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- I came to Japan in 1991, met my wife and have lived here since. She is Japanese and we have two wonderful daughters, Haruko Eunice (14) and Hanako Renee (12) I teach at a mid-level university, proof read for SEIKO Watch Company and work a few other free lance projects. Ironically, my father's name was James Robert Smith. For further detail please scroll below our correspondence. Proving that I was from this well researched line was a challenge and most likely an interesting read for anyone that has an interest in genealogy. I hope that you will take 10 or 15 minutes to read it too.
Yes, we are definitely what... 4th cousins?
I have no idea about the whereabouts of the Chatham house. Have you read Barbara Groeger's Family Tree, "Out On a Limb?" It was compiled in the early 1960's and she is currently bringing closure to an updated version. We are in touch with one another via email. It covers the descendants of James Robert Smith, our fourth GGF and has extensive coverage of the Smith, Blevins and Caudill families among 4 or 5 others. In fact I just looked up your name and I believe I found your father. Was his name Linnie Famon Caudill? It tells of him loosing his first wife in 1916 due to a flood and landslide. He also collected rare smoking pipes and later married Augusta Richardson. If you do not have a copy of this I can send you one.
YTo my knowledge, you are the first to shed any doubt in whether our fourth GGF, James Robert Smith, was born in England. Interesting and I would like to receive a copy of what you have as well (ANYTHING related to our family).
This information is somewhat disjointed chronologically but is relatively easy to follow. If you can add to anything please do so. Perhaps we can share much more. As far as Townsend's work, you can "Google it." It is a huge 3 volume work. I just looked for Caudill and found a brief description on p. 105 of volume 2 of Levisa Smith who married John Caudill.
Hutchins-Hutchens, descendants of Strangeman Hutchins, born 1707, of the James River in Virginia and Surry (Yadkin) County, North Carolina by Rita Hineman Townsend, Publisher: Baltimore : Gateway Press, 1979-1992.
There is a good chance that you know much of what I have put together here for you. Since, I shouldn't assume anything I have taken the liberty to "unload" on you. I hope some of it is new territory for you.
OK. 1:30 a.m. here. I better get some rest. I hope to hear from you soon.
Jason
I have compiled (In most places simply copy and pasted) the following from various Internet sources:
James Smith
Born: 6 Jan 1766, England
Baptized: 24 Jan 1766, Bungay, Suffolk, England
Marriage: Elizabeth Hutchins 1795, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Died: 1849, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
General Notes:
James Smith was born in England, 6 January 1766, to Robert Smith and Hannah. He spent his early years in England. While still a young man, his parents died and an older brother inherited all of his parent’s possessions according to English law. Apparently, with his parents’ dead and his brother holding their possessions, James had no ties left with England and so he immigrated to America. Tradition goes that he landed in Delaware and lived there a short time. Then around 1790-1794, he arrived in Surrey (now Yadkin) County, North Carolina. There he met a girl named Elizabeth Hutchins, who was a Quaker by birth.
In 1795, James and Elizabeth were married, against the wishes of the Quaker Church because James was a member of the Methodist Church (perhaps having been baptized by Bishop Asbury). And so, on 6 March 1797, Elizabeth was disowned from the Quaker Church for marrying out of unity (meaning not marrying a member of the Quaker Church) and lived out the rest of her days as a Methodist. Apparently, even though the Quakers had disowned Elizabeth, her family still accepted James as her husband, because in 1799 Elizabeth's father, Thomas Hutchins, sold James some land. The receipt was written as follows:
October the 21 1799
I recd of James Smith the Sum of Seventy Dollars in part pay for the Land that I Sold him tying on Deep Creek. I Say Recd By Me
(signed) Thomas Hutchins
This receipt was in 1962, in the possession of James Ralph Smith of Roaring Gap, North Carolina, who was the grandson of James Smith.
A record of land being purchased in 1899 in Surrey County from Thomas Hutchins is recorded in the Surrey Deed Book H, pages 304 and 305, with 40 acres in the first tract and 119 acres in the second tract. However, on 23 September 1802 James Smith sold 119 acres to William Johnson for 175 pounds (Deed Book K, page 3).
