Samuel (Elmer) Elmore (1705 - 1761)

Born 12 Dec 1705 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Gilman) Elmer — married 1728 in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 24 Aug 1761 at age 55 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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There is a direct ancestral relationship. Samuel (Elmer) Elmore is the great grand son of Edward Elmer.

Biography

When Samuel Elmer was born on December 12, 1705, in Windsor, Connecticut, his father, Joseph, was 27 and his mother, Jane, was 27. He had two sons and two daughters and several infants with Susannah Gilman. Samuel was one of the first settlers of the Long Hill district of South Windsor. He died from being overheated while trying to put out a fire in the woods on 24 August 1761, at the age of 55.

Name

Samuel Elmore Elmer ^[1][2][3]

Birth

12 December 1705 • Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony ^[1][2][3]

Marriage

Bef. 1735 • Samuel married Susanna Gilman in Windsor, Connecticut Colony. The date is presumed based on the birth of their first child. ^[1][2][3]

Children

Samuel and Susannah had children: ^[1][2]

1. Eliphalet Elmer (1735-1793)
2. Unnamed Infant Elmer 1742–1742
3. Unnamed Infant Elmer 1745–1745
4. Unnamed Infant Elmer 1751–1751
5. Unnamed Infant Elmer 1752–1752
6. Content (Elmore) Sadd (abt.1744-1808)
7. Samuel E Elmer (1755-1834) ^[3]
8. Unnamed infant Elmer –1755
9. Unnamed infant Elmer –1755
10. Susannah Elmer
11. Unnamed infant Elmer –1758

Death

24 August 1761 • South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony: He died from being overheated in trying to put out a fire in the woods. ^[1][2][3]

Sources

• Olney, Sandra Sutphin. Passengers_On_The_Lion_From_England_To_Boston_1632 (Heritage Books, Maryland, 1992)

Page 218: Joseph Elmer (John2, Edward1). Born, CIRCA 1678, in Hartford, CT. Died, 24 JULY 1758, in Windsor, CT.

He married Jane ADKINS, daughter of Thomas ADKINS and Jane WILLIAMS, 4 APR 1700, in Windsor, CT. Born, 1670, in Hartford, CT. Died, 8 DEC 1766, in Windsor, CT. Children:

i. Joseph ELMER. Born, 28 MAR 1701, in Windsor, CT. Died, 10 SEP 1717, in Windsor, CT (died young).

ii. Aaron ELMER. Born, 8 OCT 1703, in Windsor, CT. Died, 7 May 1719, in Windsor, CT (died young).

16 iii. Samuel Elmer.

iv. Soloman ELMER. Born, 5 MAR 1707/8, in Windsor, CT.

v. Elizabeth ELMER. Born, FEB 1710/1, in Windsor, CT.

vi. Jane ELMER. Born, 19 NOV 1711, in Windsor, CT. She married Ebenezer COE, 1741, in Torrington, CT.

17 vii. Jacob ELMER.

viii. Phineas ELMER. Born, 6 SEP 1718, in Windsor, CT.

18 ix. Joseph ELMER.

x. Eunice ELMER. Born, 30 SEP 1720, in Windsor, CT.

Page 225: 16. Samuel ELMORE (Joseph, John, Edward). Born, 12 DEC 1705, in Windsor, CT. Died, 24 AUG 1761, in South Windsor, CT.

He married Susannah GILMAN, daughter of Richard GILMAN and Elizabeth BURNHAM in Windsor, CT. Born, 1713, in Windsor, CT. Died, 10 SEP 1797, in South Windsor, CT. Children:

i. Eliphalet ELMORE. Born, 1735, in South Windsor, CT. Died, 28 MAR 1793. He married Anna GILMAN, daughter of Soloman GILMAN and Mary FORBES.

ii. Content ELMORE. Born, CIRCA 1744, in South Windor, CT. Died, 18 DEC 1808. She married John SADD, son of Thomas SADD and Hannah GRANT.

iii. Samuel ELMORE. Born, 18 NOV 1755, in South Windsor, CT. Died, 8 JUN 1834. Served in Rev. War, (five campaigns). He married, first, Sarah LOOMIS, daughter of Enoch LOOMIS and Sarah TREAT, BEFORE 1782, in Windsor, CT. He married, second, Dorothy (LOOMIS) HURD, daughter of Jedediah LOOMIS, 10 SEP 1820, in South Windsor, CT (no issue).

iv. Susannah ELMORE. Born in South Windsor, CT. She married James WOOD, son of Robert WOOD, 10 AUG 1780.

• The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut by Henry R. Stiles, A.M., M.D.; Hartford, Conn.; Press of the Case,Lockwood and Brainard company. 1892.

