Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Record of the Smith Family Descended From John Smith, Born 1655 in County Monaghan, Ireland
The family of Robert is the best known of all the children of John Smith, and they have been traced up most completely; and the family of Mary have been the next most carefully traced, though they have scattered through the Southwest, and more of them, perchance, are missing.
The net result is that we have a pretty full history of these two children's descendants, and the rest are fragmentary and partial, James' descendants being but few, and Sarah's but innumerous, though they, too, are scattered, and have not all been found.
The record may be said to be fairly full down to the XIX Generation, the births in which ran from XIX 12, born in 1807 to XIX 248, born in 1866, being mostly born from 1820 to 1860. These are now all people of adult years, and were ready to give some details about themselves; but after that time dates of birth became more difficult to secure, and had to be omitted in many cases. After that Generation the details are more meagre, many persons who were ap plied to failing to give what was necessary, and some showing unwillingness to contribute much information.
The net result that has been achieved is to link the present Smith family to the earliest records now known, and to trace a number of them so far down that each can take it up for himself, if he wishes to continue the search further.
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