Person:John Smith (1196)

John Smith, alias Bland
b.Est 1590
  • HJohn Smith, alias BlandEst 1590 - Aft 1663
  • WIsabel DrakeAbt 1579 - 1639
m. Abt 1600
  1. Isabel Smith, alias BlandAbt 1611 - 1698/99
  2. Annabel Smith, alias Bland1613 - 1683
  • HJohn Smith, alias BlandEst 1590 - Aft 1663
  • WJoanna Unknown - Aft Abt 1667
m. Aft 1639
Facts and Events
Name John Smith, alias Bland
Alt Name John Bland
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1590
Marriage Abt 1600 Colchester, Essex County, Englandto Isabel Drake
Marriage Aft 1639 to Joanna Unknown
Death? Aft 2 Nov 1663 Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States

Noyes/Libby/Davis, "Genealogical Diction of Maine and New Hampshire" (1939), pags 95-96 (Corrects Dow's misinformation]. JOhn was know as John SMITH before he moved to Edgartown on Marth's Vineyard in 1646. His daughters used the name BLAND, and his DRAKE Relations claimed to know that he was always a BLAND. se also: Anderson, Robert Charles, FASG, "John Smith of Watertown, Massachusetts, " [The American Genealogist, Jan-Ap 1985], pg 18-31.