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Baptiste Smedley

(Bef 31 Jul 1609 - 16 Aug 1675)

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Baptiste Smedley (bef. 1609 - 1675)
Baptiste
 "Baptist, Baptizo"
 Smedley
Born before 31 Jul 1609
 in Sawley, Derbyshire, England
Son of Francis Smedley and Elizabeth (Unknown) SmedleyBrother of Ann Smedley, Ellen Smedley, Baptist Smedley, Richard Smedley and John Smedley IHusband of Kathrine (Unknown) Smedley
 — married 27 Mar 1645 in Concord, Middlesex, MassachusettsDESCENDANTS Father of Samuel Smedley I, Mary (Smedley) Jewell and Unknown (Smedley) RutterDied 16 Aug 1675
 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Baptiste Smedley was named for his brother Baptist, who died as an infant. He was baptized 31 Jul 1609 in Wilne, Derbyshire, England. In 1639 he immigrated to New England from England along with brother John. He and brother John both became Freedmen in 1644. Baptiste married Katherine Hutson, widow of John Shorthose (Shorthouse) on 17 Jan 1645 in Concord, MA. His son Samuel was killed in Brookfield fighting Indians in King Philip's War a few days previous to Baptiste's death on 16 Aug 1675.
Sources

Jewell, Pliny. The Jewell Register (Case, Lockwood and Co., Hartford, 1860) Page 65
England Select Births & Christenings, 1538-1975
US & Canada, Passenger & Immigration Lists Index, 1500's-1900s
The History of Concord, Massachusetts Vol I : Colonial Concord by Alfred Sereno Hudson, pg 457
"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Before 1692" Vol 4 by James Savage
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125699126
Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Old Fairfield, Connecticut," Vol I, page 567.
Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1895)
Page 6. Concord Mariages: Baptist Smedley and Kathrine shorthose. the 27.(1)mo. 1645.

Events

BirthBef 31 Jul 1609Sawley, Derbyshire, England
Death16 Aug 1675Concord, Massachusetts Bay, British America
MarriageKathrine Unknown

Families

SpouseKathrine Unknown (1615 - 1679)
ChildSamuel Smedley (1646 - 1675)