Hans Smidt
b. - [60.60652,15.636292] Fahlun Town, Sweden
d.1753 Aft. 22 Nov - Wilmington, De
----- Parents -----
Peter Schmidt
----- Siblings -----
Hans Smidt
----- Children -----
Andrew Smith
Ericus Smith, Sr
1. Ericus3 Anderson ("Southwest"2, "Colonial Virginia"1) was born Abt.
1675, and died in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware.
Notes for Ericus Anderson:
Subj: Andersons of SW VA
Date: 10/11/03 12:34:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: lesliec@@flash.net
To: cgetzinger@@aol.com, hudgo@@medt.net, handers@@chartertn.net,
sandijo@@vol.com, patander73@@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Good morning,
While stumbling around on the net and going from link to link, I have
come across some early Andersons of Southwestern VA in whom each of you
has had an interest, if only to help separate the many Andersons of
Virginia. These are a Jacob and John and James of Grayson and Montgomery
Cos., and I have enjoyed what is posted on them.
I started with the website
http://www.geocities.com/herb194/AndersonDNA.html
and clicked on links until I visited enough to become interested. I
yanked this URL from a message from one of my lists. I do belong to, but
am a non-contributing member of a mailing list entitled AndersonJW,
mostly because my Anderson lineage pre-dates what is discussed on that
list.
I solemnly swear that I am getting to Andersons you do like, but to get
there I do need to drag through mine. Please bear with me while I segue
into people in whom you have no direct interest ... but who may shed
light on yours. I know that this is hard to read, for there is too much
data and no clear proof ... but the hints are killer for SW VA Andersons.
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HOW I GET TO SW VA
I descend from the Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Anderson family ...
and my family ends up in the Washington/Russell/Lee Co., VA, area by 1774
according to their land survey. More specifically, I come down from an
Ericus Smith and wife Bridget Anderson of New Garden settlement. They
married in Wilmington, DE, on 22 Nov 1753. Ericus died in 1792, and widow
Bridget is on the Russell Co., VA, tax list of 1793 ... after which I
lose all track of her.
My ancestor Ericus Smith is son to an immigrant from Sweden, Hans Jurien
Smith, of Wilmington, DE. He married well, to a Mary Stalcup, whose
grandfather was a 1638 founder of Delaware. The Smith sons of this couple
(minus one who died young and one whom I have lost) end up in Montgomery,
Washington, and Russell Cos., VA. They begin to leave Wilmington, DE, in
the 1740's and are all gone from there before 1760.
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ANDERSON BACKGROUND
Bridget Anderson, wife of Ericus Smith, is a daughter to Peter Anderson
and first wife Elizabeth Derrickson. Peter Anderson left Wilmington, DE,
between the sale of land inherited from his father Ericus Anderson, in
1768 and 1770, at which time he turns up making purchases on an Orange
Co., NC, estate record. He is listed in this record with his oldest son
Ericus as well as a number of other "escapees" from Wilmington, DE. He is
there at least through sale of his land in 1787. There is no probate, nor
any further records on Peter Anderson in NC. His son Ericus Anderson
turns up in Russell Co., VA, where my own Ericus Smith/Bridget Anderson
had established themselves by 1774.
My Peter Anderson (Sr.) also had a son Peter Anderson, born 27 Sep 1738
and bpt. 11 Oct 1738 ... at which time his mother, Kerstin Derrickson
Anderson was buried. This younger Peter Anderson did survive, for he
turns up in Orange Co., NC, as late as 1779 and 1780. But I lose him from
NC records after this, and I'm not certain where he went ... or if he
died.
