John Smith, Sr.

Not the same as John ‘Farmer’ Smith, of Taunton or as John Smith, of Eastham

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-1742

4 Feb 2018 GROUP NE03 R L21 M269
1 FRANCIS SMITH (c1614 ENG - 1679 Taunton MA) m. Agnes ____ & Sarah ____
.2 JOHN (c1644 – ____) m. Elizabeth Tisdale = 2 Sons [by second wife]
..3 Francis (c1672 - post 1751) did he marry ?
..3 John (c1679 - 1752) m. Susannah Hall = 2 Sons
...4 John (1708 - pre 1771) m. Phebe Pierce = 4 Sons
...4 Lemuel (1710 -1759) m. Martha Coit

DNA

Descendant of yDNA group NE03 Francis Smith-30138 (c1614 ENG - 1679 Taunton MA) m Agnes & Sarah. See SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.[1]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tisdale-10

Elizabeth was born circa 1648 in Duxbury before her family moved to Taunton. She was the daughter of John Tisdale and Sarah Walker.[1]

Marriage and Children

Elizabeth married John Smith.[2] They had two children before her death (sometime before her husband's remarriage in 1662.[1] [sic: 1672]

1. Elizabeth Smith b 7 Sep 1663
2. Henry Smith b 27 May 1666

In 1677, her husband, John Smith and her sister's husband, James Dean signed a distribution agreement for her share of their father's estate.[3]

Also seen as children of this John Smith:

• i. Francis Smith, lived in Plainfield and Voluntown, CT, near his brother John. Frequently mentioned in Larned's History of Windham Co. CT, d. 1751.
• ii. John Smith, married Susannah Hall
• iii. Sarah Smith, married William Dean of Taunton, Mass. and Plainfield, CT
• iv. Abigail Smith, married Nathaniel French of Plainfield and Voluntown, CT
• v. Hannah Smith, married (1) Jonathan French, (2) Thomas Gallup of Stonington and Plainfield, CT

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Origins

Children of Francis and Agnes Smith:

• Samuel Smith. Baptized October 1639 in Hingham, Massachusetts. d. 5 Mar 1688, m. Boston, MA 13 Dec 1659 Susanna Read, b. Eng. abt. 1633
• John Smith. Born say 1641 (rough estimate based on older brother's birth date). He married first Elizabeth Tisdale, daughter of John Tisdale.

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Sources

1. Tisdale, Rosa D. Meet the Tisdales: Descendants of John Tisdale of Taunton, Mass., 1634-1980. Washington, DC: Self Published. Page 31. < Archive.Org >
2. New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. By Subscription. Page 1395.
3. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-V3FT : 13 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 441 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93777690/elizabeth-smith
5. SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project, haplogroup Rb1 NE03 Francis Smith. https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/smith-connections/links
6. not https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-24299
7. https://www.genealogycenter.info/20050034/getperson.php?personID=I0...
8. https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/smith/50303/