Michael NaeSmyth B: 1200 apx D: in Scotland. No marriage information have been found for this union.

Sir James, of Tweeddale, NaeSmyth B: 1245 in Tweeddale, Scotland D: 1306 in Tweeddale, Scotland.

Michael, of Netherton, NaiSmyth B: 1290 in Tweeddale, Scotland D: 1350 in Lanarkshire, Scotland. M:

Jaime Naesmyth B: 1330 in Netherton, Lanarkshire, Scotland D: 1390 in Tweeddale, Scotland. M:

Adam NaeSmyth B: 1370 in Peeblesshire, Scotland D 1420 in Peeblesshire, Scotland M:

Michael NaeSmyth B: 1415 in Breschin, Lanarkshire, Scotland D: 1475 in Breschin, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Johnne NaeSmyth B: 1460 Lararkshire, Scotland D: 1500apx Barns, Peeblesshire, Scotland. M: 

James Naesmyth Royal Falconer B: 1490 Barns, Peeblesshire, Scotland D: 1558 Posso, Peeblesshire, Scotland. M: Isabel 1500 Scotland.

Sir Michael Naesmyth Chamberlain of the Archbishop of St. Andrews B: 1516 High St, Midlothian, United Kingdom D: 1607 M: 1544 Elizabeth Baird B: 1525 High Street, Midlothian, Scotland, Posso Scotland D: 1606, d/o John Baird & Janet Scott, grandfather Sir Gilbert Baird. He was an active supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots. He obtained the lands of Posso and Glenarth in 1544, by right of his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Baird of Posso. The Bairds have ever been a loyal and gallant family. Sir Gilbert, father of John Baird, fell at Flodden in 1513, in defence of his king.

1~Sir Michael Naesmyth 1545-1588, killed at Edinburgh, in a deadly feud between the Scotts and the Naesmyths. In those days a sort of Corsican vendetta was carried on between families from one generation to another.

2~Sir Thomas Naesmyth/Nasmyth B: 1549, in Posso, Scotland D: 1601

3~James Naysmith Royal Falconer B: 1547 D:  1588 M: Joana  inherited the Posso estate and became falconer to King James VI. James was appointed to serve in Claverhouse's troop of horse in 1684. Among the other notable members of the family was James Naesmyth, a very clever lawyer. He was generally known as the "Deil o' Dawyk" His eldest son was long a member of Parliament for the county of Peebles; he was, besides, a famous botanist, having studied under Linnaeus,

4~Sir John Naesmyth B: 1556 D: 09/16/1613 buried in Greyfriars churchyard in Edinburgh where an elaborate monument marks his grave. M: 03/26/1600 Helen Macmath in Edinburgh B: 1583. He was a Scottish surgeon who became surgeon to King James VI of Scotland and was appointed Royal Herbalist in London when the monarch became King James VI and I. He was elected in 1595 as Deacon of the Incorporation of Surgeons and Barbers of Edinburgh. In 1593, he fled to France where he became Chief Surgeon to the Scots Guards of the King of France. Returning to Scotland in 1599, he appears to have been forgiven for his earlier infidelity, and was accepted back into the Royal Court.

1~Anna Naesmyth 1603-  M: James Livingstone

2~James Naesmyth 1607

3~Frederick Naesmyth

4~Henry Naesmyth

Written in Latin on John's tomb: Here lies John Nasmyth, of the family of Posso, an honourable family of Tweedale, a citizen of Edinburgh, chief surgeon to his most Serene Majesty and to the King of France's troop of guards from Scotland - having excellently performedall the duties of a godly life; who dying at London to the grief of both nations, in the exercise of office with his Majesty, ordered his body to be conveyed hither (such was his love to his country), to be buried in this dormitory; acquiting himself to his King, his country and his friends by the utmost of his power and duty. He died in the 57th year of his age, the 10th of September 1613. Why is it grievous to return whence you came?

5~Katharine Naesmyth B: 1558 D: 1600 M: Andrew Wightman

6~Jane Naesmyth B: 1560 D:   M: Thomas Dickson.

