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     Hugh Skipwith was born on 25 December 1877 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, or Richmond, VA.¹ He married Henrietta Marie Webster, daughter of Harrie Webster and Mary Simpson Hein, on 14 January 1903.¹

     Humberston Skipwith was born on 11 May 1904.¹ He was the son of Hugh Skipwith and Henrietta Marie Webster.¹

     Albertina Skogman was born in December 1876 in Sweden.² She married Albert Hallin circa 1895.²

     Leafy B. Slack was born in 1893.¹ She married Harold Edward Marston, son of Harry N. Marston and Belle Etta Putnam.¹

     Elizabeth Slade married John Upham, son of Richard Upham and Maria (Unknown), on 1 November 1626. Elizabeth Slade died on 2 December 1670 in Malden, Massachusetts.¹

     Bertha Slaiger was born circa 1856 in Stutgardt, Austria.¹ She married Charles H. Toppan, son of Ephraim Hunt Toppan and Susan (Unknown), Bertha is listed as a servant of Charles's parents in the 1880 Census.^1,2

     Brant Arent Van Slechtenhorst married Aeltje Van Wenkum in Holland.² Who emmigrated to America in 1647, together with his wife and daughter and who was commissioned director of the Rensselaerwyck, President of the Court of Justice, and immediate manager of the whole estate of the Van Rensselaer family.¹

     Margarita Van Slechtenhorst was born in 1628 in Nykerck, Holland.³ She was the daughter of Brant Arent Van Slechtenhorst and Aeltje Van Wenkum.^2,3 Margarita Van Slechtenhorst married Philipse Pieterse van Schuyler, son of Peter Diercks and Geertruyt Philips van Schuyler, on 12 December 1650 in Rensselaerswyck, New York.^4,3,5 She came to New Netherland with her parents in 1647 and came of age in Rensselaerswyck where her father served as director of the colony.

Philip Pieterse Schuyler was an immigrant carpenter who, following the marriage, became one of the leading traders of Beverwyck/Albany. The marriage produced twelve children between 1652 and 1672. Eight of those offspring went on to establish the Schuyler family in Albany and beyond.

By the 1660s, these Schuylers were established in a new house on upper State Street. Before his death in 1683, Philip Pieterse had stretched the Schuyler family holdings by acquiring property around Albany and beyond.

A widow at age 55, by virtue of their joint will filed in 1683, Margarita Schuyler assumed control of her husband's extensive estate. From her Albany house and at the farm known as "the Flats," Margarita continued her husband's business and sat as the matriarch of early Albany's foremost family. Her children included Pieter Schuyler - first mayor of the city; Alida, the wife of Robert Livingston; and future mayor - Johannes Schuyler. Her other offspring established themselves in favored locations throughout the region.

Margarita Van Slichenhorst Schuyler lived until 1711. For much of that time, she was one of colonial Albany's most prominent residents. This active widow participated in business, landholding, and was an active member of theDutch Church. Surrounded by family and supported by a number of slaves, this able women's life was full and advantaged.

Her will, filed in 1707, identified her as a "sometime ... Albany merchant" and mentioned the real and personal estate she had acquired since the death of her husband. This seventy-nine-year-old widow had the presence of mind to circumvent English inheritance laws when she divided the Schuyler estate equally among her eight surviving children and their heirs.³ Margarita Van Slechtenhorst died on 11 January 1711 in Rensselaerswyck, New York.^3,6

     Helena Van Slyke was born in 1759.¹ She married Samuel Thorn, son of Thomas Thorn and Catharine Livingston.¹

     Benjamin Small was born in 1771.¹ He married Mary Chase, daughter of Joseph Chase and Olive Woodman, in 1795.¹ Benjamin Small died in 1834.¹

     Carleton Potter Small was born on 31 October 1902 in Portland, Maine.¹ He was the son of Dr. Richard Dresser Small and Grace Florence Cogswell.¹ Carleton Potter Small died in March 1972 probably in Maine at the age of 69.²

     John Chase Small was born in 1841.¹ He was the son of Richard Small and Abigail Ann Jose.¹ John Chase Small married Mary Schuyler Dresser in 1869.¹ John Chase Small died in 1923 in Portland ?, Maine.¹

     Richard Small was born in 1808.¹ He was the son of Benjamin Small and Mary Chase.¹ Richard Small married Abigail Ann Jose in 1834.¹ Richard Small died in 1882.¹

     Dr. Richard Dresser Small was born in 1872 in Portland ?, Maine.¹ He was the son of John Chase Small and Mary Schuyler Dresser.¹ Dr. Richard Dresser Small married Grace Florence Cogswell in 1901.²

