Linda, >From CD# 224, FTM Family Archives, Marriage Index: Maryland 1655 - 1850 SAMUEL COULTER to SARAH FOSTER, on 18 Nov. 1778, In Cecil Co., Md. **** SAMUEL CAMPBELL to SARAH COULTER, on 9 Nov. 1786, In Cecil Co., Md. FHC Library Film# 0013866, a County Court record. **** EXTRA: Samuel Campbell to Sarah Ann Reynolds 2 Nov. 1839, in Cecil Co. , Md & Samuel Campbell to Mary E. M. Williams on 18 Mar. 1844, in Cecil Co., Md. ******************************* Tim R. ***** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Trent" <lindatrent@zoomnet.net> To: <MDCECIL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:14 AM Subject: [MDCECIL] Need Info Marriage 11/9/1786 > Hi Guys, > > I was wondering if there are any quick and dirty ways to look up a > marriage > from November 9, 1786? My 4th great grandparents Samuel Campbell and > Sarah > Foster Coulter were married on that date in Cecil County, MD. It is > believed that Sarah's maiden name was Foster and she was a widow of a Mr. > Coulter. > > I got the above information from someone on one of the forums, but I > wanted > to confirm it, if possible with Cecil County marriage record volume # __ > and > page __#. If I could get a Xerox or a scan of the original certificate or > a > historical society published marriage book that would be the ideal, but > just > to know who Samuel married (Foster or Coulter) is good enough :-) > > Thanks, > > Linda Trent > lindatrent@zoomnet.net > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDCECIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Guys, I was wondering if there are any quick and dirty ways to look up a marriage from November 9, 1786? My 4th great grandparents Samuel Campbell and Sarah Foster Coulter were married on that date in Cecil County, MD. It is believed that Sarah's maiden name was Foster and she was a widow of a Mr. Coulter. I got the above information from someone on one of the forums, but I wanted to confirm it, if possible with Cecil County marriage record volume # __ and page __#. If I could get a Xerox or a scan of the original certificate or a historical society published marriage book that would be the ideal, but just to know who Samuel married (Foster or Coulter) is good enough :-) Thanks, Linda Trent lindatrent@zoomnet.net

Can anyone on the list assist me with locating records for my g grandparents & gg grandparents? I am aware that Civil records in MD begin in 1898. My paternal g grandfather was John LIBENS a German emigrant. Per oral history he came from the Prussia area of Germany. Date of emigration is about 1850 to USA, MD. In the 1870 census the surname was misspelled as LUBBENS for Ohio. About 1860, in the Rising Sun area he married my g grandmother Margaret KEIL (also spelled on records KIEL, KYLE, KILE). Her parents were emigrants living in Rising Sun, Cecil County, Ludwig and Madeline. My great grandmother Margaret was born in MD in 1845. Both sides of the family were Lutheran. Both families moved to Crestline (Crawford County) OH after the Civil War. Ludwig was a cooper. My g grandfather John worked for the railroad. We assume they followed the expansion west by the railroads. They settled in Crestline, OH Because my husband's family is from western MD, we have made several trips to the MD Archives for research. I have never been able to find anything for this paternal side of my family. Would there be sacramental records at any Lutheran churches in the Rising Sun area for the time line 1820 - 1870? Any suggestion on avenues to pursue would be greatly appreciated. We have all the data after the move to Crestline, OH. Mary Ellen Chambers Lakewood, OH maryln61@sbcglobal.net

Alan, Does your family connect with Abraham VanSant, b. in DE who married Mary Anne Verlenden b. circa 1811 in Cecil Co. Md.? They moved to Darby Pa. around 1829 and had at least 9 children. Mary Ann's family also moved to Del Co. and her brothers founded the Verlenden mills in Darby. Bev W

