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    ANDREW SMITH II was born February 8, 1689/90 in Burlington (now Mercer) County, New Jersey, the youngest son of AND REW SMITH and his wive OLIVE. On February 28, 1702/03, he together with his siblings were baptized by Reverend John Tal bot, minister ofSt. Ann’s (later St. Mary’s) Episcopal church in Burlington, New Jersey, in order to procure their inhe ritance rights under English law [Stillwell, John E., Historical and Genealogical Miscellany of New York and New Jersey , Volume 2, 1906, p. 49]. On March 5, 1705/06, Andrew Smith and his brother Thomas Smith gave evidence in behalf of Que en Anne in a case against Eldad Davis [Reed, H. Clay and George J. Miller, ed., The Burlington Court Book, 1944, p. 311 ]. Prior to September 4, 1709 (birth of his firstchild), Andrew Smith had married SARAH STOUT (b. September 10, 1689 Mi ddletown, Monmouth County, NJ [First Town Book of Middletown, New Jersey, p. 71], d. July 12, 1761 Hopewell, Hunterdo n (Mercer) County, NJ [Samuel Stout Bible, Hopewell Museum]), the daughter of JONATHAN STOUT of Hopewell and his wife A NNA BOLLEN. About 1711, they built a stone house for their new family which still survives today, located on Harbourton -Woodsville Road in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. Smith’s wife Sarahwas one of the charter members of H opewell Baptist Church, which first convened on April 23, 1715 at the house of her brother Joseph Stout in Hopewell. I n the 1722 Tax List of Hopewell Township, “AndruSmith” was assessed with 500 acres of land, 25 cattleand horses, 15 she ep, and 1 slave [Hale, Rev. George, A History of the First Presbyterian Church of Hopewell at Pennington, New Jersey, 1 876, p. 15].       Reverend George Hale in his 1876 publication (pp. 42-44) also writes that Andrew Smith and his son Timothy were s urveyors, and this statement is repeated in Eli Cooley’s Early Settlers in Trenton and Ewing (1883, pp. 264-265) as wel l as History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey by E. M. Woodward and John F. Hageman (1883, p. 827). The de ed books of West Jersey show that Andrew Smith had a number of land transactions in the 1750s [West Jersey Deeds, Libe r L, 1754-1757, pp. 256, 258; LiberN, 1756-1758, pp. 69, 72].       Like his father before him, the family of Andrew Smith and wife Sarah Stout is recorded in the Smith bible as fol lows: Andrew Smith was born September the 4th 1709, Deceasd ye 20th of March 1794
Jonathan Smith was born April the 30th 1711 , Deceasd ye 20th of August 1791
George Smith was born February the 20 1712/13, Deceasd
Charles Smith was born Novembe r the 30th 1714, Desesed August the 12th 1718
Anna Smith was born January the 28 1716, Deceassed August ye 27 1777 wif e of John Titus
Charles Smith was born December the 30th 1718, Desesed August 8th 1744
Mary Smith was born September th e 14th 1720, Desesed March 23, 1757wife to Jonathan Hunt
Joseph Smith was born July the 24th 1722, Desesed August 19t h 1744
John Smith was born July the 14th 1724, Desesed September the 7 1744
Thomas Smith was born November the 7th 1727 , Desest September 3 1744
Timothy Smith was born November the 20th 1730, Desseased February 19th 1796 Nathan Stout (1748-1826) in his 1823 manuscript genealogy entitled History of the Stout Family wrote the following conc erning the family of Andrew Smith and his wife Sarah Stout: I shall now introduce the daughters of Jonathan Stout, the son of Richard the First. The eldest daughter was Sarah, wh o was born in the year 1689, and married Andrew Smith, by whom she had a number of sons and one daughter. Four of her f irst sonsdied young with the sore throat. She had after them, five sons and one danghter, viz: Jonathan, Andrew, George , Charles, Timothy and Anne. Jonathan married a Hixon, by whom he had a large family of children. One of his sons wa s a judge of the Court of Hunterdon