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Dorcas Smith
Abt 1770 - 1844 (~ 74 years)1. Dorcas Smith was born Abt 1770, Dobbs, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Richard Smith and Amy Avent); died 14 Sep 1844, Greene, North Carolina, USA. Dorcas married Ruffin Pridgen. Ruffin was born Abt 1769, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA; died 2 Aug 1822, Greene, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Elizabeth Pridgen was born Abt 1798, Greene, North Carolina, USA; died 2 Nov 1856, Greene, North Carolina, USA.
2. Richard Smith was born Abt 1725, Brunswick, Virginia, USA; died 1795, Dobbs, North Carolina, USA. Richard married Amy Avent. Amy (daughter of Thomas Avent and Ursula Claiborne) was born Abt 1736, Northampton, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
3. Amy Avent was born Abt 1736, Northampton, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Thomas Avent and Ursula Claiborne). Children:
- 1. Dorcas Smith was born Abt 1770, Dobbs, North Carolina, USA; died 14 Sep 1844, Greene, North Carolina, USA.
Generation: 3
6. Thomas Avent was born 1 Dec 1712, Sussex, Virginia, USA (son of Thomas Avent and Margaret Elizabeth Gooch); died 28 Mar 1752, Northampton, North Carolina, USA. Thomas married Ursula Claiborne. Ursula was born Abt 1710, Virginia, USA; died 1756, Northampton, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
7. Ursula Claiborne was born Abt 1710, Virginia, USA; died 1756, Northampton, North Carolina, USA. Children:
- 3. Amy Avent was born Abt 1736, Northampton, North Carolina, USA.
Generation: 4
12. Thomas Avent was born 30 Oct 1671, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died 31 Oct 1757, Sussex, Virginia, USA. Thomas married Margaret Elizabeth Gooch. Margaret (daughter of William Gooch and Ursula Claiborne) was born Abt 1685, Charles, Maryland, USA; died 18 Aug 1756. [Group Sheet]
13. Margaret Elizabeth Gooch was born Abt 1685, Charles, Maryland, USA (daughter of William Gooch and Ursula Claiborne); died 18 Aug 1756. Children:
- 6. Thomas Avent was born 1 Dec 1712, Sussex, Virginia, USA; died 28 Mar 1752, Northampton, North Carolina, USA.