Hi Cuz, Sorry Betty, some how this got lost in cyberspace and is just now being answered by me. Do you have a source of Jemima Smith Merrill, wife of Capt. Benj. Merrill marriage. I have their oldest son Samuel be born in c. 1748. Do you have dates of there children's birth? Can you also please share with me what you have on Andrew Merrill, son of Benj. & Jemima, and his wife Rachel Wiseman. Their daughter was Elizabeth Merrill and she married David Julian (1770-1795) of Rowan and other nearby NC counties. Be Well Cuz Joe McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty A. Pace" <bapace2@juno.com> To: <susan.avery@juno.com>; <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 10:26 AM Subject: [ROWANROOTS] Fw: Smith - Merrill > Hi > > I too am descended from Jemima Smith Merrill, wife of Capt. Benj. > Merrill. > My records (very brief) differ from your rendering. You say: > > Jemima was > the daughter of Andrew Smith III & wife Elizabeth (surname unknown). > Jemima was born about 1728 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co. (now Mercer Co.) , > NJ, d. Feb. 1803 in Rowan Co. NC (now Davidson Co.) She married Capt. > Benjamin Merrill onDec. 11, 1750 in Hopewell, NJ > > Our records show that the wife of Andrew Smith III (father of Jemima) was > Anna Mershon (b. 1709)--I presume that Anna Mershon was the mother of > Jemima Smith, who would marry Capt. Benj. Merrill. I have seen Anna > Mershon in several on-line references. I don't know when Anna died, > except it is reportedly after 1780. > > Thanks for the information on the Smith family back in England. I did > not have that information. I have not done original research on this > Smith-Merrill line because I thought it was pretty well documented > through years of research. I am descended through Andrew Merrill, son of > Benj. & Jemima) and his wife Rachel Wiseman. Their daughter was > Elizabeth Merrill and she married David Julian (1770-1795) of Rowan and > other nearby NC counties. > > Betty Pace > > --------- You wrote---------- > Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 20:05:55 -0400 > From: Susan J Avery <susan.avery@juno.com> > Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] C. Newman, Smith/Schmidt > To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20070407.200557.484.2.Susan.Avery@juno.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Joe, > > Both the Smiths and the Merrills were in the group of people that came > down from Hopewell, Hunterdon Co. NJ to start what became known as the > Jersey Settlement in Rowan Co. NC. around 1757 or so. I have a great > deal of information on the family of Jemima Smith. I am a descendant > from this same Smith family, although not through Jemima. Jemima was > the daughter of Andrew Smith III & wife Elizabeth (surname unknown). > Jemima was born about 1728 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co. (now Mercer Co.) , > NJ, d. Feb. 1803 in Rowan Co. NC (now Davidson Co.) She married Capt. > Benjamin Merrill onDec. 11, 1750 in Hopewell, NJ - Andrew III was born > Sept. 4, 1709 in Hopewell NJ and died in Hopewell March 20, 1794 and is > buried in the Hunt Burying Ground in Hopewell Twp. on land that belonged > to his father. Later it was owned by Wilson Hunt (hence the name of the > graveyard) - but there are many generations of Smiths in this graveyard. > I lived for a number of years about 1/2 hr away from Hopewell in > Flemington, Hunterdon Co., NJ and visited every year for many years even > after leaving the area to go to college and get married etc. to visit my > parents who still lived there until their deaths a couple of years ago. > I have pictures of the Hunt Burying ground if you'd like me to send them > to you. > Andrew III's parents were Andrew Smith Jr. b. Feb. 8, 1689 in Hopewell > NJ, d. March 21, 1767 in Hopewell, NJ also buried in the Hunt Burying > ground and Sarah Stout, b. Sept. 10, 1689 in Hopewell NJ, d. April 24, > 1767 in Hopewell and also buried in the Hunt Burying Ground. Her parents > were Jonathan Stout b. abt. 1660 at Gravesend, Long Island, NY, d. Nov. > 24, 1763 in Hopewell NJ & Anna Elizabeth Bollen, b. 1665 in Hopewell NJ, > d. 1749 in Hopewell, NJ. I have a lot more information on her family > also if you want it. > Andrew Jr.s parents were Andrew Smith, original immigrant to America > b. April 17, 1643 in Farsley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England (we > believe) d. bef. Feb. 10, 1703 in Hopewell, when it was part of > Burlington Co., NJ. Andrew in fact is responsible for naming Hopewell!! > His wife was Olive Pitt. b. 1653 in Yorkshire, England d. Aft. 1689 in > Hopewell, NJ Olive was the daughter of George Pitt & Olive Walker. > I have information on the line in Yorkshire that we believe is Andrew's > also if you want it. I also have a great deal of information about the > siblings, children, spouses for the line all down the line if you are > interested in it. > I am a descendant of Andrew Sr.s and either Olive Pitt or possibly a > first wife Sarah Foster through their daughter Sarah Smith who married > John Parke. The Parke/Park family also were one of the families who came > to the Jersey Settlement in Rowan Co. NC. > Let me know if you want additional information, a gedcom, or text file > of the family, pictures of Hopewell and the Hunt burying ground (Hunts > also one of my ancestral families and part of their family also came to > NC). Additionally I now live just 1/2 hr from the Jersey Settlement in > what is now Davidson Co. NC and have pictures from that area as well and > the Jersey Baptist church where many of the Smiths became members. > > Susan Avery > Winston-Salem, NC > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/780 - Release Date: 4/29/2007 > 6:30 AM > >

