John Smith

Abt 1620 - 1706  (86 years)

• Name	John Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Baptism	Nov 1615	Yorkshire, England
  Birth	Abt 1620	Derbyshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LC2X-8B8  [6]
  Occupation	Farmer, Cattle-Holder, Inn-Keeper
  Death	3 Apr 1706	Hempstead, New York, United States   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I45243	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family
  Children	+ 1. Mary Smith,   b. 20 Jul 1640, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States bur. 1713, Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States (Age ~ 72 years)  [Father: unknown]
  Family ID	F24937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  "Rock" was a designation this John Smith - and the community used to tell him apart from the other John Smiths living in the area at the same time. Long Island Genealogy http://longislandgenealogy.com/ligrocksmith.html Early New Netherland Settlers https://sites.rootsweb.com/~rclarke/page1/smith-j4.htm

  
  

• Sources

  [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, page 16. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066292541&view=1up&seq=38&size=125 [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 07 March 2025, 19:56), entry for John Smith V (PID https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G72P-5H4 ); contributed by various users. https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G72P-5H4 [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Early New England Settlers. Information about children and grandchildren [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, page 292 - 196. http://longislandgenealogy.com/ligrocksmith.html [S288] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-4966 : Mon Mar 31 18:37:20 UTC 2025), Entry for John Rock Smith. "Rock" being the NICKNAME he was given to delineate THIS John Smith from the others. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Martha Bockee Flint, A Peters Lineage: Five Generations of Descendants of Dr. Charles Peters of Hempstead, Poughkeepsie, NY 1896, p. 81. "son of John Smith, of Stamford. See "Early Long Island"." [PFT:AQ] [_Type] Unspecified [S:Titl] A Peters Lineage: Five Generations of Descendants of Dr. Charles Peters of Hempstead [S:Auth] Martha Bockee Flint [S:Publ] Poughkeepsie, NY 1896 [Page] p. 81 [Text] son of John Smith, of Stamford. See "Early Long Island". [/PFT]