2. William SMEAD died on 1 Jan 1730 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.2 Genealogies of Hadley Families, Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Compiled Sylvester Judd, published in 1905. p. 67.
of Northampton

History of Deerfield, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 301.
On the death of his mother he was put under the care of John Pope; Pope died April 12, 1646, leaving by will "vnto William Smead my Little oby my Loomes and such tacklings as do belong vnto them which is to vallew of 3 pounds provided he be willing to Learn my Trad, and that there be a comfortable Agreement mad between them afterwards." How much William was benefited by this conditional bequest does not appear, but his is found in Northampton and was made freeman in 1660; in 1671 he bought house lot No. 25; his name does not otherwise appear here before Philip's war, but he became one of the early permanent settlers; he died before 1704.

History of The Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, by John Montague Smith, prepared by Henry W. Taft & Abbie T. Montague. Press of E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1899. p. 531.
of Northampton, 1660, also an early settler of Deerfield, Mass.