This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: EuniceMThomas Surnames: Classification: census Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/15010.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have obtained the death certs for Eli Z. Good and Lucinda Billet Good who are buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, New Cumberland Pa. Parents for Eli were listed as Peter Good and Katherine ?Gorges? and Lucinda's parents were listed as Henry Billet and Mary Herrick. So from the info. I obtained from you it looks like Peter Good married 2 different Katherines and Henry Billet married 2 different Marys. How confusing!! Also on the 1850 Fairview Township, York PA census I found: 1850 Pennsylvania State Census York County Fairview Township pg. 18 of 47 enumerated 20 Sept 1850 line, name, age, sex, occupation, place of birth 5, Henry Billet, 36, m, farmer, Pennsylvania 6. Mary, 39, f, , , 7. Rebecca, 11, f, 8. William, 10, m 9. Isaih, 8, m 10. Rachel, could be an 8 or 6, f 11. John, 4, m 12. Jacob, 2, m 13 Benjamin, looks like 2 months, m 16 John K. Herich, 60, m, farmer, Penn 17 Eve, 61, f 18 Lucinda Billiet, 13, f (this is significant because on Lucinda's DC it says her mother's name was Mary Herrick) Pg. 38 of same census Goods: 33. Peter Good, 41, m, farmer, Penn 34. Catharine, 39, f, 35. Elias, 18, m, farmer (this shows that Lucinda and Elias lived very close to each other and these ages fit) 36. Peter, 17, m, farmer 37. John, 15, m 38. Sarah, 14, f 39. Daniel, 13, m 40 David, 12, m 41 Elizabeth, could be 8 or 6, f 42 Catherine, ?, f next page 1. Caroline, 4, f 2. Matilda, 1, f 3 Nancy, 2 months, f 4 Catherine, 27, f and the 1870 Census for that same areas lists Hake, Henry Billet and Peter Good family on same pages 30 with Goods cont. on pg.31. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jmyoung365 Surnames: SMITH Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/6709.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: James SMITH, the signer MAY have collateral living relatives but according to all reliable sources there are not direct living descendants. Joan Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: brendawyatt1948 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/2814.2818/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Mary Martha was a daughter of Thomas Wayne 1805 died 1886 in York Pennsylavania. Mother was Mary Ann Jones. They had a slew of children. Thomas father was William Wayne born 1769 Derbyshire England, have not found who mother is yet. Hope this helps Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bidderseed1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/7042.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Washington Co History lists children of Rev Matthew Henderson; Rachel( who married Alexander White) is not listed at all. Do you have any evidence that he is her father other than family legend that was also in the Mercer Co History? From a will, we know she had brothers Hugh (of York Co)and William. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JReese386 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/15058/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Information on Leo P Hickey B.23 Oct 1923 in Akron Ohio, married Margaret Lottinger B.1925 Leo enlisted in Army Air Corps in 1942 age 19, and married Margaret Lottinger in 1942 in Louislana,his Mother is Mary Smith married Lauck Smith from Dillsburg Pa. Father is Leo H. Hickey, Looking if Leo P Hickey remarried and if he had childern. he died in 1971 in Harrisburg Pa. i think. Any help would be most appreciated. Thank You. Joyce Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jonellcostello Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/6709.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a letter from a relative, that says that my 3rd great grandfather, John Hardin Smith, was related to James Smith. I don't have any proof whatsoever. For all I know, that relative could have been mistaken. Jo Nell Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jonellcostello Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/6709.1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: "Five children were born to James and Eleanor Smith, three sons and two daughters. Only one of the sons and two of the daughters survived him. The son, James Smith, Jr., died a few months after his father, and the daughter, became the wife of James Johnson, a prominent citizen of York.