7~Christiana Naesmyth B:1562 D:   M: John Tweedy

2~Thomas Naesmyth B: 1549 High St, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom D: 1607  M: 1569 Joanna Veitch, of  Dawyck Castle B: 1555 Drumelzier Pebles, Stobo, Scottish Borders, Scotland D: 1578, d/o William Veitch 1535-1602 Dawyck, Drummelzier, Peebleshire. & Marion Fleming 1539-1585 Renfrewshire, Scotland, Grand-daughter of  James Veitch 1490-1552 & Margaret Cockburn 1460-1545 D:   

Veitch coat of Arms

1~James NaeSmyth, of Posso 1st Baronet 1575-1658 M: 1610 Agnes Burnet 1588 Barns, Peppleshire, Scotland D:

2~John Naesmyth 1576-

3~Katherine Naesmyth 1577-

4~Jane Naesmyth 1578-

Dawyck, or Dawic, Castle is thought to have been built in the 13th century by the Veitch family. A William le Vache signed the Ragman Rolls in 1296, and while he is not specifically named as “of Dawyck”, Veitch family tradition has it that Dawyck was his seat. The Veitch family were originally Normans who arrived in England with William the Conqueror, before later spreading to Scotland. The first Veitch to be designated as “of Dawyck” seems to be William’s grandson, Barnabas le Vache de Dawyk, who was born at Dawyck in 1370 and died there in 1436. The tower house of Dawyck belonged from the 14th to the late 17th centuries to the Veitch family, who towards the end of their tenure began the tradition of planting exotic species in the policies of the house when they established groves of the newly-introduced horse chestnut. During the 16th and 17th centuries the Veitch family had a feud with their neighbours the Tweedie family of Drumelzier. The Veitch family owned the Dawyck estate from 1370 to 1691. In 1691 the Naesmyth family took over the estate, Sir James Naesmyth, 2nd Baronet of Dawyck and Posso (1704–1779); his grandson, Sir John Murray Naesmyth (1803–1876). Sir James Naesmyth, 3rd Baronet, 1763-1829, M: M1: Elenor Naesmyth M2: Harriet Naesmyth, and acquired in 1789 the old glebe of the parish from the ministers of Stobo and Drumelzier. The 4-acre glebe, which lay south-west of the church, carried pasturage rights for a horse, two cows, and forty sheep. John Murray 4th Baronet Nasmyth (1803-) and Mary Majoribanks 1807-, their son James 5th Baronet Naesmyth, 1827 - 1896 M1: Eliza Gordon Brodie 1837-. M2: Agnes Carus Bevan Wilson B: 1827 in Scotland. In 1897 the estate was purchased by Mrs Alexander Balfour.

Dawyck House 1864

An engraving of 1864 showing the entrance front of the Burn house before it was extended.

In 1837 the ruins were demolished by the lawyer Sir John Murray Naesmyth to make way for the present chapel, also used as the family mausoleum. The chapel still contains a probable medieval font, and the chapel bell is said to carry a date of 1642, being recast in 1791.

The Balfour family began as farmers and church elders in Fife, where they can be traced back to 1649. In about 1785, Alexander Balfour 1765-1855, the second son of James Balfour of Kilmany, was apprenticed to a merchant in Dundee, and after completing his term he set up in business in partnership with his friend John Bell. The firm of Bell & Balfour prospered, and in due course both the partners served as Provost of Dundee. His son, Alexander Balfour married a woman twenty years his junior in 1864 and produced seven children over the following twenty years, but all of them were minors when he died of cancer in 1886. His widow promptly rented Mount Alyn, and about 1896 sold it and purchased the Dawyck estate in Peeblesshire in her native Scotland.

