Hi Deb, I was looking more towards 1600-1700s migration from descendants of the first English colony of settlers which landed at Roanoke Island in 1587, after explorers for Sir Walter Raleigh landed on the Outer Banks of NC in 1584. This first English settlement in our country was 35 yrs. before the Mayflower reached the coast of Massachusetts. This settlement was in what is now NC but was all called Virginia centuries ago. Thanks, Joan In a message dated 5/15/03 12:01:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > My grandmother's line of SMITH comes from Shenandoah, Page County VA, as > I've traced her lines, they come from Page, Rockingham, Albermarle and > Green > Counties VA, since you mention several families moving up from VA to NJ, I > thought I would let you know that my grandmother's parents settled in > Pennsville, Salem County, NJ, in the early 1930's because my great > grandfather took a better job at the DuPont plant in NJ. Perhaps that is > the connection? > > > Take care - > Deb > > > > >From: [email protected] >