It is important to remember this information is still in question as it sheds questionable light on previous thoughts.  As with all new informatio more questions often arrise then answers.

Information comes directly from the following:

"Memoir of Philippe Maton Wiltsee and his Descendants"Wiltsee, Jerome, Sr. Memoir of Philippe Maton Wiltsee and his Descendants. This book contains historical information of the descendants of Philippe Maton Wiltsee.  Bibliographic Information: G.W. Myers, Atchison, Kansas, 1908. by Jerome Wiltsee, Sr.MCMVIII. Copyrighted 1908 by JEROME WILTSEE Sr. Published June 1908

                              IT TREATS OF THE DESCENDANTS OF HEN. SMITH, THE CORNELIUSES, ALIAS CORNELLS, AND OF DAVID CARY.

                     FROM THE ARRIVAL OF GOVERNOR WENTWORTH WITH IMIGRANTS AT MASSACHUSETTS  BAY AND THE SETTLEMENT OF ROXBURY BY PYCHON, AND THE SETTLEMENT OF WATERTOWN BY RICHARD SALTONSTALL, UNTIL THE SETTLEMENT OF DAVID CARY AT POWNAL, VERMONT.

                                                FROM A. D. 1630 TO A. D. 1765.

             New Plymouth--Arrival of Governor Wentworth and Associates--Boston, Roxbury  and Watertown Settled--Warwick Grants Land in Connecticut to Lord  Say and Seal, Lord Brook, Saltonstall and Others--People From Watertown  and Roxbury Move to Wethersfield--Discontents From Watertown Move There in 1635--Malcontents Move From Wethersfield, Go to the Sound and Settle Ripawam--Richard Denton and Others Buy Land on Long Island at Hempstead, and Move There in 1644--Name of the Original Owners--Plan of Settlement--Herding Cattle--Must Attend Meetings--Churches Built--the Smiths--John Rox Smith--Other Smiths--John Smith's Deed of Gift--Land  Allotted to Jeremy Smith--Children of John Smith Rox--Descendant of Hen. Smith--Smiths of Hempstead--Jeremiah Smith--Jeremiah Smith's Will--Joseph Smith--Richard Smith--French Settler of Flushing, David Cary--David Cary a Resident of Pownal, Vt.--Successive Deeds of Lot  50 From John Van Ornum Dawn to David Cary--Elizabeth Smith and Descendants.
 

In April, 1662, the Town arranged to build a house for the minister. August 30, 1663, arrangements were made to build a Meeting house twenty-six feet by
twenty-six. December 6, 1689, it was voted that a Meeting House should be built in Jamaica 60 feet long and 30 feet wide. It was finished in1702 and remained
standing until 1813. This church was built by the Independents at the public expense. Hempstead and Jamaica were separated in 1693.
A family tradition says that Henry Smith settled in Plymouth and accompanied Mr. Pychon to Roxbury with his family, where his son John's wife became
mother of a son named John, who was called John Smith Rox, from his having been born at Roxbury--to distinguish him from others of the Smith family.
Henry Smith moved with his family to Wethersfield and from there to Ripawam, but the name does not appear except as given elsewhere as "Hen Smith." He
died, but his descendants went to Hempstead, Long Island at the time of the Richard Denton exodus in the spring of 1644. In the list of those who moved
to Hempstead from Samford are John Smith, John Smith, Jr., Rock, William, James and Abraham Smith, all, probably, sons of the deceased Hen Smith, of
Wethersfield.

             John Smith2 did not locate with the others of the colony. He went on with his family until he could see the Great South Bay from the meadow lands of Merrick, and located there, east of Freeport and west of Bellmore in 1644. The savages were cheerful, and kind, and welcomed John Smith to Merrick. The Smiths thrived and increased; and the descendants of John Smith, Rox, were and still are known as Smiths, Rox, or Rock Smiths. A John Smith Rock of Merrick signed a declaration of submission to Congress in 1776; and at the present day nearly all of the Smiths of Merrick are of this line of descent.
 When an account of the valuation of the estates of the inhabitants of Hempstead was taken in 1685, John Smith owned 260 acres of land. Rec. of the Town of N. Hempstead, Aug. 21, 1662. "The Deed of Gift: I, Anna Wood, the wife of John Wood, formerly of R. I., due hereby give and bequeath unto John Smith of Hempstead, my wellbeloved son Jonathan Wood, who will be about ye 29 September next ensuing, the date hereof, 4 years old, for his owne to live and abide with him or his heirs until he come to be 21 years of age."

