Ancestry of
Harper Lee

Author of To Kill a Mockingbird

Samuel Smith

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Harper Lee — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 226 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 27 MAY 1709 or 1719 
  • Birth Location:
  • Isle of Wight County, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Sep 1783 
  • Death Location:
  • Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Edith Whitfield
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1736 
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  • Child:

  Jane Smith (Ahnentafel No:113 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources claim the parents of Samuel Smith is John Smith and Elizabeth Whitfield, but the timeframe doesn't seem to fit. Based on known or estimated dates, it seems more likely that John Smith is a brother.

• Sources for Samuel Smith

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A105803.
  • ² Whitfield, Emma Morehead, Whitfield, Bryan, Smith, and Related Families, Book Two, Westminster, Maryland: Unknown (1950), 213-214.