Hi Jackie- My husband's mother was a Curry and her family history leads back to Perth and Sterlingshire. Seagoing people. They were in NJ/Maryland area then moved down to the Carolina's, were Loyalists and so were removed forcibly to Bahamas and did not return until 1830's or so when they got over to Key West and then up to Braidenstown, FL. Glenda Strayer > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 17:39:52 -0500 > From: "Jackie Helmke" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LDR] SMITHS OF DELAWARE & MARYLAND & VIRGINIA > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > In regards to Smiths who came from England. My Archibald Smith, who died, > leaving a Will, he died 27 Nov 1729, Lewes, Sussex Co, DE, appears to have > come to the colonies from North Ireland. Are there researchers working > with > Smiths from North Ireland? His sister Mary (she spelled it Marey) Smith by > 1729, was the wife of Theophilus Simonton. Theophilus and Mary had 6 > children. The locations that are mentioned in Archibald Smith's Will are: > the Glebe in the Parish of Orney, in the Barony of Strabane, in the Kingdom > of Ireland. In the Will, is mentioned land lying on Longbridge branch in > the Parish of Orney, land near the Green Branch where on Samuel Samples > dwells. Here in the colonies, Archibald Smith left house lots with the > Town > of Lewes; in Somerset Co MD, he mentions Begrove (??Belgrove, Bengrove) > left > to him by his "Uncle Robert Perrie"; land called Timber Hill; he gave to > his > sister Mary and husband Theophilus, the tract of land of 300 acres formerly > James Barr's. > > Names mentioned in Will of Archibald Smith, his wife was Isabella ?__; his > sister in Ireland was Rachel Curry; his brother Robert Smith and his > daughters Anne Magdalen and Mary, in Ireland; his "cousins" James Smith and > Adam Smith of the Parish in Ireland mentioned in above paragraph; cousin > James Smith who lived with Archibald Smith in Lewes; his "cousin" Anne > Simonton (was she the wife of Theophilus Simonton II, son of Mary Smith and > Theophilus Simonton?, is there a connection to the Frame family?) > > Can someone give me the location of Begrove or Belgrove; and of Timber > Hill, in Somerset Co MD, where I can find them on a map that is a present > day map? Where was James Barr's land? > Does anyone know of the Curry family in North Ireland? I think > Archibald Smith's wife, Isabella was a Campbell. Did she remarry? Does > anyone have records of the cousin James Smith who lived with Archibald > Smith > in Lewes inheriting anything from Archibald Smith, what happened to James, > how was he a cousin to Archibald? How was Robert Perrie/Pirrie/ Peery an > Uncle to Archibald Smith? > > Thanks... > Jackie Helmke > [email protected] > This message has been screened by Norton > > > >