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Descendants of Captain John Smith (?)

Note: This portion of the record is given to family tradition, but is unproven at this time. Historical record does not show John Smith and Pocahontas to have been romantically involved or to have had a child. However, tradition has it that Peregrine Smith was the son of the famous Capt. John Smith and an Indian maiden, who some feel was Pocahontas.

This information is presented here for your interest, but should not be taken as fact.

1 George Smith 1554 - 1596
.. +Alice S. Mil [Rickard?] <1557 -
.... 2 John Smith 1579 - 1631
...... + Wife was Pocahontas * - According to LDS records: (AFN: WG42-V2)
...... * (Matoaka) Pocahontas 1595 - 1617

......... 3 Peregrine Smith ~1608 - (Married ~1640) LDS (AFN: WG42-V2)
........... +Mary ~1617 -
............ 4 William Smith 1651 - 1710
.............. +Grace Jermin 1650 - 1710
............... 5 Mary Lois Smith 1677 - 1745
................. +John Hiatt 1685 - 1726
.................... 6 William Hiatt 1706 - 1766
...................... +Alice Lowden 1728 - <1777
....................... 7 John Hiatt 1749 - 1832
......................... +Susannah Anderson ~1751 - <1832
........................... 8 Jesse Hiatt 1777 - 1857
............................. +Mary (Polly) Proctor 1787 - 1855
.............................. 9 Mary Ann Hiatt 1823 - 1900
................................ +John Garrett 1812 - 1870
................................. 10 Lorenzo Dow Garrett 1858 - 1938
................................... +Manora (Nora) Brooks 1859 - 1967
...................................... 11 Ida Evelyn Garrett 1882 - 1963 LDS (AFN: 8S3H-J2)
........................................ +Ervin Alfred Duroy 1882 - 1966
......................................... 12 Della Mae Duroy 1910 - 1999 [My Grandmother]
........................................... +Aubrey Newton Dow 1904 - 1940
............................................. 13 Wallace Eugene Dow 1931 -
............................................... +Janice Aline McElhiney 1934 -
.................................................. ******* Our Family: *******
.................................................. 14 Steven Eugene Dow 1962 -
.................................................... + Barbara Elizabeth Goodrich 1961 -
..................................................... 15 Alexander Benjamin Dow 1988 -

Source LDS Family Search:
We first noticed the link back to John Smith and Pocahontas from the LDS Family Search records mentioned above.

Original Source - Larry Anderson's HIATT Family Newletter:
We have since learned that much of the above information was originally published in the March 1986 HIATT Family Newsletter by Larry Anderson. Mr. Anderson expands on work done originally by Dr. Joseph Copeland, and in continuing that research and has uncovered very convincing evendence of this story.

Researchers interested in this story are encouraged to contact Larry Anderson, and review his latest book:

HIATT - HIETT - HYATT Genealogy and Family History 1699 - 2000
by Larry Anderson (c) 2000 [Volume II & III]
A Record of John HIETT, Quaker, His son John HIATT, Jr. - England to Pennsylvania c. 1699

This 2,000 page book is an update to the book said to be the ultimate reference for HIATT Family History:
HIATT - HIETT Genealogy and Family History 1699 - 1949
by William Perry Johnson (c) 1950 [Volume I]
Published and Distributed by The Jesse Hiatt Family Association

Contact the author: Larry Anderson: LarryAndy@aol.com
National Hiatt-Hiett-Hyatt Family Association
14223 W Promise LN, Chubbuck, ID 83202 Tel 208-637-0953/0954

An excerpt from Larry Anderson's latest HIATT Volume II book:

JOHN HIEGHT & MARY SMITH, QUAKER IMM. OF 1699 ANCESTORS OF JOHN HIETT, JR.
Mary SMITH was the daughter of William SMITH and Grace, this much we do know positively. Also it seems fairly plain that at least John and Mary appear to have been on the same vessel which carried Mary's parents and brothers to the American shores in 1699. However, there is much lacking in our research concerning the brothers of Mary, or even more so, any possible sisters or other siblings other than the John, George and William SMITH. It would be an interesting task to search some of these further connections for at least a few generations.

