Sent by Patricia Crespi. Appears to have died before his father.
It is interesting to note and wonder of any relationship to the William Smith who is menitoned on page 297, Volume I, Hiatt-Hiett Family History by William Perry Johnson and the Hiatt Family Organization of Utah, 1950. See pages 297, 298 and 300 of HH History, Vol. I.
(768.) Lydia Cooke Hiatt, (197) (28) (2) (1)Married to Edwin SMITH, son of Isaac, Jr., and Margaet Coale Smith; ....
Reminiscences of Early Days in Kansas, by Mrs. Winnie Smith Lyons (No. (2059.) -- editor.) : (From an article she wrote in her 85th year for the Douglas Co., Kansas Historical Society)."My father, Edwin Smith, was a descendent of William Smith, of Wrightstown; who came to Bucks Co., Pa, from Yorkshire, England, in 1684, and his wife, Mary Croasdale, daughter of Thomas and Agnes Croadsale, who with their six children, came to Bucks Co., on the Ship "Welcome" in 1682.
"Father's mother was Margaret Coale, a descendent of William Coae, a prominent Quaker of Ann Arundel Co., MD.
"Father was born in Chester Co., PA, Feb. 28, 1818. In 1836, teh family moved to Wayne Co., IN. Hewas married in Dublin, IN, Jan 3, 1846, to Lydia Hiatt, dau. of Silas and Anna (Clary) Hiatt, who had come from Guilford Co., NC abt 1824. etc., see HH History. Larry Anderson, noted this 6th day of April 2005.
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John Smith and John Hampton Jr. convenanted to divide a patent, Hampton to get 150 A, west end. Surveyed and patented by John Smith 21 Aug. 1734, 420A on Opeckon Creek at Turkey Spring. Hampton assigned his right to William Hiett and Simion Woodrow. 60A to Woodrow, 90A to Hiett. West side Shenando River and on Opeckon Creek at a place called Turkey Spring. Div. comes between Hiatt and Woodrow crossing Opeckon Creek to stone by a run coming from John Smith's mill. Wit: Samuel Brattan, Rees Smith, William Smith, John Smith ackn. 22 June 1738. Commission to Morgan Morgan, Benjamin Borden and William Russell to take acknow. of Jane, wife of John Smith, who is too sickly and impotant to travel to court. 5 Jan 1738/9 We certify that Jane Smith is dead. 22 Feb 1738/9 Returned signed by Benjamin Borden and Morgan Morgan.
Jane Smith GCT from Chester MM, Pa. 26 of 5 Mo., 1736 to Hopewell.
Quaker Yeoman, by James Bellarts, Vol 14, #3, Pct. 1987, pg. 3, Hiatt Notes:
Contains several references to the Hiatt and Smith families; viz. John Hiett's brother in law, John Smith, had by 1711 married Jane Hinton, dau. of Rees Hinton. Records for John Smith were found in Lancaster Co., Penn. and
Orange Co., Ca.
John Smith sold a part of the land he had inherited from his father to Henry Hollingsworth, son of Valentine Hollingsworth. It is a matter of record that Stephen Hollingsworth, son of Henry, moved to Orange Co., Va, from Cecil Co., Maryland abt. 1733. John Hiatt Jr. purchased land from Stephen Hollingsworth in 1737.
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Will dated 20 Jan 1784/ Prob. 1787 Rowan Co., N.C.
Frederick County, Va. Deeds
Deed Book 2, Page 69.
Lease from Landon Carter to David Smith 11 Dec 1749. 202 Acres. Part of
8000 Acre Shennandoah Tract. By land of Robert Page. Lease during natural
lives of David Smith, wife Ann Smith, son Alexander Smith, the longest liver of
them. Recorded 13 Feb 1749/50, oaths of Joseph Robins, John Bryant, John
Armstrong. Other witnessess: Henry Williams, William Smith, John Love. (On
branches of River Opeckan).
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Found in papers from Sadie Moore.
Found in Papers of Sadie Hiatt Moore. Had 3 children.
Found in HH Book Vol. I pg. 193. Lived near Opequon Creek, (Middleway), now Jefferson Co. W VA. Descendents have not been traced.
(210). SIMEON HIETT (33.) (4.) (1.):
A miller; lived near Opequon Creek (Middleway)., now Jefferson Co., W. Va.; m. MARGARET (or MARY ?). GRANTHAM, d/o Joseph and --- (Smith). Grantham. Descendants have not been traced.
See HH Book, Volume I, page 193, number 212.
The Hiett and Fichter Families of Brown Co., Ohio in the Nineteenth Century by Bruce Grimes.
Early Death of William:
The date is uncertain, but he must have died about 1815, not to many years after he came to Ohio. His youngest child, Mary, had just been born. He was buried on the farm he cleared, probably the first burial in what became the Hiett Family Cemetery. His widow, Mary, remained single the rest of her life; she was the head-of-house in the 1820 census. She remained on the farm which her sons must have helped her farm. Mary died in 1857, by which time the family farm had already been passed down to Samuel Hiett. She was buried in the family cemetery on the farm, presumably next to William.
