SMALLWOOD FAMILY HISTORY

THE SMALLWOOD FAMILY IN NORTH AMERICA

Historical background

There are a number of sites related to the Smallwoods of Maryland US, largely descendants of Colonel James Smallwood, of which the best is that by Ray Gurganus which incorporates a searchable database of 3607 names (at 24 Jul 2006) including 1600 Smallwoods. There is also a fairly extensive (300 name) Smallwood tree originating in Maryland and spreading elsewhere, prepared by Bob Smallwood. Other Maryland Smallwood families are incorporated in the trees for Middleton (brief mention of Alice and Thomas around 1700), Peterson/Owens (a small group of descendants of Colonel James), Grayson (Eleanor in 1780's), Wollman Russell (69 names including the Colonel) and Maddox (brief mention of a Mary, 1685). There are also a few Florida Smallwoods (1800's) in the Riviere tree, a mention of Lillian Smallwood (1800's) in a South Carolina Taliaferro tree, a small number of Ohio Smallwoods (originating in Maryland in the early 1800's) in the King tree, and a reasonably extensive Kentucky Smallwood tree (about 1800-present) by Rod Raisanen. There are a couple of recent Smallwoods (location unknown) on Katrina Collier-Hall's Georgia tree.

Documented trees

There is a significant job to be done in consolidating the information on North American Smallwood trees (and researchers) into a simple summary, and anyone interested in helping to achieve this would be warmly encouraged to contribute to the site. Please contact Ian Hall to discuss this if you're interested.

Other (currently unconnected) research interests

Any inquiries relating to this page should be addressed to Ian Hall.