anumber of years, which office he served with reputation and honor. His name was Jo hn. Andrew married a Mershon, by whom he had a number of children. George married and had a family, but I know nothin g about the family he married into. Charles married a daughter of Thomas ____, and had a son named Jonathan. Timothy ma rried a Lott and had a family of children. His son George now lives on the farm where his father died. Anne married Joh n Titus, by whom she had a number ofdaughters, and but one son whose namewas Andrew, who died single with the small pox . As alluded to in the above passage, tragic illness did strike the family of Andrew Smith in 1744, as a number of his ch ildren died that year as shown by both the Smith Bible and their grave markers at the Hunt Farm Burial Ground in Hopewe ll Township.       Andrew Smith devised his will in Hunterdon County, New Jersey on November 2, 1763. In his will, Smith bequeathe d his sons Andrew, Jonathan, and George Smith a legacy of 5 Shillings. Daughter Anna Titus also received the same amoun t. Grandson Jonathan Smith, the son of deceased son Charles Smith, received 60 acres of land which had belonged to hi s late father and 20 Pounds, with a reversional interest to granddaughter Rachel North, who also received 20 Pounds. So n Timothy Smith received the remainderof Smith’s real property and was named executor of the will. The will was witness ed by Felix Lott, John Corwine, and Thomas Willson. The will was submitted for probate in Hunterdon County Court on Apr il 24, 1767 [Hunterdon County, New Jersey Wills, File#719J; Recorded Copy, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Will Book 13, 1 766-1769, p. 220].       The deaths of Sarah (Stout) Smith (d. July 12, 1761) and her husband Andrew Smith (d. March 21, 1767), as well a s brother Joseph Stout (d.. October 19, 1766), are recorded in the bible of Sarah’s younger brother Samuel Stout (b. Ma rch 9, 1708/9). The bible record gives Andrew Smith’s year of death as 1762, but based on the probate of his will, th e year 1767 was intended. An abstract of this bible is published in Bible Records, Hopewell, New Jersey (1945, pp. 95-9 7). The bible is deposited with the Hopewell Museum in Hopewell, New Jersey.       Both Andrew Smith and his wife Sarah (Stout) Smith are buried at the Hunt Farm Burial Ground off Harbourton-Woods ville Road in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. While Andrew’s grave is not discernable, Sarah Smith’s grav e has been identified in past surveys of the cemetery http://www.valsamides-design.com/index.html Surveyor in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co, NJ.   source: The American Genealogist, article by Lewis Wood cited in father's record gives dates of birth and death for thi s generation & all Andrew's children.   source: Ralph Ege, "Pioneers of Old Hopewell," p115. His father's will left a legacy to "his son Andrew Smith, who married Sarah, dau of the first Jonathan Stout of Hopewel l, and soon after the death of his father moved to the northern part of the township, and settled on the farm adjoinin g the Hopewell poor farm, now owned by Oliver G. Woodward."   source: NJ Colonial Documents: Calendar of Wills. Liber 13 p 220 Hunterdon. "1763 Nov 2. Smith, Andrew of Hopewell, Hunterdon Co, yeoman, will of. Eldest son Andrew L 5. Son Jonathan L 5. Son Geo rge L 5. Daughter Ann Titus L 5. Grandson Jonathan Smith, land whereon his father Charles lived, of 60 ac, when 21. I f he die,then granddaughter Rachel North shall have said land. Granddau Rachel North L 20. Son Timothy, rest of my land . Exec: son Timothy. Wit: Felix Lott, John Corwine, Thos Wilson. Proved 24 Apr 1767. Lib 13 p220." It's beyond his lifetime - but what happened in 1799? Four of his children are reported to have died within a month: Ch as, Jos, Tho, John: Aug 8, 19, Sep 3, 7. Was there an epidemic? The report for Charles may be an error.