James bought a third tract in Surrey on 14 November 1805 for 150 pounds and which consisted of 100 acres on the north fork of Deep Creek (Surrey Deed Book , page 302). Sometime between these transactions and 1812, James sold the 40 acres that he had purchased from Thomas Hutchins in 1800, but there is no record and apparently the buyer failed to have the deed recorded.
On 27 November 1812, James apparently sold out his 100 acres in Surrey County for two hundred dollars (Surrey Deed Book, page 38) and moved over into adjoining Wilkes County where he bought 200 acres for $400 at the head of the Big Elkin on 20 January 1814 (Wilkes Deed Book, page 561). James Smith lived on these 200 acres from 1814 until his death in 1849 at the age of 83 years and 3 months.
James Smith and Elizabeth Hutchins Smith had 10 children born to them. These ten children grew up and went their different ways in life during the pioneering days of the United States.
James Smith, of course, remained on his land in Wilkes County and watched his children grow, marry and move away. He was a carpenter, a cabinet maker and farmer by trade. It is said that he brought his carpenter tools with him from England. He worked hard and lived the life of a true pioneer. On the 25th of August 1841, his wife, Elizabeth, died at the age of 65 and since he was 75 years old and had been rather sick recently, he sat down a few days later and wrote his will. At the time he wrote it, all of his children were either married or had moved away except for the youngest daughter, Elizabeth Hutchins Smith, who was at that time 23 years old and unmarried. Here is a copy of the will he wrote:
"In the name of God, Amen.
I, James Smith, of Wilkes County in the state of North Carolina being at the present time sound in mind although very weak in body do declare this to be my last will and testament. I hereby bequeath and devise to my beloved daughter Elizabeth Hutchins Smith all my household & kitchen furniture, also all the stock I possess of all kinds with my shop tools of all descriptions and my family utensils for her own separate use and maintenance. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th day of August 1941."
His X mark
James Smith
In presence of ........David Hanks
Charles Harris
Wilkes County, North Carolina Was duly proven February term 1842
It is important to note that in those early colonial days, if a woman was not mentioned specifically in a will, then she had no claim for (or very little) on any property or possessions regardless of her relationship to the
deceased. So, James made a point to write a will that would insure a future for his daughter since she was still unmarried. He left her all his earthly possessions except his land (which is not mentioned in his will, but which James deeded to his son, James Anderson Smith in 1847).
James wrote his will in August 1841, but lived for seven more years. However, just a few months after he wrote his will, Elizabeth, apparently in order to secure for her own possession the things her father had willed her, simply went into Wilkes County court and asked that the will be probated. Naturally the court officials took it for granted that James Smith was dead and so went ahead and probated the will. This is an unusual case, but it could, and evidently did happen because his will was actually probated in 1842, but he was still alive in 1847 when he deeded his land to his son.
Two years after the will was probated, another interesting event occurred. Elizabeth had met a man named Jeremiah Richardson who she wanted to marry, but evidently the family disapproved. So she eloped and the family followed her a considerable distance in order to have the marriage set aside, but Elizabeth and Jerry went all the way to Indiana (a very long distance in those days).
James lived until 1849 when he passed away at the age of 83 years and 3 months. The old James Smith homeplace is now owned by the Chatham family and lies 1/4 to 1/2 mile west of Doughton, North Carolina. The family cemetery is enclosed with an iron fence. Just five persons are buried there and their graves are marked with field stones. The five are James Smith, his wife Elizabeth (Hutchins) Smith, their son James Anderson Smith and his wife, Mary, and also Jones Smith, son of James Anderson Smith.
James married Elizabeth Hutchins, daughter of Thomas Hutchins and Patty Chiles, in 1795 in Surry County, North Carolina, USA. (Elizabeth Hutchins was born on 4 Dec 1776 in Virginia, USA and died on 30 Sep 1840 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA.)
