Here is an odd find... http://www.genealogy-quest.com/collections/kidd.html At this site there is a listing of the 'company of Captain Kidd' on September 10, 1696 on the ship Adventure. If you scroll down to Larboard Watch you will find the name Robert Smithers. From a quick read, it is my understanding that this crew was originally gathered in NY. Has anybody come across this Smithers? Lynda Elimon (John R. Smothers, John H. C. Smothers, Hamilton Smothers, Cora Smothers (my grandmother)