Individual Details
Edward John Smallpiece
(1585 - )
I've extracted this family from LDS copied records with the help of Dick Payne. Edward Smallpeece seems to be the only known family that fits the dates and criteria of having two children Jane Smallpeece and John Smallpeece who immigrated to the colonies. There may be more children in the family.
There are an unbelievable variety of spellings of this name. LDS has Smalpece, Smalepece, Smailpece, Smallpiece, Smalpesse, Smalepeece. There obviously are other members of this family in the area of Cranley that stay here at least to the 19th century. These are from LDS records.
Source: LDS Family Records - England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 batch number: P008871 Payne, Dick. records and coorespondence 10/31/10 rpaynegen@yahoo.com
There are an unbelievable variety of spellings of this name. LDS has Smalpece, Smalepece, Smailpece, Smallpiece, Smalpesse, Smalepeece. There obviously are other members of this family in the area of Cranley that stay here at least to the 19th century. These are from LDS records.
Source: LDS Family Records - England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 batch number: P008871 Payne, Dick. records and coorespondence 10/31/10 rpaynegen@yahoo.com
Events
| Birth | 1585 | Godalming, Surrey, England | |||
| Christen | 26 Dec 1596 | St. Mary, Guildford, Surrey, England |  | ||
| Marriage | 16 Apr 1629 | Godalming, Surrey, England - Margaret Elliot | | ||
| Will-shared | 12 Mar 1672 | (Thomas Payne) St. Jerome's, St. Mary's County, Maryland |  | |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Elliot (1604 - ) |
| Child | John Smallpeece ( - ) |
| Child | Jane Smallpiece (1626 - 1675) |
Notes
Will-shared
The will of Thomas Payne, dated 12 Mar 1672, names his wife, Jane, two sons: Isaack and Joseph, five daughters: Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hanah and Rachell. The daughters are all apparently under the age of 17 because Thomas writes that they are to receive their inheritance "Tenne head of female Cattle apiece, at the age of seventeen years or at the day of Marriage." The sons are not yet 18 years old. Thomas writes, "in case either dy before he happens to arrive to ye age of Eighteen years..." Thus all of the children were born between 1656 and 1672.Executors: Nathaniell Garrat, John Smallpiece [probably his brother-in-law John Smallpeece] and John Renolds (or Reynold).
Endnotes
1. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NPYR-974 : accessed 06 Sep 2013), Edward Smalpeece, 26 Dec 1596..
2. "England Marriages, 1538-1973," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N21D-C3B : accessed 06 Sep 2013), Edward Smalpiece and Alice Farley, 17 Jun 1621..
3. "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-25106-32302-88?cc=1803986&wc=SF9V-C6D:146536401,149079501 : 20 May 2014), St. Mary's > Will books 1658-1732 vol PC1 > image 18 of 372; Hall of Records, Annapolis..