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John SMITH
Abt 1717 - 1774 (~ 57 years)
Has 15 ancestors and 185 descendants in this family tree.
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Name John SMITH Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1717 Charleton, Devon, England 
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Baptised 15 Oct 1717 St. Mary’s Church, Charleton, Devon, England [1] Gender Male Freeholder Leaseholder [2] From 1741 to 1761 Charleton, Devon, England - Being on the freeholders list meant that John was eligible to serve on a jury. The qualification from 1692 until 1730 was to own freehold or copyhold land with an annual value of £10 or more, and then after 1730, tenants of land worth £20 per year held on long leases were also eligible. There were a few exceptions who were excluded, but this shows that John must have had a long lease of land worth £20 per year.
Eligibility was restricted to men between the ages of 21 and 70; there is no John Smith in 1733 when the qualification had been widened, but this John would be too young to be eligible. A John Smith was present by 1741 when this John was aged about 24. He was then shown as a leaseholder. In 1751 he was shown as 'infirm', and no description was given for anyone in 1761. He is not on the 1771 list so may well have died between 1761 and 1771.
From looking at the PRs I'm not aware of any other John Smiths in Charleton at this time who this could have been, though it is possible I have missed an uncle John (not all baptisms being legible at the time siblings of his father would have been born).
The Devon Freeholders book of 1751 includes John Smith amongst the 7 men listed for 'Charlton' John Smith, 'infirm'.
(one other was listed as infirm, 2 as freeholders and 3 as leaseholders)
While it is surprising to see so young a man described as infirm, especially knowing that he went on to have another 6 children, up to 1760, he may just have been suffering some temporary ill health.
Sixty one volumes of freeholders books survive, from 1711 to about 1816, but they have not all been transcribed, just one per decade; I may try to see others in the Record Office.
Also known as John SMYTH Died Jan 1774 Charleton, Devon, England - (Date and place shown assumed from burial)
I did think John may have died between 1761 and 1771 as he was on the 1761 'freeholders' list but not the 1771 list.
But I haven't found a burial for a John Smith in that interval, but have found the one below. The latter could be his son, but I think more likely this John.
Maybe whatever the cause of the 'infirm' designation in 1751 had forced him to rertire.
Buried 7 Jan 1774 St. Mary’s Church, Charleton, Devon, England [3] Person ID I60 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 3 Oct 2019
Father Nathaniel SMITH, b. Abt 1683, Charleton, Devon, England , d. 1764, Charleton, Devon, England (Age ~ 81 years) Mother Mary, d. Apr 1744, Charleton, Devon, England Children2 children Family ID F33 | Family Chart
Family Willimott SUMPTER, b. 1720, Charleton, Devon, England , d. Jun 1795, Charleton, Devon, England (Age 75 years) Married 8 Apr 1740 St. Mary’s Church, Charleton, Devon, England [4] Children15 children Last Modified 18 Nov 2013 Family ID F32 | Family Chart
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Born - Abt 1717 - Charleton, Devon, England 
Baptised - 15 Oct 1717 - St. Mary’s Church, Charleton, Devon, England Child born - John SMITH - 1740 - Charleton, Devon, England Married - 8 Apr 1740 - St. Mary’s Church, Charleton, Devon, England Freeholder - Leaseholder - From 1741 to 1761 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - Sarah SMITH - 1742 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - Nicholas SMITH - 1743 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - Nathaniel SMITH - 1745 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - Richard SMITH - 1746 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - Simon SMITH - 1747 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - William SMITH - 1748 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - Willimott SMITH - 1749 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - Walter SMITH - 1751 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - James SMITH - 1752 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - Thomas SMITH - 1753 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - George SMITH - 1754 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - Cecilia SMITH - 1755 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - Alexander SMITH - 1759 - Charleton, Devon, England Child born - Alexander SMITH - 1760 - Charleton, Devon, England Died - Jan 1774 - Charleton, Devon, England Buried - 7 Jan 1774 - St. Mary’s Church, Charleton, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S210] Charleton - St. Mary’s Church - m/f images, St. Mary’s Church (Charleton, Devon), Baptism of John SMITH 1717; DE/REG/57867/1-8 m/f 2 (Reliability: 3).
"John Son of Nathaniell & Mary Smith Baptized 8ober the 15" (under heading 'Baptisms for the year 1717') - [S213] FODA: Devon Freeholders Books, Simon Dixon, editor, (http://www.foda.org.uk/freeholders/intro/introduction1.htm: n.d.), accessed 17 Nov 2013. (Reliability: 3).
- [S210] Charleton - St. Mary’s Church - m/f images, St. Mary’s Church (Charleton, Devon), Burial of John SMITH 1774; DE/REG/57867/1-8 m/f 4 (Reliability: 3).
"John Smith _ Janry. the 7th. _ Affidt. the 10th." (under heading '1774') - [S210] Charleton - St. Mary’s Church - m/f images, St. Mary’s Church (Charleton, Devon), Marriage of John SMYTH to Wilmot SUMPTER 1740; DE/REG/57867/1-8 m/f 4 (Reliability: 3).
"John Smyth & Wilmot Sumpter were marr - Apr. 8" (under heading '1740')
- [S210] Charleton - St. Mary’s Church - m/f images, St. Mary’s Church (Charleton, Devon), Baptism of John SMITH 1717; DE/REG/57867/1-8 m/f 2 (Reliability: 3).
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