Nena, The Smithers shown in the 1790 census of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania are George Jacob Smithers and George Nicholas Smithers, sons of William Smithers who died in 1760 in Albany Twp. of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Both Jacob and George served in the Northampton militia (Jacob a Private, and George a Captain) and used depreciation pay to purchase land in 1786 in what was then Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, but later that same year was designated as part of the newly created Luzerne County. Jacob Jr is the eldest son of George Jacob Smithers, whose sponsors at baptism in 1765 were Jacob Bachman Sr. and Maria Catherine. (Jacob Bachman Sr. was Maria Catherine Jeaky Smither's second husband.) Jacob stayed in Luzerne County and died there in 1826, but George and his family went on to move to Fairfield County, Ohio where he died around 1825. I am not certain who James Smithers the engraver is in Philadelphia. However, there was a James Smithers, born in England who was a gunsmith and engraver. He married Rachel Betterton in September of 1771. He did border cuts on the 1772 release of Pennsylvania currency, he completed the engraving of the Pennsylvania survery of the Mason Dixon line map, and made the dies for the Pitt Tokens that were minted in commeration of the repeal of the Stamp Act, as well as other items of the day. Unfortunately, he was a Tory sympathizer and convicted of high treason. He fled to New York and supposedly went to Canada. However, I do remember that his wife Rachel appeared before the Supreme Executive Council of Philadelphia to request a pardon for him. Whether she was successful or not, I don't know. If she was, this is possibly him listed in the 1790 census. Terry Snyder