John SMITH

1650 - 1684  (34 years)

• Name	John SMITH
  Born	1650  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	bricklayer  [2]
  Died	1684	Bedford, Town of Brooklyn, Kings Co, LI, NY   [3]
  Notes	Resided in 1660 at Gravesend, Long Island, NY. Possibly resided earlier at Mespath Colony on English Kill, LI, NY with Rev. Francis Doughty, who died in Virginia. On 3/17/1680, he purchased from Isaac Deschamps, a merchant of NYC, a 2-acre home lot, a 40-acre farm lot and four meadows in Bedford. He built a house and resided there. He bequeathed his estate by will dated 9/26/1683 "to his children" but did not name them. But Thomas and Jasper were the two sons, as they subsequently conveyed the same property to another in 1696. [3]
  Person ID	I6066	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2006

  
  

  Family	Susanna HUNT  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas SMITH,   b. BY 1675,   d. Nov 1702, Maidenhead, West Jersey, NJ  (Age ~ 27 years) + 2. Jasper SMITH, Sr.,   b. BY 1678,   d. Mar 1770, Maidenhead Twp, Burlington Co, NJ  (Age ~ 92 years)
  Family ID	F2128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S237] G. J. Whittaker, a Gaston descendant and researcher. [S1732] Smith Family of Bedford NY and Maidenhead NJ, The, Lewis D. Cook, F.A.S.G., (Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol 46 (1971), pp49-61, 122-132), p. 751. [S706] The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, (Vol 46, No 2, WNo 173, May 1971, by Lewis Cook). [S237] G. J. Whittaker, a Gaston descendant and researcher, citing Ernestine Siegel, PO Box 13302, Tampa FL 33681.