Page 236: Fam. 11. Samuel (Joseph, John, Edward), m. Susannah (dau. Rich. and Eliza, beth Burnham) Gilman, b. 1713, and who d. 10 Sept. 1797, ae. 84 (C.R.); was one of the first sett. of the Long Hill district, So. W., where he d. from being overheated in trying to put out a fire in the woods, 24 Aug., 1761 (C.R. has death of Samuel, 1 Apl., 1761). Ch. (*prob. from C.R.):

1. Eliphalet, b. 1735. Fam. 15

2. _____,* d. 18 Jan., 1742.

3. _____,* d. Nov., 1745.

4. _____,* d. 14 Sept., 1751.

5. _____,* d. 1 or 9 Nov., 1752.

6. _____,* d. Sept., 1755.

7. Content; m. John Sadd of E. W.

8. Samuel, b. 18 Nov., 1755. Fam. 16.

9. _____,* d. 1 Dec., 1755.

10. _____,* d. 25 July, 1758.

11. Susannah, b.; m. 10 Aug., 1780, James (s. Robt.) Wood. --- See Wood.

• Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

Samuel Elmore

Birth Date: 1705

Death Date: 1761

SAR Membership: 29332

Role: Ancestor

Application Date: 22 Feb 1917

Spouse: Susannah (Gilman) Elmore: born 1713, died 1797, married 1760 [this date must be wrong, from the original document].

Children: Sarah Elmore [transcription error, should be Samuel (Elmer) Elmore 1755-1834]

• Elmer-470 was created by Margaret Simons through the import of SamuelElmoreElmer1705.ged on Jan 18, 2015.

Notes

• According to Dan Elmore, Descendents of Samuel Elmer, was written by Mary Jannette Elmore. She never married and spent much of her life researching her family history. She got many of her baptism records from the First Congregational Church of South Windsor, Ct. This book is in the collection of Dan Elmore, from South Windsor, Connecticut, scanned and posted on Elmore Family History Group on Facebook.

Descendents of Samuel Elmer ( b12 Dec1703? d 9 Sep 1787/977? age 84?) and Susanna Gilman

1. Eliphalet, (d. 28 Mar 1793) m. 1735 Anna Gilman (she d. 8 Jan 1808)

2. Content m. John Ladd;

3. Susanna d.16 Apr 1768

4. Samuel b. Nov 18. 1755, m. 1st Sarah Loomis, dau of Enoch & Sarah Loomis, who d. Jan 6, 1805? ae 50? [insert: Dec 18, 1823, age 61; He d. June 8, 1834.] m. 2nd Mrs Dolly Hurd? 2 Gen.

Children of Eliphalet Elmer no. 1 E. Windsor 5. Anne bap. June 20. 1762. d. Aug 13. 1777; 6. Naomi bap. Nov. 6. 1763. d. Jan. 1823. ae 60 7, Aaron bap. Dec 8.1765 m. Rebecca Williams. [d.?] Middlebury VT 8. Moses bap. March 6. 1768 m. Eunice Burnham Feb. 23. 1806. D. Sept. 26. 1854 ae 85. She d.Ap? 9. Miriam bap. Aug.5.1770 m. Ransel Squires May 10.1791 d.Jan.17.1821. He d. Feb.20.1844, Limeburg. Ct. 10. Solomon bap March 18.1773 m. Betsey Chapman Feb.21.1797 11. Eliphalet. b. June 25. 1777 m. 1st Mabel Pitkin March 1. 1800 who d. Sept 20.1821. m.2nd Lucy Laltin[?] [insert: [Eliphalet death??]Jan 3.1828. She d. May 11.1858. d. Aug 12. 18[??] 12.Calvin b.Dec1780. m1st Polly Tilden who d.Nov.12.1834.m. 2ndSally BaconOct.7.1838. He d.1864. 13. Anna bap. May 11.1783. m. John Magill Feb.1.1801 d. March 4.1862. ae 80. (Children of Samuel Elmer should come next.) After children of Content). 3 Gen. Children of Aaron Elmer No. 7. Middlebury Vt. 14 Amelia bap. Sept. 30.1787. 15. Rufus bap. Sept. 24.1789 16. Ira bap. Aug 28. 1791, [d.?] Detroit, MI; 17. Jenisha[?] bap. Feb.9.1794. 18. Aaron Children of Moses Elmer No. 8 E. Windsor 19 [29 crossed out]. Curtis b. Oct.29.1806 m.Violet Morgan Feb.22.1836 d.Oct.21.1873 20. Elgion [?] b. Nov.13.1808. m. 1st Horace Burnham May 31.1835. He d. Apr 26.1847. ae 42. M.2nd Jerome Signor March 25.1850.

NOTE: This is a handwritten document and may require more/better transcription. I will not be offended if you take a shot at sorting this information out. Elmore-505 13:58, 5 November 2016 (EDT)

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Passengers On The Lion From England To Boston 1632
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications