If anyone could help here with any of these 12 men appreciate all contributions, This incident involved the intestate death of Jacob Smithers/Smethers in 1827 and William one of his sons asked for an inventory to be done thus in doing so we got the names of Jacob's children. I am familiar with some and prehaps find a relation others I have no clue. thanks kindly, Nena Smothers NE WA ======================================================== maybe if we ID's these men it might help, esp who the heck is Samuel Smithers, I have something somewhere if its same guy mentioned he was frrom NY August 3, 1827, in Orphan's Court Docket #1, #6, pg. 142, there was an inquistion indented and taken in the dwelling house of Thomas Smithers of Nescopeck Twp., Luz., Co., Pa., by Naptale Hubbard, Esq. High Sherriff of Luz. Co., Pa. along with a juror consisting of: Oaths and inquisitions of 12 honest and lawful men. http://www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/famwills/smethers.htm Samuel Smithers; John Cool; Jacob Bittenbender; Conrad Blofs; Abraham Keen, Peter Good; James Dodson; Peter Bittenbender; John Blofs; George Rough; William Hick and William Freas, twelve honest & lawful men of my Bailwick. They took a valuation of the land and split into 5 parts and it gives a long drawn out detail of this. Then they state as follows; #1 parcel to Thomas Smithers, this in 2 pieces; #2 to William Smithers; #3 to John Shoud husband to Racheal Smithers; #4 to Lawrence Smithers; and #5 to George Sharey husband of Elizabeth, dau. of Jacob Smithers, dec'd. The property as a whole was valued at $579.12, in which 1/3 the widow of Jacob Senr. the deceased is to draw from the several heirs above mentioned according to the valuation of the jurors, each and every year during her natural life, and likewise the other 3 heirs, that is not present are to draw their equal part agreeavle to the appraisement, after the debts and c______? are paid...... 1Samuel Smithers maybe hes related to this Ernst in the inven of Wm 1760 I had completely forgotten about reading it years ago, the inventory of William Smither 1760 reads:....The Accompt of Ernst Smetter Executor of the Last Will & Testament of William Smetter, Desced......the cover document for this inventory, which must be the date the estate was finally settled reads.... Accompt of 2Ehrhard Smither for Estate of William Smither deceased March 3, 1761.. ...notice William's named is spelled Smetter, which probably is superfulous ----but what is very interesting is the Ernst/Ehrhard name --- who do you suppose he is????. 3John Cool 4Jacob Bittenbender Conrad Bloss b 1796, In the Mount Zion Cemetery Records in Nescopeck Twp a Conrad Bloss is listed buried there date of death listed June 28, 1847 (right before the 1850 census where we find Henry married to an Elizabeth). Conrad's age is given as 51 years 4 months and 16 days. Making his birth February of 1796. > William Henry Smethers m2 ELIZABETH BITTENBENDER BLOSS [widow of Conrad Bloss] ABT. 1848 Luzerne Co Pa She was born 1 Jul 1801. daughter of Jacob Bittenbender Jr. and Anna Maria Harter. [Wm Henry b 1792 son of Jacob jr] 5Abraham Keen -Lydia Smethers b Jan 1 1815 md Samuel Keen 1835, dau/o Wm Henry S Note: >Sem Kuhn is also known as Sam Keen, Lydia's Smethers husband The land on which the Mt Zion [Nescopeck] church was built was deeded to the congregation in 1816 by George Keen. ----- Margaretha Smathers b: Bet. 1790 - 1794 Luzerne Co Pa dau/o Jacob Smethers b 1765 ----- +Johannes Kiehn/Keen 6Peter Good, 7Jos. Dodson Church Book for the Nescopeck Congregation, Luzerne County, Pa. *Thomas Dodson, James Dodson, John Dodson,* 8Peter Bittenbender related to Jacob prob 9John Buss 10George Rough 7 Mar 1809 (Rowan County Marriage Bond) he (as William Smether2) married the widow Margaret Lentz. He died in 1823, his will recorded in Rowan County, NC. Will Book H:218; it names his wife and "all my children". However, when his son Jacob Smathers died, the Salisbury District Court of Equity in 1816, pp 300, 314, upon petition of the heirs, named his nine siblings: Henry, John, Teny (Christina) Lentz, Barbara Miller, Peggy Holler, Polly Hartman, Eva Basinger, Susannah Rough [bap 1766 Pa] and Betsy Craiglo and the survivors of those who had preceeded their father." d. 1807, Rowan Co NC m. JOHN ROUGH, Abt. 1786, Rowan County, North Carolina. [John/George could be related] 11William Hicks Church Book for the Nescopeck Congregation, Luzerne County, Pa. Samuel Hicks, George Smuthers, Henry Smuthers, Jacob Smuthers, Jacob Smuthers, Jr. http://www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/luzerne.htm 12William Freas ====================

Hi Nena, In your listings below, William Hicks would likely be the son of Samuel Hicks and Cassandra Thomas. Samuel Hicks was the son of George Hicks of Richland Twp., Bucks County, and Cassandra was the wife of Josiah Thomas and wife Hannah Custard. These two were from now Carbon County, Josiah was the brother of William, Levi, Evan and Joshua Thomas, sons of Richard Thomas and Elizabeth Walton of Hilltown PA. The Dodsons were also originally from Carbon, the came to Carbon about 1772, Abigail Dodson was captured with the Gilbert family in an Indian raid on their mill in 1780. Some of the children of that family in Carbon moved to around Salem Twp. in Luzerne about the time that Josiah Thomas, and Samuel Hicks moved there, just before 1800 I believe. Was the Lawrence Smethers mentioned in your list married to Margaretha B. Rittenhouse? The date of the document seems to indicate that this might be the man, he was born 1799. Margaretha is a daughter of Jacob Rittenhouse and Maria Salome Arner, Maria Salome would be my ggg aunt. Hope this helps, Judy > Samuel Smithers; John Cool; Jacob Bittenbender; Conrad Blofs; Abraham > Keen, > Peter Good; James Dodson; Peter Bittenbender; John Blofs; George Rough; > William Hick and William Freas, > twelve honest & lawful men of my Bailwick. > Church Book for the Nescopeck Congregation, Luzerne County, Pa. *Thomas > Dodson, James Dodson, John Dodson,* > 11William Hicks > Samuel Hicks, George Smuthers, Henry Smuthers, Jacob Smuthers, Jacob > Smuthers, Jr. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.16/504 - Release Date: 10/27/2006