Smith, John, sailor, born in Lincolnshire; had a life of adventure and peril, and became leader of the English colonists of Virginia; established friendly relations with the Indians, returned to this country twice over, and introduced Pocahontas (q.v.) to the Queen; died at Gravesend (1580‒1631).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Smith, John * Smith, Sydney