Mount Alyn

At the time, the house at Dawyck was probably not much larger than Mount Alyn, although the estate was a great deal bigger.  In 1897 the estate was purchased by Mrs Alexander Balfour, and she commissioned the architect John Archibald Campbell to to double the size of the house with north and south additions in a style that closely matches Burn's original design. He extended the house to the north of the original entrance, concluding on the north side with a two-storey canted bay window in front of a three-storey crowstepped double gable, and on the garden side with a double gable and arcaded veranda, while to the south he enlarged the service accommodation. Campbell also designed the picturesque North Lodge, with a timber-gabled entrance porch supported by red sandstone columns. Inside, the house has oak panelling and discreet Gothic decoration. The best spaces are the wide oak-panelled circular stair, and the billiard room (in the Campbell extension), which has a Gothic lincrusta paper ceiling by Leonard Grandison. Upstairs some of the bedroom doors are finished with panels of yew, presented in 1934 to Col. F.R.S. Balfour (1873-1945) by the future King Edward VIII. In 1909 she commissioned Sir Robert Lorimer to add extensions to the house. Frederick Robert Stephen Balfour (1873-1945), after spending four years in America as a young man, forged a career in London's finance sector, and in 1923, on his mother's death, inherited Dawyck. He became a Fellow of the Linnean Society and in 1927 was awarded the prestigious Victoria Medal for Horticulture. When he died in 1945, Dawyck passed to his only son, Colonel Alexander Norman Balfour (1909-96), who married the BBC radio and television announcer, Elizabeth Cowell. They had no children, but adopted a son and daughter, who grew up at Dawyck. Colonel Balfour, due to the unaffordable cost of restoring the woodland and gardens after damage from storms and frost in the 1960s and 1970s led the family to gift the gardens of Dawyck House to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1978. The Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh opened them to the public in 1984 when restoration was largely complete. The house remained in the occupation of the family until at least 1992, when it was offered for sale. The Balfour family retain ownership of the wider estate, which is now vested in Dawyck Estates Ltd.

Dawyck House: entrance front after the additions by Campbell in 1898 

Dawyck House itself is still owned by the Balfour family and is private

Dawyck: The paler stonework distinguishes Burn's house of the 1830s from the later extension

Sir James Naesmyth I B: 1575 Posso, Peeblesshire, Scotland D: 1658 Dawyck, Peeblesshire, Scotland M: 1610 Agnes Burnet B: 1588 Barns, Manor, Peebles, Scotland D: , d/o William Burnet 1550-1646 & Margaret Stewart 1562-1625.

1~Sir Michael Naesmyth of Posso 1611/baptized 1612-1686 M1: 1635 Barbara Young B: 1618, in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK M2: Janet Bruce Scotland, UK

2~James Naesmyth II 1615-1693 see below

3~John Naesmyth 1613-  M: Isabella Murray B: Scotland D: Scotland, d/o Sir James Murray and Ann Craig, Ann’s father Sir Lewis Craig, Lewis’ father, Sir Thomas Craig, married to Helen Heriot. Additional history below.

4~Thomas Naesmyth 1617-

2~James Naesmyth II B: 1615 Posso, Peeblesshire, Scotland D: 1693 M: 1643 Mary Marie Russell B: 1619 Slipperfield, W. Linton, Tweedale, Scotland. D: 1710

    1~James Naesmyth III, 1st Baronet of Nova Scotia Dawyck & Posso Naesmyth. B: 1644                 Earlshaugh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland D: 1720 Parish, Oswego, NY M: Issobell Loch B:             1643 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland D: 1692 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

1~Arthure Naesmyth 1667 Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland - D: Nesmith,Craven, SC

2~James Naesmyth  IV 1668 Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland  D: 1754 M: 

3~John Naesmyth/Nesmith I B: 1687 Nethertoun, Scotland D: 1750 Nesmtih, Craven, SC  See Below.

4~William Nesmith 1670-1750

5~Alexander Nesmith 1699 Freehold, Monmouth, NJ D: 1751

6~Margaret Nesmith 1700-1775

7~Thomas Nesmith 1703 Freehold, Monmouth, NJ  1704-1749 D: 1786 Mt Pleasant Twp, Warren, PA M: Dorcas Tabitha Foster.

1~Thomas Nesmith B: 11/22/1741, Abington, Philadelphia, PA, D: 10/07/1814, Madison, AL

2~Anne Nesmith 1732-1821 

3~Margaret Nesmith 1734-

4~John Nesmith 1735-1790 

5~Jane Nesmith. 1741-1814 

6~William Nesmith 1744-

3~John Naesmyth/Nesmith I B: 1687 Nethertoun, Scotland D: 1750 Nesmtih, Craven, SC M: 1698 Sarah Brockington 1684- .  About 1700, John signed a lease in Charleston,SC for 500 acres in what shortly became Williamsburg County, in an area near Indiantown.

