John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 387

Darryl J. Diemer wrote an article in Beyond Germanna on the Smith family of English descent in the Robinson River area (v. 4, n. 4, July 1992).  Isaac Smith, Sr., was born ca 1720 in Virginia.  He was the son of William Smith and Elizabeth Downing.  Isaac married Margaret Rucker ca 1738.  Margaret was the daughter of Capt. John Rucker and Susannah Coghill.

Isaac and Margaret had ten known children.  They are known through land transactions and the will of Isaac's brother, Benjamin Smith (Madison Co. W.B. 1, pp. 342-343).  Isaac also left a will in Madison Co. (W. B. 1, pp. 344-345), but he mentions only one child in the will and left the majority of his estate to grandchildren.  The ten children of Isaac and Margaret are:

  1. Winifred Smith , born ca 1739.  She married Peter Fleshman, Jr., and had three children:  Elizabeth, John (married Nancy Dunn), and Benjamin (married Delilah Shirley).

  2. Elizabeth Smith , married William Rucker, her first cousin, and had seven children, who are given in Rucker histories.

  3. Henrietta Smith , married Daniel Hollenback.  She separated from Daniel and received a court-ordered maintenance from him.  No known issue.

  4. Susannah Smith , married Thomas Standley in 1781 and had one known child, Henrietta Standley, who married, first, Jeremiah Rucker, and, second, William Thornton.

  5. Isaac Smith , alias Sims, married a daughter of William Sims of Culpeper Co. and had several children, but only one is known.  This was Isaac Smith, Jr., who married Susannah Smith, daughter of Downing Rucker Smith (they were first cousins).  Three of their children were:  Isaac R. Smith, who married Matilda Clore; Susannah, who married Abel Carpenter; and a daughter, Barbara.

  6. Melinda Smith , never married and died in Madison Co. in 1803.

  7. Mary Smith , married Elijah Underwood and had ten children.  One of these was Henrietta Underwood, who married James Aylor.  See the "Underwood Family of Madison County, Virginia", by Ben H. Coke for more information.

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