Reginald Audley Smith Family*

+ 1909 Kingston JA Margaret Ann Norris 1881 Port Antonio Jamaica BWI-1964 NYC

= Reginald Audley Smith5 1885 Savanna la Mar Westmoreland JA BWI-1945 Crossroads St Andrew JA, planter in JA, accountant in US +1. 1909 Kingston JA Margaret Ann Norris 1881 JA -1964 NYC; +2. 1936 Warsop Trelawny JA Adina West JA 1886-1944 Kingston JA/ 1890-1985 Crossroads 1891-1967 Port Antonio/ 1899-1990 Kingston JA = Valerie Adina Smith 1949-1949 Rentcome St. Catherine JA +3. 1940 Beersheba St Elizabeth JA Agatha Brown 1903 Old Harbour St Catherine JA-?

= Adrian Margaret Smith Piper 1948 NYC- Berlin Germany

= 1. Olive Xavier Smith 1910 Port Antonio Jamaica BWI-1994 Hyannis MA + Daniel Robert Piper 1911 Wheeling W VA-1984 NYC

= George Johns[t]on Smith 1858 All Parishes JA-1908 Kingston, planter

= 1. Frank Roy Smith 1919 Philadelphia PA-? NYC +Philadelphia 1950 Naomi Margaret Samuel 1921Bristol VA-2009 Tampa FL

= 1. Martin Eugene Smith 1913 Port Antonio JA-c1980 NYC

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+1881 JA = Mary Catherine Distin 1856 All Parishes JA-1892? JA = 5 children: Vivian 1894-?

= Wife, daughter, granddaughter in Japan

Charles Smith King 1848 All Parishes <= King + Isabella Downer

= Henry Distin 1830-? Paignton Devon Eng

= Charles Henry Distin Smith c1880-? +1905 Portland Francesca Matilda Norris

= 1. Sydney Audley Smith 1910 Port Antonio JA-1982 Mt Salem St James JA +1. Una Hendricks; +2. Laura Lee Richardson

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= Charles Henry Distin 1835 ?- 1908 JA, planter + Margaret Adela Gordon christened 1832-1915 JA

= John Allen Distin 1820 Westmoreland JA-?

= Dr. Henry Distin c1800, christened 1808-1882 Paignton Devonshire Eng.6 Doctor, lawyer and planter in JA, farmer in Eng on 90 acres w/ 3 laborers + 1829 Paignton Ann Catherine Bartlett 1795 St Mary Steps Exeter Devon Eng-1848 Exeter Devon Eng

= Mary Maria Distin 1839 Westmoreland Cornwall JA -? + 1864 Holy Trinity Bristol Gloucester Eng Henry John Crocker

= Mary Catherine Distin 1820 Westmoreland JA-?

= Rev. Henry Lewis Distin, B.A., M.A. Cambridge U. 1817 Westmoreland JA-1884 Hallaton Leicestershire Eng, planter in JA6 + 1850 Keyston Huntingdon Eng Theodosia Caroline Goodman

= John Thomas Distin 1841-? Paignton Devon Eng

= Jane Distin 1829-? Paignton Devon Eng

= Alfred George Distin 1847-? Paignton Devon Eng

= Andrew Churchward c1647, christened 1655 Paignton + 1687 Paignton Cissily Knight 1656 Ilfracombe Devon-1736 Devon

= Christopher Churchward 1667-? Paignton Devon + 1722 Paignton Catherine Tucker 1695 Paignton-1762 Devon = 5 children

= Elizabeth Distin 1826-? Paignton Devon Eng

= Nathaniel Churchward 1703 Paignton + 1737 Paignton Eleanor Furneaux 1716 Paignton-1810 London Eng = 6 children

= Anne Distin 1827-? Paignton Devon Eng

Barbara E Distin 1856 All Parishes JA-?

= Geraldine Lewis Distin 1851 All Parishes JA-?

