Yes, he married Eleanor Armor in 1760. He was about 41 years old at the time. She was 31 and was from Delaware. They had five children together.
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We've always been told that we re descended from James Smith, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Recently, a cousin came across information that Capt. John Smith is back there somewhere, also. Has anyone ever linked these two together before?
Pennsylvania• George Clymer• Benjamin Franklin• Robert Morris• John Morton• Benjamin Rush• George Ross• James Smith• James Wilson• George TaylorPennsylvania had nine
The year of 1776 saw the publication of several important documents. They are:1. Declaration of Independence 2. Publication of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations 3. Thomas Paine's Common Sense 4. Gibbon's first volume of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and 5. Jeremy Bentham's Fragment on Government.
Masonic Signers of the Declaration of Independance.(those with * as not confirmed Mason but are rumored to be)Connecticut:Roger Sherman*Delaware:Thomas McKean*Georgia:George WaltonMassachusetts:John HancockRobert Treat PaineElbridge Gerry*New Jersey:Richard StocktonJohn Witherspoon*New Hampshire:William WhippleNorth Carolina:Joseph HewesWilliam HooperJohn Penn*Pennsylvania:Benjamin FranklinRobert Morris*Benjamin Rush*James Smith*Rhode Island:William ElleryVirginia:Thomas Jefferson*Richard Henry Lee*Thomas Nelson, Jr.*
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James Madison should protect it.
We've always been told that we re descended from James Smith, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Recently, a cousin came across information that Capt. John Smith is back there somewhere, also. Has anyone ever linked these two together before?
John Hancock was a wealthy Massachusetts merchant, silver smith, smuggler and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He served as president of the Continental Congress and governor of Massachusetts.
James Smith, one of the signers for the United States Declaration of Independence, was born on September 17, 1719. The former boxer with the same name was born on April 3, 1953.
From the Virginia Colony: Richard Henry Lee, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Francis Lightfoot Lee, signer of the Declaration of Independence. They are the only two signers, who were brothers. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Revolutionary soldier and hero, nephew of Richard andFrancis Lee, noted above. Patrick Henry George Washington George Wythe Thomas Jefferson James Madison Peyton Randolph Sir William Berkeley George Mason John Rolf John Smith Benjamin Harrison Robert King Clark George Rogers Clark Martha Washington Edmund Randolph Pocahontas Joseph Ball, father of Mary Ball (George Washingtons mother) Augustus Washington
Pennsylvania• George Clymer• Benjamin Franklin• Robert Morris• John Morton• Benjamin Rush• George Ross• James Smith• James Wilson• George TaylorPennsylvania had nine
Adam Smith published "The Wealth of Nations" in 1776.
Eight were born outside the colonies John Witherspoon, born in Gifford, Scotland James Wilson, born in Carskerdo, Scotland Matthew Thornton, born in Ireland George Taylor, born in Ireland James Smith, born in Northern Ireland Robert Morris, born in Liverpool England Francis Lewis, born in Llandaff, Wales Button Gwinnett, born in Gloucester, England
The signers from Pennsylvania were Benjamin Franklin and also George Clymer, Robert Morris, John Morton, Benjamin Rush, George Ross, James Smith, James Wilson and George Taylor. No one signed specifically for Philadelphia because it was a city, not a colony (equivalent to states later on) and each colony was represented, but not any cities.
Boxer James Smith is known in the ring as James "Bonecrusher" Smith.
Elizabeth Quincy was the mother to Abigail Smith Adams, one of the greatest heroines of the American Revolution. She was also the Grandmother of the 6th President, JOhn Quncy Adams, and she was the mother-in-law for John Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independance, and the 2nd President.
James Smith III's birth name is James Heslep Smith III.