Interestingly...I just received a two pg report stamped from the Smither Archives and it is talking about 4 Smathers Sisters...hope this might be of some interest to someone... "In memory, the 4 Smathers Sisters...namely, Molly HARTMAN, Eva BARRINGER, Susanah ROUGH, and Elizabeth CRAIGLOW who died during the 1807 Rowan County, NC death plague leaving a total of 22 motherless children. They were [1] married dau of William SMITHER II [alias SMATHERS] of Rowan; [2] sisters of the two SMITHER [alias SMATHERS] brothers who settled subsequently (1815) in Haywood Co; and [3] grand-dau of William SMITHER I, who died (1760) in Berks Co., Penn., leaving a Will which named 7 sons and 3 dau inc. (as his 2nd son) William II who migrated subsequently (1774) to Rowan Co.,NC where he lived for 49 yrs before his death in 1823." also ...."In Memory...Henry Smither [alias Smathers] who was the Senior Elder of the WNC branches of the Smathers family and who was known as the Sage of Balsam, died on 6-14-1856 at his Summit home astride the Haywood & Jackson Co line. He was the 2nd son of William SMITHER II (1736-1823) who migrated in 1774 from Low Hill Township, Northamton Co., Penn to Rowan Co., NC where HENRY was born the following yr 1775. He was the grandson of William SMITHER I, a person of British origin, who died in Albany Township, Berks Co.,Penn., in 1760 leaving a Will naming his 7 sons and 3 dau...near the end of the War of 1812, Henry and his younger brother, John [wife, Mary AGNER] migrated to Haywood Co, which then inc. Jackson. There they dropped their British surname {Smither] and adopted the alias surname SMATHERS. Early Jackson Co kin incl names: Fullbright, Snyder, Liner.... there is MORE...if anyone is interested on pg 2..let me know...Nena >From: "Nena Smothers" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [SMOTHERS] Fw: Smothers >Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 20:09:43 -0800 > >It could have been a James or it might have been a John. Ihave a will from >Ruby [[email protected]] made in 1618 in England, proved in 1626 >Arlington >Castle, Buybury Parish, Bloucester Co. Extracted from "Genealogical >gleaning >in England" by Walers, New England Historical Genealogiacal Society, >1901...came from Smithers Archives, 9510 Woodley Ave, Silver Springs, MD >20910. This will gave all to his son John who was decease, so went to >eldest >son John and bequeathed to a son in law Edmond Curtis alas Cliffe...inc. a >cousin name Henry Smithers. Ruby has more details. > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >============================== >The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family >members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. >http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com