Seeking info on SMITH in Sussex County late 1700s, hope someone can help! Stephen SMITH. Born on 6 May 1771 Sussex County New Jersey. Stephen died in Sumner, Meigs Co, Ohio on 24 Mar 1841; he was 69. Buried in Keebaugh Cemetery, Chester, Ohio. Occupation: Justice of Peace 16 years, Township Clerk 10 years. Abt 1787 when Stephen was 15, he married Mary "Polly" (SMITH?), possibly Sussex Co New Jersey. Mary born on 18 Jun 1773 in Sussex County, New Jersey, Mary "Polly" died in Meigs Co, Ohio on 23 Aug 1858; she was 85. (I don't think Mary's maiden name was SMITH but some family researchers do.) They had the following children SMITH: 2 i. Sarah "Sally" (1789-1828) married Henry LEIGHTY ca 1810 Fayette Co PA 3 ii. Adonijah (1796-1881) married Marie BUTTERFIELD Meigs Co Ohio 4 iii. William (1798-1880) married Rachel ANDERSON Meigs Co Ohio 5 iv. Furman (1799-1815) died age 16 6 v. Josiah L. (1800-1891) married Priscilla HILL Meigs Co, Ohio 7 vi. John Axford (1802-1866) married Jane B.M. HYSELL Meigs Co, Ohio 8 vii. Elizabeth (1806-1893) married Samuel S. BRANCH Meigs Co, Ohio 9 viii. Mary S. (1808-ca1900) married Whitney TUBBS, Meigs Co, Ohio 10 ix. James Adams (1810-1896) married Sarah "Sally" GROW Meigs co , Ohio 11 x. Stephen (1812-1815) died age 3 12 xi. Isaac W. (1813-1897) married Marilla HALSEY Meigs Co, Ohio 13 xii. Joseph Vandrite (1816-1894) married Rachel HINCKLEY, 2nd Mary FOSTER 14 xiii. Robert (1817-1822) died age 5 15 xiv. "Infant" (ca1819-ca1819) The first seven or eight children were apparently born in New Jersey, the rest in Fayette County Pennsylvania. In1809: Stephen & Mary & family moved to Pennsylvania from Sussex Co NJ a distance of 350 miles. According to one early family history, shortly after arriving at Uniontown, Mary got word that one of her relatives was very sick in New Jersey and rode back to NJ on horseback all alone in the wilderness. Mary would have been 36 years old at that time with three children under age 6, one of those a babe in arms. Still, she had an older daughter who could have cared for them. 1823: Smith family moves to Meigs Co Ohio. Carolyn "Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma!" NOTE: ©Carolyn Branch Leonard 2000: "I plan to publish when I feel certain all material is as correct and complete as possible, though I do not know at this time what form that publication will take. If you intend to pass this on or publish it in hard copy or on the web, please use my name as the contributor and my email address for readers to verify the info and learn of corrections, and let me know where it is being used."