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.