Dora, Dora, Well, I think I am. I have info on this family that I gathered, but I have not been able to tie them to mine so perhaps you could help me out. My line, as far back as I've got, begins with Samuel Vansant who was born in DE in 1808. Below is what I have gathered and filed under the last name "unknown-Vansant". Alan Descendants of John Unknown-Vansant-DE 1 John Unknown-Vansant-DE b: Abt. 1817 in Delaware . +Maria S Unknown-Unknown-DE b: Aug 1820 in Delaware d: Aft. 1920 2 John C Unknown-Vansant-DE b: Jul 1859 in Delaware d: 1935 Burial: unknown Cemetery, Kemblesville, Pennsylvania .... +Mary S Unknown-Unknown-DE m: Abt. 1881 b: Nov 1856 in Pennsylvania d: 1928 Burial: unknown Cemetery, Kemblesville, Pennsylvania ... 3 J Clark Unknown-Vansant-DE b: Dec 1883 d: 1919 Burial: unknown Cemetery, Kemblesville, Pennsylvania ... 3 G Montgomery Unknown-Vansant-DE b: Dec 1887 in Pennsylvania ....... +L Unknown-Unknown-DE b: Abt. 1888 in Delaware ...... 4 Helen Unknown-Vansant-DE b: Abt. 1909 in Pennsylvania ...... 4 Albert C Unknown-Vansant-DE b: Abt. 1912 in Pennsylvania ... 3 Nile E Unknown-Vansant-DE b: 24 Dec 1896 in Pennsylvania d: 24 Dec 1954 Burial: unknown Cemetery, Kemblesville, Pennsylvania ....... +Helen A Unknown-Unknown-PA b: 28 Aug 1894 d: 25 Apr 1956 Burial: unknown Cemetery, Kemblesville, Pennsylvania ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:09:39 -0600 From: "Dora Smith" <villandra@austin.rr.com> Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] Pilgrims of MD To: <mdcecil@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <001b01c705f7$3a8b57e0$640fa8c0@Villandra2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Any relation to John C. Vansant, b 7 Jul 1859 in Delaware (probably near the tri-state border), married on 3 Feb 1881, Mary Smith Montgomery, had John Clark Vansant Jr or III, Gaylord Vansant, George Vansant, and Nile Everett Vansant? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Buckingham" <a.d.buckingham@verizon.net> To: <MDCECIL-L@rootsweb.com>; <mdqueena-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:00 PM Subject: [MDCECIL] Pilgrims of MD > Hello All, > > I have now posted the second half of the book "Pilgrims of Maryland". > Thanks to everyone who dropped me line about this. Your kind words make > this work worth while even when I don't find my own ancestors in these > books. It's at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com > > Alan > RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, > Creswell, > Vansant and related families > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.2/528 - Release Date: 11/10/2006 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDCECIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006 ------------------------------ To contact the MDCECIL list administrator, send an email to MDCECIL-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the MDCECIL mailing list, send an email to MDCECIL@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDCECIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of MDCECIL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 41 ************************************** -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.2/528 - Release Date: 11/10/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.3/531 - Release Date: 11/12/2006

I received a response to my post here from David Stedham, not a list member. He gave permission for me to post his reply, since he was responding to several questions which appeared here in this thread. It comes out a little odd because of how we're quoted here... Judy had also responded in this thread. But maybe it will also help someone else. So without further ado, here it is below. Liz J In a message dated 11/9/2006, "E. Johnson" iris.gates@gmail.com writes: [JKA Note: via e-mail from descendant of the above Peter PETERSON, the name Peter Peterson SMITH is incorrect, his trade was blacksmith] I agree, and wish the capitalization in these transcriptions of the land deed recitations would be changed to reflect the correct surname and occupation. He was commonly called Peter Petersson Smith to distinguish him from another Peter Petersson (who went by Peter Petersson Caupony). Some of Peter Petersson Smith's ancestors went by the surname Smith. I do not know who was Peter PETERSON senior's wife, Catherina. Does anyone have that? If these's another connection between Hans PETERSON and Hendrich STEDHAM, I would be interested to know it. Catherine (or Katherine or Karin) was the widow of Adam Stedham, another son of Timen Stiddem. Her son was Hendrich/Henry Stedham, who would be Peter Petersson Smith, Sr.'s step-son. Another step-son, Timothy Adamsson Stedham, married Peter Petersson Smith, Sr.'s sister, Engelkie (Angelica) as her second husband. Peter Petersson Smith, Jr. married Anna Stedham, daughter of Benedictus Stedham and cousin of Henry and Timothy and Margaret Stedham. David R. Stidham

Hello All, I have now posted the second half of the book "Pilgrims of Maryland". Thanks to everyone who dropped me line about this. Your kind words make this work worth while even when I don't find my own ancestors in these books. It's at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Vansant and related families -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.2/528 - Release Date: 11/10/2006