     Sarah Small married Rev. John Thompson.¹

     Sarah Smart married Samuel Maverick Quincy, son of Dr. Jacob Quincy and Elizabeth Williams, on 23 November 1797 in Portland, Maine, where her first name is given as Sally.^1,2

     (unknown) Smith was born of Augusta, Maine.¹ She married John Milton Webster, son of John Ordway Webster and Anna Maria Bartlett, on 12 December.¹

     Abigail Smith was born on 11 November 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Rev. William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy.¹ Her father was for nearly half a century pastor of the Congregational church of Weymouth. and her mother a direct descendant of Thomas Shepard, the eminent Puritan divine of Cambridge, and a great grand-niece of the Puritan preacher, John Norton, of the Hingham meeting-house, Boston. She had few educational advantages in the way of access to books, as they were kept from her owing to her delicate constitution. To in a measure compensate for this, she was instructed in the duties of the housewife and took great interest in home affairs. She became an adept in domestic economy, and added to it the rudiments of penmanship and arithmetic. As she reached womanhood her strength increased, and she took up French, Latin, and a well-directed course of reading, although this was only cursory before she became a wife. She was married to John Adams Oct. 25, 1764, and passed the next ten years as the frugal wife of a rising Braintree lawyer. To them were born, during this time, one daughter and three sons. The political events of the period marked the next decade of her married life as one of great anxiety. Her husband was absent most of the time, first as a delegate to Congress and afterwards on a diplomatic mission across the seas. The patriots led by her husband were urging the termination of the unhappy relations existing between the colonies and the mother country, by a declaration of independence. His earnest advocacy of heroic measures gained for him the appelation, "Colossus of Independence." No more positive and unyielding advocate of the measure sustained the course of John Adams than his patriotic wife, and while she had in full view the dire consequences of failure, yet her courage never faltered and her voice never uttered an uncertain sound. Alone with her children she passed the period of war, doing what she could for the patriot cause. In 1784 she undertook the long and dangerous voyage to Europe to join her husband in France, and then she accompanied him to London, as the wife of the first American minister at the court of St. James, and where as such she was not accorded decent courtesy. This rudeness greatly wounded her and increased her devotion to the new republic. Upon the accession of Mr. Adams to the presidency, his wife became the first mistress of the White House, and there the charm of housekeeping was not dispelled by the pride of position; She is the only woman in American history who has been the wife of one president and the mother of another. She resided at Braintree, Mass., after leaving Washington, but always retained an interest in public affairs. A memoir of her life, was published by her grandson Charles Francis Adams.³ Abigail Smith married President John Adams, 2nd President of the United States, son of John Adams and Susanna Boylston, on 25 October 1764 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.^3,4 Abigail Smith died on 28 October 1818 in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the age of 73.³

     Abigail H. Smith married Evert Jansen Wendell, son of Isaac Wendell and Ann Austin Whittier, in 1848.¹

     Alexander Smith was born in 1842 in Scotland.^2,1 He married Elizabeth Phoebe Sewall, daughter of Rev. Rufus King Sewall and Anne Elizabeth Whitehurst, on 4 July 1870.¹ Alexander Smith and Elizabeth Phoebe Sewall appear on the census of 1880, he is working in an iron foundry. Alexander Smith died in 1885.¹

     Alexander Adam Smith was born on 3 March 1829.² He was the son of Francis Gowdie Smith and Susan Gordon.¹ Alexander Adam Smith was baptised on 24 April 1829 at St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh.¹

     Amie E. Smith was born circa 1839 in Kentucky.¹ She was the daughter of Dr. John Rockwell Smith and Sarah Jane Warfield.¹

     Ann Wendell Smith was born on 28 March 1777 10 o'clock Friday morning.¹ She was the daughter of Rev. Peter Thacher Smith and Elizabeth Wendell.¹

     Anna Smith married Colonel William Munroe.¹

     Anna Maria Smith was the daughter of Thomas Smith Jr. and Mary Taylor.¹

     Anne Smith married Capt. Joseph Titcomb, son of Sgt. William Titcomb and Ann Cottle, on 3 October 1721.^1,2

     Anne Smith was born on 19 July 1740.² She was the daughter of Judge William Smith and Mary Hett.¹

     Anne Smith married Rev. William Webber, son of Robert Webber and Mary (Unknown), on 4 November 1758 in Bucknell, Oxford.^1,3

     Arthur Edwards Smith married Elizabeth Fiske Dwight, daughter of William R. Dwight and Mary Warren Fiske.¹ Arthur Edwards Smith was born on 18 March 1864 in Taunton, Massachusetts.¹ His name was legally changed to Arthur Smith Dwight.¹