Samuel SMEDLEY

Birth:
27 Mar 1646
Concord, Middlesex, Ma
Death:
2 Aug 1675
Quaboag, Massachusetts; by Indians
Marriage:
11 Jul 1667
Concord, Massachusetts
Notes:
                   His birth record in Concord says "Samuell Sonne of Babtist andKatherine Smedley, the 7, 4 mo. 1648." Samuel Smedley was killed byIndians at Quabaug, near Brookfield, Massachusetts August 2, 1675. Thiswas during King Phillip's War and Captain Thomas Wheeler, Samuel'swife's uncle, had raised a small force of about 20 men from the Concordarea to escort a group that was to negotiate with Indians in the areawith the hope of securing and end to hostilities in the region. The forcereached Brookfield and attempted to find the Indians at a pre-arrangedsite about five miles from Brookfield. When they did not find them, theymarched further and were ambushed near a swamp by a force estimatedto number from between 200-300 Indians. Eight men, Samuel Smedleyincluded, fell quickly and were later buried in an obscure grave that hasnever been located.??After Samuel's death, there was an inventory placed on file at theProbate Records of the Town of Concord by the administrator of SamuelSmedley. Among the articles specified in this inventory are "2 horseslost in the Country's sarvice. 06,0,0" and "2 horses was kild with him atthe ffight at quapoge."
Hannah WHEELER
Birth:
1650
Fairfield, Connecticut
Notes:
                   She married for the second time, 8 November 1676, Samuel Perry. Theyhad sons named William (9 Aug 1677) and Samuel (20 Oct 1681). sheprobably died of childbirth related causes.
Children
Marriage
1
Samuel SMEDLEY
Birth:
28 Feb 1672/73
Concord, Middlesex, Ma>
Death:
19 Jul 1738
Woodbury, Connecticutt
Abigail DIMON 
Marr:
30 Nov 1700
Stratfield, Connecticut 
Notes:
                   Ancestral File Number: C533-0F
REFN: 335
4/4/1690 came to Fairfield andchose Simon Davis of Concord as his
guardian.
2
Hannah SMEDLEY
Birth:
28 Jul 1669
Concord, Massachusetts
Death:
1 Sep 1748
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Samuel CHAMPNEY 
Marr:
1 Oct 1695
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
Notes:
                   She is buried at the Old Burying Ground in Cambridge (in grave number23) near her husband Samuel.
3
Mary SMEDLEY
Birth:
1671
Concord, Massachusetts
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   REFN: 155
FCID:15859:105902
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Samuel Smedley - Hannah Wheeler

Samuel Smedley was born at Concord, Middlesex, Ma 27 Mar 1646. His parents were Baptist Smedley and Katherine Hutson.

He married Hannah Wheeler 11 Jul 1667 at Concord, Massachusetts . Hannah Wheeler was born at Fairfield, Connecticut 1650 daughter of Ephraim Wheeler and Sarah Anne Turney .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Samuel Smedley born 28 Feb 1672/73.
Hannah Smedley born 28 Jul 1669.
Mary Smedley born 1671.

Samuel Smedley died 2 Aug 1675 at Quaboag, Massachusetts; by Indians .