     1~Alexander Nesmith 1699-1751

     2~John Nesmith II B: 1701 HJ D: 1743 SC

     3~Thomas Nesmith 1703-1786

     4~Margaret Nesmith 1705- M: William Thompson 1705 Scotland D: 1774

     5~Arthue Nesmith 1708-1755

     6~Elizabeth Nesmith 1712-1806

     7~Lemuel Nesmith 1715-1754 M: Mary~

    1~John Nesmith II B: 1701 HJ D: 1743 SC M: 

1~Thomas Neesmith 1786-

2~John Nesmith III 1724-1748

3~Lemuel Nesmith 1725-

4~James Nesmith 1728-1780

5~Robert Nesmith Sr 1729- M: Elizabeth~

1~Robert Nesmith Jr

2~John Nesmith III 1724 Black Mingo Creek Nesmith Williamsburg, SC D: 1748 Black Mingo Creek Nesmith Williamsburg, SC. M: 1744 Margaret Drew 1730-1762 M2:1748 Sara Barr 1729-1761

1~John Nesmith 1744-1826 Amite, Mississippi.

2~Margaret Nesmith 1745-1832 M: William Snow 1735-1807

1~Samuel Nesmith Snow 1790-1833 M: Margaret H Hamilton 1799-1845 M2: Mary Park Humphries 1790-1816.

1~Thomas H Snow 1814 - 1873

2~Gabriel Cleveland Snow 1819 - 1876

3~Samuel Henry Snow 1821 - 1833

4~Margaret P Snow 1825 - 1832

5~Elijah H Snow 1827 - 1894

3~Samuel Nesmith 1746-1817

4~James Nesmith 1749-1802 M: 1766 Nancy Ann Young 1745-1829

1~Ann Nesmith 1767-

2~John Tanner Nesmith 1768-

3~James Nesmith 1774 St George, GA D: 1845 GA M2: 1793 Elizabeth Handley 1773-1832.

1~Bemjamin Nesmith 

2~Elizabeth Nesmith 

3~James Madison Nesmith III 1794-1860 Big Sandy Baptist Church Cemetery, Nicklesville, GA M: Jane Price 1794-1864

1~James Madison Nesmith 1814-1880

2~Calvin Nesmith 1820 - Unknown

3~Garrett Nesmith 1821 - 1863

4~John Matthew Nesmith 1825 - 1911

5~Charles E Nesmith 1828 - 1864

6~William Nesmith 1833 - 1862

7~Jane Nesmith 1834 - 1902

8~Thomas Nesmith 1835-

9~Wiley Nesmith 1842 - 1924

4~John Haymon Nessmith 1796 Screven Ct, GA 1859 M: Rachel Eleanor Freeman 1796-1870

1~Elizabeth Mariann Nessmith 1816 - 1866 M: James Madison Nesmith 1816-1880.

1~Margaret Nesmith 1835-1901

2~Margaret Nessmith 1820- M: Sovereign J Hendley 1816-

3~Samuel Nessmith 1826-

4~Noah Nessmith 1827-1860 M: Nancy Ann Denmark 1842-

1~Julia S Nesmith 1866-

2~Wealthy Ann Nesmith 1869-

5~Elander Nessmith 1830-1865 M: Sarah Martin 1834-1923

1~Margaret Nessmith 1858- 

2~Keziah Nessmith 1859- 

3~James Nessmith 1860- 

6~Albemari Nesmith 1832-1865

7~James Albert Neesmith 1836-1904 M: Mary Elizabeth Denmark 1852-1913 GA.

