This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMITHWICK Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2UB.2ACI/1851 Message Board Post: When I stopped my Smithwick research 3 or so years ago, at the time I was trying to confirn the name of the ship Henry (Hugh) Smithwick arrive in Virginia on from England. At the time I found that a Henry Smithick arrived on the Good Ship Globe in 1636. The surname was not speeled exactly the same and some of my fellow Smithwick researchers at the time said they did not believe this was Henry (Hugh) Smithwick for several reason. One of these is that there was no trace of this Henry Smithick after he arrived, and also Wiliam Eyres did not claim headright on Henry (Hugh) Smithwick until May of 1642. While working overseas I had the opportunity to stop in London for a few days. While there I made contact with a couple of Smithwick families. I then learned, in the UK, the 'W' in SMITHICK is silent, and the surname is pronounced 'SMITHICK". I knew then the Globe was the correct ship. The ship mate making the passenger list spelled the name on the passenger list as it was pr! onounced, and not as actually spelled.