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Smith's will left a number of enslaved persons, by name, to his grandchildren. The drafting of the will was intended to keep a substantial estate in trust for Smith's grandchildren; but the effect was otherwise. It was the subject of
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Mary (1740â1775) who married twice, having three children with her first husband
William Berney of Barbados, and five with her second, Thomas Dyer.
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