[Ancestor] Smith

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Husband [Ancestor] Smith

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1 M Robert Smith ¹

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           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died: Oct 1748 - New London, Chester Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Jean [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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2 M James Smith ¹

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           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died: May 1765 - Antrim Twp, Cumberland (later Franklin) Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Jennet [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Smith

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The Smiths were of Scotch origin, but settled in Ireland at the Plantation of Ulster. It is said that the family name was McDonald. The ancestor of the Smith family of Chester County, Pennsylvania, who was a farmer and blacksmith in Ireland, was the McDonald who adopted Smith as a surname. When King William III was on his way to Boyne water, his horse cast a shoe. McDonald, who lived in the neighborhood, replaced the shoe and thus enabled King William to reach the Boyne in time to assume command of his left wing and rout the army of King James. Because of this timely aid to his sovereign McDonald "the Smith" became Smith.

1 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 452.

2 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 453.