This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith/Jeffries/Wolfe/Cotton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/1930 Message Board Post: I have William Smith, possibly the son of William Smyth, b. ca. 1783, probably in Pennsylvania, d. 16 Mar 1859 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co. m. Elizabeth (unknown), b. ca 1794. His will was probated and is in Inventory Book 3:1823. William and Elizabeth had ch: 1. William, b. 1822, place uncertain, d. bef 1878 in Ohio, m. Mary Jane Jeffries, b. 8 Jan 1822 in Ohio, d. 17 Sep 1849 age 27.9.9 in Dundee, Ohio, buried in Wolgamot Cemetery, Dundee. 2. Joseph, b. 1816, Ohio, d. 27 Nov 1887 in Ripley, WV, m. Minerva _____. 3. Susan, m. 19 Oct 1842, Nathan S. Harris 4. John, b. 1831, d. 1871 in Ohio, married Maria _______ 5. Margaret J., b. 1841, died before her father, m. 13 Feb 1838 in Steubenville, OH, Joseph C. McCleary 6. Mary, became the second wife of Joseph C. McCleary These children are all listed in the will of their father, William. We have reason to believe that Mary Jane Jeffries may have been the dau. of Henry and Emily (STULL) Jeffries who were m. 15 Apr 1819 in Brooke Co., WV (record 2-A -- Marriages 1816-1848). H. Jeffries is noted as indebted to William Smith in a note dated 1820 for $33.33 in William's will, noted above. Does anyone have information on this family? We're looking for the origins of both the Smith and Jeffries clan.