William, the early settler, is supposed to be buried in the Hiett Family Cemetery, but is not included in these transcriptions; perhaps his tombstone, which would have been on of the oldest ones here was obiliterated by the 1960's when these inscriptions were recorded.
(212). WILLIAM HIETT (33.) (4.) (1.):
Died in Brown Co., Ohio; m. 29 December 1799 (date of bond, Berkeley Co., Va.) to MARY ("POLY"). DANIEL; b. c1785, Va.; d. post 1850, prob. Brown Co., Ohio. Removed 1806 to Brown Co., Ohio. (Mary living 1850 with son Samuel.)CH: (797.) Eleanor; (798.) Samuel; (799.) Letitia; (800.) Elizabeth; (801.) John; (802.) Isabella; (803.) James; (804.) Mary.
Page 212, Clermont and Brown Cos., Ohio - Mary (Hiett). Evans, b. Huntington Twp., Brown Co., Ohio, April 21, 1815, d. August 10, 1892. She was daughter of William and Mary (Daniels). Hiett, both of Fairfax Co., Va., who came to Brown Co. after their marriage, about 1806. Two of their children, Nellie (Eleanor). and Samuel were born in Va., and the others were born in Brown Co. Mary Hiett was the youngest of 8 children, including John, James, Lettie, Isabella and Elizabeth. (From: Mrs. Frank E. Housh, 1940 (2008 Alton Road, Miami Beach, Florida)., whose husband is a grandson of William and Eleanor (Hiett). Housh.) (R87).
The Hiett and Fichter Families of Brown Co., Ohio in the Nineteenth
Century by Bruce Grimes.William and Mary came to Brown County about 1806. They came from the
Valley of the Opeckon Creek in northern Virginia; the Opeckon empties into the Potomac River, and is the boundary between Jefferson and Berkeley Counties.
These counties are today the eastern-most part of West Virginia; but in William and Mary's day, they were still part of Virginia.
Mary's father, John Daniel, died about 1800 intestate (without a Will).
In 1805, his children sold the remaining part of 451 acres of their father's
land on both sides of the Opeckon; listed among the children are William Hiett and his wife Mary. It appears as though his estate was finally settled on April 14, 1806; his sons, Samuel and John Daniel, were administrators (Berkeley County Will Book 4, pg 65.The Trip West:
It looks to me that having settled the Daniel estate in the year (April
1806) they were in a position to set out in the spring or summer for the newly opened up Ohio Country, where it seems many of their neighbors were going.
Many of their neighbors in Huntington Township, Ohio had their roots in
Berkeley or Jefferson County, Virginia.
William and Mary had money in their pocket and several children when they began the trip. Travel being what it was in those days. I don't imagine they ever expected to see again the families they left behind. William and Mary must have been in his twenties, when he loaded their families possessions into a wagon and headed west across the Virginia mountains with perhaps as many as five small children. Eleanor was the oldest and she was probably named after Mary's mother whose name was Eleanor.
I do not know for certain that William and Mary travelled west with other members of her family, but various sources say they all came west about the same time. Once they got to the Ohio River, I imagine they put their wagons on flatboats and floated down the river to Maysville, Kentucky, across the river from what is now Aberdeen, Ohio. It was in Maysville that they would get provisions and buy land from land agents if they didn't have a land claim in Ohio. In HBC on page 151 we are told that William Hiett bought 300 acres in the Hite Survey; the Hite Survey can be seen in the 1876 Atlas of Brown County.
The other folks travelling with them must have bought land nearby, as they remained neighbors in Huntington Township; for some reason, the neighborhood became known as Hiett although other family names were represented.Last Will of Mary Daniels Hiett
It was written October 10, 1842 and was filed for probate by Samuel Hiett, her son, on July 9, 1857.
"In the name of the Benevolent Father of all I Mary Hiett... give and
devise to my beloved son Samuel Hiatt and to his heirs 51 and 1/2 acres of land it being the undivided 1/4 part of 206 acres of land...on the waters of Eagle Creek it being a part of the lands that William Hiett deceased (two words unclear) of set apart to the legal heirs of said William Hiett deceased by agreement between them and Mary Hiett widow of the said Wm. Hiett deceased:
Provided that... Samuel Hiett shall pay unto.Eleanor Hiett, late Eleanor Housh.
Elizabeth Hiett, late Elizabeth Shaw.
John Hiett
Litty Hiett, late Litty Gilbert ("deceased heirs" appears after her name and
before Isabella's; Litty died in 1840)
Isabella Hiett, late Isabella Shreve.
James Hiett
Mary Hiett, late Mary Evans
the sum of $20 per acre for the said 51 & 1/2 acres... in equal payment to each of them to become due at or after my death.
Thomas Mefford and Robert D. Tombs witnessed her "Mark"