By Delaware church records, Peter Anderson's second wife was Catherine
Lynam/Linam, daughter of Andrew Lynam of Wilmington, DE. Her brother
Andrew Lynam was also an early resident of SW VA, being in the Woods Hole
entry book by 1745. His sons Richard and Andrew Lynam kick up regularly
in SW VA records ... let me paste in an extract from a book which ties
together any number of people with whom I'm confusing you today:
UNSETTLED SETTLEMENTS INDIAN FORAYS ON THE HOLSTON AND CLINCH RIVERS
1773-1794; Weaver, Jeffrey with Emory L. Hamilton and John and Betty
Mullins; Mullins Printing:Chitwood, VA) 1992; p. 54
"KILLING OF RICHARD LYNAM AND SOLOMON KENDRICK
by Emory Hamilton
Richard Lynam, who lived on the Thompson's Creek is[sic] New Garden of
Russell County, Virginia, was killed by the Indians in Powell Valley in
the
year 1777, Robert Sinclair, son fo Charles Sinclair of Sinclair Bottom,
whose
Revolutionary War pension claim was filed in Madison County, Missouri on
August
1, 1832, tells of the killing thusly:
"Captain (Charles) Cocke's company rendezvoused at Wolf Hills
(Abingdon) and marched to Powell's Valley. Sixteen days after marching
to Powell's Valley, Solomon Kendrick, the Indian spy, was killed by the
Indians, and this applicant and Andrew Lynam acted as spys. Said
applicant was at Powell's Valley about three months. At the end of this
time myself and Andrew Lynam (40) went to Blackmore's Fort on Clinch
river and acted together as spys for about twenty days, under the
command of Captain Crump, at which time, Lynam and myself were out as
spys, and he, and myself were sitting on a log when we were fired upon
by a party of Indians and Lynam was killed. Three balls passed through
the clothes of this applicant. After the death of Lynam, William
Richardson took his place."
It was Richard Lynam, instead of his brother Andrew killed in the
described
incicent can be proven by a court held in Washington County, Virginia on
May
19, 1778 wherein James Anderson was appointed administrator of the estate
of
Richard Lynam, deceased, with John Lewis and Samuel VanHook as his
securities,
with Patrick Denny, William Ferrill, Ericus Smith and James Anderson as
appraisers, all of whom lived in Elk Garden.
[********LESLIE'S NOTE ON THIS GROUP OF APPRAISERS IS BELOW.]
At a court held in the same county on March 17, 1779 the following
entry was
made: "On motion of Samuel VanHook it is ordered that James Anderson,
Administrator of the estate of Richard Lynam, deceased, be summoned to
next
court to render an account how he transacts the estate." On May 20, 1779
the
court ordered: "Ordered that Arthur Campbell, Gent. Sheriff be
administrator of
the estate of Richard Lynam in the room of James Anderson, who of his own
account resigned in court."
(40) In the above statement Robert Sinclair's memory played him a
trick and
he really means Richard Lynam instead of his brother Andrew. Andrew was
not
killed but Richard was. Andrew Lynam was a veteran of the French and
Indian War
and was very much alive at this time and afterwards. Andrew moved on to
Kentucky and applied for a Revolutionary War pension claim in Bath County,
Kentucky on June 23, 1834 and died in that county on July 3, 1847 at the
ripe
old age of 88 years. He was born in Guilford Conty, North Carolina on
January
5, 1759."
[********Ah, ha! Those 1778 appraisers are telling. Richard Lynam,
deceased, is a cousin to Bridget Anderson Smith, Ericus Smith is the
husband of my Bridget Anderson, Patrick Denny is the father to the Jane
Denny who md. my Aly Smith (son of Ericus Smith/Bridget Anderson - and
there is a large Denny family of Wilmington, DE, as well - I've just
never put in the time to connect this particular ancestor of mine to
them). I don't know William Ferrill ... but I'll bet that this James
Anderson is part of the same Anderson family.]
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BACK TO MY RUSSELL CO., VA, SMITH/ANDERSON FAMILY & CLOSING IN ON YOURS
Bridget Anderson Smith must not have lasted much longer than the 1793 tax
list of Russell Co, for in 1797 the children of Ericus Smith/Bridget
Anderson divide the property in Russell Co. deed records, thereby
identifying themselves, but there's no share laid off to mom. My
particular child is a Rev. War Aly Smith who md. Jane Denny in Washington
Co. in 1783 and later migrated to Campbell Co., TN, but his two sisters
are married to Joseph and Ephraim Hatfield ... and here it gets more
interesting.
