John Smith (abt. 1579 - 1631)

Born about 2 Jan 1579 in Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Burnley) Smith — married [date unknown] in Farsley, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1631 at about age 52 in London, England

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Biography

John Smith was born in ~1579 in Owlcotes, Pudsey, Yorkshire, ^[1]. as the seventh of eight children of Andrew Smith (~1556 - 1603) and Susanne (Waterhouse) Smith (1561 - 1620). Some of his siblings were...

1. Daniel Smith (1580 - )
2. Isaac Smith (1581 - )
3. Andrew Smith (1589 - )

John married Margaret Burnley (1575 - ~1622) in in Calverley Church, Farsley, England on ^[2] 8 Nov 1600 Leeds, Yorkshire, England. John died in May 31, 1640 in Farsley when he was aged ~61, and he was buried at Calverley Church, Farsley, England. John's will, dated May 23, 1640, names his wife and sons as heirs. The original will is on file at the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, St. Anthony Hall, York, England. John's descendants became members of a Quaker congregation active in Yorkshire. and later joined many Quakers who followed William Penn to Pennsylvania in 1684.

Children

John and Margaret had the following children:

1. Daniel Smith (1601 - 1657)
2. William Smith (1603 - 1653)
3. John Smith (1605 - )
4. Abraham Smith (1609 - >1666)
5. Joseph Smith (~1611 - 1699)
6. James Smith (1616 - )
7. Andrew Smith (1619 - 1671)
8. Margaret (Smith) Brown (1620 - ).=

Research Notes

The following information was found on Ancestry.com and mentions William Smith near the end of the document. What doesn't make sense is that the William Smith, Jr., mentioned above was born circa 1635 in Norwich, England, but his father, William Smith, Sr., was born in 1651. It's not possible that the son, William Smith, Jr., was born 16 years before his father, William Smith, Sr.!

Smith Family Origins

• The known history of our Smith family begins with a William Smith born in 1527 in Owlcotes, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
• William's son, Andrew, was born in 1556 and died in 1603 in Owlcotes. Andrew married Susan Waterhouse, daughter of Lawrence Waterhouse (1524-1585), on January 7, 1570 in West Riding, Yorkshire, England. Susan was born in 1555 in Halifax, West Riding, and died in 1620 in Owlcotes.
• Andrew's son, John, was born in 1579 in Owlcotes and died in June 1640 in Farsley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He was buried June 6, 1640 in the Calverley Church Graveyard. John married Margaret Burnley, daughter of William Burnley (1550-1603), on November 17, 1600 at Calverley Church. Margaret was born in 1575 and died in 1620 in Farsley.
• John's son, William, was born April 15, 1603 and died June 26, 1653 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. John married Elizabeth Hainsworth, daughter of William Hainsworth (b:1581), on January 13, 1637 in Leeds. Elizabeth was born in 1616 and died in 1642 in Leeds.
• William's son, William II, was born in 1640 in West Riding, Yorkshire, England and died in 1680 in Yorkshire. William II married Jane Isabel Wilberfoss, daughter of Edward Wilberfoss (1625-1678), on November 1, 1660 in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Jane was born in 1640 and died in November 1680 in Yorkshire.
• William II's son, William III, was born January 22, 1669 in Wighton, Hull, Yorkshire, England and died April 20, 1743 in Wrightstown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. William III married Mary Croasdale, daughter of Thomas Croasdale (1644-1683), on September 20, 1690 at the Middletown Meeting House, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania. Mary was born August 30, 1669 in Newah, Waddington, Yorkshire, England and died October 16, 1716 in Wrightstown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.

The John Smith son of Andrew Smith was christened in Calverley, Yorkshire on 31 Jul 1601. He cannot be this man, who was married in 1600.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2P2-M5W : 10 April 2021), John Smith in entry for Andrew Smith, 1619.
2. ↑ Gale Research Company. Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Detroit, MI, USA: Gale Research Company, 2008. Ancestry.com [1]. Record for John Smith.
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSY8-PJV : 10 April 2021), Andrew Smith in entry for John Smith, 1601.

see also:

• Englandale Research Company. Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Detroit, MI, USA.
• Smith, Donald; The Ever Changing Smith Family: 210 W. 100 So., Monroe, UT , Manuscript, Nov 1997.
• Ancestry Family Trees Publication; http://www.Ancestry.com
• Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7318691&pid=2191
• Smith and Waterhouse http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=e101e3ed-327a-49f4-a0a3-9e2fac07dd05&tid=13078823&pid=1111537496
• Vital: Yorkshire: Calverley - Parish Registers (Christenings, Marriages & Burials): 1574-1649
• Yorkshire, England, Extracted Parish Records
• Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=58292382&pid=61
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMLM-6ZJ : 4 February 2023), John Smythe, 1576.
• National Park Service: Captain John Smith, (1580-1631
• "The generall historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles, together with the true travels, adventures and observations, and A sea grammar," by Smith, John, 1580-1631
• "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKN9-N2Z : 12 March 2020), Johannes Smith, 1594.
• "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKN9-N2Z : 12 March 2020), Johannes Smith, 1594.
• "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N23G-95H : 13 March 2020), John Smith, 1595.
• "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVRW-K5S : 13 March 2020), John Smith, 1598.
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWS1-78M : 10 April 2021), John Smith in entry for William Smith, 1601.

Acknowledgements

• Source: Based in part on information originally submitted 21 Aug 2008 by wallworkg to the Wilcock Family Tree
• This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010 by MG Pitts.
• Unsourced family tree handed down to Leslie Williamson.