Janice,

I do not see a connection between "your" Smiths and "my" Smiths, and it does 
not APPEAR that the name "Edward" was used in my Smith family.  My Smith 
family is out of the Alexander Smith who died in Middlesex Co., VA in 1696. 
Alexander had a neighbor who was named John Smith (died 1669; John may or 
may not have been related to Alexander....we only have male Smith DNA donors 
out of Alexander's family at this time).  John Smith had a son named Captain 
John Smith, and the "Captain's" 1727 will in Middlesex was witnessed by an 
Edward Smith....who no one seems to be able to "place."  This Edward Smith 
had also been the witness for a Thomas Smith back in 1723, and that Thomas 
Smith does not APPEAR to have been related to Alexander Smith and/or his 
neighbor John Smith (it SEEMS that there were four or more unrelated Smith 
families in that part of VA in the early-1700s).  I have no idea what 
happened to this Edward Smith after his appearance on the referenced 1727 
will in Middlesex Co., VA.

Best regards,

Bill Davidson 

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