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Saturday, February 14, 2026

Smyth Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Smyth Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Smyth family through their ancestor Phoebe Ann Throop. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter (Married Name: Bardsley) 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop (Married Name: Carpenter) 

-daughter of Joseph Allen Throop and Elizabeth Brundage 

G7 – Joseph Allen Throop 

-son of Calvin Throop and Anna Ripley 

G8 – Calvin Throop 

-son of Benjamin Throop and Mary Burgess 

G9 – Benjamin Throop 

-son of Joseph Throope and Deborah Buell 

G10 – Joseph Throope 

-son of Daniel Throope and Deborah Church 

G11 – Daniel Throope 

-son of William Throope and Mary Chapman 

G12 – William Throope 

-son of William Throope Sr and Isabell Redshaw 


G13 – William Throope Sr 

 -son of Thomas Thrope and Elizabeth Smyth 


G14 – Elizabeth Smyth 

-daughter of John Smith and Alice Smyth (uncertain data at this time) 

Born: About 1585 in Nottinghamshire, England 


G15 – John Smith 

-parents unknown at this time 

Born: 1540 

Died: 1589 in Sturton le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, England 

Note: Son John Smyth matriculated Christ’s College, Cambridge, under age in 1589 (date of father’s will) (From Alumni Cambridgeshire, vol 4 p 100) 

Will written, with son John as a minor in 1589. 


By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games