Saturday, October 2, 2010

Surname Saturday - SMITH (NJ)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 115 - Maria Smith (1753 - ca 1842), one of my 4th-great-grandparents.

My ancestral line back through one generation of New Jersey SMITH families is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

6. Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7. Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

14. Charles Auble (1849-1916)
15. Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952)

28. David Auble (1817-1894)
29. Sarah Knapp (1818-ca1900)

56. Johannes Auble (1780-1831?)
57. Anna Row (1787-1860)

114. Philip Jacob Row, born about December 1752 in prob. NJ; died 09 January 1817 in Tewksbury, Hunterdon County, NJ. He married  July 1772 in probably Hunterdon County, NJ.
115. Maria Smith, born About November 1753 in probably NJ; died about 1842 in Hunterdon County, NJ.

Children of Philip Row and Maria Smith are:

.....i. Mary Row, born 19 July 1773 in New Germantown, Hunterdon County, NJ; married John Hubert March 1794 in Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ.
.....ii. Elisabetha Row, born 13 January 1776 in New Germantown, Hunterdon County, NJ; married Jacob Apgar.
.....iii. John Jacob Row, born 07 April 1779 in New Germantown, Hunterdon County, NJ; married Rebecca Vesselus 19 April 1823 in Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ.
.....iv. Peter Row, born about 1782 in New Germantown, Hunterdon County, NJ; married Catherine Case 12 March 1808 in Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ.
+... v. Anna Row, born about 1787 in New Germantown, Hunterdon County, NJ; died 12 June 1860 in Stillwater, Sussex County, NJ; married Johannes Auble 15 July 1804 in New Germantown, Hunterdon County, NJ.
.....vi. Phillip Johannes Row, born 11 October 1791 in New Germantown, Hunterdon County, NJ; died 30 September 1858 in Des Moines County, IA; married Sophia Gray 06 February 1833 in Morris County, NJ; born 15 March 1815 in Morris, NJ; died 27 August 1879 in IA.
.....vii. Johannes Row, born about January 1795 in New Germantown, Hunterdon County, NJ.

The only record I have of Maria's maiden name, marriage date and approximate birth date is her affidavit taken in 1840 from the Revolutionary War Pension File for her husband, Philip Jacob Row.  It does not provide the parents names for either person.

It is very likely that both Philip Jacob Row and Maria Smith were of German heritage, and therefore Maria's maiden name might be Schmidt. 

If any researcher has more on Maria's ancestry, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you at rjseaver@cox.net

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