            John Smith3 Rox, s. of John Smith, s. of Hen. Smith, b. at Roxbury, Mass., was an original proprietor of Hempstead, L. I.  May 13, 1659, John Smith Rock was licensed to keep an Ornary in Hempstead, and sell meat, and drink, and lodging for strangers with their retinues, both for men
and for horses. John Smith Rox is supposed to have m. Elizabeth Wood, da. of Jeremiah Wood, and to have named his second son, Jeremiah, after him.

                                    CHILDREN OF JOHN SMITH ROX AND ELIZABETH WOOD.

                   I.  John Smith Rox, Jr.
                  II.  Jeremiah Smith.
                 III.  Joseph Smith,
                  IV.  Jonithan Smith.
                   V.  (???) Smith, mother of Samuel Denton.
                    VI. Elizabeth Smith, d. Jan. 2, 1739.
             When the list of the inhabitants of the town of Hempstead was taken John Smith, John Smith, Jr., Jonathan Smith and Samuel Denton were residents of that place.

             Records of the town of North and South Hempstead, Long Island, N. Y., page 258. (This is a true Copy Extracted out of the deed of gift by me. NATHANIEL PARSALL, Clerk.) SMITHS OF HEMPSTEAD IN 1683.

             The Smith inhabitants of the Town of Hempstead in Oct., 1683, were the following, the names appear in "An Account of Ye Valuation of the Estates of thee Inhabitants of Ye Town of Hempstead On Long Island: Is as Followeth October 11, 1683. The Names of the Inhabitants.

John Smith blew, John Smith Shoovrn, Joseph Smith, Jonathan Smith Rox, John Smith Rox, Sr, William Smith, Abraham Smith, John Smith Rox, Jur, John Smith Nan, Jonathan Smith Senr.

SMITHS NOT DESCENDED FROM HEN. SMITH.

             "The Annals of Hempstead" give accounts of John Smith of Orum, England, and of John Smith of Halifax, England. In 1661, there was a John Freeman Smith.

                                               SMITHS OF HEMPSTEAD IN 1685.

             At a meeting of the freeholders of Hempstead, held on April 3d, 1685, there were 261 present. The following of the name of Smith were of the number, and owners of the subjoined amounts of land:
 

             Abraham Smith, land 150 acres.
             William Smith,land 100 acres.
             John Smith, land 260 acres.
            John Smith Rock, land 50 acres.
            John Smith Rock, Jr., land 230 acres.
             Jonathan Smith, Sr., land 220 acres.
             Jonathan Smith, land 180 acres.
             Jeremiah Smith, land 100 acres.
             John Smith Blue,land 368 acres.
             Joseph Smith,land 156 acres.
             Isaac Smith, land 22 acres.
             Peter Smith, land 11 acres.
             Sam Smith, land 11 acres.
                                                 --(See Thomp. Hist. of L. I., p. 350.)
 

                                                      LAND BARTERED.

                                                   Oyster Bay, February 14, 1687.
             "I John Smith Roc with my sons Joseph and Jonathan bartered allotments of land etc."

                                                     JOHN SMITH'S WILL.

             The will of John Smith of Hempstead, L. I., July 2, 1694, names "wife Elizabeth, sons Jonathan and Jeremy, daughter's son Samuel Denton, da. Elizabeth.

             III. Joseph Smith4 was Capt. of a company of foot soldiers in Hempstead on Dec. 30, 1689.

             He was justice of the peace in 1690, and in 1700 he was Capt. of a company of foot soldiers in Hempstead.

                               BAPTISMAL RECORDS OF ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, HEMPSTEAD, JAN. 29, 1723.

                     Benjamin, s.  |
                     Elizabeth, d. |Joseph and Mary Smith.
                     Richard, s.   |
             IV. Johnathan Smith4, Rox1, s. of John Smith Rox, s. of John Smith, s. of "Hen" Smith, built one of the first houses in Merrick of stone. It was standing at the end of the 19th century.
 

             (*)"The Annals of Hempstead" gives accounts of John Smith of Orum. England, and of John Smith of Halifax, England. In 1661 there was a John
Freeman Smith.
     In this table are all the Smiths of the exodus but James, who lived in New Town. They are Abraham, William and John Smith, supposed to be
sons of Hen. Smith. Of the third generation are John Smith, Rock, Jonathan, Sr., Joseph and Jeremiah. Of the fourth generation are John Smith, Rock, Jun.,
Jonathan, Peter and  Sam. There may have been others who left Hempstead, and younger ones that we haven't got. No church records were kept until 1725, and there is no other extant.

BAPTISMAL RECORDS OF ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH.

                    May 14, 1728.    Treadwell, s.|Jonathan and Elizabeth Smith.
                     William, s.  |Oct. 1, 1739. Elizabeth,d. Jonathan  (deceased), Elizabeth Smith.