* Congressman Smith died in 1806 and his monument says that he was ninety-three years old. He was buried in York and his wife sleeps beside him." Page 1 Eleanor Armor Smith 1729-1818 Wife of James Smith Eleanor Armor, of Newcastle, Delaware, "a young woman of many accomplishments and good family connection," became in 1745 or 1746, the wife of James Smith, of York County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Smith was a land surveyor and lawyer, who had a few months before removed from Shippensburg. He was the first attorney to begin practice in York and remained at the head of the bar of that county until after the Revolution. James Smith was born in Ireland and was brought into Pennsylvania when a child, by his father who settled on the Susquehanna. He was educated in Philadelphia under Dr. Allison, provost of the college, who taught him Greek, Latin, and mathematics, including land surveying. He studied law with an elder brother who was established in practice at Lancaster, after which he started in business for himself at Shippensburg, then a thriving town on the frontier. He prospered greatly, but after a few years decided to remove to York, where his family might have the advantages of a larger and more thickly settled community. He was a rather eccentric character in some ways, one of his eccentricities being, never to tell his age. His biographers have been almost as reticent concerning his family, as the dates of his marriage and of the births of his children are all uncertain. Smith was endowed with a vein of wit and humor, given to story telling and jovial companionship. Five children were born to James and Eleanor Smith, three sons and two daughters. Only one of the sons and two of the daughters survived him. The son, James Smith, Jr., died a few months after his father, and the daughter, became the wife of James Johnson, a prominent citizen of York.* Long before the Revolution, Mr. Smith was pronounced in his views on the encroachment of the British ministry on the rights of the Colonies. He was a member of the Provincial Committee of Safety and upon the news from Lexington, organized a battalion around his own home, which elected him colonel, a position that, because of age, he was forced to decline. He was in the Continental Congress, in 1775, 1776, 1777, and 1778, after which he retired to continue the practice of his profession. Some of the letters which Colonel Smith wrote to his wife while in Congress have been preserved. Through them all runs a vein of drollery, a confidence in her ability to take care of their home affairs, and an air of affectionate comradeship that afford almost as much of an insight into her character as it does into his. In a letter, written from Philadelphia, in October, 1776, he says: "...If Mr. Wilson should come through York, give him a flogging, he should have been here a week ago. I expect, however, to be home before election, my three months are nearly up .... This morning I put on the red jacket under my shirt. Yesterday I dined at Mr. Morris's and got wet going home, and my shoulder got troublesome, but by running a hot smoothing iron over it three times it got better--this is a new and cheap cure. My respects to all my friends and neighbors, my love to the children. I am your loving husband, James Smith." The "Mr. Wilson" referred to above was his brother congressman, James Wilson, who had been attending court duties in Carlisle. In another letter dated "Congress Chamber," September 4, 1778, Mr. Smith writes: "This morning I sent a bundle of Newspapers and a half finished letter by Mr. Hahn. Yesterday I dined with the President at his own home, he lives elegantly and keeps house himself, we had an elegant dinner and very good claret and madeira.... I am tired of the city heartily. It is very expensive living and not very agreeable; since I left the Indian Queen, I have paid for my room and bed, and breakfast and supper, six pounds a week, and four pounds a week more for my dinner at another house, without any drink. "Yesterday, congress agreed to meet twice a day, so that we break up at one and meet at three o'clock. I told Mr. Shee my lodging was too dear and I did not like to lodge at one house and dine at another, half a mile off. He agreed to board me at twenty dollars a week including dinner, which is fifty shillings less than I had paid. I breakfasted with Mr. Wilson and Ross at Mrs. House's, she said her price was twenty dollars a week which I will accept of.... I am laying my account upon returning about the tenth of next month, to be able to attend Carlisle and York courts. "Beef and mutton are half a crown, veal three shillings, and all kind of goods as dear as ever.... I put fifteen hundred pounds in the loan office, and have got about ninety pounds fees, and a promise of a hundred pounds fee more, these are the first fees I ever got in Philadelphia; my fees here must clear my teeth, and my pay in Congress go to you, dear, and the children. I believe that if you would consent to come here to live I could get into pretty good business in the law way, but it is a hazard and two thousand a year would, as times go, be not more than enough to live in any tolerable style here. York and Carlisle are sure for business though fees are not as high as here.. Poor Mrs. Shugart with Mr. Armor called upon me to assist in getting a pass from Congress for leave for her to go to New York to try and get her husband home. I much doubt her success, but got her the pass. Our prisoners there, whose friends cannot send them hard money, suffer greatly. I tried to ge! t Tommy Armor a good post in the army but missed it; had he written me in time, I believe I might have had it for him. "You, my dear, have been fatigued to death with the plantation affairs; I can only pity but not help you.... I have not