Skip to main content
Gift of Ruth P. Hemingway, 1938.4.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel Smedley
Gift of Ruth P. Hemingway, 1938.4.0 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Samuel Smedley

1753 - 1812
BiographyCaptain Samuel Smedley was born in Fairfield, Connecticut in March 1753, the son of Colonel James and Mary (Burr) Smedley. He married Esther Rowland. Smedley was a sea captain during the Revolution, commanding the brig Defence. After the war he was Collector of Customs for the Fairfield District, where he died in June of 1812.
Person TypeIndividual