This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//TUWBAIB/641 Message Board Post: I'm actually trying to sort out a SMITH family but two WHITTINGTON's appear in it. One is Rebecca (DUDLEY) WHITTINGTON who was first married to Benjamin R. WHITTINGTON and after his death in 1840 she married Benjamin SMITH. Later Benjamin SMITH's son (Anderson) marries Sarah A. WHITTINGTON (b. 6 Nov 1841?). How are these two WHITTINGTON's related? I'm trying to learn where the SMITH families came from (before Illinois). Does anyone know where these WHITTINGTON families came from? Thanks for help. Denise