This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VJIBAEB/28034 Message Board Post: Ned Henry was b. 12 Dec 1872 Haverhill, Grafton Co., NH, died 29 Dec 1949; married Ruth Ann Caswell on 31 Aug 1896. He is enumerated 1880 Haverhill, Grafton Co., NH census as Henry Smith, age 7, in home of mother, Martha, and step-father, Edmund Noyes. Ned legally changed his name from Smith to Noyes in 1893. His mother is definitely Martha Ella Clough. Diaries kept by Ned dated 1894 (missing years 1895-1901), and 1902 until his death in 1949 prove his mother. No mention is ever made of his father or the fact that he changed his name from Smith to Noyes. The record for the name change was found after finding that he was listed as Henry Smith in the 1880 census. Any information pertaining to the Smith father of Ned Henry would be most appreciated.