As we wrote before, Samuel Blackford probably had two wives; the second, who was probably the mother of his children, being named Anna. Her surname could have been Smalley, but she was not the daughter of John and Ann (Walden/Waldron) Smalley. Their daughter on 23 June 1660/61 married John Bangs, son of Edward and Lydia (Hicks) Bangs. See "The Great Migration Begins" by Robert Charles Anderson (NEHGS 1995), Vol. 3, page 1689. [While I am sure Mr. Anderson would admit to not being perfect, he is among the leading genealogists of today]. In addition to daughter Providence (who m. Peter Runyon), Samuel and Anna Blackford had other children, among them a daughter Anna Blackford. Anna married (1) Benjamin Manning, (2) Joseph Drake, and (3) Isaac Drake. [See "Who was Hannah Blackford" by Oliver D. Drake, in GMNJ 41:129-131 (1966), reprinted in Genealogies of N.J. Families (Geneal. Pub. Co. 1996), Vol. 1 page 132]. As Oliver Drake points out, her name was Anna but her father, in his will on 12 Feb. 1711/12, called Anna, Hanna -- probably to distinguish her from her mother, who was Anna. So, who was the wife of Samuel Blackford (and mother of his children) -- somebody named Anna. She could have been a Smalley, but she wasn't the daughter of John and Ann (Walden) Smalley, according to the most reliable sources I have seen. Harman Clark. -----Original Message----- From: KSum555@aol.com <KSum555@aol.com> To: hclark@plainfield.bypass.com <hclark@plainfield.bypass.com>; NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com <NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com>; SMALLEY-L@rootsweb.com <SMALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: RUNYON-L@rootsweb.com <RUNYON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 8:32 PM Subject: Smalley >Hi Harman, >Have been thru my papers and the Samuel Blackford & Hannah Smalley marriage >came from the LDS FHC so it very well could be wrong. I don't know who >submitted it. >The rest of my sources are: >Written & Compiled by David D. Smalley of Houston, TX April 1955 >I also found some more from Matthew F. Smalley. Will get copies and try to >mail it out on Monday. >Extract from a letter written by Robert Smalley >All of them are very long. >Now I have aquestion, Peter Runyon married Providence Blackford and her father >is suppose to be Samuel Blackford, who did Samuel marry since it wasn't Hannah >Smalley? >Until later, >Roberta. >