time to finish, but you will have had nonsense enough, Your loving husband, whilest. James Smith." Congressman Smith died in 1806 and his monument says that he was ninety-three years old. He was buried in York and his wife sleeps beside him. Source: Wives of the Signers: The Women Behind the Declaration of Independence, by Harry Clinton Green and Mary Wolcott Green, A.B. (Aledo, TX: Wallbuilder Press, 1997). Orignaly Published in 1912 as volume 3 of The Pioneer Mothers of America: A Record of the More Notable Women of the Early Days of the Country, and Particularly of the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons). Pages 197-202. (Some minor spelling changes may have been made.) * [from pg. 280] Charles W. Stewart, a graduate of Annapolis (Class of '81), who is in charge of the naval war records at the Navy Department, and regarded as one of the greatest students in the government service is a direct descendant of James Smith, the Signer. The Class of '81 was prevented from entering upon the work for which they had been trained, by a special act of Congress, because of an over-abundance of naval officers. I don't have any concrete proof, only a letter written by a cousin, who stated that my Smith relatives were related to the signer, James Smith. However, as noted above, his son died after 1806, and could have had children before he died. See the source info above, as the Mr. Stewart referenced, claims to be a direct descendant of the signer. Jo Nell Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jmyoung365 Surnames: SMITH Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/6709.1.1.1.2.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The fact that James SMITH (the signer) has no descendants is confirmed by: http://www.dsdi1776.com/Membership/membership1.htm Joan Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jmyoung365 Surnames: SMITH Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/6709.1.1.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I once asked about this James SMITH also as my 2nd great-grandfather from York is named James SMITH and I wondered about a possible connection. I was told at York County Heritage Trust that this James SMITH has NO living descendants and that they get that question a LOT. Joan Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Seasearcher123 Surnames: Henderson/White Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/7042.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I am also a ggggggrandaughter of Rachel Henderson, b. about 1765.I have not yet seen a copy of her will. I do have information on Alexander White, her husband, and their children. Please send me a copy of her will and anything else you have. I will be glad to send you what I have. I am descended through Samuel G. White, their son. Seasearcher123 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sPollastrini7272 Surnames: Smith, Duncan, Cathcut, Round Hill, Hopewell, York Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/6709.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I've just discovered the likely possibility that my ancestor Sampson Smith (b. abt. 1770's) was the son of a James Smith of Hopewell Twsp. York, Co. PA. Sampson had three brothers named Richard, William and Arthur (Arthur named his son Sampson Smith, as did his brother Sampson. Doing so is believed to be in honor of the Rev. Sampson Smith of Chestnut Level, no relation). My Sampson's son Samson married Elizabeth Duncan the d/o Andrew Duncan, who was originally from Chestnut Level and after moving to Cross Roads was also a founding member of the Round Hill Presbyterian Church there. James Smith was instrumental in the calling of Rev. Cathcart to pastor the Presbyterian congregation at Round Hill in Hopewell in the early 1790's. At this same time, the Signer, James Smith was calling Rev. Cathcart to minister at the First Presbyterian Church of York. The Reverend chose to serve both congragations and did so for about 40 years. Don' know the relationship, but there is a rumor in my family of being descended from a Signer. Possibly My James is a nephew? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sPollastrini7272 Surnames: Smith, Duncan Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/1025.2.1.2.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have located in my files a source that I had downloaded in 2003 from Genealogy.com. It is a publication written by Hugh Welch Duncan, entitled "The Duncan and Gibson Families" published in Los Angeles, CA in 1905 (no known publisher). It gives a lot of information about Andrew Duncan, Sr. and his father-in-law, William Smith, Esq. Including the names of the seven children (grandchildren of Andrew Duncan) of Sampson Smith and Elizabeth Duncan (married July 5, 1798): first son was James Smith (presumably named for his father's father James Smith); second son was Andrew Smith (pres. named for his mother's father Andrew Duncan); a third son named Richard Smith - Sampson's brother was named Richard - as noted in probate of Richard's will); next came the first daughter, whom the couple named Jane (Sampson's mother was Jane)- she