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Lucy Smith (m. Clements)
1758–1840
Life
- Born
- 1758
- Died
- 3 Aug 1840
Marriage & children
John Smith Clements I (c. 1798–1833)
Meriwether Clements (1804–1887)
Timeline
- 9 Apr 1788MarriedWilliam Lewis Clements, Esq. — Richmond County, Virginia
Research notes
Working notes from the research, kept verbatim — what was read, what it proved, what stays open. Many open with a line grading the parentage; what the grades mean.
Research note · 21 Aug 2026
AUDITED 21 Aug 2026 - FAMILY-LEVEL DUPLICATION MERGED (two pairs, one operation). The family William Lewis Clements Esq x Lucy Smith existed twice: F578 (deleted) and F579 (surviving). The deleted Lucy [2006] (Ancestry profile 392406063084, retired by this push - verify it is gone) was a strict subset: identical birth 1758, identical marriage 9 Apr 1788 Richmond Co., Va. (F578's marriage event was byte-identical to F579's and both uncited - the duplicate event was deleted with its family), identical death 3 Aug 1840. Her son Meriwether [2007] (profile 392406063085, also retired) was likewise a strict subset of [2010]: identical birth 29 Jun 1804 Wilkes Co., Ga., identical death 7 Oct 1887 Hopkins Co., Ky. Nothing adjudicated, nothing dropped. Decision record: ancestry/duplicate-pairs-guide-2026-08-21.html (pairs 7+8, Owen approved 21 Aug 2026). Script: ancestry/rm-apply-duppairs-merges-20260821.py
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