John Smith

John Smith

Male 1595 - Bef 1649  (< 53 years)


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  • Name John Smith 
    Suffix the Miller 
    Birth 1595  , , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 1649  Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I45100  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Family   
    Marriage , , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Smith,   b. 1639, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1683, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F24852  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 

    • !SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, N.Y., 1887; reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978) p. 222, 382.

      !SOURCE: "John Smith, the Miller, of Providence Rhode Island: Some of His Descendants," by Charles William Farnham, in Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983), 2:2-3. Presumably born in England. Lived in "Dorchester, Massachusetts, when he joined Roger Williams and four others in the spring or summerof 1636 to make the first settlement in Providence.

      !SOURCE: Reprint of the "Brown genealogy of 1851," submitted to the Whipple Website by Ian Mackie, 20 Oct 2003. Adds that John was probably married in England.

      !OCCUPATION: "The Miller." --Genealogies of R.I. Families