Elizabeth Hutchins
Born: 4 Dec 1776, Virginia, USA
Marriage: James Smith 1795, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Died: 30 Sep 1840, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
General Notes:
Unlike her England-born husband, James Smith, Elizabeth came from a family who had lived in America for many years and who had established themselves prominently, first in Virginia and then in North Carolina. They were almost all Quakers, and very good Quakers at that, with a great deal of devotion, belief and strength of character. Because of these facts, it is possible to trace her line back quite a few generations and ancestry pedigree is also a part of ours.
There are seven different known surnames, and also many surnames which still must be traced. The seven known surnames are Hutchins, Cox, Watkins, Trent, Sherman, Chiles and Cheadle. Since a little bit is known about some of these lines, the following is a short account of their history - which is also the history of our ancestors.
HUTCHINS FAMILY
There were numerous Hutchins families that appear early in the history of the colonies. The (our) immediate family of Hutchins are those that were first found along the James River in Virginia. Nicholas Hutchins land grant was located about 12 miles, by paved road, down the James from the present side of Richmond. It was about three miles below Dutch Gap. A distance of 50 miles along the James, with Richmond as center would approximately locate this family the first 100 years in the colony (Crider, Mrs. Gussie Waymire, "Four Generations of the Family of Strangeman Hutchins", 1935, Kokomo, Ind.). Just when Hutchins first came to the Virginia Colony is unknown, but it is thought that they arrived as early as 1625. Nicholas Hutchins is the first one that we have a positive record of and it is because he was a devout Quaker.
The members of the Nicholas Hutchins family were birthright Quakers, which means that religion was a serious matter to be taken into their daily lives. The Quaker religion emphasizes tolerance, simple living, and service to their fellow men. They oppose all forms of violence, including war. They will neither take nor administer oaths, believing that a Friend will always speak the truth, whether under oath or not. (American Educator Encyclopedia, United Educators Publishers, Lake Bluff, Illinois, 1956.) Their daily lives were to be filled with righteous living which means to them that they must not gamble, drink, lie, swear or talk frivolously. They had to dress conservatively, conduct themselves properly and attend church faithfully. If a member failed to live up to these principles, he was counseled with and he had the choice of acknowledging the error of his ways or he might be disowned. To be disowned meant that that person ceased to exist as far as the church was concerned and often the parents disowned them and even disinherited them.
Nicholas Hutchins was a Quaker living in Henrico County, Virginia and belonged to the Henrico Monthly Meeting at Curles and later to the White Oak Swamp Meeting (Op. Cit., Cricer). Nicholas had two daughters, Catherine (who married a Stanley) and Mary. He also had a son, Strangeman, who was born in Virginia in 1707 and about 1731 married Elizabeth Cox. Some time later, he moved up the James River where over the years he acquired about 750 acres of land. Strangeman was a very prominent member of the Friends Church. His name is first found in the Cedar Creek records of 1741 - and is continually on the records as a witness, committee member, representative, as overseer, clerk and elder (Ibid).
Strangeman Hutchins was 68 years old when the Revolution began and 71 by the time the war reached Virginia. He was too old to take part in the war even if his Friends Faith had not forbidden it. But he could perform patriotic service. A record of such patriotic service was found in Goochland County and Mrs. Gussie Waymire Crider made application to the D.A.R. and proved the service. With her application was filed a photostat copy of the record of the service, and also a copy of the will of Strangeman Hutchins (Ibid).
Strangeman had eleven children, four sons and seven daughters. The seventh child was Thomas who was born in 1746 in Virginia. In 1773, the Quaker records in the Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting show that he was married to Patty Chiles. They had two daughters, Ann and Elizabeth (Elizabeth being the future wife of James Smith), and then Patty died. In 1780, Thomas married again to a girl named Susannah Ladd and had four more children. On January 14. 1786, Thomas and his family, including his father, moved to North Carolina and the following record of transfer is found in the Quaker records:
"Strangeman and wife and granddaughter Elizabeth Hutchins, daughter of Thomas; Thomas Hutchins and wife and children and Benjamin Hutchins and family were granted certificate to Deep River Monthly Meeting in North Carolina."