Any relation to John C. Vansant, b 7 Jul 1859 in Delaware (probably near the tri-state border), married on 3 Feb 1881, Mary Smith Montgomery, had John Clark Vansant Jr or III, Gaylord Vansant, George Vansant, and Nile Everett Vansant? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Buckingham" <a.d.buckingham@verizon.net> To: <MDCECIL-L@rootsweb.com>; <mdqueena-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:00 PM Subject: [MDCECIL] Pilgrims of MD > Hello All, > > I have now posted the second half of the book "Pilgrims of Maryland". > Thanks to everyone who dropped me line about this. Your kind words make > this work worth while even when I don't find my own ancestors in these > books. It's at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com > > Alan > RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, > Creswell, > Vansant and related families > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.2/528 - Release Date: 11/10/2006 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDCECIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006

More on these mystery WOODS and connections back: These are rather pertinent to Cecil County as well as to New Castle County. I have been checking maps and learnd that the MD/DE stale line between Cecil County and New Castle County once passed very close to Townsend DE, also quite close to Middletown DE. I guess people must have gone to bed one night in Maryland and without even setting their feet on the ground, woken up the next morning in Delaware. Or maybe it happened in the daytime. But seriously. More on these mystery WOODS: Jacob WOOD, married sometime soon after 1755, to Catalina PETERSON (b ca 1731) d/o Andrew PETERSON and Hester... Catalina's older half-sister Rachel PETERSON (b ca 1715 --d/o Andrew PETERSON and Lydia Wiliams-Neering) married one of the DuSHANEs, probably Anthony. Their daughter Lydia DuSHANE married Andrew ELIASON, most likely a grandson of the Cornelius ELIASON who was the progenitor of the Cecil County ELIASONs, and whose daughter Rebecca married John WOOD. I need to make the connection between this Andrew ELIASON --Red Lion Hundred, New Castle County, DE --back to Cornelius ELIASON senior of Cecil County. Thanks again, Liz J

Whoops, I know I screwed that one up..........Sorry, I'll send Liz privately Tim R. ***** ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Johnson" <iris.gates@gmail.com> To: <mdcecil@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] Bohemia land 1684 >> There is also literature / books on the HERMAN Family of PA, in >> Daniels Line > > What Daniel? Are the HERMAN Family of PA part of the Augustine HERMAN > family? > > Thank you, > Liz J > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDCECIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Tim, I would appreciate it very much if you would send the sketch of the WOODs. One of my goals is to identify a couple of parent-less WOODs who lived in the Bohemia-Middletown area: John WOOD, married on 15 December 1737, 15 Dec 1737, St. Stephens Parish, Cecil Co MD, to Rebecca ELIASON (d/o Cornelius Eliason, Sr., of Cecil Co). Her father Cornelius ELIASON had leased land from Ephraim Augustine HERMAN. Jacob WOOD, married sometime soon after 1755, to Catalina PETERSON (b ca 1731) d/o Andrew PETERSON of the Middletown Delaware PETERSONs and Hesteer Van BEBBER, his second wife (the one who m2 David Witherspoon). These PETERSONs also acquired land by purchase and by marriage and wills that had belonged to the HERMAN family. (I need that marriage record). I am very grateful for everyone's interest and help. I'll share whatever I know and post what i have been able to put together. Tim, yes please, at your convenience, and many thanks! Liz J

> There is also literature / books on the HERMAN Family of PA, in > Daniels Line What Daniel? Are the HERMAN Family of PA part of the Augustine HERMAN family? Thank you, Liz J

