----- Original Message ----- From: "Noah E. Smothers" <[email protected]> To: "G. C. Waldrep III" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 9:56 PM Subject: Smothers : Hello : I have been doing a little research tonight and found this on the Passenger : and Immigration Lists Indexes, 1538-1940: : James, Smother : Place: Virginia : Year: 1675 : Primary individual: Smother, James : Source code: 6221 : Source name: NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of : Virginia : Source Annotation: Date and place where land was patented and record was : created listing : Source page #: 168 : : I know that most people believe that the American Smothers started with the : Smithers families, but I believe that one line started here with James, : Smother, in looking at the IGI records the Smothers were already in England : several years before 1600 and it has to be possible that one of them came : here as a Smother/s and I think that James is that person. I hope that you : are able to help clarify and find the clues needed. : Best Wishes and a Merry Christmas : Noah Smothers : :