Chapter 4: Smyths of the West Country, England
WITHOUT FURTHER PROOF Without further proof it would be wrong to assume that we the living are descended from Richard Smyth, via Peter Smith. It would be also be wrong...
WITHOUT FURTHER PROOF Without further proof it would be wrong to assume that we the living are descended from Richard Smyth, via Peter Smith. It would be also be wrong...
Ancestral Possibilities for Peter Smith Several stories have filtered through the ages regarding the identity of the parents of Peter Smth of Westmoreland. When our Peter signed dcuments he frequently...
The Settlement of Doeg’s Neck (Mason Neck) In previous discussions I have provided examples of the verbiage produced by those madcap guys in the Virginia Colony deed office. Frustrated screenwriters...
JAMES SMITH 1708-1749 (ggf5) and ELIZABETH PRESLY TAYLOR 1700-1771 (ggm5) Mount Airy, pictured above, is the home of the Taylor (Tayloe) family, from which our great grandmother (ggm5) Elizabeth Taylor was...
The grandchildren of Peter Smith of Yeocomico, Westmoreland, Virginia were caught up in the dramatic growth of a colony on the road to becoming a republic. I can’t emphasize enough...
The Gordian Knot of Relations: A Who’s Who Among the Early Ancestors This is a picture of a Gordian Knot. Kind of looks like that ball of Christmas tree lights that...
I use the term “Culture Clash” facetiously. It is too timid a term for the genocide, forced migration and savage internecine warfare that occurred and continued as the white guys pushed...
WILLIAM BAILEY SMITH Every tree has to have a rock star in it; someone who defies reality; seems other worldly, Orwellian by nature; a regular sort of Forrest Gump, but...
The expansion westward, over the top of the Blue Ridge and into the Kentucky wilderness eventually raised hell with the Native population and eventually the environment. The eradication of the...
THE SMITH HOMESTEAD in WISCONSIN (circa 1932) From Mt. Airy, VA to Clark County, WI How does this happen? In 150 years of time, over the course of four generations,...