Henry, son of Ralph Smith and brother of Samuel, flourished 1668-1710. He worked for the East India Company towards the end of the seventeenth century and was sacked by the Company on a number of occasions being described as a most notorious, naughty, false, lying fellow. Subsequently, he was incarcerated in Newgate gaol and tried on two counts of piracy; before biting that hand that rescued him and acting undercover in Scotland.
The talk is a light-hearted case study of Henry Smith demonstrating how you can reconstruct the life of someone who cannot be found in any traditional genealogical records in order to enhance your ancestral history.
There will also be a social afternoon
