Background
Smith, Robert was born on June 25, 1732 in Worstead, Norfolk, England. Son of Stephen and Hannah (Press) Smith.
priest bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina
Smith, Robert was born on June 25, 1732 in Worstead, Norfolk, England. Son of Stephen and Hannah (Press) Smith.
Bachelor of Arts, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (England) University, 1754, fellow, 1755.
Ordained deacon Protestant Episcopal Church, 1756, priest, 1756. Came to Charleston, South Carolina., 1757. Rector Saint Philip’s Church, Charleston, 1759-1775, 83-1801.
Served as chaplain 1st South Carolina.
Regiment, also Continental Hospital, Charleston, 1776. Chaplain-general Southern department Continental Army, circa 1778.
Imprisoned by British, Charleston, 1780. Later banished to Philadelphia.
Returned to Charleston.
1783. Founded school (known as College of Charleston after 1790) circa 1785, principal, 1790-1798. Instrumental in summoning South Carolina. convention Protestant Episcopal Church which sent delegations to General Convention, 1785.
Consecrated 1st Protestant Episcopal bishop South Carolina., 1795.
Married Elizabeth Pagett, July 9, 1758. Married second, Sarah Shubrick, early 1774.