             V. Miss Smith, mother of Samuel Denton, probably, m. Samuel Denton, one of the original proprietors of Hempstead. The Dentons who affiliated with the descendants of Jeremiah Smith, probably, descended from them. Samuel Denton1 lived in Hempstead in1683, and in 1688. They are mentioned in the records down to near the end of the 18th century, as soldiers of Dutchess Co.

                                       MARRIAGE IN ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, HEMPSTEAD.

             Feb. 14, 1728. Joseph Denton and Elizabeth Smith.
            Oct. 14, 1732. Benjamin Smith and Elizabeth Denton.

                                       BAPTISMS IN ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, HEMPSTEAD.

             March 13, 1736. Susannah, da. of Benjamin and Elizabeth Smith.
            Nov. 17, 1757. Joseph Denton, yeoman, and Hannah Thorn acted as witnesses of the will of Wm. Fowler of Crum Elbow, Dutchess County.

                                                 BENJAMIN DENTON'S WILL.

             Aug. 12,          Denton, Benjamin, of Amenia Precinct, Dutchess Co. Wife
              1771.        Ruth, sons Benjamin and John, daughters Sarah Ann and Rachel,
             July 10,      home farm, land in Sharon Township, Count. Executor, son Benjamin.
              1780.        jamin. Witnesses Russell Hopkins, Ruth Peek, and Hannah Purday.

                                                      JEREMIAH SMITH.

             II. Jeremiah Smith4, s. of John Smith Rox, s. of John Smith, s. of "Hen" Smith, b. about 1656, m., probably, Anne Cornell, da. of Richard Cornell of Flushing, in 1678.
     March 28, 1676, his father gave him a deed to one lot of meadow lying in Little Neck; eastward of the town [of Hempstead in Flushing] and a right in the commons, &c.

                                  RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH AND SOUTH HEMPSTEAD.

             At the allotment of land made April 9, 1671, Jeremiah Smith had drawn Lot. No. 29, and John Smith Rock lot 41. Ibid, pp. 258 and 311.

             Oct. 11, 1687, Jeremiah Smith owned property valued at o130 in Hempstead, and property valued at o66 in Huntington township. In 1685, April
3d, he owned 100 morgens of land in Hempstead.

             Jan. 2, 1690, he was commissioned ensign by Gov. Leister. He was Capt. of the Hempstead Foot Comapny of Militia in 1700. He was a witness to the will of Richard Smith of Hempstead April 3, 1706. "Jeremiah Smith's Ear mark is a Latch marke in ye near eare & a bit in ye same Eare and a Half peney on ye under side of ye off ear. Recorded this 25 day of November, 1683, by me.

                 Page 462.                                       FRANCIS CHAPPEL, Clerk.
             From a record of the children baptized "in ye towns of Hempstead" beginning Anno Dom. 1680.

             "Jeremiah Smith Jun ye son of Jeremiah Smith, Sen., was born ye 8th of Nov. 1680, and was baptized ye 16th of March, Ano Dom. 1681." The dates of birth and baptisms of his other children are unknown.
 

             1 Son by adoption.

1 Doc. Hist. of N. Y., Vol. III, p. 197.
JEREMIAH SMITH'S WILL1.

                             Jeremiah Smith [wife Anne] of Herricks, Town of Hempstead,
             Oct. 23,    Long Island, bequeaths property to eldest son, Jeremiah, To son
               1725.     John, To son Richard--for my grandchildren, Elizabeth and Ann;
             April 2,    children of my eldest daughter, Hannah Cornell, To grandchildren
               1726.     Elizabeth and Hannah; children of my second daughter, Elizabeth Cornell; To my two youngest daughters Rachel Wiltsie and Anne Smith; To son James; To son Thomas.
                                                              BENJ. SEAMANS,JR.,
                                                              JOSHUA CARMAN,
                                                              WM. WILLIS.
             I. Jeremiah Smith5, son of Jeremiah Smith, son of John Smith Rox, son of John Smith, son of Henry Smith, born November 8,1680, does not appear, elsewhere in the record, than in his father's will.

             II. John Smith5, son of Jeremiah Smith, son of John Smith, Rox., son of John Smith, son of Henry Smith, probably, born in 1682, and mentioned in his father's will, is also mentioned as a soldier in the "List of the Queens County Company of Soldiers Commanded by Capt. Jacob Hicks1 in 1738."

             Doc. Hist. of New York State, Vol. IV, p. 209.

             He had a son John Smith, Jr., in the same company with him, and he probably had a son Benoni Smith and a son Joseph, who m. Elizabeth Cornell, and others.

