Hugh Smithwick was an early resident of North Carolina. He died before 1694. He was probably born in England and was married to Elizabeth. They were the parents of six children. Information on the descendants of four of them are included in this volume. He became a large land owner near the Albemarle Bay. Some of his descendants have become members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Descendants now live throughout the United States, especially in the southern and western states.

James Robert Smithwick (1822-1872) of North Carolina married Frances Ann Allen (1834-1908) in 1850. Includes information on some of their descendants as well as earlier Smithwicks such as Hugh Smithwick, "one of the earliest settlers on the Yoppin River, 1661-1662, Albemarle (North Carolina).".

Pedigree chart by George Ticknor Dexter in back cover.

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John Duggan acquired land in Bertie Precinct, Albemarle County, North Carolina in 1725. He probably went there from Virginia, and perhaps immigrated from Ireland.