As an aside, although this is many years later, Ephraim and Mary (Smith)
Hatfield are the progenitors of what became the infamous fueding
Hatfields of Pike Co., KY, and Logan Co., WV. The man who began the feud
was a g' grandson William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield.
But it's backwards on the Hatfields that is of interest to me today.
These Hatfields appear to be sons to a George Hatfield who appears in
Botetourt in 1771. A proven son to this George Hatfield (by Botetourt tax
lists, which say "George Hatfield and sons George and Jeremiah") is a
Jeremiah Hatfield who left later records in Montgomery, Grayson, Russell,
and Lee Cos., VA. This Jeremiah Hatfield is the father of a Mary Hatfield
who md. William Cornett, son of David, in Grayson Co. 2 Jun 1793.
Jeremiah Hatfield signed a permission for his daughter to marry William
Cornett, so this is as clean a proof as can be found for genealogists.
If your research has a Cornett interest, then hang around for some
Hatfield addendum.
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NOW FOR SOME HATFIELD INFO
Back in Wilmington, DE, there was a "census" taken of members of Holy
Trinity Church in 1753. On it are found in one household my Smith
immigrant Hans Jurian Smith (who died of TB after making his will 12 Dec
1753 & was buried 27 Dec of that year) and his son Ericus Smith ... as
well as their housekeeper, Bridget Anderson ... who md. the same Ericus
Smith 22 Nov 1753. They lived in what passed for downtown Wilmington, for
Hans Smith was a hatter, not a farmer, and the land on which the church
was built was part of his wife's father's property ... they were
literally across the street.
My Hans Jurian Smith came to America from Falun, Sweden, in 1713 with his
brother Frederick Smith. Both were hatmakers, sons to a hatmaker named
Peter Smith of Falun ... and we have their passports from Sweden allowing
them to emigrate as well as their christening records which identify them
clearly. Brother Frederick Smith moved back and forth between
Philadelphia and Wilmington, both of which were Swedish settlements (this
pre-dates William Penn). Although now in different states, the early
Swedish settlements between which these Swedish families moved were in
today's Philadelpha (PA), Wilmington (DE), and Raccoon Creek (NJ). If
you'll look at a map, you will see that all of these are no more than 15
miles apart and all lie on the Delaware River.
BTW, the name "Jurian" translates to English as "George." Remember that,
because it's about to crop up in the Hatfields.
Living exactly in the household censused adjacent to Hans Smith in 1753
in Wilmington is a married Hatfield daughter, daughter to Edward Hatfield
and Catherine Lykins (all from baptismal records). Edward Hatfield was a
son to Jurian (remember- that's George in English) Hatfield. The Hatfield
genealogy is as tangled as any other, so I am unsure if the George
Hatfield who came to SW VA with his large number of children is a
grandson to Jurian Hatfield of Philadelphia through son George or through
son Edward mentioned abouve ... but it's one of them, and they're all
related.
My point is that provable Andersons of SW VA, Hatfields, Smiths, Lynams
(and too many more to mention) all come from the same place and are all
related to one another. I have much further info showing that they came
to SW in groups. Some came very early in company with James Patton in the
1740's and 1750's, some went first to NC and straggled into SW VA twenty
years later.
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BACK TO THE JEREMIAH HATFIELD WHOSE DAUGHTER MD. MARY CORNETT
Jeremiah Hatfield (who was md. to Fannie Holland, d/o George Holland of
an 1802 will in Grayson Co., VA) died or otherwise disappeared from the
records of SW VA after the Lee Co. tax list of 1796. He may have turned
up briefly in Wayne Co., KY, from 1802 to 1809 ... or that may be a
namesake son or nephew.
