Smith and Jones and Brown

Smith, Jones, and Brown are three of the top five most common surnames in America. If you have these names in your family tree, maybe you can relate to this poem found in American Genealogist magazine:

Source: American Genealogist magazine, Vol 15 Issue 3 p192 [Link]

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For those in my family, none of my known ancestors bore the name Jones, but several were Smiths and Browns, shown in the list below. Notice, 9 of the 11 were female, and I've only identified the fathers of two of them, and no further. Why? Because these names are very confusing to research! If anyone can help, please do!

​Name	Branch	Relationship	Notes:
Catherine Smith	Hollenbeck	3rd Great-Grandmother	​Mrs. Wm. McGinnis
Nicholas Smith	Hollenbeck	4th Great-Grandfather	​Father of Catherine ^
Ruth Smith	Harvey	7th Great-Grandmother	​Mrs. Jacob Wilson
Ann Elizabeth Smith	Harvey	11th Great-Grandmother	Mrs. Wm. Knowlton Sr.
Agnes Smith	Harvey	11th Great-Grandmother	Mrs. John Webster
Margaret Smyth	Harvey	11th Great-Grandmother	​Mrs. John Watson
Ann Smith	Decker	14th Great-Grandmother	Mrs. Samuel Wilbur (Sr)
Mary Polly Brown	Leonard	3rd Great-Grandmother	Mrs. Charles R. Leonard
​Julia Brown	Harvey	4th Great-Grandmother	Mrs. Alpheus Stowell
John Brown	Harvey	5th Great-Grandfather	Father of Julia Brown ^
Anne Browne	Decker	13th Great-Grandmother	Mrs. Adam Winthrop

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