Brief Life History of Susannah
When Susannah Smithwick was born in 1666, in Chowan, Chowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, Edward Smithwick, was 19 and her mother, Africa Pike, was 17. She married William Charlton in 1682, in Chowan, Chowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1711, in Albemarle, Carolina, British Colonial America, at the age of 45.
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- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records
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1711 · The Tuscarora War
The British, Dutch, and German settlers fought with the Tuscarora Native Americans, from September 22, 1711- February 11, 1715, in North Carolina.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Smethwick in Staffordshire, Smethwick Green near Brereton Heath (Cheshire), or a lost place called Smithwick in Southover (Sussex). The placename means ‘the farm of the smith(s)’, from Old English smith ‘smith’ + wīc ‘dwelling, specialized farm’. This surname has also been established in southern Ireland since the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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