just a snipet I found, no other information. Jan George Smither who settled in Virginia in 1652; Christopher Smithers settled in Maryland in 1704.

Descendants of Christopher Smithers Generation No. 1 1. CHRISTOPHER2 SMITHERS (SMITHERS1 ?) was born Abt. 1650 in Germany, and died Abt. 1713. He married (1) MARY SMITHERS. She was born Bet. 1658 - 1672. He married (2) ANN. She died October 26, 1706. He married (3) MARY MAY. Notes for CHRISTOPHER SMITHERS: [Smithers.FTW] CHRISTOPHER SMITHERS by Robert Barnes Christopher Smithers, German inn holder and tailor of Annapolis, had a checkered career to say the least. He arrived in Annapolis by 1704, and died 8½ years later. He was naturalized on 3 May 1704. On 22 January 1705, he purchased from George Valentine Valentine's Lot on the south side of George St. in Annapolis. Smithers' first wife, Ann Foster, married him while her first husband, James Foster, was still alive. She was indicted for bigamy in November 1705. The complaint stated that she had been legally joined in matrimony with James Foster, and in 1703 had contracted and solemnized a marriage with one Christopher Smythers, tailor, even though Foster was still living. The charge stated that in February 1705 both Christopher and Ann had been legally admonished by the rector of St. Anne's Parish not to cohabit or live together, but they had continued to do so. After hearing all the evidence in June 1706, the jury decided that Christopher and Ann were in fact lawfully married. The court record does not say what convinced the jury of the couple's innocence. In spite of this verdict, the rector of St. Anne's felt he had to have the last word. When Ann died, and was buried on 26 October 1706, the entry in St. Anne's Parish Register stated: "Ann Foster, married to Christopher Smith [sic] in her former husband's lifetime." Whatever the facts of Christopher Smithers' private life, he was listed in June 1706 as living in Middle Neck Hundred, with two orphans entrusted to his care: William Cooly and Eliza Bayly. After Ann's death, Christopher took up with Mary May, by whom he had an illegitimate daughter who was born and died in 1708. By 1712, Mary was referred to as Smithers' wife. The card index to Anne Arundel County judgments contains a card saying that in November 1710 Smithers was indicted for murder, but the actual entry for that date states that he appeared in court as a surety for Thomas McNemara. On 19 May 1712 Smithers mortgaged to Charles Carroll of Annapolis Lots 8, 33, and part of 34 in Annapolis. Smithers' wife Mary released her right of dower. On the following day, Smithers, now describing himself as a tailor, sold the rest of Lot 34 to John Navar. Smithers died leaving a will dated 1 November 1712 and proved 31 December 1712. He left his entire estate to his wife Mary, whom he named executrix. His personal property was appraised at £46.13.4. Mary Smithers married John Freeman in St. Anne's Parish on 7 October 1713. On 8 January 1714 Mary Freeman filed an account of the estate, listing payments of £48.17.2. As for the mortgage, Charles Carroll assigned it to Thomas Macnemara on 13 August 1713, and Amos Garrett paid the consideration money for Mary by the recording date of 28 Sepember 1713 . Sources: F. Edward Wright, Anne Arundel County Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries, pp. 68, 75; Archives of Maryland, Vol. 24, p. 410; Anne Arundel County Court (Land Records) [MSA C97] WT 2, p. 378, PK, p. 493, and IB 2, pp. 22, 78; Anne Arundel County Court (Judgment Record) [MSA C91] TB 1, pp. 115, 116, 201, 305-307; Prerogative Court (Wills) [MSA S538] 13, p. 469; Prerogative Court (Inventories and Accounts) [MSA S536] 33B, p. 148 and 35A, p. 39. An act for the Naturalization of Christopher Smithers of the Port of Annapolis Taylor, Arnold Livers Taylor, John Tawers of Cecil County, Gent. Be it enacted by the Queens most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of her Majesties Governour Councill and Assembly of this Province and the Authority , the same that Christopher Smithers of the Port of Annapolis, taylor a German born and Arnold Livers Taylor a native of Holland, and John Tawers of Cecill County, Gent. And all and every of them shall from hence forth be adjudged and reputed and taken as naturall born people of this Province and that they and every of them by the Authorities and be enabled amd adjudged to all intents and purposes to demand challenge ask have hold and enjoy any lands tenements rents and here ditaments to which they might in any wise be intituled as if they were free and natural born subjects and people. And also that they and and every one of them shall be and may be enabled to Mainetaine prosecute avow justify and defend all manner of Accons, Suites, Pleas, Plaints and other demands whatsoever as liberally, frankly, freely, fully lawfully and securely as if they and every one of them had been naturall born people and subjects, any law statute mag, or custom to the contrary in any wise nothwithstanding, April the 29th, 1704. Read and Assented to by her Majesties honble Councill. April the 29th, 1704 W. Bladen CI Concil. Read and Assented to by the house of Delegates W Taylard CI house Del. May the third Seventeen hundred and four. On the behalf of her Most Sacred Majty Anne by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, and the Dominions thereto belonging to Queen Defender of the faith and ca I will this to be law. Instead of Jo: Seymour the Great Scale of Maryland Maryland Assembly Proceedings, April 26, May 3, 1704, Engrossed bill for the naturalization of Xpher Smithers, Arnold Livers and John Jawert, endorsed May 10, 1704, read and assented to by her Majestyes Hon. Concil W Bladen Concil Child of CHRISTOPHER SMITHERS and ANN is: i. ELIZABETH3 SMITHERS, b. Bef. 1680; m. CHARLES HALL, January 05, 1700, St. James Parish, Anne Arundel county, Maryland. Notes for ELIZABETH SMITHERS: [Smithers.FTW] Elizabeth Smither, daughter of Christopher Smithers, and Charles Hall, married January, 5, 1700, at Saint James Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland...notes from Issue no. 1 Smethers Society Gazette, June-July 1999. Loretta A. Smethers Stuber publisher, 14606 So. Alden Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062. More About CHARLES HALL and ELIZABETH SMITHERS: Marriage: January 05, 1700, St. James Parish, Anne Arundel county, Maryland Child of CHRISTOPHER SMITHERS and MARY MAY is: ii. UNKOWN3 SMITHERS, b. 1708; d. 1708. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan & Joe Smothers" <joejan@viclink.com> To: <SMOTHERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 6:35 PM Subject: [SMOTHERS] smither/Smithers : just a snipet I found, no other information. Jan : : : George Smither who settled in Virginia in 1652; Christopher Smithers settled in Maryland in 1704. : : : ============================== : To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: : http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 :