is the daughter who married John Logan, the Post Master at Cross Roads for 60 years; second daughter was Ann D. (named pressumably for Elizabeth's mother Ann Smith Duncan, the d/o William Smith, Esq.); then came Martha b. in 1816; and finally, last son was, Samson, Jr. (my GGG grandfather, b. 1819) who married Ellenor Anderson McAllister. As the Rev. Sampson Smith (I believe) had only a daughter... I guess it is safe to say that my Sampson Smith was named in honor of the Reverend. I found a "Biographical History of Lancaster, Co., PA", Surnames S-T, pg. 548 on Genealogy.com in 2006, which records the following about Rev. Sampson Smith: "SMITH, Rev. Sampson, a native of Scotland, who emigrated to Lancaster county before the Revolution. He was a pastor of the Presbyterian church, at Chestnut Level, and also taught an academy for many years. He was struck by lightening while sitting by his window engaged in reading the bible, and instantly killed." The Reverend died 8 Aug. 1781 ( ? - I have another date of death as 16 Aug 1776) and is buried in Chestnut Level Presb. Church Cemetery, 1068 Chestnut Level Rd. Quarryville, Drumore Twsp., Lancaster, PA. Buried with him is his wife Agnes (Boyd) Smith. As Andrew Duncan was born in Chestnut Level, Lancaster Co., PA on March 12, 1750 (son of James Duncan, who in turn was the son of one of the emigrant grandson's of Rev. William Duncan of Perthshire - according to "The Duncan and Gibson Families"), it can be assumed that he was acquainted with the Rev. Sampson Smith. I'd be interested to know how James Smith( who we assume named his son "Sampson" in honor of the Rev.) ties to Chestnut Level. Possibly he removed from Chestnut Level to Cross Roads at the time of Andrew Duncan's move. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I am looking for a James Hill born in 1763 (or thereabout) in Pennsylvania. I don't know anything beyond this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Aaron J. Hill _________________________________________________________________ Quick access to your favorite MSN content and Windows Live with Internet Explorer 8. http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN55C0701A

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cherylann402 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/15057.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Vanessa, Thanks for the info your Martha & Daisy are the same as mine(Ihad parents names) so the dates will fill me in nicely. However my Emma Gross as I suspected is not the same one you have. Thanks again for the information. Cheryl Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: edmorrill33 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/1025.2.1.2.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In the 1930s the headstones of many of the cemeteries in York were read and recorded. They are in the library of the York County Historical Society now the York Heritage Trust library. The next time I go there I will check and see if any you mention are there. Its possible that James named his son Sampson after the Rev. Sampson Smith. there are 2 James Smiths is in Hopewell in the 1779 tax record. One has land and the other doesn't. He is called Jr in larer tax records and may or may not be the son of James with land. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KFrancis7728 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/1025.2.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If it is of help, photos and a text transcription of Old Round Hill is available online - http://usgwarchives.net/pa/york/1picts/cemeteries/old-round-hill-nhopewell/old-round-hill.htm You may also want to do a search of the PA USGenWeb Archives to see what, if anything, is available - http://www.usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/searchpa.htm Hope this helps! Kathy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sPollastrini7272 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/1025.2.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for this information. I'd love to return to the Old Roundhill cemetery in Crossroads and find these ancestors. This is the Samson Smith who married Elizabeth Duncan (d/o Andrew Duncan and his wife Ann Smith, who in turn, was the d/o Col. William Smith Esqr.). I have a published writing by Ronald L. Hershner, titled "Roundhill Presbyterian Church, 250 Years of Faith", published in 2005 in commemoration of Round Hill's "quarter- millennium". On page 53, he talks about James Smith, father of Arthur (who died in 1803) "and grandfather of Sampson Smith, known as Squire Smith (1802 - 1862)". He writes that this Sampson was married to Rebecca Edie (1803 - 1888) and they had five children: Jennet, Elizabeth, William Edie, Sarah Ann and James Edie. The very next paragraph begins... "A different Sampson Smith married Elizabeth Duncan.....Sampson and Elizabeth were the hosts of the meeting in 1813 at which the Hopewell families decided to build the brick church.....Sampson and Elizabeth were the parents of seven children" : James, Andrew, Richard, Jane (m. John Logan, postmaster), Ann, Martha, and Samson. The younger