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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
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  • Samuel Smedley
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.
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