John
Smith
Born about in Great Wigborough, Essex, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Flintoff) Smith
— married
26 Dec 1765 in Thornaby, Yorkshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
John Smith, William Smith, Thomas Smith, Sarah (Smith) Shaw, Ann (Smith) Shaw, Elizabeth Smith, Mary (Smith) Salter, John Smith, James Marsden Smith, Frances (Smith) Burnham, Michael Smith, James W Smith, Hannah Smith and George Flintoff Smith
Died about
at about age 90
in Newport, Hants County, Nova Scotia
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Mar 2015
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Biography
John was born in 1739 in Great Wigborough, Essex, England, son of Michael Smith and Miss Marsten.[1]
He was living in Yasum, Yorkshire, England, at the time of his marriage in 1765. He was married on 26 Dec 1765 in Thornaby, Yorkshire to Sarah Flintoff. [2]
John Smith, a cabinetmaker of Yarm, Yorks., age 34, arrived at Halifax on July 31, 1773 [vessel unknown] with his wife Sarah (Flintoft) and children William, Sarah, Ann (Nancy). John, Sarah and family settled at Newport, Hants County, N.S. He later became a Methodist lay preacher." see [3]
He died on 25 October 1829, in Hants, Nova Scotia, at the age of 91, and was buried in Poplar Grove, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia.[4]
They had additional children at Newport Township: Mary, John, James Marsten, Michael, Frances, Hannah, and George Flintoff.
Sources
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LHPV-XGQ
- ↑ FamilySearch. "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68ZH-J17R : Sun Mar 10 04:30:33 UTC 2024), Entry for John Smith and Sarah Flintoft, 26 December 1765.
- ↑ http://www.libris.ca/yrkfam/yrkfam.htm
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LHPV-XGQ
- Last Will and Testament of JOHN SMITH, dated 9 Mar 1829 at Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZR-6XFJ?i=183&wc=SN12-92S%3A1411410002%2C1412118461&cc=2134302
- SMITH, JOHN, arrived NEWPORT, 1773: in Esther Clark Wright, "Planters & Pioneers, Nova Scotia, 1749 to 1775", revised edition, 1982, p.251
- Gateway to the Valley Windsor Nova Scotia Canada Published 1978 by the Centennial Committee
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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David DeWolfe
Smith-217504 and Smith-80034 appear to represent the same person because: Both have a daughter named Sarah whose descendants match
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