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Dr. Robert Smithwick[1]

Male - 1826


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  • Name Robert Smithwick 
    Title Dr. 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1826 
    Person ID I5612  Smithwick Family Tree
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2020 

    Father John Smithwick,   b. Bef 1729,   d. 1769, Athassel Abbey, Golden, Co. Tipperary, IE Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Mother Mary Dobbyn,   c. 12 Nov 1701, Holy Trinity Christchurch Cathedral, Waterford, Co. Waterford, IE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1739  [2
    Family ID F92  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Wayland 
    Married 1792  Diocese of Cashel and Emly, IE Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Robert Dobbyn Smithwick,   d. 1826
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F1946  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Additional references from Tony Arthur:

      Ennis Chronicle 3Oth Jan 1792
      Dublin the 26th married Robert S Esq MD to Miss Ann Wayland dau of the late Francis Wayland of Kilmore Co. Tipp Esq

      The London Medical Journal: Society of Physicians - Page 427 <http://books.google.com/books?>
      by Society of Physicians in London - Medical <http://books.google.com/books? - 1785
      ... of the 5th regiment of dragoons, in the room of Mr. Robert Smithwick

      Oft. i. Mr. Richard Fletcher to be surgeon of the 5th regiment of dragoons, in the room of Mr. Robert Smithwick.?i ^., Mr. William Wood, late furgeon of the 96th, to be furgeon of the 78th regiment of foot.? 9. Mr. John Weir to be furgeon to the troops at Jamaica.? Mr. Weft Hill to be furgeon to the troops at St. Vincent's.? n. Dr. Nicholas Paradys to be profeflbr of phyfic at Leyden.


      1774 Surgeon Fifth (or Royal Irish) Dragoons 1 Jan 1774

      "Late surgeon of the Waterford Militia" wedding notice of eldest daughter, Emma 13 Jan 1818. Southern Report in Ffolliott's index.

      1787 Robert Smithwick published a dissertation in Edinburgh (as part of becoming a Doctor of Medicine) described as "Robertus Smithwick Hibernus". Entitled Dissertatio Medico Inauguralis de Erysipelate etc

  • Sources 
    1. [S483] Betham's Abstracts.
      Robert is mentioned in the 1769 will for John Smithwick and in the 1788 will for sister Frances Smithwick.

    2. [S89] Memorial No: 52178, 6 Jun 1733, (Registry of Deeds, Ireland), http://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=52178.

    3. [S506] Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866, (Family Search), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGW9-6F6Z.