This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smart, Smith, Plumley, Ransom, Ostrander, Hawkins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1356 Message Board Post: Israel Smith and wife Ruth have children: John, Emeline, Israel, Cornelia, Dorinda and Charles born in VT and Jeanette born in NY. This family moved to Chesterfield, Essex County, NY about 1835. Does anyone know Ruth's birth name? Other Essex County names associated with the children via marriages are McDonough, Palmer, Doyle/Doil, and Sebra. Am interested in sharing information about this family. Thanks iransom@snet.net