John Smith was a son of John Smith, immigrant of Sudbury and Lancaster, Massachusetts, and his wife, presumably Mary. He is presumed to have been born in England in the early 1620s.[1]
John Smith and Sarah Hunt were married on 13 Oct 1647 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[2]
John Smith appears to have remained in Sudbury for the remainder of his life, although his birth family removed to Lancaster, Massachusetts. John Smith and his wife Sarah had at least the following children, born at Sudbury:[1]
James, no record of birth or baptism; may have been born before Thomas.
Sarah (Hunt) Smith apparently died before 11 October 1682, when John Smith of Sudbury and Mary, his wife, executed a deed conveying land "formerly granted by Susannah Hunt, widow, the said John's former wife's mother, deceased," to "his Loving Son James Smith." Evidence that James Smith was a son of John Smith and Sarah Hunt comes from this deed and a later deed by which James Smith and his wife transferred the same property.[1]
DNA
Descendant of yDNA group NE05 John Smith-70371 (b ENG - 1669 Lancaster, Massachusetts) m Mary Unknown. See SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.[6]
Ancestor of yDNA Group 5 in SmithConnections.com DNA Project.
↑Vital records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 New-England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund Boston, 1903. Page 223. Image copy accessed on 26 Jan 2017. [Page 223]
The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) (subscription)] Vol. 61 : Pg. 18 "John Smith of Watertown, Massachusetts" by Robert Charles Anderson.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 March 2021), memorial page for John Smith (1622–13 Oct 1687), Find A Grave: Memorial #31292111, citing Revolutionary Cemetery, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Emma (Shrum) Butler (contributor 46631000). Cemetery was not established until 1720, so this is unlikely to be his place of interment.
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Smith-62521 and Smith-15268 appear to represent the same person because: The death date and place on Smith-15268 identify him as the John Smith who is profiled at Smith-62521. Please keep the content found on Smith-62521.
The birth dates are slightly different. However, neither the estimate of 1622 on the Smith-62521 profile nor the specific date in 1621 shown on Smith-15268 are based on baptism or birth records. The two dates should be considered equivalent, and since there is no known basis for the date on Smith-15268, that specific date should be discarded.
I sent a suggestion to the profile manager of John Smith-15268 to submit a merge request since the only fact he has so far is the 13 Oct 1687 Sudbury death, which is THIS John Smith. Just wanted to give you a heads up.
The birth dates are slightly different. However, neither the estimate of 1622 on the Smith-62521 profile nor the specific date in 1621 shown on Smith-15268 are based on baptism or birth records. The two dates should be considered equivalent, and since there is no known basis for the date on Smith-15268, that specific date should be discarded.