Re: SMITH, Abraham; USA; 1736 Hi, My SMITHS are from the NY/RI area probably. I am looking for the parents of Samuel S. SMITH (and bd) and his wife Angeline M. BROTHERS SMITH who d. probably around Labette City, KS. Don't know where Samuel S. SMITH died. I am sending some SMITHS in case anyone can find a connection. Beverly MARTHA JANE BABCOCK m. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER GEORGE DEPEW SMITH IN NOV 1867. THIS IS SOME OF THE FAMILY FROM THAT MARRIAGE. SHE DIED AND HE m. MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER, ELIZA JANE DICY RAGLE GLENN (widow). Gen 9. Martha Jane BABCOCK b. 11 Aug 1845, d. 23 Apr.. 1887; m. George DePew SMITH Nov. 1867. George was b. 7 Sept 1841 Cohoes, Albany Co. New York, d. 18 Feb 1895 near Labette, Kansas Martha Jane's children: --------- Alva Jessee SMITH b. 6 Sept 1868 Ella Mae SMITH b. 22 May 1871 Percy Samuel SMITH b. 19 Nov 1872] Edith Mary SMITH b. 5 Feb 1875 Anna Lenora SMITH b. 13 Jan 1877 Dora Eva SMITH b. 7 May 1879] Frank Garfield SMITH b. 17 Mar 1881 Fred DePew SMITH b. 15 Mar 1884 ========== George m. 2nd Eliza Jane Dicy RAGLE GLENN, a widow on 12 Feb 1888 He d. 18 Feb 1895 Dicy's children: ----------- Lena Pearl SMITH b. 12 Jan 1889 (My Grandmother) m. Frank Elmer BARR SR. Jessie D. SMITH b. 10 Feb 1891 m. Paul Morris SHALER Irwin Elwood SMITH b. 14 Feb 1893 m. Beulah Helen JEVOA Gen 10 Alva Jesse SMITH m. Amanda FOSTER Jan 1894 Children: Ruth SMITH b. 22 Aug 1896 George SMITH b. 26 July 1898 Deceased Pearl SMITH Deceased Jessie SMITH b. 19 Apr. 1901 > > SMITH, Abraham; USA; 1736 > > Abraham SMITH, father of Soloman SMITH, was born c.1736 possibly in New > Jersey or New York USA. He married a Rachel (last name unknown). It is > reported that he was a Loyalist and threatened with confiscation of > property and physical harm (tarring and feathering)if he did not swear > allegiance to the newly formed USA. He refused to do so and his wife > put him in a crate with a jug of milk and took him concealed on a wagon > to Canada (believed to have entered at Fort Erie. Date and place of > death unknown. He was believed to have applied for a grant of property > as a United Empire Loyalist. Seeking birth, marriage and death > certificates or registration of Abraham SMITH and his wife Rachel. > Contact: A.E. Saunders 4119 Cherry Blossom Lane Vineland ON L0R 2C0 or > Email: [email protected] > -- > Regards, Al Saunders, RIN > http://www.globalserve.net/~cbeeson/alzarc.htm > "You can't know where there is from here > if you don't know where here is." - > Saunders' Law of Celestial Navigation #5 > Beverly Bates <[email protected]>