This eccentric monument, erected in 1909 in Lakeview cemetery, Patchogue, NY., purports to show the "complete" genealogy of the "Rock" Smiths from early Colonial days to Mrs. Ruth Newey Smith, who erected the monument. Hundreds of names are inscribed on the monument. This monument was transcribed by Mrs. Caleb M. Edwards, and appeared in the Long Island newspaper, Newsday, 16 Sep 1993. Unfortunately several errors have since been identified which makes the account fundamentally flawed.  "Joshua Smith of Coram was not a descendant of the "Rock" Smiths, as stated on the monument, and repeated by Mather (at p. 564), and countless others since.  Nor was he a descendant of Arthur Smith, "the Quaker", who happened to build his home in Setauket against a large rock.  His correct ancestry is Joshua-5, John-4, William-3, Bartholomew-2, William-1, as first pointed out by Jacobus in 1949 (TAG 25:68), and as corrected and amplified by Fred C. Hart in 2003 (TAG 78:30)."  -Ted Sanford
     Even so, the monument is extremely interesting.

Monument to Mrs. Ruth Newey Smith, Lakeview Cemetery, Patchogue