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Christian Schmidt wasn't from Prussia his family was from the Palatinate of Germany to New York and he was actually born in New York from my research. The Christian Schmidt you're referring to bought land in Wachovia North Carolina but never actually lived on it and his heirs later had it sold and they too never left Germany. This is a commonly re-copied mistake on Ancestry and other genealogy sites.

Robert Smith

Thank You ! There are many autosomal tests on this branch in Ancestry DNA and from Christian Schnidt/ Smith born 1744. There are a few or more in Family Tree DNA, 23andme and some on My Heritage. I am needing good X DNA lines ffrom the sons of Christian Schmidt/ Smith born 1744 died 1800, the father of Christian born 1774 this will aid in finding the Maternal line for Christian born 1774 and his siblings.

Hello Peggy, I am descended from Christian Smith, Christian C. Smith, John D. Smith, Anderson Smith, and so on... I have sent off for my YDNA kit

Robert Smith

Thanks! Have separated the two lines. Be sure if you see anything else to send corrections to info@smithsworldwide.org -would also like verification on the children. If there are still errors here, please discuss

From a previous note of Peggy's

At Christian Schmidt born 1744-1800.  He was not the son of Anna Helena Gründling and Christoph Schmid.

 https://www.carolana.com/NC/Royal_Colony/nc_royal_colony_moravians.html "Anna Helena Gründling was the wife of Christoph Schmid, and came with him to NC in 1758, one of the first party of married couples to arrive. She died in Bethabara in 1790 " Christoph Schmid, born 1715, died in Bethabara 1799.

The only way I could differentuate the Christoph and Christian is they called Christoph and his spouse Anna,  Brother and Sister. Or Christoph Schmid and wife Anna . And Christoph Schmid and wife Anna Helena Gründling, had no issue either before or after their marriage. ( No children ) Anna also died in 1790 but in Bethabera and had been bedridden for at least 9 years.

Christian and his wife was called Good Neighbors, Neighbor or in the original Christian who died in 1767 was called a good friend to the brethern.

The name of his first wife is unknown but according to the https://archive.org/details/recordsofthemora05frie/page/2314/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Christoph+Schmid Note; Very bottom of page 2315.

" Oct. 9 (1790), I went with th elder Transou  to the home of our neighbor Christian Schmidt, to hold the funeral of his wife, who departed peacefully yesterday, after a critical illness of twelve days.".  He was noted as 'neighbor Christian Schmidt and wife".  On August 26, 1791 he married Anagalia Juliana Fiedler- Leinbach who died in 1799.

So, 3 conflated Christian Schmidts/Smiths.

1. Johann Christoph Schmidt d 1799  m Anna Helena Grundling

2. Christian Smith b ? > Stokes Co NC m Ann Limbach (1774 Prussia). I'm assuming this is the one Robert refers to whre he sayd he bought land in Wachovia NC but never actually lived on it, etc. Yes?

3. Christian Smith/Schmidt from Germany > New York.Robert is saying that Christian Columbus Smith is from this one