Deep River Monthly Meeting which is in the west part of Gullford County, North Carolina about 12 miles from Greensboro. Deep Creek was organized after being under the jurisdiction of Deep River Monthly Meeting and was first established in Surrey (now Yadkin) County in 1793 and in their early records are mentioned the members of the Hutchins family including Strangeman and Thomas, etc.
It was here in Surry (now Yadkin) County of North Carolina that this portions of the Hutchins family settled and established their homes and continued to work actively in the Quaker Church. And it was here (in the larger meeting of Deep River) that on 6 March 1797, "Elizabeth Smith, formerly Hutchins, was disowned by the Deep River Meeting for marrying out of unity." (Elizabeth being the daughter of Thomas heretofore mentioned and now the wife of James Smith).
Elizabeth Hutchins, daughter of Thomas Hutchins and Patty Chiles, married James Smith. One of their daughters, Levisa (or Levica), married John Caudill.
COX FAMILY
Strangeman Hutchins had married Elizabeth Cox and thus tied her line to our ancestry. Elizabeth Cox was the great granddaughter of William Cox who was the migrant ancestor on this line (in other words, William Cox was the first member of our Cox line to immigrate to America).
"The Coxes were among the earliest immigrants to Virginia. William Cox, who came in the ship, Godspeed, in 1610 was apparently a lad not more than 11 years old when he landed at Jamestown (The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 52, pages 214-216). In Hotten's List of Immigrants, his name is given as William Coxe and his place of residence as Eliz. Cittie."
Thus the earliest member of the Cox family arrived only three years after the earliest English colony in America had been established, that being the Virginia Colony. (The Mayflower did not arrive until 1620.) This colony in Virginia had been struggling with existence since 1607 and had been on the verge of giving up many times due to the many hardships of winter, Indians, sickness, plus the facts of poverty and homesickness. It was not an easy life that our William was entering, be he was young, full of enthusiasm and intelligence and eventually established himself very well in this new world. He acquired land that finally amounted to about 500 acres and became very prosperous. William married a girl by the name of Elizabeth and had two sons, Thomas and John (John was the father of Richard and Richard was the father of Elizabeth who married Strangeman Hutchins).
WATKINS FAMILY
"One of the most interesting families in Virginia from the point of view of economic, social and political development is the distinguished family of which Henry Watkins is the immigrant ancestor" (Fuller, Frank, and Thomas Curd, "The Curd Family in America", The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1938).
"Henry Watkins of Henrico County, Virginia....was born in 1638. He was a Quaker and member of the Society of Friends, a fact that caused him at times to clash with the ruling authorities in Virginia.... in 1679, he received a patent for 170 acres of land on the north side of the James River in Henrico County, adjourning land of John Lewis, Mr. Cocke, and Mr. Beauchamp and touching the three runs of Turkey Island Creek (patent book 7, page 17). In July 1690, he purchased of Lyonel Morris 360 acres of land in Varina Parish, Henrico County on the South Side of Chickahominy Swamp and in October of the same year he patented 60 acres of land adjoining his own land and touching a run of Turkey Island Creek" (Ibid).
Henry Watkins had seven children, the youngest of whom was Mary who in 1701 married Nicholas Hutchins. (The great statesman, Henry Clay, was also a descendent of Henry Watkins).
CHEADLE FAMILY
John Cheadle was a Pennsylvania Quaker. He bought a tract of land in Carolina's St. Margaret's Parish from Thomas Carr in 1733, but it was five years later (1733) before Governor Gooch and his Council cleared the way for members of the sect to come to Virginia and live unmolested. In 1739, the mass migration began and the segment which came to Caroline settled on lands which John Cheadle, John Hubbard and others had purchased from William Terrell on the upper branches of Polecat Creek (Campbell, T. E. "Colonial Caroline (County)", The Dietz Press, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, 1954).
