John Smith

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• Name	John Smith
  Birth	01 Feb 1697	Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	1784	Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA
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  Person ID	I1013	Smith Smyth Schmidt Smythe Smitt
  Branches/DNA What is a Branch?	Group GRP-R-M269-47 Smith Branch: Samuel Smith (Lt) b 1602 Eng m Elizabeth (2. John 3. John) (Kit# 8279****/ )     Showing line by DNA type-if DNA tester representation, will be on above line If a branch has more than one Smith line, be sure to check the branch description (click Smith Branch: link above) to see which group, if any, represents each line JOIN the Smith Official DNA Project w a DNA Kit If you are a male Smith or have a male Smith that can test for you, do a YDNA test Come Discuss John Smith on Smith DNA Discussion Forum(151) Smith Matched Groupings List (All) Is This Your Line? Have confirmed DNA match? Have additions/corrections? Come Collaborate With Us!-Submit Your Tree/Match or Suggest a Change/Reference/Source
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  Father	John Smith,   b. 16 May 1665, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Jan 1723, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Mary Root,   b. 22 Sep 1667, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Jan 1724, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Smith,   b. 05 May 1703, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA d. 12 Jan 1778, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA (Age 74 years)
  Children	+ 1. Israel Smith,   b. 02 Apr 1739, Granby, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA d. 07 Jun 1811, Bainbridge,Chenango County, New York, USA (Age 72 years)   2. Ruth Smith,   b. 1726, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA   3. Elizabeth Smith,   b. 1728, Massachusetts, USA   4. Timothy Smith,   b. 1729, Massachusetts, USA   5. Benjamin Smith,   b. 1732, Massachusetts, USA d. 1803, New Salem,Franklin County,Massachusetts,USA (Age 71 years)   6. Titus Smith,   b. 1734, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1807 (Age 73 years) + 7. Seth Smith,   b. 21 Aug 1736, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 Oct 1820, Granby, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 84 years)   8. Lucy Smith,   b. 1741, Massachusetts, USA d. 1763 (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
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  Birth - 01 Feb 1697 - Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Death - 1784 - Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Advertisement Deacon John Smith BIRTH 1 Feb 1697 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 1784 (aged 86–87) Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 58653530 · View Source MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 1 Chloe Smith Hayes, a granddaughter of Deacon John and Elizabeth Smith, left a diary, the original of which is in the Rutherford B. Hayes Library, Fremont, Ohio. Under date "Brattleboro, Oct. 3, 1840", she wrote: "My grandfather by my father's side was Deacon John Smith. His native place was Hadley. When Deerfield was destroyed by the Indians, he (Deacon John) was seven years old. In the morning saw the smoke of the buildings that they had left burning....when he was married he went to South Hadley (later Granby) when it was a wilderness. He was an eminent Christian, and sustained that character, to the day of his death. I have heard him say, when he was converted it was a very dull time...After this was Whitefield's time. He used to speak of the great stir there was through New England - the first and second stir (it was not then called a revival, but a stir). ...My grandfather did not marry 'till after he was thirty years old. He said his Uncle from Wethersfield in CT (Benjamin Smith) visited him at his Father's, and slept with him. In the night he told him he had a daughter that would make him a good wife, and so it proved; he married his cousin Elizabeth Smith." Deacon John Smith owned land in Hadley and was living there in 1731. He was Townsman, Deacon in various churches as they were constructed, and an active citizen in every way. He moved to Brattleboro with his son Israel in 1774, as recorded by Chloe in her Diary: "My Father moved here from South Hadley when I was in my twelfth year. My grandfather and grandmother belonged to the family." On 6 Feb. 1778 Deacon John Smith was in Granby and while there he signed his will. It was accepted for probate in Brattleboro in Nov. 1784. It mentioned his seven children and his son-in-law, John Ayre to whom he gave "the Right of Land in the 2000 acre Division", presumably in Granby. Four days later he executed a deed, conveying certain Granby lands to four of his children (Timothy, Ruth Ayres, son-in-law Phineahs Smith, husband of Elizabeth who "belong to Granby", and Seth and Israel "belonging to Brattleboro"). Sons Benjamin and Titus, who had remained loyal to the Crown and lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, were not named in the deed and only in a token way in the will. Both Deacon John Smith and Elizabeth were buried near the Hayes Mansion in West Brattleboro Source: Findagrave