| Notes |
- Born by about 1606 (based on estimated date of marriage). Herdsman, carpenter & maltster, who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 & settled in Dorchester. (On 15 Jun 1635, aboard the James, riding in Bristol Channel awaiting favorable winds to set sail for New England, Rev. Richard Mather wrote that "I went on shore to Nangle, with my wife and children, John Smith and his wife, and Mary, Susan Mitchel, and diverse others.") "Quartermaster John Smith" died at Dorchester on 29 Apr 1678.
He married (1) by about 1631 Dorothy ____.
Married (2) in late 1654 Katherine ____. (On 18 Feb 1654/5, "John Smith and his wife were excommunicated for committing fornication together before marriage which was found out by the birth of their child albeit they being questioned for it before the church did conceal their sin until God palpably charged it upon them by the means." On 22 Apr 1655, "John Smith & his wife were both received again into the church having been excommunicated having been before the church the 15th day & upon some scruple about her both were deferred & this day she got hardly in some for her some against her & some neuters." "Katherine Smith" died at Boston on 17 July 1710, 90 years old.
Quartermaster John Smith probably was from the same part of Lancashire as Rev. Mather, if not from the same parish
|
1606 - 1678 (72 years)