DESCENDENT'S FAMILIES
The preceding has been a history of James Smith, his wife Elizabeth Hutchins and their ancestors. Their descendents can be divided into six main branches, each representing the descendents of one of James and Elizabeth's children (the descendents of four children are not known).
1. Nancy Smith and James McCann.
2. Hannah Smith and William Lewis Harris
3. Levisa (Levica) Smith and John Caudill
4. James Anderson Smith and (1) Mary M. Smith and (2) Martha Settle
5. Zadoch Thomas Smith and Candace Snow
6. Elizabeth H. and Jeremiah Richardson
----- Original Message -----
From: Lenny F. Caudill II
To: Jason P. Smith
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:54 AM
Subject: Cousin Jason
Dear Cousin Jason: In fact we share a fourth GGF and beyond. I was at the cemetery last weekend and was thrilled by the event. I've seen the Chatham reference before but assumed it's an old reference. Where is the house relative to the cemetery???? I assumed that the house and cemetery were both in the same proximity (within yards). Here are a few pics for you free of charge of course.
My 3rd GGF was John Caudill married Levica Smith, James' daughter.
I run the Caudill YDNA Project. I got interested in your results because I realized they're from our James' line and wanted to see how many other Smith's had the same markers. Didn't get very far last night .... thought if I could locate other lines that match then I may get lucky and find new clues about James' ancestry (kinda like groping in the dark frankly).
Absolom Smith lived in the same area as James and was about the same age. Absolom is buried at the Antioch Church which is maybe a mile north of James' up highwat 21 headed for Sparta. Of course I'm wondering if they're kin. Probably not even though they have the same unusual last name .... SMITH. It would be great to see DNA results from an Absolom descendant. I'll keep looking.
Tokyo? What happened? Take a wrong turn?
From: Smith DNA Project
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:15 PM
Subject: James Smith and Elizabeth Hutchins
testing this would like to talk about your genealogy line as seen on the Smith DNA page. Here's the message
My 4th Great grandparents were James Smith and Elizabeth Hutchins. I actually visited their graves last Saturday. I'm curious if YDNA has connected, or proven no relationship, between Absolom Smith b. 1750-ish and James Smith b. 1766? James' children consistently report that James was from Delaware while tradition states he was from England. Maybe both are true?
This email was sent privately to you, forwarded by the Smith DNA Project Manager;
please do not reply to this email but click on this link to reply via email to testing this
lcaudill@triad.rr.com
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The following is a bit disjointed, but I simply do not have the time to polish it at this juncture. It isn’t that troublesome to sort through and certainly is reflective of my time and energy.
Jason Paul Smith
25 January, 2007
"There is divine beauty in learning, just as there is human beauty in tolerance. To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps. The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, their quests. And so are you. (author unknown)
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My (Jason Paul Smith) grandfather on my father’s side of the family, Oren Beher Smith (born in Missouri in 1871-d. 1933) who married Nonie Dawson (b. ? of Cincinati Ohio- died on thanksgiving day 1981). Oren Beher Smith was the son of John W. Smith (b. 1836- d. about 1909) married Anna Jane Wilson of West Plains Missouri. John W. Smith was the son of Zadoch Thomas Smith (b. in NC in 1812- d. 8/2/1879 in West Plains Missouri) married Cadice Snow. Zadoch Thomas Smith was the son of James Robert Smith (1766-1849). This is the same James Robert Smith that was married to Elizabeth Hutchens which ties our family to Strangeman Hutchens and even beyond. Strangeman Hutchins was born in 1707 and was of the James River in Virginia and Surry (Yadkin) County, NC. They were Quakers and as being such kept church records of marriages, deaths land deeds etc. Much can be found on the Internet on this line. Further, the 3 volume work, (1,114 pages), Hutchins-Hutchens, Decendants of Starangeman Hutchins by Rita Hineman Townsend’s last volume published in 1992 is a superb account of our family.
