John "Rock" Smith (c1615-1706)

Joh "Rock" Smith (c1615-1706) was a judge in Stamford, Connecticut during colonial times.

Earliest Mention
John is known to have resided in Stamford, Connecticut by 1640.

Marriage
The name of John's wife has not been located in any records.

Move to New York
John moved to Hempstead, New York by 1644.

Rock Nickname
With regard to the nickname "Rock," researcher Gabriel Furman explains as follows:
 * Upon this island, and especially in the central portions of it are very many families of the name Smith, and so numerous did they become at an early period of this settlement, that it was thought necessary to distinguish the various original families by some particular name. thus we have the Black Smiths; the Blue Smiths; the Bull Smiths; the Weight Smiths, and the Tangier Smiths.

Death
John died in 1706.