ANDREW SMITH III was born September 4, 1709 in Burlington (Mercer) County, New Jersey, the eldest son of ANDREW SMITH II and wife SARAH STOUT. Prior to 1730, he married ANN MERSHON (b. about 1706 Maidenhead (Lawrenceville), Burlington (Mercer) County, New Jersey, d. January 12, 1785 Hopewell Township, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, New Jersey), daughter of HENRY MERSHON and wife ANN. He is probably the Andrew Smith who was involved in a court case before the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery for Hunterdon County held at Trenton on May 19, 1752 [D’Autrechy, Phyllis B., “Records of the New Jersey Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1749-1762,” The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Volume 71, No. 2, May, 1996, p. 86]. Likewise, he may be identical with the “Sgt. Andrew Smith” listed in the Muster Roll of a Detachment from Hunterdon County under the Command of Capt. David Stout from May 9, 1757 to June 11, 1757 [Wilson, Thomas B., “Muster Rolls of Forces on the Frontiers of New Jersey, 1757-1758,” The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Volume 62, No. 1, January, 1987, p. 13]. In the will of his father Andrew Smith dated November 2, 1763 (proven April 24, 1767), he received a legacy of five pounds. Andrew Smith appears as a taxpayer in Hunterdon County, New Jersey for the years 1778-1781 and 1785 [Hunterdon County, New Jersey Taxpayers, 1778-1797, p. 160].

     Andrew Smith devised his will in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, New Jersey on October 16, 1784. In his will, Smith devised to his wife ANNA a negro slave named Violet. Eldest son CHARLES SMITH, “deprived of his reason,” was bequeathed the plantation he was living on adjoining Timothy Smith, Jonathan Smith, Benjamin Price, Stephen Moore, and others. The care of his person and estate was to be under the direction of the will’s executor. Daughter JEMIMA MERRILL was bequeathed one “Spanish pistole,” and relief out of Smith’s estate should she become needy. Her children, namely sons SAMUEL, JOHN, ANDREW, WILLIAM, CHARLES, ELIJAH, and JONATHAN MERRILL, and daughters ANNA McCLEARY [McCRARY] and PENELOPE MERRILL were each left a legacy of 50 pounds to be paid within four years after Smith’s decease or as they came of age. Son ANDREW SMITH was devised a negro slave named Rene, as well as all the remainder of Smith’s estate. ANDREW SMITH, JOHN SMITH (son of JONATHAN SMITH), and ANDREW HIXON were named executors to the will, which was witnessed by Jacob Snyder, John Reed, and Obadiah Hunt. The will was submitted for probate on April 25, 1794 [Hunterdon County, New Jersey Wills, File 1692J; Recorded Copy, New Jersey Wills, Liber 35, 1794-1796, p. 114].

      ANN (MERSHON) SMITH died January 12, 1785, and is buried at the Hunt Farm Burial Ground off Harbourton-Woodsville Road in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. Her grave reads “January The 12/ Departed This/ Life Ann Smith/ In The 78 Year/ Of Her Age 1785.” Buried close to her are her daughter-in-law SARAH (HART) SMITH and her son CHARLES SMITH. ANDREW SMITH died March 20, 1794, and is undoubtedly buried in the same graveyard, though his grave is not identified. Issue:

CHARLES SMITH, b. about 1725-1730 Hopewell Township, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, New Jersey. According to his father’s will dated October 16, 1784, he was “deprived of his reason” and placed under the care of his father’s executors. In the will of his brother Andrew Smith dated June 25, 1816 (proven February 8, 1821), he is described as “much Insain and has been for many years.” Under the provisions of his brother Andrew’s will, he was to continue living in the room built for him and to be cared for by Andrew’s son Nathaniel Smith. He died in 1818, and is buried near his mother at Hunt Farm Burial Ground, Hopewell Township, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, NJ.

JEMIMA SMITH, b. about 1730 Hopewell Township, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, NJ, d. between May 7, 1801-February 10, 1803 Rowan (Davidson) County, NC [Will of Jemima Butner, Rowan County Original Wills, NC State Archives]; md. about 1748 Hunterdon (Mercer) County, NJ, BENJAMIN MERRILL, b. about 1731 Hopewell Township, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, NJ, d. June 19, 1771 Hillsborough, Orange County, NC, son of WILLIAM MERRILL, JR. and wife PENELOPE (STOUT) JEWELL; 2md. February 28, 1775 Rowan (Davidson) County, NC, HARMON BUTNER, d. between May 11, 1795-August 7, 1797 Rowan (Davidson) County, NC [Rowan County Original Wills, NC State Archives].

ANDREW SMITH, IV, b. about 1744 Hopewell, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, NJ, d. September 29, 1819 Hopewell Township, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, NJ [per George W. Hart, The Descendants of Andrew Smith, 1972] (Hunterdon County, NJ will devised June 25, 1816, proven February 8, 1821; Hunterdon County, NJ Wills File 3158J); 1st md. SARAH HART, b. March 6, 1748 Hopewell Township, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, NJ [Cooley, Eli, “The Ralph and Edward Hart Family,” Early Settlers in Trenton and Ewing, pp. 100-102], d. May 24, 1789 Hopewell Township, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, NJ, daughter of JOSIAH HART and MARY TITUS. Sarah (Hart) Smith is buried at Hunt Farm Burial Ground, Harbourton-Woodsville Road, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, NJ. Andrew Smith married secondly, JOANNA MOORE, b. July 17, 1747 Hopewell Township, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, NJ, d. June 11, 1823 Hopewell Township, Hunterdon (Mercer) County, NJ [per George W. Hart, The Descendants of Andrew Smith, 1972, pp. 2-3], daughter of SACKETT MOORE and wife ABIGAIL MOORE.

ZEBULON SMITH. He is named as a son of Andrew Smith III and wife Ann Mershon in George W. Hale's book A History of the First Presbyterian Church of Hopewell at Pennington, New Jersey (1876, pp. 42-44), as well as Eli Cooley’s Early Settlers in Trenton and Ewing (1883, pp. 264-265). According to Hale, he was unmarried. He apparently died before his father's will dated October 16, 1784, as he is not mentioned.