Jedidiah SMEDLEY

Birth:
1734
Stratfield, Connecticut
Death:
1823
Hounsfield, New York
Burial:
Mar 1823
Watertown, New York
Marriage:
1763
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Notes:
                   REFN: 673
Williamstown, MA; Private, Enlisted for 3 months in Captain William
Douglass' Co. of Col. Benj. Simonds' regiment of the MA Line (Berkshire
Co. Militia).  Company marched to Ticonderoga.  Served until March, 1777
and was discharged.  Again enlisted in Captain Isaac Warren's Co. Col.
Seth J. Bailey'sregiment of 2nd MA Line of 4th Brigade.  (Capt. Issac
Warren's (6th) Co., Col.Bailey's regiment, return dated Camp Valley
Forge, 24 Jan. 1778)  Also, private in Capt. Seth Drew's Co. of Col. John
Bailey's Regt.  Served until Dec. 20,1780 when he was taken ill.  Was
never able to reenlist and was a cripple allhis life.  Widow recieved
pension.  (Veterans Administration, Washington, DC,and Massachusetts
Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution)
Stature:  5'10", complexion:  Florid, hair: sandy red.
Ruth GROVER
Birth:
1742
Death:
11 Jan 1842
Burial:
Jan 1842
Watertown, New York
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   REFN: 1343
Also spelled "GLOVER"
Old family bible has note that Ruth Smedleyserved with her husband in
the Revolutionary War and that she made many a cupof tea for George
Washington.
Headstone: "Ruth Smedley, wife of Jedidiah Smedley, died Jan. 11, 1842,
aged 99 years, seventeen days"
Children
Marriage
1
Sabrina SMEDLEY
Birth:
1765
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   REFN: 1381
2
Jedidiah SMEDLEY
Birth:
1767
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Death:
Nancy WHITFORD 
Marr:
1793
 
Notes:
                   REFN: 1350
3
Ruth SMEDLEY
Birth:
1769
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Death:
Notes:
                   REFN: 1382
4
Benjamin SMEDLEY
Birth:
1771
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   REFN: 1383
5
Rebecca SMEDLEY
Birth:
1776
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   REFN: 1384
6
Joseph SMEDLEY
Birth:
1780
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   REFN: 1385
7
Moses Kilbourn SMEDLEY
Birth:
1783
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   REFN: 1386
8
Naomi SMEDLEY
Birth:
1787
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   REFN: 1387
9
Martha SMEDLEY
Birth:
1789
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   REFN: 1388
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Jedidiah Smedley - Ruth Grover

Jedidiah Smedley was born at Stratfield, Connecticut 1734. His parents were Samuel Smedley and Esther Kilbourn.

He married Ruth Grover 1763 at Williamstown, Massachusetts . Ruth Grover was born at 1742 .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Sabrina Smedley born 1765.
Jedidiah Smedley born 1767.
Ruth Smedley born 1769.
Benjamin Smedley born 1771.
Rebecca Smedley born 1776.
Joseph Smedley born 1780.
Moses Kilbourn Smedley born 1783.
Naomi Smedley born 1787.
Martha Smedley born 1789.

Jedidiah Smedley died 1823 at Hounsfield, New York .

Ruth Grover died 11 Jan 1842 .