= Jeremiah Celestial Distin 1861 All Parishes JA-?

= Robert William Distin 1876 All Parishes JA-?

= Benjamin S Distin 1860 All Parishes JA-?

= Mary Ann Distin 1858 All Parishes JA-?

= William Henry Lewis Distin c1850-1882 JA

= Andrewe Churchward 1626 Stoke Gabriel Devon-? + Mary ?

= Vivian Smith 1894 Port Antonio Portland JA

= George Samuel Smith 1881 Savanna la Mar St Andrew JA-?

= George Copeland Smith 1883 Westmoreland JA-?

= + 1769 Paignton Elizabeth Churchward 1741 Paignton-1808 Devon = 3 children

= Daniel Augustus Smith 1860 Kingston-? = Benjamin Smith

1774-1774 Berkeley SC

= F 1895 Port Antonio Portland JA-?

= Isabella Frazer Distin 1866 All Parishes JA-?

= Sarah Facey Distin 1860 All Parishes JA-?

= Elizabeth Distin 1832 ?-1932 Sheffield Westmoreland JA + ?

= Margaret Glaze Distin All Parishes JA 1865-?

= Rebecca Walcott Distin 1862 All Parishes JA -?

= Corinna Isabella Distin 1869 All Parishes JA-?

= Josephine Jane Sophia Distin 1868 All Parishes JA -?

= Thomas Alexander Smith 1856 Kingston-?

= Charles Augustus Smith 1854 Kingston-?

= Henry Augustus Smith 1864 Kingston-?

= Esther Smith 1852 Kingston-?

= Olivia Smith 1854 Kingston-?

= 1. George Benjamin Smith 1816 Kingston JA-?, planter and a ” Free Mulatto” + Ellen ?

= George S Smith Esq. 1791 ?-1838 Trelawny Cornwall JA. 2nd Major in the British Army, planter.3 +1. Sally, a “Free Negress” c 1791-? probably of the Igbo tribe of Nigeria.4

+2. Catherine Oldham c 1810-? = Nicholas Oldham 1834 Trelawny, Margaret Dumas 1834 Trelawny

= Henry Smith 1727-1780 Goose Creek Berkeley SC +1. Ann Filbein = 6 children incl Thomas 2x, John Filbein 1759-1760 +2. Elizabeth Ball 1725 Middlesex Co VA-1793 = 8 children incl Henry 1765-66

= Thomas Smith 1757 Goose Creek Berkeley SC-1821 Charleston SC + Edith = 4 children incl George Henry

= George Henry Smith 1793-1848 Charleston SC +1. Maria Day 1795-1836 Goose Creek Berkeley SC = 2 children incl Thomas William 1821-1824 +2. Eliza Fishburn Lockwood = 2 children incl Thomas Henry 1840-?

= Robert Smith 1460 Exeter Devon -? + ?

= William Smith 1490 Exeter Devon -? + Agnes 1490-? = 3 children: Richard 1517-1560, William 1519-1560, John

= John Smith 1523 Hatfield West Riding Yorkshire Eng-1599 Burridge Chardstock Dorset Eng + Alice Muttlebury/Myrtleberry 1522-? =11 children incl Robert, Thomas, John, George, James

= George Smith 1552-1619 Exeter Devon + 1. Joan Walker 1550-1597 Exeter = 3 children incl Nicholas +2. Grace Viell 1554-1644 = 1 child

= Nicholas Smith 1580 Larkbeare Eng-1622 + Dorothea Horsey = 3 children: Nicholas 1606-1630, Thomas 1624-?, John Thomas 1630-1670

= John Thomas Smith 1630-1670 Exeter Devon +1. Mary Smithwife 1630-? +2. Joan Atkins 1630 Chard Somerset Eng-1694 Charleston SC USA +1. Aaron Atkins = 1 child +2. John Thomas Smith = 6 children incl. John 1644-1714, George c1645-1691, Thomas 1648-1694, James 1650-?, George c1640-?

