John Smiley (1720-1774)

John Smiley (1720-1774)

Vital Statistics

 * 1720-Aug : Birth in Antrim County, Ireland
 * 1740 : Marriage to Mary Cannon
 * 1740 : Migration to America - Settles at Haverhill, MA
 * 1774-Nov-12 : Died at Haverhill, MA - Age 54 and 3 Months.

Biography
Born in Ireland in 1720, and migrated with family to America in 1740.

Listed in Polls of Haverhill in 1743. He (or his son John) registered for military service in 1757.

About 1740 (before or after migration) he married Mary Cannon.

Smiley Family Ancestry
Smiley, Smelly, Smelley is a Norman name of noted distinction in both England and Scotland.

Family roots are traced to William Smelley who in 1614 migrated from Scotland to Ulster, Ireland. William Steward, Laird of Dundoff, granted to him 1000 acres in Precinct of Portlough, county of Donegal, on June 10, 1614. The family settled in Antrim County.

About 1740 a group of five brothers and sisters migrated from Ireland to England, settling in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. John Smiley was one of these five.

In 1743 - John, Hugh and Francis Smiley are listed on the polls of Haverhill MA and paid taxes in 1741.

Children of John Smiley and Mary Cannon
All children were born in Haverhill, Massachusetts
 * Hugh Smiley - b 1741 - soldier in the revolution, m. 1763 to Mary Gage
 * Agnes Smiley - b 1743-Jun-10 -
 * Mary Smiley - b 1745-Sep-20 -
 * William Smiley - b
 * Sarah Smiley - b 1750-Mar-19
 * Betty Smiley - b 1754-Apr-14

Children of John Smiley and Mary Kimball
All children were born in Haverhill, Massachusetts