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 Smiths of Haven-where in England?-is it Cornwall? (55-JAN)

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PostSubject: Smiths of Haven-where in England?-is it Cornwall? (55-JAN)   Fri 16 Jan 2009 - 22:43

HAVEN - where is it in England?

Does anyone know anything about a place in England called Haven?
other than in Cornwall? which is the only county for which I can find any references for a place of that name. So could Haven in Cornwall be correct for the place where Jan Knowlton's ancestor John Evander Smith left his family (Haven in England) when he set sail for America in 1819?

Jan sent her interests to the Smith Project in 2005 in view of her interest in Smiths of Douglas, Isle of Man, where her John Evander Smith was born. According to the US census his birth date was around 1798-1800.

Jan's Interests Summary (Project ID 55-JAN/IoM-1) was recently
moved from the Project's original site and recompiled at
>> Smith Interest List Lancs, WRYorks & Isle of Man Page 18>>

Her summary includes a transcription of John Evander Smith's own notes in the family Bible, as follows:

"The Isle of Man is the place of my
nativity - The town of Douglas the
principal city, location in the Irish Sea.

I left my family in Haven, England at
which place I was bound an apprentice
to Anthony Smith, a sea captain in
the year 1810.

He was Commander of an English
vessel called the 'Friendship' - came
to the United States in October 1819 -
Landed in New York City."


A copy of this also posted on our North America Board
Topic John Evander Smith b.IoM c1800-To America 1819 (55-JAN)

Related Topic: Smiths: Douglas Isle of Man(55-JAN/IoM-1)

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