Re: Decendents of Charles Schmaus
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In reply to:
Re: Decendents of Charles Schmaus
3/07/01
Didyour Schmaus/Smouse family live in Friend's Cove?
Many of those Loudoun County, VA, settlers came to Friend's Cove after the American Revolution.
The valley was named after John Friend who received a land Patent there in 1762. Joseph Friend, another pioneer, lived on an adjacent tract of land.
Thus it is important to use the apostrophe in the name "Friend's Cove".
My connection is in the three Smith brothers (Anthony, Henry, and Jacob). One of the two older brothers is said to havehad a son who married Mary Ann Smouse.
Because every brother gave their children the same names, I have seen both Anthony and Henry as listed as Mary Ann Smouse Smith's father-in-law. What does your original book say?
MaryLu in Minnesota