(Jeremiah's brothers Valentine and Joseph Hatfield - this one md. to
Rachel Smith - do go briefly to Wayne Co., KY, and are on the same tax
lists, but all leave pretty promptly. Valentine Hatfield goes on to
Overton & then Roane Cos., TN. Joseph Hatfield settles in Campbell Co.,
TN ... the part that became Scott Co., TN, in 1850.)
Jeremiah's apparent sons are without a father present, but do kick up
themselves in Knox Co., KY, and then Whitley Co., KY, beginning no later
than 1804. They move back and forth in this region, living sometimes in
Campbell Co., TN, and sometimes in Knox and Whitley Cos.
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FINALLY FOR LATER ANDERSONS
There is a website on the net for Anderson family research which seems to
track with everything I've written.
http://www.geocities.com/andersonkntv/misandersonnotes.html
See all its homepage ... this just has the record citations, so I used it.
Note carefully that they are pursuing a John Anderson, assignee of
Jeremiah Percefield of Knox Co., KY, in 1807. This family, as well as
Jeremiah Percefield migrate to Campbell Co., TN, for I have most of the
early Campbell Co. records since my Aly Smith/Jane Denny moved there.
They also search Jacob Anderson, husband of Nancy Richardson, who left
scads of records scattered from Knox, Wayne, Whitley and Pike Cos., KY,
and Campbell and Scott Cos., TN. .
Their Jacob and John Anderson have "doins" with some Ferrells and
Richardsons in Knox Co. ... these exactly the same surnames that appear
in the 1778 Rev. War account and 1779 Washington Co., VA, estate of
Richard Lynam which I quoted to you above ... and which mention my Ericus
Smith, Patrick Denny, James Anderson, et al. Knox Co., KY, is also where
the sons of Jeremiah Hatfield/Fannie Holland make records at this same
early 1880s time period.
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THE JACOB ANDERSON WEBSITE
They cite an 1834 deed in Whitley Co. with a Thomas Bird ... while I show
that a Thomas Bird md. a Bridget Anderson (but by then she was then a
widow to John Seeds) in Wilmington, DE, in 1759 ... but I've never gone
to get their children. This particular Bridget Anderson is a daughter to
Ole (which is William in English) Anderson, brother to my own Peter
Anderson Sr.
There are several RootsWeb WorldConnect files which name this Thomas Bird
of Whitley Co., KY, as a son to a Robert Bird who seems to have left a
will in Whitley Co. in 1821. A brother to Whitley Co. Thomas Bird, an
Isiah Bird, did live past 1880 and says that he was born in NC and his
father was born in Virginia. Perhaps based on good evidence, or perhaps
on less sound evidence, this Robert Bird has been connected to another
Bird family of King and Queen Co., VA. I've not a clue if this connection
is correct, for I know zero about Bird genealogy, but I wouldn't want to
mislead you into thinking that I know more than I do. If WorldConnect
files are corrent in placing these Whitley Co. Birds back into a King and
Queen Co., VA, family, then this part of my flight of fancy is incorrect
... but if their info is sketchy and somewhat theoretical, then I could
have another Anderson link.
They cite land on Pine Creek in Wayne Co., KY, in a disputed area that
was also claimed by Scott Co., TN, ... and on this very creek were the
Hatfields who would be cousins through their grandmother Bridget Anderson
Smith (this Bridget being a daughter to Peter Anderson Sr.).
They talk about possible NC origins and mention a maiden name of "Bull"
for the wife of their Jacob Anderson. Look at this from my files. It's
too late for their ancestor, but it does seem to connect the children of
my Peter Anderson Sr. to a Bull family back in NC, for this is part of or
next to his original land:
DEED: ORANGE COUNTY (NC) RECORDS, VOL. VIII, DEED BOOK 5, ABSTRACTS;
Bennett, William D.; privately published; Raleigh NC; 1991; p.89
p.448 of original Deed Book 5
10 Nov 1792 John Elmore of Orange to Jennet Anderson & James her son of
same,
150 pounds, 240 ac., on Haw R. begin at a gum on river, N48E 58 ch. to a
P.O., NW 37 ch. to a P.O., S48W 62 ch. to gum on river, down river to
first
station; signed John (X) Elmore; witness: Richard Bull, Samuel Scott;
proved
May Term 1796 by Scott.