1~Elera NeeSmith

2~J H NeeSmith

3~Tommy Neesmith

4~William Albert Neesmith 1867-1929 M: 1890 Adah Gordon 1873–1938

5~Margaret Emily Neesmith 1868-1949 M: 1882 Obediah M. Glisson 1856–1931

6~Charlie James Neesmith 1870 - 1871

7~James Charles Neesmith 1870-1941 M: Annie E Sharpe 1881–1944

8~Thomas Jackson Neesmith 1872-1959 M1: Viola James 1868–1928 M2: Dicy Corina Pittman 1885–1971

9~Rachel NeeSmith 1874-1880

10~John Morgan Neesmith 1875-1952 M: Mary Frances Odom 1879–1951

11~Julia F Neesmith 1880-1880

12~Henrietta NeSmith 1883-1916 M: 1898 William Henry Odom 1874-1945

1~Willie Odom 1903

2~Mattie Lee Odom 1905-1980

3~Jeff Roger Odom 1908-

4~Rodgers Odom 1908-

5~Travis A Odom 1909-

6~Louis Odom 1910-

7~Hicks Odom 1912-

13~Idell NeeSmith 1884-1970 M: Robert H. Durrence 1864–1953

14~Susan Ella NeeSmith 1886-1959 M: William Thomas Morgan 1873–1921

15~Ida NeeSmith 1887-1900

16~George Southern NeeSmith 1890-1964

8~John Sovereign Nessmith 1838-1911 M: Rachel Elizabeth Rimes 1839-1913

5~Charles R Nesmith 1798-1868 M: Patience Roberts 1799-1833

1~Elias E Nesmith 1825-1889

2~James P Nesmith 1829-1865

3~John H Nesmith 1830-1863

4~William D Nesmith 1831-1890

5~Thomas Roberts Nesmith 1822-1868

1~Jane Nesmith Wyatt 1847–1893
2~Jane Elizabeth Nesmith Harrell 1847–1894
3~Patience Permelia Nesmith Nesmith 1855–1876

6~Charles Henry Nesmith 1833-1862 M: 1856 Polly Ann Rainey 1832-1904

1~Joseph W. NesSmith 1857–1932
2~David J. NesSmith 1860–1914

7~Mary E Nesmith 1835-1899 M1: John Milton Palmer 1832–1862 M2: Valentine Godwin 1835-1905

1~Neadom Lee Palmer 1860-1928

8~Nathaniel Milton Nesmith 1837-1908 M: Sarah Plamer 1844-1929

1~Charles Ratclif Nesmith 1874–1954
2~Infant Daughter NeSmith 1878–1879
3~Leona Patience NeSmith Brinson 1886–1977

9~Nancy V Nesmith 1839-Unknown

10~Frances H Nesmith 1847-1912

6~Verlinda Nesmith 1801-1830 M: Elihu Morgan 1795-1869

7~Elander Nesmith 1803-1877 M1: Nancy Green 1801 - 1829 M2: Celity Ann Cannon 1810 - 1865 M3: Mary Miranda Johnston 1826 - 1903.

1~Elijah Russell Nesmith 1823 - 1894

2~James Ponder Nesmith 1825 - 1893

3~Matthew Nesmith 1827 - 1895

4~Amanda Nesmith 1832 - 1876

5~Malachi Nesmith 1833 - 1863

6~Margaret Nesmith 1835 - 1895

7~Chyler Nesmith 1838 - 1929

8~Augustus Nesmith 1839 - 1863

9~John Nesmith 1842 - 1862

10~Rebecca Nesmith 1844 - 1938

11~Elander Nesmith 1848 - 1880

12~Nancy Jane Nesmith 1849 - 1927

13~Thomas Jefferson NeSmith 1869 - 1947

8~Frances H C Nessmith 1809-1874 M: 1828 John G Williams 1809-1884

1~Eliza C Williams 1829 Register, GA D: 1898

2~Jane Ann Williams 1831-1900 M: David C Anderson 1827-1899

3~James M Williams 1833-1884 M: Sarah Williams 1831-1895

4~Ceney E Williams 1835-1907 M: David Daniel DeLoach 1836-1907

5~Elizabeth E Williams 1837-1919

6~William M Williams 1839-1915

7~John Williams 1841-1863 CSA

8~Mary Jane Williams 1845-1932

10~Aaron Williams 1847-1902  M: Mary Jane DeLoach 1851-1946

1~John Isom Williams 1884-1925

11~Frances Emaline Williams 1850-1922 M: James E Bowen 1850-1935

12~Sarah Charlotte Williams 1853 - 1930 M: William Raleigh Nevils 1852-1935

4~Charles Robert Nesmith 1780 St Georges Parish, GA D: 1877 Burke, GA M: Jane Hills 1785-1860. M: Stephen Johnson M2: Samuel Moore

