> This is not a scientific nor scholarly dissertation, just some > observations that have been evolving over the years as I researched > one Smith family.But the children seemed to marry cousins or children > of old NJ neighbors, and hence as you tried to sort out all the > in-laws, you encountered the other family names. [And there are > several unrelated Smith families to add to the fun. :-))] > Hi Ron, I enjoyed the article on the NJ familys that went on into Canada. I did notice you mentioned the Smith familys from NJ quite a lot. Would you have anything on a James Smith, b. ca. 1760, and married aroiund 1785 a Sarah Golden? I have no actual dates on Sarah, and realize there were many Golden, Gouling, Goulding families there is Sussex Co. Their daughter, Mary Smith, b. 30 June, 1786 may have been born around Paterson, NJ. She married a William Hamlin in Lewis Co. Ky, in 1811. Would apprciate anything you might have on this family. Thank you, Nancy, in Missouri