John Smith

- 1680

• Name	John Smith  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1680	Virginia   [2]
  Person ID	I36617	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TSW
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family	Margaret Thompson,   b. Bef 30 Jun 1634   d. 12 Jan 1679 (Age > 44 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1657  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Exercise Smith,   b. 12 Apr 1667, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F21527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He was a tailor. His parentage is unknown. He and his wife were repeatedly fined and, on some lengthy occasions and under conditions of brutal cold, imprisoned for nonattendance at Congregational services and for holding Quaker meetings. John Smith died in Virginia, possibly having gone there as a Quaker missionary.

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S4981] The Ancestry of Sarah Johnson, 1775-1824, Wife of Joseph Neal of Litchfield, Maine by Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1960.