1~Margaret Nesmith 1813-1879

5~Mary Nesmith 1782-

6~Sara Nesmith 1785-1850

5~Thomas Nesmith 1750-1809 M: Mary

6~Nathaniel Drew Nesmith 1754 Black Mingo Nesmith Williamsburg, SC D: 1800 M: Ann

1~Samuel Nesmith 1780-  M: Margaret Heddelson M2: Margaret McKnight 1780-

7~Lemuel Nesmith 1756-1826

8~Robert Nesmith 1758-1837 M: Sarah Elizabeth Britton 1788-1870

1~Elizabeth Nesmith 1803 Williamsburg, SC M: 1870 Williamsburg, SC M: Willias Godwin 1802-1879

2~Lemuel W Nesmith 1806 Williamsburg, SC D: 1879 Williamsburg, SC M:

3~David Nesmith 1808 Williamsburg, SC D: 1855 M: Sarah M Arnett 1810-

4~Sarah Ann Nesmith 1816 - Unknown

5~Joseph N Nesmith 1822 Williamsburg, SC D: 1860

6~Benjamin Malcom Nesmith 1823 Kingstree, SC D: 1884 Kingstree, SC M: Sarah Brockington 1820-1899

1~Benjamin Silas Nesmith 1845-1879

2~William Edward Nesmith 1847-1896

3~Euphraisia Nesmith 1849- 

4~Mason Davis Nesmith 1851-1872

5~George Benjamin Nesmith 1854-1925

6~Whiteford L Nesmith 1855-

7~Preston B Nesmith 1858-1866

9~Sarah Nesmith 1760 Marion, SC D: 1826 Marion, SC M: Benjamin Britton

The unincorporated town of Nesmith, SC, off the Nesmith Road. The town consists of a fire station, a gas station with a county store, a church, the Nesmith cemetery, and farm houses.

The Black Mingo Baptist Church and old Burying Ground in Nesmith, Williamsburg County, SC

3~John Naesmyth 1613-  M: Isabella Murray B: 1613 Scotland D: Scotland, d/o Sir James Murray and Ann Craig, Ann’s father Sir Lewis Craig, Lewis’ father, Sir Thomas Craig, married to Helen Heriot.

1~James Naesmyth B: 1654-6 Scotland D: 1720

2~John Naesmyth B: 1656 Posso, Peeblesshire, Scotland D: M: 1687 Margaret Bell

1~James Deacon Nesmith B: 1692 Valley of River Bann Ireland D: 05/09/1767 Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH. M: 12/25/1714 Elisabeth McKeen B: 1696 Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland D: 04/29/1763, Londonderry, NH, d/o Rev. & Justice James McKeen, Jr. mother, Janet Cochran.

1~Arthur Nesmith B: 1716 in Bann Villa, Down, Ireland D: Ireland

2~James Deacon Nesmith, Jr B: 08/14/1718 North Ireland D: 1793. M: 1743 Mary Dinsmore 1718-

3~Capt. Arthur Deacon Nesmith B: 04/03/1721 in Londonderry, NH. M: Margaret Hopkins.

4~Jean Nesmith B: 08/12/1723 in Londonderry, NH.

5~Mary Nesmith B: 1726 in Londonderry, NH.

6~John W. Nesmith B: 1728 in Londonderry, NH. D: 1815 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH M: Isabella/Elizabeth Reid B: 1729 Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH, d/o James [Deacon] Reid, born in Scotland 1695 and mother, Mary

1~Arthur Deacon Nesmith B: 02/23/1760 in Londonderry NH D: 04/06/1823 Medina, OH M: Mary “Polly” Duncan B: 1780 D:

1~Cyrus Arthur Nesmith B: 10/24/1801 Antrim, Hillsborough Co., NH D:    M: Morenda Hurlbut, born 1810 in Canada

1~P. Jane Nesmith B: 1836 in Ohio

2~Milton Webster Nesmith B: 05/28/1837 in Medina, OH D: 12/25/1923 Calvert, Dundy Co., Nebraska, buried Mt. Zion Cemetery, Dundy Co., NE M: 06/18/1863 Susan R. Wallahan, born October 2, 1843, Columbiana Co., OH.

1~George G. Nesmith B: 1865 in Woodford Co., IL D:

2~Milton William Nesmith B: 1868 in of Metamora Twp., Woodford Co., IL D

3~Bertha E. "Burty" Nesmith B: 0222/06/1870 in of Metamora Twp., Woodford Co., IL D:

4~Cyrus Arthur Nesmith B: 01/05/1872 in of Metamora Twp., Woodford Co., IL D:

5~Frank Orlando Nesmith B: 04/17/1874 in of Metamora Twp., Woodford Co., IL D: 03/08/1954 M: 12/16/1900 Nellie Alby Bride B: 1880 NE D:

Frank Orlando Nesmith and Nellie Alby Bride

Parents of Nellie Bride Nesmith_Samantha E. Loker and Charles A. Bride

1~Ruth Adell Nesmith B: 11/10/1901 Natick Middlesex, MA D: 1982 Ephrata, WA M: Jesse Wall Terry Sr B: 03/12/1900 D: 09/11/1965 Seattle, WA

1~Jesse Wall Terry, Jr. B: 08/20/1923 D: 10/28/2010 M: Maryeve Colkett Wilcox

March 1924: Jesse Wall Terry Sr., Jesse Jr., and Ruth Adell Nesmith Terry

2~William Bertrand Terry B: 01/31/1928 D: 09/17/1992 M: Yvonne Perry

3~Donna Patricia Terry B: 08/02/1931 Holyoke, CO D: 09/06/2003 Ephrata, WA M: 09/20/1950 William Thomas  Lowe.

2~Vera Leona Nesmith B: 01/06/1905 in MA, D: 05/18/1956 Wauneta, Chase Co NE M: Wilfred George Maddux 1899 - 1945.

3~Fern Marie Nesmith “Jean” B: 07/02/1908 in of Wauneta, Chase Co., NE M: Walter Fox

6~Nellie C. Nesmith B: 1876 in of Metamora Twp., Woodford Co., IL D:

7~James W/N/M Nesmith B: 01/06/1879 in of Metamora Twp., Woodford Co., IL D:

8~Charles Earnest Nesmith B: 11/30/1880 in of Metamora Twp., Woodford Co., IL D:

3~Mary A. Nesmith B: 05/12/1839 in Medina, OH

4~Arthur E. Nesmith B: 12/28/1838 in Medina, OH

5~Sgt George W Nesmith B: 1842 in OH

6~John D. Nesmith B: 1850 Metamora Twp, Woodford Co., IL

7~Charles L. Nesmith B: 1852 Metamora Twp, Woodford Co., IL

7~Elizabeth Nesmith B: 1730 in Londonderry, NH.

8~Thomas Nesmith B: 1732 in Londonderry, NH. M: Annis Wilson.

9~Benjamin Nesmith B: 09/04/1734 Londonderry, NH. M: Agnes Gilmore

3~Anne Naesmyth B:  D:   M1: George Galbraith 1681 M2: John Callander 1693

4~Isabel Naesmyth B:  D:  M: William Edmonstoun 1699



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Greyfriars Churchyard

The Tomb of John Naesmyth

Greyfriars Churchyard is one of the most interesting places in Edinburgh. The National Covenant was signed there by the Protestant nobles and gentry of Scotland in 1638. The prisoners taken at the battle of Bothwell Brig were shut up there in 1679, and, after enduring great privations, a portion of the survivors were sent off to Barbadoes. When I first saw the tombstone, an ash tree was growing out of the top of the main body of it, though that has since been removed. In growing, the roots had pushed out the centre stone, which has not been replaced. The tablet over it contains the arms of the family, the broken hammer-shafts, and the motto "Non arte sed marte." There are the remains of a very impressive figure, apparently rising from her cerements. The body and extremities remain, but the head has been broken away. There is also a remarkable motto on the tablet above the tombstone -- "Ars mihi vim contra Fortunce; which I take to be, "Art is my strength in contending against Fortune." 

London, October 1885 

Alexander Balfour 1824-1886 

Airlie Lodge

Dundee an early calotype photograph of 1860 

Lt-Col. Frederick Robert Stephen 1873-1945