In the March 1986 HIATT Family Newsletter, we included a part of a tradition that was followed by Dr. Joseph Copeland. He passed away before his work was published. I submit this as a tradition and a theory and personally believe it has merit. I was also told the by my grandfather that he had been told that one of his grandfathers was Captain John SMITH and an Indian Maiden.

I have done a great deal of research and have found very convincing evidence that leads credence to this story. I will not include it here but will develop the story and information for anyone wishing to further study and research this connection. I would suggest you not rule it out until you see more of the facts and story. I have found this story pervasive in family traditions so far removed that it is not possible for them to be shared in recent history. Some of these families separate in the early 1700's but retain the same story.

Through some correspondence Dr. Copeland wrote ."I have been working on my ancestry for the past few years since I retired. I am especially interested in the Copeland and HIATT families paternal and maternal families.

I have my ancestry back to the 1600's for 61 out of 64 ancestors. All were Quakers, beginning with the Immigrant John HIATT and his wife Mary SMITH. On a separate sheet of paper I am sending my HIATT lineage as I have it. And the SMITH lineage with notes and with comments as to the probable accuracy. Generations 1 to 4 are unproved and are from traditions largely from my aunt Daisy HIATT, sister of my mother, Alice HIATT."
~~~ HIATT Vol II by Larry Anderson

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas Time Line:
1607	John Smith was captured and put to Indian "mock execution". He was "saved" by the chief's 11 year old daughter Pocahontas.
1609	He was injured by a gunpowder burn and return to England. Pocahontas believed that he had been killed.
1613	Pocahontas was kidnapped by colonists and held for ransom. She was educated in Christianity by her captors.
1614	She married John Rolfe - resulting in Indian/Colonist peace.
1615	Pocahontas and John Rolfe had a son, Thomas Rolfe.
1616	Pocahontas toured England as an Indian Princess with Rolfe. There she discovered that John Smith was still alive.
1617	Upon boarding the ship back to America, Pocahontas became ill and died. The ship was forced to docked in Gravesend, England where she was buried.
	John Smith spend the rest of his life writing books.
1622	He first wrote of the story of Pocahontas.

True Descendants of Pocahontas

1 Powahotan Sonacock 1540 -
.. +Winganuske 1570 -
.... 2 Pocahontas (Rebeca) Powhatan (Amonute Matoaka) 1595 - 1617
...... +John Rolfe 1585 - 1622
........ 3 Thomas Smith Rolfe 1615 - ~1675 LDS (AFN: 26DT-4T)

Interesting fact:

In recent years, the singer Wayne Newton, who claims to be a descendant of Pocahontas, has attempted to locate the exact location of her grave (in Gravesend, England), in a long running attempting to negotiate having her remains returned to her homeland in the USA.

The church yard that Pocahontas was buried in, had burned to the ground. Her body was moved but no one seems to know where she is. Many people have taken up causes to find and bring her back home.

Other Surnames of Interest:
Dow, Cline, Daggett, Plew, Rains
McElhiney, Mitchell, Franklin, Booth
Goodrich, McElroy, King, Jenkins, Rosser, Davies

A humorous quote I found:
"The people are what it is all about so I don't worry about sources. If I find an ancestor with the last name of SMITH, I just go ahead and link him to Captain John Smith and his "wife" Pocahontas. Last name of CARSON? I have them descend from Kit Carson, the famous pioneer. If their last name is KING, I figure I can go ahead and show descent from King Richard the Lionhearted, because he was a King that I like. After you do it awhile, it gets easier and easier to link your family to really interesting people. Sure you have to be a little more creative than those FUDDY-DUDDY, GOODY-GOODY, source quoting weirdos! Sometimes I have to invent individuals to connect things up right, but I figure they "COULD" have existed, right? And this way my genealogy is really interesting, my family loves it and it saves me a lot of time!"
~~~ Randy Black

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