I'm sure I wrote that in a very old posting somewhere because a family letter mentioned that and another occupational surname as possibly being her maiden name, but every document I have found since with her maiden name on it-wedding record, children's baptisms (WM priest wrote down her maiden name!) all list Smith. so I've gone with the records as more likely than the letter, esp. since they weren't sure what her last name was. it was written by a granddaughter of Hannah's, and a great aunt of mine. I'm blanking for the moment on her name simply because I have gardening on the brain... Cornelia BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } On Wed 04/13/11 4:33 PM , "rankin tds.net" [email protected] sent: Wasn't her maiden name Thomson??? On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:42 PM, wrote: a shot in the dark, but I'm still trying to find my Hannah Smith, b. 12 Dec 1785 of St. Botolph's Colchester (I assume, I haven't been able to access her original marriage record to examine it more closely). she isn't showing up in any records that I've checked so far, and I've checked quite a few. she m. a Quaker in the CofE in 1806, was not accepted by the Meeting, so they joined Colchester Wesleyan Methodist. where was she born? who were her parents? who were her siblings? I've searched for nearly 20 years. she has a tombstone but no death record, no will and the slightest of death notices, no obituary, a marriage record and her children's baptisms for documentation-and American census of 1850, '60 and '70. she eluded (is it part of the lost East of London census?) the 1841. if there was a family bible there's no mention of it among family members. one says all the genealogy had been done but it was in storage and a fire destroyed it, perhaps they meant the family bible. I had little trouble tracing the Quaker line, but much trouble tracing Hannah's. it doesn't help that Hannah is a name with so many variants, including Anna and Nancy. Hannah SMITH b. 12 Dec 1785 of Colchester, Essex, England d. 30 Aug 1874 of Navarre, Stark, Ohio, U.S. m. 12 Oct 1806 Colchester, Essex, England Joseph CROSS son of Joseph Cross, Sr. and Elizabeth Richards b. 02 Jun 1782 Colchester, Essex, England d. 13 Nov 1862 Navarre, Stark, Ohio, U.S. children Joseph Aubrey CROSS b: 13 Aug 1807 in Saint Botolph,Colchester,Essex,England c: 10 Jan 1808 in Saint Nicholas,Colchester,Essex,England Maria Ann CROSS b: 27 Aug 1809 in Saint Martins,Colchester,Essex,England c: 29 Oct 1815 in Saint Nicholas,Colchester,Essex,England William H CROSS b: 28 Sep 1811 in Saint Martins,Colchester,Essex,England c: 29 Oct 1815 in Saint Nicholas,Colchester,Essex,England CROSS-d. in infancy CROSS d. in infancy John CROSS b: 2 Aug 1815 in Saint Martins,Colchester,Essex,England c: 29 Oct 1815 in Saint Nicholas,Colchester,Essex,England CROSS d. in infancy Hannah Lydia CROSS b: 13 Jan 1818 in Trinity,Colchester,Essex,England c: 15 Apr 1818 in Saint Nicholas,Colchester,Essex,England James CROSS b: 27 Jul 1820 in Trinity,Colchester,Essex,England c: 16 Dec 1822 in Saint Nicholas,Colchester,Essex,England Josiah A CROSS b: 4 Oct 1822 in Trinity,Colchester,Essex,England c: 16 Dec 1822 in Saint Nicholas,Colchester,Essex,England the family came to America as a group, except for John who preceded them and wrote back a "streets paved in gold" type of letter, convincing them to come. all of Joseph, Jr.'s sons served in the Civil War, with the youngest not being officially recognised as far as I can find, he was a teamster and apparently did not enlist. Joseph Aubrey was with the Cavalry, the rest were infantry. Cornelia On Wed 04/13/11 6:42 AM , Eve Ferguson [email protected] [2] sent: Hi All I seem to have missed the original message from "David" regarding Samuel Smith from Gt. Waltham 1731 (or maybe?) I have a line of Smiths in Gt. Waltham so David please get in touch. Eve Ferguson (nee Moore) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] [3] [1] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] [4] [2] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links: ------ [1] mailto:[email protected] [5] [2] mailto:[email protected] [6] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] [7] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] [8] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links: ------ [1] mailto:[email protected] [2] mailto:[email protected] [3] mailto:[email protected] [4] mailto:[email protected] [5] mailto:[email protected] [6] mailto:[email protected] [7] mailto:[email protected] [8] mailto:[email protected]