I don’t really know too much about Winifred Bussell Adams or Cornelius Smith and since I’m not directly related to the NJ Smith family, I know even less about them. Winifred Bussell/Buffel/Beifle (have found many spelling variations) was the daughter of Farnsed (or Farney) Valentine or Valentine Farnsed and Elizabeth (?) Bussell/Buffel/Beifle. Farnsed Bussell was the son of Paulus Buffel and Catharina Haan. Paulus and Catharina Buffel/Beifle were Palatines who arrived at Philadelphia, PA on the ship “Robert and Alice”, of Dublin, Walter Goodman, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Dover in England on 11 Sept. 1738. (Source: Strassburger’s “Pennsylvania German Pioneers”, pp 213-216) Winifred Bussell (b. ca. 1752 - d. after 1796) and John Adams (b. 1752 - d. ca. 1781) were married 15 Aug. 1768 Rowan County, NC and they had seven children, Elizabeth, William (my ancestor), Jacob, John, Sarah, James, and Winney. On 13 Oct. 1789, the widow Winifred (Bussell) Adams and Cornelius Smith, a widower, were married in Rowan County, NC. Cornelius Smith, son of Andrew and Anna Smith, was first married to Rachel Lynn on 26 Aug. 1768 Rowan County, NC. Cornelius and Winifred Smith had at least one child, Cornelius Smith, Jr., born ca. 1790 Rowan County, NC. Cornelius Smith, Jr. married Jean Merrill 4 June 1810 Rowan County, NC. Cornelius and Winifred Smith were members of the Jersey Baptist Church in what was then Rowan County, now Davidson County.  Cornelius was excommunicated from the church because he drank too much and was abusive to his wife Winney. There are others on this List who know much more about the NJ Smith's than I do.  Linda Monticelli     ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

Thanks Linda, This is some great info. I'm related to the MERRILL'S from NJ and Capt. Benjamin MERRILL and wife Jemima Smith MERRILL, from the Jersey Settlement in Rowan/Davidson Co., NC. Would love to talk to others that are related. Do you know the parents of Jean Merrill that married Cornelius Smith, Jr. 4 June 1810 Rowan County, NC? Was she also a widow and was she a Merrill or something else before? Be Well Joe McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: <rlmlfm@aol.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] To Linda, Andrew SMITH, Peter SCHMIDT/SMITH Family > > I don’t really know too much about Winifred Bussell Adams or Cornelius > Smith and since I’m not directly related to the NJ Smith family, I know > even less about them. > > > > Winifred Bussell/Buffel/Beifle (have found many spelling variations) was > the daughter of Farnsed (or Farney) Valentine or Valentine Farnsed and > Elizabeth (?) Bussell/Buffel/Beifle. Farnsed Bussell was the son of Paulus > Buffel and Catharina Haan. > > Paulus and Catharina Buffel/Beifle were Palatines who arrived at > Philadelphia, PA on the ship “Robert and Alice”, of Dublin, Walter > Goodman, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Dover in England on 11 > Sept. 1738. (Source: Strassburger’s “Pennsylvania German Pioneers”, pp > 213-216) > > > Winifred Bussell (b. ca. 1752 - d. after 1796) and John Adams (b. 1752 - > d. ca. 1781) were married 15 Aug. 1768 Rowan County, NC and they had seven > children, Elizabeth, William (my ancestor), Jacob, John, Sarah, James, and > Winney. > > > On 13 Oct. 1789, the widow Winifred (Bussell) Adams and Cornelius Smith, a > widower, were married in Rowan County, NC. Cornelius Smith, son of Andrew > and Anna Smith, was first married to Rachel Lynn on 26 Aug. 1768 Rowan > County, NC. > > > Cornelius and Winifred Smith had at least one child, Cornelius Smith, Jr., > born ca. 1790 Rowan County, NC. Cornelius Smith, Jr. married Jean Merrill > 4 June 1810 Rowan County, NC. > > Cornelius and Winifred Smith were members of the Jersey Baptist Church in > what was then Rowan County, now Davidson County. Cornelius was > excommunicated from the church because he drank too much and was abusive > to his wife Winney. > > > > There are others on this List who know much more about the NJ Smith's than > I do. > > Linda Monticelli > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - > http://webmail.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message