Samson (1819-1898) married Ellen Ann McAllister (1819 - 1882)...." This family line is further documented in Hershner's writing, with the next generation, mis-naming my Great great grandfather as "James A. Livingston, who married Mary Johnson". It does not state that this "different Sampson Smith" is the s/o James (as it does not mention the names of Jamse's children other than Arthur), and therefore bro/o Arthur (and thus, uncle to Squire Sampson Smith). But according to your research James did have other sons, one being a Sampson Smith (alive in 1820 when Richard's will was probated). I have a photgraph of Elizabeth (Duncan) Smith's headstone (I went to visit York Co. a few summers ago). She and her family are buried in the Old Roundhill Cemetery. Her headstone reads "Elizabeth D. Wife of Samson Smith. Died Dec. 22, 1837 Aged 59 yrs. 10 mos. This would place her year of birth 1777. She would've been about 36 yrs. old when she and her husband Samson hosted the church meeting in 1813. She would've been about 21 yrs. old at the time of her marrige to Samson Smith in 1798. I failed to find her husband Samson's headstone in this graveyard; many are so worn with time. It is possible/likely that the other Smith (James and sons) family members are there too. Andrew Duncan (d. 1828 aged 77 yrs) is there and his wife Ann, and Ann's mother Cathaerine Campbell Smith (b. 1735, d. 1817 aged 82 yrs.), who was the wife of Col. William Smith. Thank you again for your discovery! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: v_stern Surnames: Spangler, Bentzel, Gross, Bowersox, March, Zarfoss, Fissel Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/15057.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Here is who I think the girls are: Martha Jane Spangler, born 11 October 1880, daughter of Israel and Elizabeth Spangler. Israel lived in Jackson Township from at least 1860 until his death in 1901. Unknown if any relationship to me. No more information on Martha. Daisy K. Bentzel, born December 1875, daughter of Felix and Lydia Ann (Bowersox) Bentzel. Felix lived in Jackson Township from at least 1880 until his death in 1905. He second married Amanda Hoke. Daisy married D. Edward Fissel on 11 October 1900. She is my 2C3R though the Bowersox family. Emma J. Gross, born June 1874, daugher of Joel Seiffert and Anna Maria (March) Gross. Joel lived in Jackson Township from at least 1880 until his death in 1908. He was originally from Dover Township. Emma married Harry Zarfoss 16 May 1897 and they lived in Jackson Township. She is my 3C3R through the Gross family. I am not absolutely positive these are the three girls in the photo. Vanessa Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sPollastrini7272 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/7958.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I still do not know who the parents of the Samson Smith (Elizabeth Duncan's Samson) are. There were quite a few Samson Smiths in the Crossroads area. I was able to travel to York Co. a few years ago (I live in California). I visited Round Hill Cemetery where Rev. JAL Smith and his wife are buried. There is a stained glass window in the church dedicated to the memory of Samson & Eleanor A. Smith in the church, "presented by their children". I also went to visit the "Old" Roundhill Cemetery, which is secluded off a narrow road and up on a wooded hillside. Here is where I located the graves of: "Elizabeth D. wife of Samson Smith"; Elizabeth's mother, Ann Smith Duncan, wife of Andrew and d/o William Smith and Catherine Campbell; Andrew Duncan and wife Catherine Smith; their infant daughters Ann and Elizabeth (the first). Many stones were worn beyond legibility. I also went to visit the Stewartstown Presbyterian Church. However, it was not open for me to check out the inside. I did wander behind the church and to my surprise found the grave site of John Johnson and his wife Eliza (Alexander) Johnson, as well as the headstones of several Zellers. The bronze plaque memorializing the Elders of this church name: John Johnson (still a brick wall), his son Joseph Alexander Johnson, and grandson James Thomas MacAlister Smith. Keep in touch if you discover anything more about the Smiths/Johnsons. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: edmorrill33 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/1025.2.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was in York 4/11/09 and looked into your question. there was a lady there who was working on your question. I agree with her answer, Sampson(Samson)Smith who married inh 1798 was the Son of James Smith. This James was intrumental in establishing the Presbyterian Church in Hopewell Twp. I 1793-4 aregister of thr Hopewell church was generated by Re. Robert Cathcart. One group was the the Family of James Smith and wife jane dec'd. I consisted of Richard, Sampson, William and Arthur with his wife Elizabeth. in 1820 when Richard's will is probated he names his brother Sampson.. In the 1790 census James Smith is 5-0-3. So all the males in his house are over 16 and hence born 1773 or earlier. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.