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Quartermaster John Smith
1606 - 1678 (72 years)-
Name John Smith Title Quartermaster Birth 1606 England 
Gender Male Death 29 Apr 1678 Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Burial 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
Person ID I21570 OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor Last Modified 17 Jun 2026
Family Katherine, b. ca 1620, England d. 17 Jul 1710, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 90 years) Marriage 1650 Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Children + 1. Mary Smith, c. 17 Jun 1655, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 29 Jul 1703, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 48 years)Family ID F6120 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 11 Feb 2023
- 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.
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Birth - 1606 - England 
Marriage - 1650 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts 
Death - 29 Apr 1678 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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