BTW, the man who witnessed the 1827 will of William Anderson of Knox Co.,
KY, is not "Ezekiel L. Jones." That's a misreading of his name due to
lousy handwriting. He was Ezekiel S. Jones, and his middle name is
"Smith." He was husband to Elizabeth Kincaid, daughter to Thomas
Kincaid/Martha Wyatt of Campbell Co., TN. This couple probably md. in
Campbell Co., TN, circa 1825/1830 (no civil record - TN did not require
civil recording of marriages before 1836) and very shortly went back to
Knox Co., KY. Ezekiel and Elizabeth Jones are still alive in 1850 in Knox
Co. ... and he is a Baptist minister (which with this branch of Anderson
family connection is not a surprise). I have not a clue if Ezekiel Smith
Jones was in Campbell Co. as a minister and that is how he met Elizabeth
Kincaid, although that is certainly possible.
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IN SUM
Not that this is short ...it's taken 2 hours to write ... but I think you
might wish to explore the Delaware Anderson family for the origins of
yours. Mind you, they're only Swedish in the first generation or two ...
after that they marry standard-issue colonists and lose all trace of
Swedish beginnings. But if you connect, Anders Joransson - the immigrant
of this Anderson line - was in Delaware by the 1660's if not earlier.
I see several Jacob, John and James Andersons in my larger Anderson
family who are of an age to be the ones in whom you have an interest, and
any number of them were in SW VA. And they are all cousins to each other
... and related to my own Ericus Smith/Bridget Anderson. Some of them are
first cousins to her, some are second cousins.
I'd not bother you with this since it's all circumstantial, execpt that
you have indicated an interest in counties where my own ancestors lived.
The Andersons whom you study migrate again to places where my families
move, and some of the allied names mentioned in your various citations
are already in my database because I've had to work on them as part of my
family. There are too many possible ties for me to leave this lying in
the dust.
I'd love to discuss this with one and all.
Leslie Smith Collier
Children of Ericus Anderson are:
+ 2 i. Peter4 Anderson, born Abt. 1700 in
Newcastle, Delaware; died Aft. 1787 in Orange County, North Carolina.
+ 3 ii. Ole Anderson.
Generation No. 2
2. Peter4 Anderson (Ericus3, "Southwest"2, "Colonial Virginia"1)
was born Abt. 1700 in Newcastle, Delaware, and died Aft. 1787 in Orange
County, North Carolina. He married (1) Elizabeth Derrickson. He
married (2) Catherine Lynam.
Notes for Peter Anderson:
Bridget Anderson, wife of Ericus Smith, is a daughter to Peter Anderson
and first wife Elizabeth Derrickson. Peter Anderson left Wilmington, DE,
between the sale of land inherited from his father Ericus Anderson, in
1768 and 1770, at which time he turns up making purchases on an Orange
Co., NC, estate record. He is listed in this record with his oldest son
Ericus as well as a number of other "escapees" from Wilmington, DE. He is
there at least through sale of his land in 1787. There is no probate, nor
any further records on Peter Anderson in NC. His son Ericus Anderson
turns up in Russell Co., VA, where my own Ericus Smith/Bridget Anderson
had established themselves by 1774.
Notes for Elizabeth Derrickson:
My Peter Anderson (Sr.) also had a son Peter Anderson, born 27 Sep 1738
and bpt. 11 Oct 1738 ... at which time his mother, Kerstin Derrickson
Anderson was buried. This younger Peter Anderson did survive, for he
turns up in Orange Co., NC, as late as 1779 and 1780. But I lose him from
NC records after this, and I'm not certain where he went ... or if he
died.
