The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . f Carolina, surveyorand comptroller of customs for Carolina and the BahamaIslands. When In command of the colony ships. In 1706,he repelled a French and Spanish squadron, and In 1718 hecaptured the famous pirate. Major Stede Bonnet, after abrilliant but bloody encounter at Cape Fear. Bonnets ship,the Royal James, and Rhetts flagship, the Henry, wereboth aground, careening In the same direction. The deckof the
The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . f Carolina, surveyorand comptroller of customs for Carolina and the BahamaIslands. When In command of the colony ships. In 1706,he repelled a French and Spanish squadron, and In 1718 hecaptured the famous pirate. Major Stede Bonnet, after abrilliant but bloody encounter at Cape Fear. Bonnets ship,the Royal James, and Rhetts flagship, the Henry, wereboth aground, careening In the same direction. The deckof the pirate ship was protected, but the Henrys deck wasIn full view of the pirates, and was swept by cannon andpistol for five hours. Rhett was, wrote McCrady, ofviolent and domineering disposition, but his repeated 57 and signal services to the colony demanded its gratitudeand respect. The portrait is from a photograph, lent by the SouthCarolina Historical Society, of a pastel probably by Henri-etta Johnson. The original is owned by Miss Claudia , of Charleston. McCradys South Carolina, 1670-1719. South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 4, pages 37, 108. 58. WILLIAM RHETT 1666-1722 (59) TKE NEW YOKK ;PUBLIC LIBRARv^ ^ i A«r©n, LSfW^ j Thomas Smith, second landgrave of Carolina, wasborn, it Is said. In 1669, the son of surgeon Thomas Smith,of Exeter, England, later first landgrave and governor ofCarolina, and (Schenckingh) Smith, a beau-tiful German. He came to America in July, 1684, withhis parents and several others of a family group. Smithsfirst wifes name is not known; his second was Mary Hyrne,whom he married in 1713. It seems unfortunate that we may not know somethingof the personality of his wives and their Influence upon hishome, for by his first wife he had three sons and sevendaughters, and by the second marriage three daughters andseven sons. He died 9 May, 1738, in the seventy-fifth yearof his age, and was buried at his plantation
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