John Smith alias Bland

1590 - Aft 1663  (~ 78 years)

• Name	John Smith alias Bland
  Birth	Between 1585 and 1590  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 2 Nov 1663	Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I37934	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family	Isabel Drake   d. Bef 12 Oct 1639
  Children	+ 1. Anabel Smith alias Bland,   b. Abt 1613   d. Bef 23 Aug 1683 (Age ~ 70 years)
  Family ID	F22295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

• Notes

  "John Bland was one of the earliest settlers of the Vineyard, owning land there as early as 1646. The most striking document relating to this man is a deposition of 16 April 1691, in which Nathaniel and Abraham Drake, both elderly residents of Hampton, NH, state that they knew John Bland when they had all lived in Colchester, co. Essex, in old England, but he was 'sometimes called, by some persons, John Smith, but his name, and his ancestors name, was called Bland'." [Robert Charles Anderson, "John Smith of Watertown, Mass.", citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S3899] Robert Charles Anderson, "John Smith of Watertown, Massachusetts." The American Genealogist 61:18, Jan 1985.