Smee Patriarchs of England

The Smee Patriarchs of England

This list is under development and is by no means comprehensive, more Patriarchs will be added as research continues. If you cannot find your Family Group listed here, please contact me?
Areas shown are Based on Registration Districts within 2 generations of Patriarch.
I have not shown Patriarchs where the only known Issue was Female or Males that died in childhood, families that still use the Smee name have a light blue background

You may notice more than one Patriarch where the number of Relations is the same, this is the result of Inter marriages between Families in the smaller Villages .....

Last Update December 2008 based on database of 4747 Individuals with surname of Smee known to have lived in England

Name Dates	First Record	Last Smee Record	Origin	Primary Settlement area(s)	Descendants	Relations	Notes
Steven Smee before 1550	Son John's Will 1582	1582	Possibly Cambridgeshire	Braintree Essex	13	17	Another Son Robert was the executor of John's Will
John Smee before 1586	Will 1605	1605	?	Stambourne, Halstead, Essex	10	15
John Smee before 1604	Son's Baptism 1622	Son's Baptism 1630	?	Gosfield, Halstead, Essex	4	5
Matthew Smee before 1645	Son's Baptism 1663	Son's Burial 1695	?	Nayland, Sudbury, Suffolk	3	5
Joseph Smee 1646-1718	1677 Marriage	Current	Sudbury, Suffolk	Sudbury, Suffolk	620	1150	This is the source of The Family that worked in the Bank of England for 3 generations, their descendants include the ODLING-SMEE Families, and many descendants in Australia of William Randolph SMEE. The Family that married into the Fuller Family, heavily involved in Brewing, many descendants in New Zealand
Matthew Smee c1650-1702	Son's Marriage 1683	G G'Daughter's Marriage 1752	?	Great Welnetham, Thingoe, Suffolk	17	23
John Smee c1654-1709	Marriage 1672	G G'Daughter's Baptism 1752	?	Great Abington, Linton Cambridgeshire	17	20
Abraham Smee Before 1655	Marriage 1673	G'Daughter's Baptism 1709	?	Lavenham, Cosford, Suffolk	5	7
Thomas Smee c1668-1727	Marriage 1690	Current	Sible Hedingham?	Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex	287	8,518	The Father of Mary Smee
Richard Smee bef 1674	Marriage 1692	1783	?	Dullingham, Newmarket Cambridgeshire	48	76
Thomas Smee bef 1674	Marriage 1694	Daughter's Marriage 1735	?	Brinkley, Newmarket Cambridgeshire	8	16
Edward Smee c1691-1739	Marriage 1716	Current	Sible Hedingham	Great Bardfield, Dunmow, Essex	818	8,518
Thomas Smee bef 1692	Marriage 1710	G'Daughter's Baptism 1749	Great Abington	Great Abington, Linton, Cambridgeshire Hildersham, Linton, Cambridgeshire	6	9
John Smee bef 1694	Marriage 1712	Daughter's Marriage 1736	Sudbury, Suffolk	Sudbury, Suffolk	2	41
Isaac Smee bef 1700	Marriage 1717	Current	Ridgewell	Toppesfield	1580	8,592
George Smee bef 1706	Marriage 1722	Son's Marriage 1760	Halstead, Essex	Halstead, Essex	7	12
Joshua Smee bef 1714	Marriage 1732	G'Daughter's Baptism 1764	Marylebone London	Westminster, London	4	6
John Smee bef 1731	Marriage 1754	Son's Baptism 1764	Shalford	Shalford, Braintree, Essex	1	6	The Father of Mary Smee
John Smee bef 1732	Marriage 1750	Current	?	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	120	312
William Smee bef 1739	Marriage 1757	G G'Daughter's Marriage 1840	?	Nacton, Woodbridge, Suffolk Rochford, Essex	14	44
Thomas Smee 1741	Baptism 1741	Current	Bocking	Bocking, Braintree, Essex	507	8,518
Thomas Smee bef 1749	Marriage 1767	Death of G'Daughter 1912	?	Stetchworth, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire Ely, Cambridgeshire	116	244
