From: "Noah Smothers" <nsmother@socket.net> Interesting all these names, one Edmund Scarborough was Administrator of John Smothers, will dated 28 October, 1650, Northampton County, Virginia, also the Custis family is here. I do not believe any of us have a copy of this John Smothers, will. We do have for the John Smothers who died 28 November 1687. The John who's will is dated 1650, is probably the father of John who died 1687, there is also a James Smothers that appears in 1684, 1685, 1687, 1688, and 1690, this James is not a son of the John who died in 1687, as James was not mentioned in John Smother's will of 28 March 1687. the information on John Smothers, and James Smothers was posted by Rick Thomas on January 26, 2003. November, 1672, John Smothers was judged to be 21 years old, Northampton County, Virginia, this John would have been born 1651, this could possibly be the John Smothers who died in 1687.Noah http://www.esva.net/ghotes/nhmaps/bottom1n.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Smothers/Smithier/Custis-My notes only.....Nena Smothers **The Beginning.......FIRST KNOWN SMITHER ** ENGLAND Will of John Smithier 1618 England Proven 1626 upon his death. Subject to some codicil changes, is of noteworthy relative to Smither/Custis genealogy. "All my lands of inheritance & c to John Smithier, eldest son of my son, John Smithier, deceased, next to my cousin Henry Smithier, his brother, then to my niece, Johan Powell, then to my niece, Thomazine Smithier, daughter of said son John, deceased; then to my cousin John Custis Cliffe; then to my cousin Henry Custis Cliffe; then to my right heirs forever. I give/bequeath my lease of Camden unto my son-in-law Edmond Custis Cliffe and his son, John Custis." other names mentioned as its a long will are: Elizabeth, John's sister, Thomas Howse, son of his dau, Anne Howse, late of Colne Rogers, dec'd, Richard Howse, cousin Wm Howse, bro James Howse, Margaret Howse, sis Bridget Howse. Nicholas Custis, Edmond, Mary Custis, his Jones' sis, Tho Smithier, children, a **Richard Smither, Matthew Smither & children, Ellianor Person & children, **Wm Smither of Northletch, cousin Joane Powell sole executrix. From: Genealogy Gleanings in England by Walters. New England Historic Genealogical Hist 1901, fr Smither Archives, Silver Springs, Md. Edmund Custis b abt 1570 d abt 1630 1m Miss Smither-d/o John Smither b abt 1575 d be 1616 2) Alice Goves Apr 15 1616. John Custis b May 1 1592 d 1684 m Joan Powell bef 1630. She b abt 1608 d bef 1675. Maj Gen John Custis II b bet 1630-1636 d Jan 29 1696 m Eliz Robinson 1650. She b 1634 d 1675.John Custis II b 1652 d Jan 26 1714 m Margaret Michael aft 1671. She b abt 1658 d aft 1687. John Custis IV b 1678 d Nov 2 1749 m Frances Parke Aug 1705. She b 1686 d Mar 14 1715. Col Daniel Parke Custis b Oct 15 1711 d July 26 1757 m Martha Dandridge June 1 1747. She b June 23 1)Daniel Custis-4 children. 2)Geo Washington 1759 No children Gary Johnson blondgary44@yahoo.com Re: Frances Custis-William Winch Wed, 5 Sep 2001 RE: wondering where Frances Custis/William Winch came in. Do you have dob/dod think she sister of Daniel Parke Custis GHOTES...????? 8738. John Smithier Ib by 1590, m. ???? John d 1626, Arlington, Parrish Buybury ,Co. Glos. 8739. ???? 8760. ... 1611/12. 13218. John Smithier II. http://www.esva.net/ghotes/ghotes5j.htm On Custis Ghotes of Va - Custis lines http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZgQ.2ACEB/10.11.12.14.48.50.1 http://www.esva.net/ghotes/thorowgd/d1/i0011747.htm 1704-Northampton Co Census Custis, Henry Accomack Custis, Jno Coll Esq Accomack Custis, Jno Coll Northampton Co Custis, Jno Maj Northampton Co Custis, Wm Accomack John Smithier and Custis-Arlington Historical Society P.O. Box 402, Arlington, Virginia 22210 Send us e-mail at info@ArlingtonHistoricalSociety.org or ring us at 703/892-4204. http://www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org England Fr: Kirsten Lamberton wolfpak@frazmtn.com Sept 9 2001 Unfortunately, there is no record of a John Smither d 1626 on this version of the NBI. Hopefully, they will be coming out with a new, updated version next year, as not all records have been transcribed as yet. ck out website for more info if you'd like at: http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Projects/NBI.htm Henry FITZ-HUGH/Susannah COOKE... INDEX. HOME HTML created by GED2HTML v3.5e-WIN95 (Sep 26 1998) on 03/30/2002 11:07:53. John SMITHIER/?? Husband: John SMITHIER. ... http://papayne.rootsweb.com/d0012/f0000013.html John FITZHUGH/Alice THORNTON.. Wife:?? Born: at: Died: at: Father: Mother: ... CHILDREN. Name: Edmund CUSTIS (CLIFFE). Born: at: Married: at: Died: at: Spouses: ? ? INDEX. HOME ... http://papayne.rootsweb.com/d0011/f0000013.html Leech and other Genealogy.. She md Charles SMITH, and she is my 4x great grandmother. John SMITHIER or SMYTHIER married Hannah WADLEY 6 Oct 1735 in Coln St. ... http://www.netmagic.net/~taz/leech.html Teresa Custis -- 25 Mar 2002; custis/lee connection : Tom Fuhrman 11 Jan 2002 CUSTIS, JOHN CLIFFE & HENRY CUSTIS CLIFFE named in will of JOHN SMITHIER 1618 ... http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/surnames.custis _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail