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John Smyth was clearly among the Pennemites along with his Ogden brothers-in-law and John Salmon. Found in the Susquehanna Company Papers (Vol X, p 5) John Smyth is among the among Pennemite petitioners to the Pennsylvania legislature asking for the repeal of the Conforming Act favoring the Connecticut settlers in the dispute. The petition states that they "were invited by the executive of this state 20 years ago to settle and improve on those lands." Petitioners included John Van Campen, Henry Shoemaker, John Smyth, Abraham Smyth, Gabriel Ogden, Sarah Van Campen, Tabitha Horton, David Ogden, Henry Smyth, and others. All these old campaigners were residients of Lower Smithfield Township, Northampton County, and all associates of the Ogden brothers. The petition was dated 12 Feb 1789.
In addition there is a John Smith included with those Pennemites who were granted land for their service to Pennsylvania in "keeping possession" of the Wyoming Valley. The grants were "sold" on 11 Apr 1771 at Easton. Included among the other grantees were Amos Ogden--administrator of Nathan Ogden, David Ogden, Amos Ogden--for Gilbert Ogden, and John Salmon. A special mill seat was to be set aside for Amos Ogden. Of course these guys never took up their grants as the Connecticut settlers tossed them out for good just a few months later. My source for this is the History of Wilkes Barre by Oscar Jewell Harvey, but I have also recently seen this list in the onlive Pennylvania Archives.
This John Smith/Smyth of Lower Smithfield is clearly the one that moved on to Tioga County, NY about 1794. There is a deed in Northampton County dated 10 Jan 1798 in which John Smyth of Owego Twp, Tioga Co., NY sells to Anthony Dutot of Lower Smithfield Twp "part of 400 acre tract granted to John Smyth by patent 22 Apr 1786." For this and other tracts, John Smyth received 750 pounds. The deed was recorded 14 Feb 1825 (DE A-5, page 328).
I believe if I dig around a bit, I can find several more reference to this John Smyth. Sadly however, I have never been able to find any other reference for his Revolutionary War Service other than the Gazetteer of Tioga County which indicates he was a magistrate and major of the militia for Sussex County, NJ.
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