Person:John Smith (954)
Captain John Smith
chr.25 Jul 1623 Stratton-St. Michael, Norfolk, England
d.27 Apr 1695 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 15 Sep 1618
  1. Judith Smith1621 -
  2. Captain John Smith1623 - 1695
  3. Ensign Henry Smith1626 - 1676
  4. Elizabeth Smith1628 -
  5. Daniel Smith1631 - 1633
  6. Daniel SmithAbt 1634 - 1692
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain John Smith1623 - 1695
  • W.  Sarah WoodwardEst 1625 - 1707/08
m. 8 May 1645
  1. Sarah Smith1646 - Abt 1707
  2. John Smith1653 - 1728/29
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4] Captain John Smith
Gender Male
Christening[5] 25 Jul 1623 Stratton-St. Michael, Norfolk, England
Marriage 8 May 1645 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Woodward
Will[1] 27 Apr 1695
Death[1][2] 27 Apr 1695 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[1] 6 Jun 1695 Will proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1. John Smith, in Lincoln, George; Thomas T. Bouve; Edward T. Bouve; John D. Long; Walter L. Bouve; Francis H. Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles W. S Seymour; and Town of Hingham. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts . (Hingham, Massachusetts: The Town, 1893)
    3:153.

    "1. John (Smith), as appears by Rev. Peter Hobart's diary, m. in Hing. May 8, 1645, Sarah, dau. of Dea. Ralph Woodward and of Mary, his w. She outlived him, and d. 7 Feb. 1707-8. He d. 27 Apr. 1695. Will dated 27 Apr. 1695, proved 6 June foll. Inv. £1,106 18s. Freeman 1647. Lieutenant 1661; was in active service during King Philip's War, and had command of a fort; was elected 'captain of our foote company of Souldjers,' March, 1683; selectman in 1663, 1665, 1670, 1674, 1675, 1682, and 1683; representative in 1683, 1684, 1685, and 1686; an Assistant in 1686, and continuing to serve until the new charter."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 1. Henry1 Smith, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, Editor, and N. Grier Parke (Compiler and Publisher). The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth. (Woodstock, Vt.: N.G. Parke, 1960)
    110.

    "John (Smith), d. at Hingham, 27 Apr. 1695; Captain, Representative and Assistant; m. at Hingham, 8 May 1645, Sarah Woodward, who d. 7 Feb. 1707/8."

  3. ↑ Family Recorded, in Colonial Dames of America. Chapter 1, Baltimore. Ancestral records and portraits: a compilation from the archives of Chapter I, the Colonial Dames of America. (New York: Grafton Press, 1910)
    2:617.

    "The eldest son, Lieutenant John Smith, commanded the Hingham Fort during King Philip’s War, and represented the town in the Plymouth Court for many years. He married Sarah Woodward."

  4. ↑ John Smith, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:121.

    "John (Smith), Hingham, freem. 1647, as to me seems more prob. tho. Farmer decid. for 1654, m. May 1645, Sarah, d. of Ralph Woodward of the same, had, perhaps, sev. ch. besides John, b. 19 Sept. 1653, was lieut. 1661, rep. 1683 and aft. till chos. Assist. 1686, in wh. he contin. to serve until the new Chart. and d. May 1695."

  5. ↑ 4 Judith1 Ray, in Mahler, Leslie. The English Ancestry of Judith1 Ray, Wife Of Henry1 Smith Of Hingham And Rehoboth, Massachusetts. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Dec 2015)
    87:268.

    "John Smith, bp. 25 July 1623; m. Hingham. 8 May 1645, Sarah Woodward."

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