Liz, This particular CD has a large "sketch" of the WOOD family, of FRANCINA HERMAN, if you wish me to scan, and e-mail the attachments privately. Tim R. ***** ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Johnson" <iris.gates@gmail.com> To: <mdcecil@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] Bohemia land 1684 Thank you, Tim. The couple who transfer this property in 1768 are Henry Van BEBBER, son of Jacob, aka James (Hendricks) Henry Van BEBBER (ca 1725- ?), and his wife, Hester GOODING, daughter of Jacob GOODING and Hester (Isaacs) Van BEBBER. They are said to have lived at Kirkwood. Hendrick Van BEBBER the father of Jacob/James, grandfather of the Henry above, and Isaac Van BEBBER, the father of Hester Van BEBBER, grandfather of Hester GOODING, were both sons of Jacob (Isaacs) Van BEBBER. Henry Van BEBBER of Kirkwood was one of those to sign a petition in 1761 requesting a road "from the lower Kings road which shall pass between the improved lands of William Golden and James Macdonough, to the said mill and from thence to the upper Kings road near to the new meeting-house or upper part of David Witherspoon's plantation." David Witherspoon was the second husband of Hester (Hendricks) Van BEBBER. James Macdonough had been married to Lydia LEROUX, daughter of Peter LEROUX and Christina Van BEBBER (dau of Jacob/James Hendricks Van BEBBER). I need a death date for the Henry Van BEBBER who was married to Hester GOODING. I think they may have moved to Virginia. Francina HERMAN (1662-1749), whose land this had once been, was Augustine HERMAN's youngest. She was married to Joseph WOOD. They had two sons and four daughters; I am looking for any marriage of their daughter Rebecca, and looking for the WOOD descendents. I would always welcome any recitations of land deals of theirs too. I still wonder if the Augustine HERMAN 1684 transfer of lands to the Labadists has been transcribed somewhere. The CD sounds interesting. Thanks very much for the land deal. Liz J On 11/10/06, Tim Robinson <trobinson42@comcast.net> wrote: > FYI, AUGUSTINE HERMAN from CD# 184; Colonial > Famlies of Md, 1600 - 1900's > *********************** Quote: > 2 April 1768; Henry Van Bebber of New Castle County, (now PA) > and Hester his wife to Benjamin Whittman for £370; house on North > side of Back Creek, part of tract called FRANCINA, being part of larger > tract, Three Bohemian Sisters, as was formerly Willed by AUGUSTINE > HERMAN to his daughter FRANCINA > > Augustine Herman, formerly of Amsterdam (earlier Prague), was one > of the 1st. non-British to be Naturalized in Maryland, ( 1666 ), and has > a lot of decendants in Manocacy Maryland area. > > Tim R. > ***** > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E Johnson" <iris.gates@gmail.com> > To: <MDCECIL@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 11:02 AM > Subject: [MDCECIL] Bohemia land 1684 > > > > Has Augustine Herman's 1684 conveyance of 3,750 acres of his land to a > > company of "Hollanders and others" (who established a Labadist > > community there) been transcribed anywhere? I am hoping to see the > > names of those to whom the land was conveyed. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDCECIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you, Tim. The couple who transfer this property in 1768 are Henry Van BEBBER, son of Jacob, aka James (Hendricks) Henry Van BEBBER (ca 1725- ?), and his wife, Hester GOODING, daughter of Jacob GOODING and Hester (Isaacs) Van BEBBER. They are said to have lived at Kirkwood. Hendrick Van BEBBER the father of Jacob/James, grandfather of the Henry above, and Isaac Van BEBBER, the father of Hester Van BEBBER, grandfather of Hester GOODING, were both sons of Jacob (Isaacs) Van BEBBER. Henry Van BEBBER of Kirkwood was one of those to sign a petition in 1761 requesting a road "from the lower Kings road which shall pass between the improved lands of William Golden and James Macdonough, to the said mill and from thence to the upper Kings road near to the new meeting-house or upper part of David Witherspoon's plantation." David Witherspoon was the second husband of Hester (Hendricks) Van BEBBER. James Macdonough had been married to Lydia LEROUX, daughter of Peter LEROUX and Christina Van BEBBER (dau of Jacob/James Hendricks Van BEBBER). I need a death date for the Henry Van BEBBER who was married to Hester GOODING. I think they may have moved to Virginia. Francina HERMAN (1662-1749), whose land this had once been, was Augustine HERMAN's youngest. She was married to Joseph WOOD. They had two sons and four daughters; I am looking for any marriage of their daughter Rebecca, and looking for the WOOD descendents. I would always welcome any recitations of land deals of theirs too. I still wonder if the Augustine HERMAN 1684 transfer of lands to the Labadists has been transcribed somewhere. The CD sounds interesting. Thanks very much for the land deal. Liz J On 11/10/06, Tim Robinson <trobinson42@comcast.net> wrote: > FYI, AUGUSTINE HERMAN from CD# 184; Colonial > Famlies of Md, 1600 - 1900's > *********************** Quote: > 2 April 1768; Henry Van Bebber of New Castle County, (now PA) > and Hester his wife to Benjamin Whittman for £370; house on North > side of Back Creek, part of tract called FRANCINA, being part of larger > tract, Three Bohemian Sisters, as was formerly Willed by AUGUSTINE > HERMAN to his daughter FRANCINA > > Augustine Herman, formerly of Amsterdam (earlier Prague), was one > of the 1st. non-British to be Naturalized in Maryland, ( 1666 ), and has > a lot of decendants in Manocacy Maryland area. > > Tim R. > ***** > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E Johnson" <iris.gates@gmail.com> > To: <MDCECIL@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 11:02 AM > Subject: [MDCECIL] Bohemia land 1684 > > > > Has Augustine Herman's 1684 conveyance of 3,750 acres of his land to a > > company of "Hollanders and others" (who established a Labadist > > community there) been transcribed anywhere? I am hoping to see the > > names of those to whom the land was conveyed.

