9726 Individuals
in our Database | |  | | |  | | Birth Date | 1619 | | Death Date | 1684 | | Father | Hugh Smith | Born: 1593 Yorkshire England | Died: 1656 | | Mother | | Born: | | | John Smith
Notes: | John Smith is the immigrant ancestor of yDNA group NE39 John Smith c1619 ENG-1684 Milford CT m Grace Hawley. See SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.[1] John Smith was an early settler of Milford, and is among those founders honored with a stone on the Founders Bridge over the Wepawaug River. The bridge was built in 1889 on the 250th anniversary of the founding of Milford. His stone reads: John Smith obit 1684 Grace his wife John is listed in the early historical records of Milford as one of the "after-planters", a term which may best describe the time of his entry into the society of Milford, as well as his position in it. The town records refer to 36 "free planters", 9 "after planters", and 4 others. John was sometimes called Sergeant John Smith, his position in the Trained Band. He was also sometimes referred to as John Smith, the Farmer, perhaps to distinguish him from John ye Smith, the blacksmith who arrived in Milford at a later date.. [2][3][4] John was born circa 1619 in England, likely Hertfortshire. He is believed to have come from England direct to New Haven by 1639. He is listed in the Atwater book, in the section after the index titled “Residents of New Haven from 1640-1650, Who were not recorded in the list on pages 109-111, With the year of the first mention of their name in the records of New Haven Colony, the year of their death, when known, occupation, etc.". I have not located those town records from 1639 to which Atwater refers, but this indicates that John Smith was in New Haven in 1639, and should be researched for inclusion in the PGM.
| | Notes: | John Smiths town lot was #58, which can be seen on the far left side against the palisades, 4th from the top. Note: Susan Woodruff Abbott is most reliable source for early Milford settlers, starting with her comprehensive review of church records, wills and probate documents as part of the Federal Writers Project in the 1930s. She continued her research for almost 50 years and included the settlements that spun off from Milford in the 1700s (including Newtown, Brookfield and more). See the unnumbered introductory pages of the cited reference below, which was reviewed and published in 1979 by the Connecticut Society of Genealogists. Abbreviations for her source documents are included on the fifth unnumbered page, right before the genealogical text begins.
| | | 1 | Children | Mother | Spouse | Grand Children | 1  | John Jr Smith
b.1646 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
d.1732 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut | | | |
Ancestors Chart | Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | Hugh Smith
b.1593 Yorkshire England
d.1656 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024-persons | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 persons | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 Persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | | | |