1657-1658 John Smith Rock was listed in an accounting of gates, cattle, and land in Hempstead, Long Island. [1]
1695 The will of John Smith of Hempstead, was dated May 10, 1695 and was proved April 3, 1706. [2]
[1] Henry Onderdonk, The Annals of Hempstead, 1643 to 1832 (Hempstead, NY: Lott Van de Water, 1878), 38, [HathiTrust].
[2] William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's office: city of New York, Vol. 1, 1665-1707 (New York: The New York Historical Society, 1893), 419-421, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].