By far the most famous Smee is of course Captain Hook's henchman, despite many theories that his real name was something else! My Aunt always insisted J M Barrie had named him after her Grand father a red headed Mayor of Deptford, but ....

Whilst not actually flying the Skull and Crossbones (in Harbour), 2 privateer sloops commanded by different Captain Smees in the 1720's were in the Caribbean, both were damaged (in different Harbours) by the Hurricane that hit Jamaica in 1726.

One Smee family were heavily involved in the Coastal trading between Essex, London, and the trade with the iron and steel making areas in the North-East of England, many of their relatives presumably took passage on the ships Northerly voyages and resulted in 'Smee pockets' around Durham etc.

The most Illustrious Family Branch is certainly that which came from Sudbury, 3 generations served in the Bank of England including William Smee, Chief Accountant, perhaps the most celebrated scion was Alfred Smee a renowned Victorian Scientist whom some credit with identifying the cause of the Potato blight that effected Ireland and England so dramatically. Alfwrd also invented the Smee Battery which famously powered the first under-sea telegraph system, and the Inks and printing process that created the first 'forgery proof' English banknotes.