= Thomas Smith 1648 Exeter Eng-1694 Medway Plantation Charleston SC USA + Barbra Atkins = 10 children incl John 2x, William 1665-1710, George 1674-1753, Thomas

= Thomas Smith 1669 VA-1738 Goose Creek Plantation SC +1. Sarah Blake 1670 Somerset Eng-1709 Goose Creek Berkeley SC = 7 children incl Thomas 1691-1729, George 1693-1730 +2. Ann Cornelia Van Myddagh 1670 Holland-1708 Charleston SC = 5 children +3. Mary Hyrne 1695 Norfold Eng-1777 Berkeley SC = 10 children incl Henry 1727-1780, Thomas 1729-1782, George 1732 SC-1749 Brunswick NC, Benjamin 1735-1790

Robert Smith 1430 Exeter Devon Eng-? + ?

= Benjamin Smith 1735-1790 SC +1. Elizabeth Ann Harleston 1726 Berkeley SC-? = 3 children incl Thomas 1760-1821 +2. Catherine Ball 1742 Hyde Park SC-1774 Berkeley SC = 1 child: Benjamin Smith 1774-1774 +3. Sarah Smith 1750 SC-1785 St James Berkeley SC = 5 children incl Benjamin Smith 1776-?, George Harleston Smith 1780-? +4. Rebecca Singleton 1752-1814 = 1 child

= Thomas Smith 1729-1782 SC1 + Susannah Walker 1732-? = 6 children incl Robert 1762-?, Henry 1764 Charleston-?

= George Smith c1645 Charleston SC-Charlestown Middlesex Massachusetts 1691

= Thomas 1760-1821 St James Parish, Berkeley, SC2 +1. Esther Screven 1767-1812 = 4 children incl Benjamin James 1793-?, Thomas John 1795-1835; +2. Mary Buchanan 1780-1819 = 2 children; +3. Frances Withers Baker = 1 child

*”Smith” is the most common surname in the English language. “George,” Reginald Audley Smith’s father’s name, was a popular chosen name among American slaves who earned their freedom by fighting for the British in the American Revolutionary War under King George III. In 1778 the South Carolina Rangers, which included many freed slaves, formed to fight on the British side. After the War the Rangers were sent to Fort Augusta in Jamaica. Both Jamaica and South Carolina were major hubs of the slave trade in the U.S., with considerable traffic between them. So travel and commerce between these two branches of the Smith family is highly likely. More research is needed to establish specifics. 1Thomas Smith (1729-1782), scion of a large slave-holding family in South Carolina, is listed in Jamaica’s Quit Rent Books in the Year 1754 as a planter owning 75 slaves in St. George parish, Jamaica. In the 1817 Jamaica Almanac: Clarendon and Vere Slave-owners, his estate owns an additional 62 slaves. 2Thomas B[enjamin] Smith (1757-1821 SC) is listed in the 1817 Jamaica Almanac: St. Catherine, St. John, St. Dorothy, St. Thomas in the Vale Slave-owners as a planter owning 20 slaves, and 32 slaves in the Blue Mountain region of St. John’s parish. He freed Mary Bouthrone in 1820, shortly before his death. 3George Smith (1791-1838) is listed in the 1820 Jamaica Almanac: St. Elizabeth Slave-owners as a planter owning 41 slaves. In the 1829 Jamaica Almanac: County of Surrey, Parish of St. Andrew, he owns an additional 20 slaves. 4Most African-born slaves in Jamaica were Igbo. More Igbo ran away, more often, than any other African ethnic group, and committed suicide by drowning before reaching the shores of the United States more often. Sydney Audley Smith (1910-1982) referred to the family’s Igbo ancestor as male, but I could find no evidence to confirm this.

