William "Tangier" Smith

William "Tangier" Smith (February 2, 1655 – February 18, 1705) was a governor of Tangier, on the coast of Morocco, and an early settler of New York who owned more than 50 miles (80 km) of Atlantic Ocean waterfront property in central Long Island in New York State, in what is called the Manor of St. George.

During Smith's term as mayor, the English demolished the city's fortifications, as part of the evacuation of the Tangier Garrison.

On May 25, 1691, Smith purchased a substantial tract of the land that is now the Town of Brookhaven, New York, from John Mayhew of the Unkechaug Nation.

That year, he also served as one of the commissioners of oyer and terminer who tried and condemned Jacob Leisler, and he was appointed to the Supreme Court of the Province of New York.

They had thirteen (possibly fourteen) children born to this union which were:[3] After Smith's death, his heirs built a house on Bellport Bay that today is called the "Manor of St.