This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: buszidog311 Surnames: SMART, HILTON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.smart/941.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Well, better late than never....... I was just looking at Rockingham Deeds http://www.nhdeeds.com/rockingham/RoIndex.html and thought of you These all sound like the original Ash Swamp area of Newmarket that the Judges of Newmarket doled out after Robert Smart, Jr.'s death in 1718, and Edward Hilton's land was right in the middle of it- you sure have some good connections! Rockingham Deeds Book 0111 Page 0388 August, 1769 Edward Hilton of Newmarket to John & Betty Smart for fifteen pounds, 12 acres of land at Ash Swamp ? date "And I, Elizabeth Hilton, widow of the aforenamed Edward Hilton, aquit all my right & title" Recorded, Sept. 1779 Rockingham Deeds Book 0135 Page 0151 7 July 1789 Betty Smart widow of John Smart to Hilton Smart, "bought of my hon. father, Edward Hilton", dec., (1769)...bought of my Hon. mother, Elizabeth Hilton" in Sept. 1779 Signed Betty Smart (seal) witnesses- Joseph Smith, Rhoda Smart Recorded 9th Sept. 1793 Rockingham Deeds Book 0138 Page 0467 20 March 1795 Betty Smart, widow Rhoda Smart, single woman Nancy Smart, single woman [[who the heck is she? another daughter?]] John Smart to Nathaniel Ewer (sure sounds like the Ash Swamp property) Recorded 23 April 1795 I've been trying to align my early SMARTS with the names mentioned in all the Ash Swamp property transfers. Loraine layout of Ash Swamp property attached 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. <br>