John
Smedley
Born in South Farms, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Smedley III
and Hester (Kilbourne) Smedley
Brother of
Nehemiah Smedley, Jedediah Smedley, Esther (Smedley) Hosford, Jemima (Smedley) Horsford, Samuel Smedley IV, Moses Smedley, Ann Anna Smedley, Aaron Smedley, Lucina (Smedley) Clark and Joshua Smedley
Husband of
Deliverance (Humphrey) Smedley
— married
8 Aug 1753 in Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Father of
John Smedley II, Deliverance (Smedley) Baldwin, Tryphena (Smedley) Kinney, Carrolinah Smedley, Naomi Anne (Smedley) Fowler, Amelia (Smedley) Hawkins, Mary (Smedley) Boynton, Huldah (Smedley) Gibbs and Olive (Smedley) McMaster
Died
at about age 70
in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 26 Dec 2014
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Biography
Son of Samuel and Esther Kilbourn
John was a Pvt. in Capt. Samuel Clark's Co., Col John Brown's Berkshire Co. Reg, entered service 30 Jun 1777, discharged 24 Jul 1777
Occupation: Sawmill Owner - In a meeting in Feb 1768 it was decided not to sue John for not properly making a bridge over Broad Brook (the brook he used for his saw mill). Killed by falling of a tree as was his son only 30 rods away a few years later.
John was born in 1730. He was the son of Samuel Smedley and Esther Kilbourne. He passed away in 1801.
Sources
- Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
- Humphreys Family in America, Pub. 1884, page 257
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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