This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WOC.2ACE/2926 Message Board Post: Looking to find any descendants of William Smith who came to Nova Scotia (via PEI) from Colvend Scotland circa 1773. William established a mill that was handed down to his sons Anthony and William. The mill in later years was moved to the town of Pictou and was operated by Anthony's grandson J.W. Smith well into the 20th century. I am also trying to find information on a Murdoch & Donald Stewart. I believe they are father & son. Murdoch settled on land (without authority) that was part of the Philadelphia Grant in 1809. I also find him having cleared land in Rogers Hill in 1806-07. According to family notes left by my grandmother, Murdoch died about 1858. Donald died in 1863. I have no idea if they were born in NS or Scotland. I have a birth year for Murdoch of 1755, which seems possible but not probable. Do these names sound familiar to anyone researching their family history in Pictou? Thanks.........Meg Mulvey