This is the story of the 4 Smithers from Wales that Marilyn Smeathers wrote a bout a yr ago ...and yes, you would think someone would have to been put in guardianship of William and his bro James and sis Mollie, if they were Indeed orphaned as the story goes...however, Deb and I have checked for guardianship and orphans and come up with NOTHING!...the only thing we have to go on is heresay...handed down thru generations...that a man name Fitzpatrick took over Bill's parents home and raised the 3 kids until Bill left to go to his MOTHER's brother, Henry Crisman...then Bill returned when he was about 20-21 and m. Fitzpatricks dau, Nancy Cece,...but we have NO VALIDATION FOR ANY OF THIS....so if someone else comes up with some proof or validation, to us its just another story in the Life and Times of Bill Smothers! >From: "Noah E. Smothers" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SMOTHERS] 4 Smithers Bros. >Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:07:30 -0600 > >I have found something that may be the answer to one question. This is the >only time that I have seen all four of the Smithers names together, and it >is about the year of 1760 the suspected age of William Smithers birth. > > >November 28, 1986, a Dorothy N. Lowry, Seguin Texas, It appears that she >was >tracking a Gabriel Smither. >filed a family group sheet that says: > >George Smither(s) will 8th November, 1755, received 19th March 1756, Lan. >Co. Va. >witnesses: Wm. Stoneham. John Muse >wife: Ann (?) exc. with Geo. Payne & Maj. Rich'd Selden >Children: >John Smither >Thomas Smither >Gabriel Smither >William Smither > >notes: 1. page 204- Lan. Co. Va. Inv 1782, rec. 19 Sept 1782. W. B. 20 pa >242 >notes: 1. est 16 Mar. 1786, 20th apr 1786 W. B. 22, pa. 119 >notes: 2. to S. C. ? >notes: 2. to Abbeville Co. S. C. 3 males under 16, 3 f. and 7 slvs (need >nms >of chn) > >Is there anybody that has access to the actual documents so we may see what >this person's notes meant? It seems that she was tracing one of the >Smithers >to South Carolina. I have also found an Obituary for a Col. Gabriel >Smither, >Culpeper Va. , Enquirer, 22 Mar. 1815 page 3. Could this be the family of >William Smithers? If William was only 12 years of age, would not someone >have to be appointed a guardian, unless he lived with an older brother, or >brothers? > > > > > > >============================== >Get Free Access to over 900 million names from Dec 7 until Dec >21!http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/freeaccess.htm?sourcecode=736 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com