Joshua Smith, "Rock" >^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

- Abt 1757

• Name	Joshua Smith
  Suffix	"Rock" >
  Gender	Male
  Living	Coram, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Will	10 Nov 1756	Coram, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  	All the family recorded here were mentioned. His wife Margaret and son Isaac, as well as "my friend William Smith of the manor St. George" were executors. [William Smith would have been of the Tangier Smiths, and probably was unrelated.]
  Died	Abt 1757	{Coram, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [6]
  	His will: Page 445.--In the name of God, Amen. I, JOSHUA SMITH, of Coram, in the town of Brookhaven, yeoman, being sick. I leave to my son Ananias one lot and a half of land, with my dwelling house and buildings, where he now dwells, lying on the east side of my Home lot, as the same was laid out, Also 1/2 of a lot of land lying between the lands of James Smith and Paul Hulse, And 1/2 of my lands at a place called the Chesnut Pound, and all my meadows at Nocomock in Brookhaven or in the Manor of St. George. I leave to my son Isaac all my new dwelling house and Home lot, with the barn and mills, "And all my Rum, Syder, Oats, and other needful utensils for keeping a Tavern." I leave to my sons Ananias and Isaac all the rest of my movable estate, and they are to pay all debts and legacies. I leave to my 3 daughters, Sarah, Ruth, and Phebe, £20 each. To my son Daniel £100 when he is of age, and he is to be put out to a trade. But if he die under age, then the £100 to my 5 daughters, Mary, Bethiah, Sarah, Ruth, and Phebe. My sons Ananias and Isaac shall keep and maintain my son Jonathan with all things necessary for his comfortable subsistence during his life, And they are also to furnish their mother, Margaret Smith, all things for her support, and she is to have the use of the best fire room in my now dwelling house, and my younger children shall live with my son Isaac. I make my wife, and my son Isaac, and my friend, William Smith, of the Manor of St. George, executors. Dated November 10, 1756. Witnesses, William Garad, Enos Bishop, Uriah Smith. Proved, November 23, 1757.
  Will Proved	23 Nov 1757	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  Occupation	{Coram, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [5]
  	tavern keeper
  Notes	[The Leming manuscript and the Cedar Grove cemetery monument indicated that Joshua was an only son of John Smith "Rock" Jr. It is doleful that Joshua was a son of John Smith "Rock," much less that he was an only son. See General Notes for John Smith "Rock," Jr. and John Smith "Rock," Sr.] May 2005
  Person ID	I5505	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	John Smith, "Rock" Jr. >,   d. 1742, Coram, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Mother	Mary Burnett, >,   b. Abt 1680, Southold, Suffolk, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1698	Suffolk Co., NY   [8]
  Family ID	F1953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Edwards, >,   b. 1709, Suffolk Co., NY ,   d. Coram, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Married	Y  [1, 3]
  Children	1. Ananias Smith, "Rock",   b. 7 Mar 1729/30, Coram, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 1807  (Age 76 years)   2. Isaac Smith, [I] "Rock" >,   b. 1 Jan 1730/1, {Coram, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY} ,   d. 6 Feb 1789, {Coram, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}  (Age 58 years)   3. Mary Smith, "Rock",   b. 1 Mar 1733,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Bethiah Smith, "Rock",   b. 27 Sep 1735,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Sarah Smith, "Rock",   b. 1 Jun 1738,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Jonathan Smith, "Rock",   b. 8 May 1741,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Daniel Smith, "Rock",   b. 20 Mar 1743/4,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Ruth Smith, "Rock",   b. 22 Jan 1746,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Phebe Smith, "Rock",   b. 14 Jun 1749,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S176] Leming: Rock Smith. [S70] Sweezey.net, http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I0163 6. [S177] Smith Monument: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Rock John Smith's Descendants Recorded on Unique Monument. Old-time Names. [S1156] Email: Dave Smith, Descendants of John Rock Smith 1615-1706 ; Email; 17 March 2016; John Deitz. Came across your site in a google search.  Sorry to have to tell you, but John Rock Smith did nothave a son named Joshua and as such the entire line of descent you have isincorrect.  Dave Smith .. Smith concludes that Joshua Smith did not descend directly from John Smith "Rock" of Hempstead. [S156] NYGBS Record, 1881 v. 12 #1 p. 47. [S70] Sweezey.net, http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I0164 4. [S156] NYGBS Record, 1881 #1 p. 47. [S70] Sweezey.net, http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy/software/getperson.php?personID=I1103 7.