William Smead, II

1. The Genealogical Quarterly Magazine, Devoted to Genealogy, History ..., Volume 2 By Eben Putnam. Page 99. William Smead was the son of the widow Judith Smead, of Dorchester, who was formerly wife of John Denman, and sister of Col. Israel Stoughton, one of the most prominent men in the colony. William Smead was in the Falls Fight under Turner (Mass. Arch., pp 114, 594). His son William was killed at Bloody Brook.

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• Birth: 1635, England
• Death: Jan. 1, 1703
• Deerfield
• Franklin County
• Massachusetts, USA

He served in King Philip's War and participated in the Falls Fight under Capt. Turner. His son William was killed at Bloody Brook with Capt. Lothrop.

William Smead was the son of William Smead (d.c1634) and Judith (Stoughton) Denman Smead (1599-1639). Judith was the widow of John Denman, with whom she had two children. William was only three or so when his father died. Judith sailed from Gravesend with her three children on September 3, 1635, on the ship “Dorset”. They stopped in the Barbadoes, then continued to New England. She settled with her children in Dorchester. She signed the Dorchester Church covenant in 1636 and was granted 20 acres of land there in 1638.

About the time his mother died, William was apprenticed at age seven or so, to John Pope of Dorchester. Pope died in 1646 and made provision in his will for William, calling him “my Littell boy.” He left to William his looms and tacking if William was willing to live with Pope’s widow, learn the trade, and become a weaver.

He married Elizabeth Lawrence at Dorchester, MA on Dec 31, 1658.

Children: William Smead III, Elizabeth Smead Janes, Judith Smead Hawks, Mehitable Hull Smead Nims, Samuel Smead, John Smead, John Smead, Ebenezer Smead, Thankful Smead Hawks, and Waitstill Smead Warner.

• Parents:
• William Smead (1600 - 1637)
• Judith Stoughton Smead (1599 - 1639)

* Spouse:

* Elizabeth Lawrence Smead (1642 - 1704)*

Children:

 * William Smead (1660 - 1675)*

* Elizabeth Smead Davis (1662 - 1682)*

• Judith Smead Hawks (1665 - 1718)*
• Mehitable Smead Hull Nims (1668 - 1704)*
• Samuel Smead (1669 - 1731)*
• John Smead (1670 - ____)*
• John Smead (1673 - 1720)*
• Ebenezer Smead (1674 - 1753)*
• Thankful Smead Hawks (1677 - 1704)*
• Waitstill Smead Warner (1679 - 1704)*

Siblings:

 * Mary Denman Maxfield (1621 - 1707)**

* John Denman (1621 - ____)**

• William Smead (1635 - 1703)
• *Calculated relationship
• **Half-sibling

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Biography

William Smead, II was born circa 1635 in Herne Hill, London, Middlesex, England. His parents were William Smead, I and Judith Smead.

• William Smead, III;
• Elizabeth James;
• Judith Hawks;
• Mehitable Nims;
• Samuel Smead;
• John Smead;
• Ebenezer Smead;
• Thankful Hawkes;
• Waitstill Warner. He died in 1702 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Colonial America and was buried in Old

--- Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Links

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