             John Smith6, son of John Smith, son of Jeremiah Smith, son of John Smith Rox, son of John Smith, son of "Hen" Smith, m. Margaret Wiltsee4,
da. of Martin Wiltsee.

             The genealogy of John Smith's family is completed in the line of Margaret Wiltsee4. They moved to Dutchess Co., N. Y.

             Benoni Smith,6 son of John Smith, son of Jeremiah Smith, son of John Smith Rox, son of John Smith, son of "Hen" Smith, is mostly  known by
tradition. He moved to the Hampshire Grants about 1755.

             On a "Petition For the Confirmation By New York of Certain N. H. Grants," dated Dec. 1770, is the name Benoni Smith.

             It had also appeared among the names of the signers of a "Petition From Cumberland and Gloucester Counties To the King" to oppose the
annexation of territory to New Hampshire, dated 1st November, 1770.

             In the "Skedule of the names of the inhabitants of the Township of Guilford, County of Cumberland, dated June 9th, 1772, is Benoni  Smith, Wife & 7 children."

             Joseph Smith,6 son of John Smith, son of Jeremiah Smith, son of John Smith Rox, son of John Smith, son of Henry Smith, m Elzabeth Cornel.

                                       MARRIAGE IN ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, HEMPSTEAD.

             April 29, 1733. Joseph Smith and Elizabeth Cornel.

                                       BAPTISMS IN ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, HEMPSTEAD.

             Jan. 29, 1734. John7, s. Joseph and Elizabeth Smith.
             Nov. 15. 1760. Joseph7, s.; Anna7, d.; Sarah7, d., adults. Joseph Smith and Elizabeth Smith.

             Joseph Smith had moved to Rembout Precint, D. Co., several years previous to 1760. The last three whose baptismal records appear in the St. George's Church, Hempstead, were taken into the congregation at Rembout, Duchess Co., by the minister of Hempstead, L. I., when at Rembout.

             Joseph Smith was enrolled as one of the soldiers of the militia of Oblong, Beckman Precinct, D C., N. Y., in 1755.

             On May 20, 1761, Joseph Smith bought 115 acres and 50 rods of land, situated at the easterly end of Rembout Precinct, Dutches Co., N. Y.,
of Jacob Wiltsee of Rembout.

             III. Richard Smith5, s. of Jeremiah Smith, s. of John Smith Rox, s. of John Smith, s. of Hen.1 Smith, m. Joanna (???)
 

             1 Wills of the Smith Families of New York and Long Island, 1664-1794, p. 13.

WILL OF RICHARD SMITH.

              1757,            Smith, Richard R. of New York City, schoolmaster and mariner.
             July 15.      Wife Joanne niece Mary Trogatt, da. of sister. Real and personal
              1758,        estate, the wife executrix, etc.
             June 23.          Richard Smith was a witness to a will in New York City,June 4, 1755.
             IV. Hannah Smith5, daughter of Jeremiah Smith, having died previous to the making of Jeremiah Smith's will was represented by her daughters Elizabeth and Anna Cornell as her heirs.

             V. Elizabeth Smith5, daughter of Jeremiah Smith, having died before the making of Jeremiah Smith's will was represented by her daughters Elizabeth and Hannah Cornell as her heirs.

             A family tradition asserts that Samuel Cornelius alias Cornell was the husband of Hannah Smith, and that Joseph Cornelius was the husband
of Elizabeth Smith.

             In "An Exact List of All Ye Inhabitants Names Within Ye Tonne of fflushing And P'cinct Of Old And Young ffreemen & Servants White & Black &c 1698," these names are given: "John Cornelius & Mary his wife--10 John Daniel Sam'll Joseph Deborah Mary phebe Sarah, Negro Yambo1." (See Doc. Hist. of New York State, Vol. I, p. 663.)
             Peter Jan de Witt with fourteen Frenchmen and an interpreter arrived at New Amsterdam on the 16th of Feb., 1660. A few of them went to
Flushing and began horticultural pursuits, and the establishment of a nursery. John Cornelius and his family were of the
             French Huguenots engaged in this business, and of those who developed the Bell Pear, the Lady Apple and the New Town Pippen from a
seedling apple tree, raised in Newtown by Marten Wiltsee, and furnished to the nursery with others; and now cultivated throughout the Northern States,
in the hilly country south, and on the Pacific Coast.
             From these nurserymen, by the training they gave Marten Wiltsee, the descendants of Marten down to the family of the writer's father acquired tastes for horticultural pursuits, and for the cultivation, by grafting and budding, of the many kinds of tame fruit, and gardening in connection with farming.