William Smee bef 1761	Marriage 1781	Current (USA)	Basildon, Essex	Braintree, Essex Finsbury, London	57	166	This is the family of William Smee and Sons Furniture Makers
Thomas Smee abt 1761	Son's Baptism 1796	Current	?	Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex	59	198
Joseph Smee Before 1770	1843 Son's second marriage	Current	Essex or Suffolk?	Tendring, Essex Samford, Suffolk	458	10,758	This is Pete SMEE's Family line
James Smee 1771-1842	Marriage 1801	Current	Froyle	Froyle, Alton, Hamphire	180	329
Joseph Smee bef 1774	Marriage 1799	Current (Australia)	Bocking, Essex	Braintree, Essex	102	8518
George Smee bef 1782	Marriage 1800	Daughter's Baptism 1810	Norwich, Norfolk	Norwich, Norfolk	4	5
William Edward Smee 1786	Son's Baptism 1811	Current? Grandson's death 1926 witnessed by a Smee	Wethersfield, Essex	Sawbridgeworth, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire	5	33
Charles (John) Smee bef 1787	Marriage 1808	Current	?	Portsea, Hampshire East Stonehouse, Devon	82	193	I'm still not 100% sure his name wasn't Smees
William Smee bef 1790	Son's 2nd Marriage 1856	Current	Tendring, Essex?	Deptford, London Windsor, Berkshire Sydney, Australia Alabama, USA	22	378	I think the UK branch is extinct unless Charles Edward Victor Smee had any children? USA branch was from Captain George Smee who settled in Alabama c1855, last known Smee event was a death in 1975, but that man had a son of whom nothing is known. Australian Branch was George's Brother Francis Thomas Raven Smee who migrated in 1862. Still producing Male Smees into the 21st Century
Charles Smee bef 1792	Marriage 1822	Current	Kent	Dartford, Kent Strood, Kent	134	310
George Smee bef 1795	Son's Baptism 1819	Death of G'Daughter 1884	London	Shoreditch Finsbury	17	21
William Smee bef 1796	Marriage 1813	Current	Braintree, Essex	Wethersfield, Essex Shalford, Essex	203	611
James Smee abt 1796	Marriage 1821	Death of G'Daughter 1928	St Mary Newington	Lambeth, London	27	88
Samuel Smee abt 1797	Marriage 1816	Current? (UK Birth in 1943)	Bocking	Braintree, Essex Hackney, London Sydney, Australia	76	180
Joseph Smee abt 1798	Daughter's Baptism 1838	Current	Essex	Beaumont cum Moze, Essex Great Oakley, Tendring, Essex	150	8518	The temptation to "claim" this man as the son of Joseph the Patriarch of Pete's family
Thomas Smee bef 1798	Son's Baptism 1817	Current	?	Chelmsford, Essex Bermondsy, London	38	122
James Smee bef 1805	Son's Baptism 1823	Current? (Australia Male b1954)	?	Mile End, London	25	54
William Smee c1806-1851	Son's Baptism 1824	Current? (Australia Female b1930)	?	Hackney, London	45	86
John Smee c1807-1864	Son's Baptism 1835	Marriage of Daughter 1865	Braintree	Braintree, Essex Norwich, Norfolk	15	33
Henry Smee c1811	Census 1871	Death of Grandson 1942	Brighton, Sussex	Haywards Heath, Sussex Westminster, London	7	23
William Smee bef 1828	Son's Baptism 1846	Son's second marriage 1895	?	Froyle, Alton, Hampshire	10	16
George Henry Smee 1834-1917	Son's Birth 1862	Daughter's Death 1954	Bradwell	Bradwell, Braintree, Essex West Ham, London	7	107	Most interesting Family Group, first sign is Son's Birth in 1862, Wife's name (I cannot find the Marriage) is Sarah Ann Raven which may indicate a possible connection with Francis Thomas Raven Smee who arrived in Australia in 1862 (see above) Is possible that he was really Henry Hunwick, Sarah's first Husband and changed his name to his mother's Maiden name for some reason?

The Smee Patriarchs of England