Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Richard Smith
Abt 1621 - Aft 1680 (~ 60 years)
Generation: 1
1. Richard Smith was born about 1621 (son of John Smith and Mary); died after 1680 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 1682, Lyme, New London, Connecticut
Richard married Mary Kerley on 6 Oct 1647 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary died on 27 May 1654 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Richard married Joanna Quarles on 2 Aug 1654 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Joanna (daughter of Francis Quarles and Ursula Woodgate) was born before 17 Jun 1633 in Roxwell, Essex, England; was christened on 17 Jun 1633 in Roxwell, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
They were married by Massachusetts governor Richard Bellingham.
Children:- Elizabeth Smith was born about 1670; died after 24 Jan 1733.
2. John Smith was born before 1600; died on 16 Jul 1669 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. Notes:
First seen at Sudbury about 1647, then a few years later at Lancaster. He names, among others, son Richard, daughter Ann Moore, and son-in-law John Moore in his will.
Robert Charles Anderson's 1985 article "John Smith of Watertown, Massachusetts" (citation details below) provides the definitive modern disambiguation of several early John Smiths, of which this John Smith is one.John married Mary. Mary died on 27 Dec 1659 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary died on 27 Dec 1659 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. Children:
- Ann Smith was born in 1617; died on 6 Mar 1671 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 1. Richard Smith was born about 1621; died after 1680 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.