General Notes

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Occupation /Tailor.  John came on the WILLIAM & FRANCIS , ( another so
ur ce gives the ship name as Francis and James) Sailing form London M
ar ch 9, 1632 and arrived in New England ,June 05, 1632.  HE came with Ed
wa rd Winslow , afterwards Governor of the Plymouth  Colony. In 1637/
38 , a g arden place at Willingsley Brook and six acres upon Woberry Plai
n, in Plym outh County , were granted "John Smalley"; and in 1640, five ac
res in t he south Meddows towards aggawam, Colebrook Medowes. These tree l
ots of la nd he sold, March 21, 1644, to Edmund Tilson, with all his hou
se and housi ng and garden place .  September 07, 1641, he was propound
ed for freema n; admitted and sworn, March 01, 1641/42. In August, 16
43 " John Small ey " appeared in a list of "all the males that are ab
le to bear armes fr om 15 years old to 60 years wthin the seuerall Townshi
pps ," in Plymouth C olony. He was among the prominent men who removed fr
om Plymouth in April 1 644, to Nauset (Now Eastham), far down on Cape Co
d, were John. Resid ed in Plymouth. freeman March 1, 1642. Moved to Easth
am , Mass. 1645, a nd Piscataway by 1670.  John Smalley , and associa
te of Richad Higgins a nd other pioneers in the settlement at Nausett, w
as neither freeman nor t ax Payer at Plymouth in 1636. He was , Howev
er at Plymouth as early as 163 8.  By trade he was a tailor. He seems to h
ave taken but very little pa rt of public affairs. He was admitted a freem
an at Plymouth in 1642. He w as a constable at Nausett in 1646, A survey
or in 1649, and of the Grand In quest in 1654, 1660, and 1665. He was spec
ially favored by the court, a nd had land granted him in 1658 between Brid
gewater and Weymouth, and in 1 662 near Taunton.  John Smalley married A
nn Walden in Plymouth, Nov. 19, 1 638. Or the date could have been Novemb
er 29, 1638 No full list of his chi ldren appears. He had Hannah, bo
rn at Plymouth , June 14, 1641; Jo hn , at Plymouth , Sept. 1644; Isaac a
nd Mary  twins Dec. 11, 1647. The ti me of his death is not known, a
nd we fail to find any settlement of his es tate. He was living in Januar
y, 1668, and had a ward some six years of ag e, who wandered six or sev
en miles from his house into the woods and di ed from exposure. John Small
ey was undoubtedly a man who did not seek noto riety. He seemed to enjoy t
he quietness of his farm more than the honors a nd troubles of offic
e.  He lived in peace with all men , there can be no d oubt, and we gather
ed to his fathers in peace. Many have supposed that fr om him descended t
he Smalley or Smalls of the Cape. Ann Walden died on J an 29, 1694 in Pisc
ataway, New Jeresy.   In April , 1644 , he was among t he group form Plymo
uth to remove to Eastman, far down the Cape Cod.  At Ea stham he help
ed to organize the place , and then about 1667, with his wi fe and two so
ns he removed to Little Compton, R.I., but soon afterward wi th Richard Hi
ggins and others he removed to Piscataway, Middlesex Co., N.J ., whe
re he was among the earliest of Pioneer freeholders.