Samuel Bagley (abt. 1753 - 1841)

Born about 1753 in Braintree, Norfolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Naomi (Curtis) Bagley — married 6 Dec 1770 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Ma

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1841 at about age 88 in Brookfield, Vermont, USA

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Biography

private Samuel Bagley served with 17th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Samuel and Naomi Curtis were married at Braintree, Massachusetts on December 6, 1770.^[1] They had nine children.

1. Samuel b 1771
2. Josiah
3. Daughter; m ___ Collins
4. Benjamin b 1778
5. Naomi; m ___ Parker
6. Curtis
7. John
8. Edward
9. Albartus

Samuel Bagley of Williamsburg marched in Abel Thayer's co. to the siege of Boston on April 21 1775. His service there is listed as 7 days plus 3 months 11 days, but he must have served at least 8 months that year as he received a bounty coat for his service.

Samuel received a pension for service as a private with the Green Mountain Boys. This same service is listed in the Massachusetts soldiers and sailors list as acting a a private under Capt. Kellogg's co., Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's regt. August 17 - 19.

Samuel also served Sept 20 to Oct. 14 1777. This would mean his service ended in Saratoga 3 days before the battle there.

For more details on Samuel's military service in the Revolutionary War, please see John Day Curtis and Relatives Soldiers in the Revolutionary War.

Samuel is buried in the Brookfield, Vermont cemetery; he was 88 years old at the time of his death.^[2]

Sources

North American Family Histories & Vermont Vital Records

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZY-6N2H : 31 October 2019), Samuel Bagley and Naomi Curtis, 6 Dec 1770; citing Marriage, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009769.
2. ↑ Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.) By Subscription. Page 842.

• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/k/r/i/Keith-E-Krider-FL/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0529.html

• Warner: Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war. A compilation from the archives by Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State, 1896 - 1908 as found at [1]

• THE BOUNTY COAT. From “Beside Old Hearth Stones” (Abram English Brown, 1897), pages 97 – 100 as found at [2]