FYI, There is also literature / books on the HERMAN Family of PA, in Daniels Line by Stewart W. Herman., Shelter Island, N.Y. 1978. ( G, Y ) Augustine Herman & decendants, see chapter 5. [ G- Gettysburg, Pa., Adams County, Historical Society ] [ Y- York Pa., York County Historical Society Library. Tim R. ***** ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Johnson" <iris.gates@gmail.com> To: <MDCECIL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 11:02 AM Subject: [MDCECIL] Bohemia land 1684 > Has Augustine Herman's 1684 conveyance of 3,750 acres of his land to a > company of "Hollanders and others" (who established a Labadist > community there) been transcribed anywhere? I am hoping to see the > names of those to whom the land was conveyed. > > So far I have not found that deed transcribed in Archives of Maryland, > although I am not finished with the search. Can this deed be in > another book? > > Thanks very much, > Liz J > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDCECIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

FYI, AUGUSTINE HERMAN from CD# 184; Colonial Famlies of Md, 1600 - 1900's *********************** Quote: 2 April 1768; Henry Van Bebber of New Castle County, (now PA) and Hester his wife to Benjamin Whittman for £370; house on North side of Back Creek, part of tract called FRANCINA, being part of larger tract, Three Bohemian Sisters, as was formerly Willed by AUGUSTINE HERMAN to his daughter FRANCINA Augustine Herman, formerly of Amsterdam (earlier Prague), was one of the 1st. non-British to be Naturalized in Maryland, ( 1666 ), and has a lot of decendants in Manocacy Maryland area. Tim R. ***** ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Johnson" <iris.gates@gmail.com> To: <MDCECIL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 11:02 AM Subject: [MDCECIL] Bohemia land 1684 > Has Augustine Herman's 1684 conveyance of 3,750 acres of his land to a > company of "Hollanders and others" (who established a Labadist > community there) been transcribed anywhere? I am hoping to see the > names of those to whom the land was conveyed. > > So far I have not found that deed transcribed in Archives of Maryland, > although I am not finished with the search. Can this deed be in > another book? > > Thanks very much, > Liz J > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDCECIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Has Augustine Herman's 1684 conveyance of 3,750 acres of his land to a company of "Hollanders and others" (who established a Labadist community there) been transcribed anywhere? I am hoping to see the names of those to whom the land was conveyed. So far I have not found that deed transcribed in Archives of Maryland, although I am not finished with the search. Can this deed be in another book? Thanks very much, Liz J

Alan, thanks for your kindness. Can you please tell me if there is any mention of McKinney in this book? I am searching for William McKinney b. ca 1831. On the census he claims his father was b. in Md., and someone has told me there were McKinnys in Cecil Co. I know that William had a brother John. Before these two stands a hugh brick wall. Thank you. Yvonne

Any chance you are also researching the McKEOWNs of Cecil cnty, MD? A good portion of the land that Francis SMITH owned prior to 1720 (Knowlewood) is currently owned by a McKEOWN and the land has been in his family for a good many years!

In a message dated 11/9/2006, "E. Johnson" _iris.gates@gmail.com_ (mailto:iris.gates@gmail.com) writes: [JKA Note: via e-mail from descendant of the above Peter PETERSON, the name Peter Peterson SMITH is incorrect, his trade was blacksmith] I agree, and wish the capitalization in these transcriptions of the land deed recitations would be changed to reflect the correct surname and occupation. He was commonly called Peter Petersson Smith to distinguish him from another Peter Petersson (who went by Peter Petersson Caupony). Some of Peter Petersson Smith's ancestors went by the surname Smith. I do not know who was Peter PETERSON senior's wife, Catherina. Does anyone have that? If these's another connection between Hans PETERSON and Hendrich STEDHAM, I would be interested to know it. Catherine (or Katherine or Karin) was the widow of Adam Stedham, another son of Timen Stiddem. Her son was Hendrich/Henry Stedham, who would be Peter Petersson Smith, Sr.'s step-son. Another step-son, Timothy Adamsson Stedham, married Peter Petersson Smith, Sr.'s sister, Engelkie (Angelica) as her second husband. Peter Petersson Smith, Jr. married Anna Stedham, daughter of Benedictus Stedham and cousin of Henry and Timothy and Margaret Stedham. David R. Stidham