Ann bromfield biography

JohnSmyth aka Smith

Son of John (Smith) Smyth and Mary (Browning) Smith

Brother of Thomas Smyth, Mary Smyth, Ursula (Smith) Thorpe, William Smyth, Sara Smyth, George Smyth and Richard Smyth

Father of Edward Smyth Esq, John Smyth, Ann (Smyth) Nourse, William Smyth, Thomas Smyth, Margaret (Smyth) Archard, Elizabeth (Smyth) Veel, James Smyth, Charles Smyth, Richard Smyth, Arabella Smyth, George Smyth, Henry Smyth, Robert Smyth, Gabriel Smyth and John Smyth

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Biography

John Smyth of North Nibley had two wives called Ann Bromfield. They are different people and should not be merged.

John was the son of John (Smith) Smyth and Mary (Browning) Smith and was baptised on 8 Sep 1611 at North Nibley, Gloucestershire, England. ^[1]

He was one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Gloucester and, like his father, was a steward for the Gloucestershire lands of Lord Berkeley.

John married Ann Bromfield on 12 January 1629 in St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England.^[2] She was the eldest daughter of Sir Edward Bromfield of Suffolk Place, Surrey. John and his wife Anne were given by his father the house called Smallcombe’s Court in North Nibley, which John Smyth the elder had built in 1607. Edward, the eldest son of John and Anne, was born in 1632. John Smyth the younger seems to have lived for a while with Alderman Bromfeild in Southwark, but by 1638 he was living in North Nibley, for his son Thomas was baptised there as were all his subsequent children. ^[3] John and his first wife had at least ten children:

• Edward
• Anne
• Thomas (1637)
• Margaret (1638)
• Elizabeth (1639)
• John
• William
• James
• Charles (1642)
• Richard (1643)

After the death of his first wife in Dec 1643, he married another Anne Bromfield. She was the youngest daughter of John Bromfield of Udimer, Sussex.^[4][5] They had at least six children:

• Arabella (1646)
• George
• Henry
• Robert
• Gabriel (1653)
• John (1658)

Anne died on 21 Mar 1686 aged 72. '^[6]

John died on 17 September 1692 and, was buried on 19 September 1962 in North Nibley, Gloucestershire.^[7]

A monument in the church at North Nibley records: Here lieth the body of john Smyth, Esq of this parish; who by his two wives that doth lie buried with him had sixteen children and lived to see seventy seven persons lawfully descended from his own body; sixteen of the first, fifty and seven of the second and four of the third generation. He departed this life 17 day of September Anno Dom. 1692, being entered into the 82.^[8]

Research Notes

• John Smyth's will ^[9] is handwritten and shows his signature. Transcript to follow.

Sources

1. ↑Baptism: "Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813"
   Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P230 in 1/2
   Ancestry Sharing LinkAncestry Record 4732 #2215180 (accessed 14 August 2021)
2. ↑Marriage: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P92/SAV/3002
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1624 #3780581 (accessed 3 November 2021)
   John Smyth marriage to Ann Bromfield on 12 Jan 1629 in St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England.
3. ↑ Howse, R John Smyth the Younger of North Nibley and His Papers From the Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 2003, Vol. 121, 213-231PDF
4. ↑ John Smyth the younger of North Nibley. Russell Howes. John Smyth the Younger
5. ↑Smyth, John. The Berkeley Manuscripts (J. Bellows, Gloucester, 1883-85) Pedigree of Smyth of Nibley
6. ↑ Frith, Brian Edit. Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections Relative to the County of Gloucester, Bigland, Ralph ( 1791-1899) Part 3 Naunton-Twining. pg 936
7. ↑Burial: "Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813"
   Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: Gdr/V1/168
   Ancestry Sharing Link • Ancestry Record 4732 #14342628 (accessed 11 October 2021)
   John Smyth Esq burial on 19 Sep 1692 in North Nibley, Gloucestershire, England.
8. ↑ Frith, Brian Edit. Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections Relative to the County of Gloucester, Bigland, Ralph ( 1791-1899) Part 3 Naunton-Twining. pg 936
9. ↑ Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Operations, Inc., al data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, : John Smyth, Marital Status: Esquire, the younger, Document Type: Will, Will Date: 1692, Will Number: 240, Place: North Nibley, Court: Consistory Court of Gloucester, Civil Place: Gloucestershire, England, Reference Code: 226887

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