A Very Brief Summary Of John Smith's Life

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John Smith was either born in the year 1579 or the year 1580 in Lincolnshire, England. Smith had eight brothers whose names were Francis, Richard, Richard, Robert, Thomas, Edward, Sibill, James. And four sisters Alice, Ann, Joan, and Margery. Ann and Robert were twins. His parents names were George Smith and Alice S. Rickard.
When Smith was a young adult he served as a merchant’s apprentice before deciding to serve the English Army in different places of the world. He began working as a soldier for hire and eventually made a campaign against the Turks in Hungary. While he was there he was captured and enslaved before being sent to Istanbul. During his time there, he served a mistress before he was sent to her brother’s house and was forced

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