RN # 274 Smith Families

Researching the JONES surname over these past 58 years or so, certainly provided some interesting challenges.  The research notebooks given in the previous 273 post have stored many of these areas of interest.  Adding a surname like SMITH gets things even tougher.  At any rate, a good genealogy question always stimulated my interest.

The note book listed contains some recent work on the connection between my JONES family and the Smith (Smyth) families.  Not all of course, but those that needed some clarification among my own tree branches.  "Smith Families : Study Notebook" it is called.  The following folks have been investigated:

"Sir Thomas Smythe, customer" (Burke, p. 945)
Thomas Smith, Co. Devon ca. 1580's
Capt. John Smith, early VA [never married]
Smith families early VA : including
     William Smith 1624
     John Smith (Old) Rappahannock Co. 1656
     Thomas Smith - Accomack Co. 1639
     Toby Smith (Smyth) 1637
     Nicholas Smith 1645
     Henry Smith 1635
     Lawrence Smith 1652
     Edward Smith 1637
     Robert Smith
     Augustin Smith

Also Smythe Co. Salop, Acton Burnerll

SMITH and JONES, a few tough nuts to crack it is.

RN #175 Family Groups (II)

This notebook continues the study into related family groups.  Various surnames are encountered when climbing out many branches of the family tree.   Organization and analysis  of these various names will often help direct your own tree climbing.  This is the second notebook containing such activity.

Dedman (Debnam)(Deadman)(Denham)
     William Debham 1635
Hawkins
     Thomas Hawkins 1630
Miller
     Symon Miller 1670
Townshend
     Capt. Richard Townshend 1636
     Francis Townshend 1652
Smith (Smyth)
     Toby Smith 1657
      Major Lawrence Smith 1652
     Sir Thomas Smythe 1558
     Cotton of Combermere (Cat. Ref. CR72)
     Smythe family of Acton Burnell, Shropshire (Cat. Ref. 1514)
     Chester City Council Records (Cat. Ref. ZC)
     City of Chester Assembly (Cat. Ref. ZA)
     Major Generall Robert Smith 1666
     Augustine Smith 1719
     William Smith 1645
     Thomas Smith of Fairfax Co., VA
Nosworthy
     Tristrum Nosworth
Arundell, Tywardreath Priory Archive (Cat. Ref. ART)
Cholmondeley of Cholmondeley (Cat. Ref. DCH)
Butler
     Elizabeth Butler 1673 (will)
     Amory Butler 1672