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From: Milton Kicklighter <>
Subject: Re: Maria Joanna (Somerset) (Lowther) Smith
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:33:02 GMT


John,

I was just browsing thru newsgroups and came across
your message.

I know Smith is a VERY common name, but I thought it
might interest you to know that there is a Smith
reunion held every 4th of July at a little church, Rye
patch, in Long County Ga. Just a little country
church. This reunion has been held ever year since I
think 1930.

I have many fond memories of the big lemonade barrel
and the food served under the big oak trees and the
good family fun.

Just thought you might be interested.

Milton Kicklighter

"John C. Brandon" wrote:
>
> I've seen the royal descent of the immigrant Maria Joanna (Somerset)
> (Lowther) Smith touted in several places as "a new discovery" original
> to Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry, 1st edition [1996]. Therefore, I was
> surprised to find her in Charles Henry Browning, Americans of Royal
> Descent, 6th edition [1905]. Browning mentions the 1711 will of her
> husband, which gave their son "the silver bowl with the Somerset arms."
> Browning also traces the line of one of their descendants who settled in
> Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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