5 Reginald (1885-1945)’s second forename, “Audley,” probably originates in the custom among female Audleys in the English line of passing on that name as a forename to their offspring (thanks to Alex Audley for this insight). Augusta Henrietta Catherine Boisdaune, Dowager Lady Audley (1762-1844) was the only female Audley in Jamaica at that time whose influence might also explain the prevalence of “Augustus” among Reginald Audley Smith’s paternal uncles, and of “Henry” and “Catherine” among many of his other forebears. Her first husband, Lt. Col. Joseph Moorhouse (1744-1791), was stationed in Jamaica with the Coastal Artillery of the Royal 14th Regiment in 1782-85, 1786-88 and 1790-91, before removing to Madras, India where he died in battle. She married George Thicknesse-Touchet, 19th Baron Lord Audley of Heleigh (1758-1818) the following year. The available historical records suggest but do not prove her maternal relationship to George S. Smith 1791-1838. 6The Distin family is much easier to trace because Dr. Henry Distin (c1800-1882) was the first to leave his family seat in the Paignton area of Devon, England for Jamaica, and the first Distin in Jamaica. There he practiced medicine and law between 1817 and the early 1820s, in addition to owning the Pool’s Rock plantation in Westmoreland with just under 60 slaves. Administration of his holdings was assumed first by his son (Henry Lewis Distin 1817-1884), and then by his grandson (Charles Henry Distin (1835-1908), Reginald Audley Smith’s maternal grandfather. The family was less involved in governance than other large Jamaica slaveholding clans. 6Planter in Jamaica and, on his return to England, Curate of Bythorpe, Huntingdonshire 1844-65, and Vicar of Horninghold, Leicestershire 1869-84. For Henry Lewis Distin (1817-1884)’s feelings about Jamaica, see his “Letter from H. [Henry] Distin to Sir William Jackson Hooker; from Savannalamar [Jamaica]; 14 Mar 1840,” at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Archives.

= George Harleston Smith 1780-?

= Benjamin Smith 1776-?

= Thomas Distin 1774 Paignton -? + 1797 Paignton Joan Butland Paignton?-1808 Devon = 6 children

= Thomas Distin/Dysten 1648-? Paignton + ?

= John Distin 1706 Paignton-? + 1731 St Mary Arches Exeter Devon Joan Churchward 1701 Paignton-? = 5 children

= Thomas Distin 1733 Paignton -?

John Churchward c1527 Stoke Gabriel Devon Eng -? + 1557 Stoke Gabriel Devon Eng Annes Galawaye ?-1620 = 13 children all born Stoke Gabriel Devon Eng

= William Churchward 1547, christened 1561 Stoke Gabriel -? + 1571 Stoke Gabriel Margerye Adam 1548 Stoke Gabriel-1626 Devon = 12 children all born Stoke Gabriel Devon Eng

= William Churchward 1570 Stoke Gabriel-? + 1613 Paignton Mary Belfield 1589 Paignton-1705 Devon

= Andrewe Churchward 1603 Stoke Gabriel Devon-? + 1616 Stoke Gabriel Anne Byrdmore ?-?

= William Dystyn c1580-1650 Devon + 1608 Brixham Devon England Blanche Stabbe ?-? = John 1610, William 1611, Johan 1613, Thomas c1620

= Thomas Distin c1620-1714 + 1643 Paignton Devon Eng Fridesurde Butland 1612-? = 4 children

= Thomas Distin/Dysten 1682-1784? Paignton + 1703 Paignton Joane Penny1679 Paignton-? = 8 children

Wyllyam Dysten c1550-? + 1570 Tedburn St Mary Devon England Margaret Moxhaye ?-?

= James Edward Smith 1873 All Parishes JA-?

= Mary V Distin 1858 All Parishes JA-?

= Henry Destin 1849 All Parishes JA-?

= Richard Destin 1849 All Parishes JA-?

= Charles Henry Distin 1878 All Parishes JA-1930

[+] Augusta Henrietta Catherine Boisdaune, Dowager Lady Audley5 1762?-1844 Halliton Devon Eng