Oren Smith, (1870-1933 was married twice. The first marriage, in 1900, was to a woman that shared the same family name. Yes, her maiden name was Smith…. (Mina Smith) Oren had one set of twins from both marriages! His first marriage gave birth to David Vern & Dorthy Vera in 1908 and his second marriage to Noni gave birth to Joseph and Josephine in 1931. I am from the line of his Second marriage with Nonie. They had 7 children
Eunice Smith (married Burrel Cheadle) b. 2/27/1914
Malcolm Cook Smith b. 4/25/1917 married
+ Marcella (from Cincinati Ohio) on Oct. , 1948. had 3 children =>
Malcom Eugene
Dona
Rodger
James Robert Smith (See below for wife and children.. I am the middle child of nine) b. May, 1919 d. April, 1989
Hugh Smith married Helen and they had 2 sons=>
Terrence and Dennis born in the middle 1940s.
Kenneth married Ruth from the Houston area. They had 3 children.
Sharon
Josephine
Kenneth b. 2/1951
Joseph b. 1931 (Twin) d 1967.
Josephine b. 1931 (Twin) d. (drowned in 1935)
I, Jason Paul Smith, am the son of James Robert Smith.(1919- 1989) James married Caroline Ruth McSorley 10/2/1929. They had 9 children.
James Robert Smith Jr. b. July 10, 1949 d. Oct.,1978
Gregory Oren Smith b. 1/13/1951
+ Kathleen Mecikalski b.10/18/50
Dawn Kathleen b. 9/16/73
Sean Gregory b. 2/17/75
+Amber Renee Hamboldt b. 8/15/75
Zachaery Gauis b. 3/2/2000
Logan Xavier b. 11/28/2002
DeAnne Kimberly b. 5/18/77
+ James Riley Tiwater b.12/6/74
+ Clint Smith (Married on 9/2/2006)
Cynthia Ann Smith b. 3/17/1952
+ Stephen Markham b. 9/30/1952
+Edi Sneve b. 3/13/1945
Married in 1975 and adopted kids 1 year later.
Stephanie Elaine Sneve .b.2/2/3 1971
Shayla Chrisp (Daughter of Steph) Joseph Chrisp father b.11/21/1988
+Darel Tadlock Married 1988
Jonathan Tadlock b. 5/ /1991
Anita Ann b. 7/8/1993
Ben Horne (father of 4th child)
PeterHorne b. 4/15/1995
Patricia Ann Carow/Sneve b. 3/17/ 1972
+ Chad Carow (2nd husband
Zackery VanDershedten b.3/29/1994
Marcus VanDershelden b. 4/7/1995
Steven Gerald Markham Jr (adopted by Edi and named legally changed to Guy Stanley Sneve at age 2) b.3/11/1974
Stephen Egbert Smith b 12/19/1953
+ Mary Kay Williamson
one child, Jennifer. by earlier fiancée, Sharlot Snodgrass. Jennifer was, put up for
adoption by her mother before the birth.
Jason Paul Smith b. 1/19/1955
+ Edna Jane Hut t b. 4/14/ 1959
Jasmine Elissa Smith b. 1/25/1980
Madison Jane Smith b. 5/15/1999
Father: Brian Main b. 8/31/1976
Alivia Grace Smith b. 8/22/2003
Father Richard Bates b. 7/23/1977
Jason’s second wife ( Married in Nov. 1991)
+ Kyoko Murakami b. 10/30/1955
Haruko Eunice b. 3/24/1993
Hanako Renee b. 6/2/1995
Victoria Noni Smith b 6/13/1957
+Kenneth Ferdig b 11/15/1933
William Wayne b.5/9/ 1979
+Jennifer Penifold b
Ryan William Ferdig b. 10/10/2005
Tresa Marie Smith b. 3/8/1961
+George Arvid Stuber b. 2/19/1957
Nicholas Arvid Stuber b. 8/8/ 1985
Alicia Marie Stuber b .8/26/1987
Michelle Elissa Smith b. 10/1962 d. 10/6/1962
Adrian Michael Smith
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