Person:John Smead (1)
John Smead
b.27 Aug 1671 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
d.30 Apr 1720 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 31 Dec 1658
  1. William Smead1660 - 1675
  2. Elizabeth Smead1663 - 1682
  3. Judith Smead1664/65 - 1718/19
  4. Mehitable Smead1666/67 - Abt 1704
  5. Samuel Smead1669 - 1730/31
  6. John Smead1671 - 1720
  7. Ebenezer Smead1675 - 1753
  8. Thankful Smead1677 - 1704
  9. Waitstill Smead1679/80 - 1704
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Smead1671 - 1720
  • W.  Anna Weld1672 - 1712
m. 22 Nov 1699
  1. Submit Smead1701 - 1701
  2. John Smead1702 -
  3. Mehitabel Smead1704 - 1782
  4. William Smead1706 -
  5. Anna Smead1708/09 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 31 Dec 1714
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Facts and Events
Name[1][4] John Smead
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 27 Aug 1671 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 22 Nov 1699 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United Statesto Anna Weld
Marriage 31 Dec 1714 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abigail Brown
Death[4][5] 30 Apr 1720 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts: Corbin Collection Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003)
    10 [dup. p. 12].

    Smeed, John, s. William & Elizabeth, [born] Aug. 27, 1671.

  2. ↑ Trumbull, James Russell. History of Northampton : Northampton Genealogies, 1640-1838. (Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States: n.p., bef 1899)
    439.

    "John (Smead) b. Aug. 27, 1671; d. ____."
    "John (Smead): b. 1673."

  3. ↑ 2. William Smead, in Sheldon, George. A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts: the Times when and the People by whom it was Settled, Unsettled, and Resettled, with a Special Study of the Indian Wars in the Connecticut Valley; with Genealogies. (Greenfield, Mass.: Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1895-1896)
    2:2:301.

    "John, Aug. 27, 1670; d. in infancy."
    "John, Aug. 27, 1673 (4)."

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4. John Smead, in Sheldon, George. A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts: the Times when and the People by whom it was Settled, Unsettled, and Resettled, with a Special Study of the Indian Wars in the Connecticut Valley; with Genealogies. (Greenfield, Mass.: Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1895-1896)
    2:2:302.

    "4. John (Smead), s. of William (2), b. 1673; lived at Wapping; selectman, assessor, etc.; in the Meadow fight he received a bullet in his thigh which he carried to his grave; in 1743 his son John presented the Gen. Court a petition with the following certificate, and 200 acres of land were granted him for his father’s service: 'I was in the Deerfield Meadow fight & see the said Smead kill an Indian. Some of the soldiers took off the Indian’s scalp & secured it & I see the said John Smead shoot at another Indian which he gave a mortal wound & the Indian died in a short time at the place where he received the wound or very near the place. Ebenezer Warner.' In spite of his wound this brave fighter brought in his gun and all his equipments; he d. Apr. 30, 1720."

  5. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1920)
    312.

    "Smead, … Jno., [died] Apr. 30, 1720. Head of family."

  6.   John Smead of Deerfield, in Hampshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1660-1889
    133-13:1-8.
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