Cuzn Joe, Please read cuzn Susan's fine description of 7 April, herewith dragged along on this reply. Cheers, Cuzn Gary Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "joemcdo" <joemcdo@flash.net> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] To Betty Pace, Fw: Smith - Merrill > Hi Cuz, > Sorry Betty, some how this got lost in cyberspace and is just now being > answered by me. Do you have a source of Jemima Smith Merrill, wife of > Capt. > Benj. Merrill marriage. I have their oldest son Samuel be born in c. 1748. > Do you have dates of there children's birth? > > Can you also please share with me what you have on Andrew Merrill, son of > Benj. & Jemima, and his wife Rachel Wiseman. Their daughter was Elizabeth > Merrill and she married David Julian (1770-1795) of Rowan and other nearby > NC counties. > > Be Well Cuz > Joe McDonald > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betty A. Pace" <bapace2@juno.com> > To: <susan.avery@juno.com>; <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 10:26 AM > Subject: [ROWANROOTS] Fw: Smith - Merrill > > >> Hi >> >> I too am descended from Jemima Smith Merrill, wife of Capt. Benj. >> Merrill. >> My records (very brief) differ from your rendering. You say: >> >> Jemima was >> the daughter of Andrew Smith III & wife Elizabeth (surname unknown). >> Jemima was born about 1728 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co. (now Mercer Co.) , >> NJ, d. Feb. 1803 in Rowan Co. NC (now Davidson Co.) She married Capt. >> Benjamin Merrill onDec. 11, 1750 in Hopewell, NJ >> >> Our records show that the wife of Andrew Smith III (father of Jemima) was >> Anna Mershon (b. 1709)--I presume that Anna Mershon was the mother of >> Jemima Smith, who would marry Capt. Benj. Merrill. I have seen Anna >> Mershon in several on-line references. I don't know when Anna died, >> except it is reportedly after 1780. >> >> Thanks for the information on the Smith family back in England. I did >> not have that information. I have not done original research on this >> Smith-Merrill line because I thought it was pretty well documented >> through years of research. I am descended through Andrew Merrill, son of >> Benj. & Jemima) and his wife Rachel Wiseman. Their daughter was >> Elizabeth Merrill and she married David Julian (1770-1795) of Rowan and >> other nearby NC counties. >> >> Betty Pace >> >> --------- You wrote---------- >> Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 20:05:55 -0400 >> From: Susan J Avery <susan.avery@juno.com> >> Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] C. Newman, Smith/Schmidt >> To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <20070407.200557.484.2.Susan.Avery@juno.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Joe, >> >> Both the Smiths and the Merrills were in the group of people that came >> down from Hopewell, Hunterdon Co. NJ to start what became known as the >> Jersey Settlement in Rowan Co. NC. around 1757 or so. I have a great >> deal of information on the family of Jemima Smith. I am a descendant >> from this same Smith family, although not through Jemima. Jemima was >> the daughter of Andrew Smith III & wife Elizabeth (surname unknown). >> Jemima was born about 1728 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co. (now Mercer Co.) , >> NJ, d. Feb. 1803 in Rowan Co. NC (now Davidson Co.) She married Capt. >> Benjamin Merrill onDec. 11, 1750 in Hopewell, NJ - Andrew III was born >> Sept. 4, 1709 in Hopewell NJ and died in Hopewell March 20, 1794 and is >> buried in the Hunt Burying Ground in Hopewell Twp. on land that belonged >> to his father. Later it was owned by Wilson Hunt (hence the name of the >> graveyard) - but there are many generations of Smiths in this graveyard. >> I lived for a number of years about 1/2 hr away from Hopewell in >> Flemington, Hunterdon Co., NJ and visited every year for many years even >> after leaving the area to go to college and get married etc. to visit my >> parents who still lived there until their deaths a couple of years ago. >> I have pictures of the Hunt Burying ground if you'd like me to send them >> to you. >> Andrew III's parents were Andrew Smith Jr. b. Feb. 8, 1689 in Hopewell >> NJ, d. March 21, 1767 in Hopewell, NJ also buried in the Hunt Burying >> ground and Sarah Stout, b. Sept. 10, 1689 in Hopewell NJ, d. April 24, >> 1767 in Hopewell and also buried in the Hunt Burying Ground. Her parents >> were Jonathan Stout b. abt. 1660 at Gravesend, Long Island, NY, d. Nov. >> 24, 1763 in Hopewell NJ & Anna Elizabeth Bollen, b. 1665 in Hopewell NJ, >> d. 1749 in Hopewell, NJ. I have a lot more information on her family >> also if you want it. >> Andrew Jr.s parents were Andrew Smith, original immigrant to America >> b. April 17, 1643 in Farsley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England (we >> believe) d. bef. Feb. 10, 1703 in Hopewell, when it was part of >> Burlington Co., NJ. Andrew in fact is responsible for naming Hopewell!! >> His wife was Olive Pitt. b. 1653 in Yorkshire, England d. Aft. 1689 in >> Hopewell, NJ Olive was the daughter of George Pitt & Olive Walker. >> I have information on the line in Yorkshire that we believe is Andrew's >> also if you want it. I also have a great deal of information about the >> siblings, children, spouses for the line all down the line if you are >> interested in it. >> I am a descendant of Andrew Sr.s and either Olive Pitt or possibly a >> first wife Sarah Foster through their daughter Sarah Smith who married >> John Parke. The Parke/Park family also were one of the families who came >> to the Jersey Settlement in Rowan Co. NC. >> Let me know if you want additional information, a gedcom, or text file >> of the family, pictures of Hopewell and the Hunt burying ground (Hunts >> also one of my ancestral families and part of their family also came to >> NC). Additionally I now live just 1/2 hr from the Jersey Settlement in >> what is now Davidson Co. NC and have pictures from that area as well and >> the Jersey Baptist church where many of the Smiths became members. >> >> Susan Avery >> Winston-Salem, NC >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/780 - Release Date: 4/29/2007 >> 6:30 AM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >