The Tangier Smith Manor of St. George
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Excerpt from The Tangier Smith Manor of St. George: Address Delivered at the Eighth Annual Meeting of the New York Branch of the Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, Held in the City of New York on the 24th Day of April, 1920 The Manor of St. George was situated at the heart of Long Island, and comprised a broad belt of woodland and meadow stretching from the Atlantic shore to a highroad, which runs along the backbone of the Island, midway between the Atlantic ocean and the Sound. The waters of the great South Bay, teeming with fish, clams and oysters, were originally included within the Manorial boundaries. It was constituted in 1693 under a patent granted by Governor Fletcher to Colonel William Smith. In other meridians the name of Smith is impressed with no special distinction, but in the annals of Long Island it is borne by a group of distinguished families and is blazoned with a dignity similar to that which lends lustre to the Pilgrim Fathers of New England or the Cavalier founders of Virginia, the Bradfords, the Endicotts and the Standishs, the Berkleys, the Randolphs and the Lees. The fact that this Manor does not bear the name of the Proprietor but a title which is peculiarly associated with the royalty of England, wafts over seas into this new world a peculiar whiff of that feudal atmosphere of which it was a relic, and hints at the intimate personal relationship which existed between its Lord and the British throne. William Smith was born February 2, 1654, at Weld Hall in the little village of Newton, near Hingham Ferrers. The names of his parents are given in the record of his christening which occurred a fortnight after his birth. The entry in the parish register reads: "William Smith, son of John Smith and Mary his wife, was baptized the 15th day of February 1654." The known facts concerning his parentage and childhood are meagre. Gossip hath it, that his mother was a Maid of Honor in attendance upon the Queen. If this legend of her association with court life be correct it would go far to account for the fact of her son spending his boyhood as a page in the royal service. This vocation may help to explain why young Smith failed to receive the schooling customary for young lads and may indicate that he was regarded as set apart for a career of active responsibility rather than professional attainment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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