Susannah INGHAM ( - )

1. Susannah INGHAM married Daniel Lea SMITH circa 1768 in Christ Church, Warwick, Bermuda.

 

She was the daughter of a John Ingham and Mary unknown. These are very likely to be Inghams already on the tree, but it is not sure, so no link has been made.

 

Daniel Lea SMITH, son of III Christopher SMITH (c. 1714-c. 1760) and Susannah LEA ( - ), was born in 1747 in Paget, Bermuda. He died in 1791 in Bermuda. He and Susannah INGHAM had the following children:

 

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Thomas Lea SMITH (1769-1859)

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Edward Ingham SMITH (1770-1797)

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Daniel Lea SMITH (1770- )

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John SMITH ( - )

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Mary Lea SMITH ( - )

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Susannah SMITH (c. 1772-1834)

Second Generation

2. Thomas Lea SMITH, son of Daniel Lea SMITH and Susannah INGHAM, was born in 1769. He was a Privateer, Ship-owner. He died on 19 October 1859 in Cluster Cottage, Warwick, Bermuda. He married Dorcas FRITH.

 

From "Bermuda Lore 1649-1900" by John Cox: TLS was a privateer ship-owner of some note. In his early career he was overtaken by American privateers and carried prisoner to New York where he fell in love with a young woman named Anne Chauncey. Despite the circumstances surrounding his confinement, he managed to entertain Miss Chancey in style because his captors never realised he had sewn up a hundred pounds of gold into his breeches! Later, he plundered a number of French ships during the Haiti uprisings. He also owned salt ponds in Turks Islands where he spent the summers raking and harvesting.

 

3. Edward Ingham SMITH, son of Daniel Lea SMITH and Susannah INGHAM, was born in 1770. He died on 11 January 1797 in Paget, Bermuda. He married Mary LIGHTBOURN.

 

4. Daniel Lea SMITH, son of Daniel Lea SMITH and Susannah INGHAM, was born in 1770.

 

5. John SMITH was the son of Daniel Lea SMITH and Susannah INGHAM.

 

6. Mary Lea SMITH, daughter of Daniel Lea SMITH and Susannah INGHAM, married unk DAVIS.

 

7. Susannah SMITH, daughter of Daniel Lea SMITH and Susannah INGHAM, was born circa 1772. She died on 12 July 1834.