Ambrose Joshua Smith
Family

1700 - c. 1759

NAME BORN DIED CEMETERY
Ambrose Joshua Smith #2470 1700
New Kent County, VA
c. 1759
Chatham County, NC

Married:
Judith Ann Spann
1702
Bertie County, NC
Aug 1758
Chatham County, NC

Children:
John "Little River" Smith #2488
1720
Virginia
1782
Montgomery County, NC

Francis Smith #2484


Nicholas Smith #2485


Catherine Smith #2486


Charles Smith #2487 22 Jul 1727
18 Mar 1804
Louisa County, VA

Christopher Smith #2489



Zachariah Smith, Sr. #2454
19 Aug 1734
Rowan County, NC
1812
Woodville, Wilkinson Co., MS

One researcher reports: Ambrose owned a mill in Virginia. About 1730 he was named first Justice of the Courts in Louisa County, Virginia. About 1750 he was appointed Justice of Peace in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.

The Inventory of Goods and Chattels following Ambrose' death was made May 1763 in Orange County, North Carolina: 1 track land, 450 acres in Orange Co., 640 acres lying in Rowan Co. He apparently lived in Rowan County because the dwelling and furniture described were in Rowan County. Tools and instruments suggest Ambrose was also a surveyor: 2 sets of surveying instruments and a bunch of woodworking tools. Return made by Joseph Boggs, John Spann, (possibly the brother of Judith, Ambrose's wife).

Another researcher indicates that Ambrose was killed by Indians.
Christopher (the son) married a Miss Buckner.
Birth order of children is uncertain.
Pedigree Chart 5
Ambrose Smith
Christopher Smith
Father
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