MRP: Mary Smith, née Dallison
Mary Smith, née Dallison
THIS ENTRY IS IN PREPARATION
Editorial history
13/12/11, CSG: Restructured page & added suggested link to letter from Mary Smith to Sir George Oxenden
Suggested links
See 26th March 1663, Letter from Mary Smith to Sir GO
To do
(1) Update this entry to explain in greater detail the alleged treason of Henry Smith
Biographical profile
The elder of the two daughters of William Dallison and Elizabeth Dallison, the other being Margaret Dallison. Mary married a Henry Smith, who appears at some time following his marriage to have been suspected of and possibly prosecuted for treason. This needs, however, to be verified. The Kentish pedigree of Dalison shows Mary remarrying a George Tushingham, but this has not been verified,
Elizabeth showed affection towards her daughter Mary in her letters to Sir George Oxenden in the 1660s, and Mary herself wrote warmly to Sir George, who was her uncle.[1] However, it is suggested by several letter writers that after the death of her mother Mary chose to side with her brother in his law suit against the executors of his mother's will, despite Mary herself receiving a substantial annuity from her mother in that will.[2] Sir George Oxenden refers in his own will to the surviving children of his sister being "ungrateful."[3]
