutionary War, Josiah Smoot served as a private in Captain Richard Bennett Mitchell's Company, of Charles County Militia.1
On December 1, 1784, Josiah Smoot purchased from Edward Smoot, his brother, then a resident of Virginia, the latter's share of "Thompson's Hope". At the tax list of 1783, Josiah Smoot was seized of 195 acres of the above-named tract, formerly being a part of Calvert's Manor, lying in Bryan Town Hundred.
The will of Josiah Smoot was dated September 9, 1796, and proved in Charles County on November 5, 1797, by John Adams and Joseph Morton. His wife, Anne, was devised the dwelling-plantation during life then to his two sons, Charles and Samuel, who also received "Maidstone" and "New Branford".


Josiah Smoot5
(17-- - 1797)

Josiah Smoot, son of Thomas and Abigail Smoot, was born in old William and Mary Parish, Charles County. He married first Christian, the daughter of James Grant. After the death of his first wife, he on December 22, 1781, married Anne Douglas, by the Rev. John McPherson, of William and Mary Parish. It is proved that one son was of the first union, but some doubt exists whether Samuel was of the first or second marriage.

Children of Josiah Smoot

1. Charles Smith Smoot, born Dec. 9, 1774, married Rachel ----.
2. Samuel Smoot married Lydia Gill. q.v.
During the Revolutionary War, Josiah Smoot served as a private in Captain Richard Bennett Mitchell's Company, of Charles County Militia.1
On December 1, 1784, Josiah Smoot purchased from Edward Smoot, his brother, then a resident of Virginia, the latter's share of "Thompson's Hope". At the tax list of 1783, Josiah Smoot was seized of 195 acres of the above-named tract, formerly being a part of Calvert's Manor, lying in Bryan Town Hundred.
The will of Josiah Smoot was dated September 9, 1796, and proved in Charles County on November 5, 1797, by John Adams and Joseph Morton. His wife, Anne, was devised the dwelling-plantation during life then to his two sons, Charles and Samuel, who also received "Maidstone" and "New Branford".

Anne DOUGLAS and Josiah SMOOT had the following children:

263	i.	Charles Smith SMOOT was born on 9 Dec 1774 in Charles Co. , Maryland.
264	ii.	Samuel SMOOT.