Notes for Catherine Lynam:
By Delaware church records, Peter Anderson's second wife was Catherine
Lynam/Linam, daughter of Andrew Lynam of Wilmington, DE. Her brother
Andrew Lynam was also an early resident of SW VA, being in the Woods Hole
entry book by 1745. His sons Richard and Andrew Lynam kick up regularly
in SW VA records ... let me paste in an extract from a book which ties
together any number of people with whom I'm confusing you today:
Children of Peter Anderson and Elizabeth Derrickson are:
4 i. Ericus5 Anderson, born Abt. 1725 in
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware.
Notes for Ericus Anderson:
Ericus Anderson 09/15/1797 Russell Co
74.5a Cedar Creek adj Henry Campbell
grants 39/607
5 ii. Bridget Anderson, born Abt. 1730 in
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware; died Bet. 1793 - 1797 in Russell
County, Virginia. She married Ericus Smith November 22, 1753 in
Wilmington, Delaware; died 1792.
Notes for Bridget Anderson:
, I come down from an Ericus Smith and wife Bridget Anderson of New
Garden settlement. They married in Wilmington, DE, on 22 Nov 1753. Ericus
died in 1792, and widow Bridget is on the Russell Co., VA, tax list of
1793 ... after which I lose all track of her.
Bridget Anderson Smith must not have lasted much longer than the 1793 tax
list of Russell Co, for in 1797 the children of Ericus Smith/Bridget
Anderson divide the property in Russell Co. deed records, thereby
identifying themselves, but there's no share laid off to mom. My
particular child is a Rev. War Aly Smith who md. Jane Denny in Washington
Co. in 1783 and later migrated to Campbell Co., TN, but his two sisters
are married to Joseph and Ephraim Hatfield ... and here it gets more
interesting.
+ 6 iii. Peter Anderson, born September 27, 1738 in
Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware; died Abt. 1819 in Hancock County,
Tennessee.
3. Ole4 Anderson (Ericus3, "Southwest"2, "Colonial Virginia"1)
Child of Ole Anderson is:
7 i. Bridget5 Anderson. She married Thomas
Bird.
Generation No. 3
6. Peter5 Anderson (Peter4, Ericus3, "Southwest"2, "Colonial
Virginia"1) was born September 27, 1738 in Wilmington, New Castle,
Delaware, and died Abt. 1819 in Hancock County, Tennessee. He married
Martha ?.
Notes for Peter Anderson:
Subj: [ANDERSON-L] PETER ANDERSON
Date: 9/15/99 12:53:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: pegtrim@@means.net (Peggy Trimble)
Reply-to: pegtrim@@means.net (Peggy Trimble)
To: ANDERSON-L@@rootsweb.com
Looking for information on PETER ANDERSON. Have little information. In
Bedford CO, VA ca 1760 or later, then to Grayson CO, VA ca 1794, Hawkins
CO, TN ca 1816 ending in Hancock CO, TN ca 1819. Need info on siblings
and parents.
Thanks for any help
Peggy
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Peter 09/01/1797 Grayson Co
120a east side of Fox Creek
grants 36/533
Peter 06/06/1793 Washington Co
180a lick run of middle fork of Holstein River
grants 29/180
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Subj: Peter Anderson.
Date: 11/3/00 8:36:30 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: virginia161@@webtv.net (Virginia Welding)
To: patander73@@aol.com
My ancestor Peter Anderson was found by me and a few others in Lee co.
Va. wife Martha Anderson. Sometimes they are listed in Hawkins co
Tn>Hancock co. Tn. with hree children. Catherine, Mary, and John M. (my
line) He seems to be related to a Morgan Anderson, same locale who is
husband to Edna Elizabeth Livesay. Peter and Marha have eluded me as to
their parents, where they came from etc. Can you help? Could the Peter
you name be an ancestor to my Peter? Could he be a Richard P. that I
have encountered in that vicinity? Thanks so much.
VirginiaWelding POB 97 Nickerson Ne. 68044
Children of Peter Anderson and Martha ? are:
8 i. Catherine6 Anderson.
9 ii. Mary Anderson.
10 iii. John M. Anderson.
