Would anyone know who I would contact for further information on William Smith who lived in Sadsbury Township, in 1716 - 1727? Chester or Lancaster County? Or ? Judy Smith/Colorado -- "Imagine" - John Lennon

There really is no answer to this question, as there is no individual in 'charge' of Smiths! Only kidding (and sure wish there were!!! I have Smiths and they are the very devil to research!) By saying he was in Chester, Lancaster, or ?, does this mean that you don't know that he was in Chester? The idea of these lists is to 'band together' folks who are all researching the same area, in the hopes that our families and data will sort of overlap, and we will be able to help our eachother. Thus, perhaps the correct answer to your question is, you needed to contact us, hoping that someone on this list could help you. However, you have given us scant information to work on....with a name like Smith, we need as much info as you can give us...such as, who he was married to, when he died, the names of his children, etc., and even how you knew him to be in Sadsbury at those times mentioned. (There are a blue million wills for Wm Smiths, but with a date, a wife's name, names of children, we'd have a better shot at finding him ...with a wife's name we could maybe trace him through HER maiden name......with his son's names we could look for parents for HIM, using his children's names as possibles....see what I mean?) All those things would be helpful in locating him. You also need to say what it is you're looking for....his parents? where he died? All these elements are important in ANY query, but essential in the researching of such a common name as Smith. I did some reading and it is thought that there were as many as 10 completely different William Smiths in early Chester County, so the task becomes, not only to find William Smiths, but to determine if the William Smith you find is YOUR William Smith. (There was even a Wm Smith aboard the Welcome, but it is felt that he died sometime before the 8th MO, 1702.) If your Wm Smith was married to a daughter of Thomas Croasdale, then he arrived as the servant of Richard Townsend - (thus the importance of a wife's name) I looked under Sadsbury, and find that a Wm Smith is included on the 1718 tax list, and in 1720, Wm Smith was the township official. " Would anyone know who I would contact for further information on William Smith who lived in Sadsbury Township, in 1716 - 1727? Chester or Lancaster County? Or ? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/492 - Release Date: 10/23/2006