Samuel Elmer Sr. (1646 - 1691)

Born 21 Mar 1646 in Hartford, Connecticut

Son of Edward Elmer and Mary (Unknown) Catlin

Husband of Elizabeth (Garrett) Booth — married 1677 in Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 16 Apr 1691 at age 45 in Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Samuel was the second son of Edward and Mary (_____) Elmer, born in 1647 in Hartford. Hartford remained his lifelong home. Elizabeth Garrett became his wife in 1677. Together they had at least four children.

He died in Hartford, where he was buried in 1691. His estate was settled without the aid of the court.

Name

Samuel Elmer ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Birth

Before 21 March 1646/7 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony ^[1][2]

Conflicted Date: 1649 ^[3][4]

Conflicted Date: 1650 ^[5]

Conflicted Date: 1646 ^[7]

Baptism

21 Mar 1647 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony ^[1]

Marriage

Before 1677 to Elizabeth Garrett

Children

1. Samuel 1677-1759 ^[4]
2. Abigail 1679-1725 ^[4]
3. Jonathan 1687-1758 ^[4]
4. Daniel 1689-1755 ^[4]

...and probably others. ^[4]

DNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Robert Elmore and Esco Elmer match on 36 out of 37 markers (see FTDNA kits 364027 and 369990) thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Edward Elmer.

Big Y and YSEQ testing of descendants of Edward's sons Edward represented here by Esco Elmer and Samuel represented here by Robert Elmore have shown that men related to Edward Elmer carry Y SNPs R-A2276, R-A2278, R-A2280, R-A2281 and R-A2283 as family level SNPs.

Death

16 April 1691 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony ^[2][3][4][7]

Will

His estate was settled without the aid of the court.

Burial

Unknown ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Anderson
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Passengers On The Lion 1632
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Norris
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Elmer
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} AGBI
6. ↑ Torrey
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} FindAGrave.com
8. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

• Historical Catalogue of the First Church in Hartford. 1633-1885 (First Church, Hartford, Conn., 1885) Page 156.
• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995)

Page 636 transcription of text: 2. SAMUEL, bp. Hartford 21 March 1646/7 [HaVR 578]; m. by about 1677 Elizabeth _____ (eldest child Samuel d. 4 February 1759 in 82nd year [Windsor Hist 2:235]).

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

Volume one, Page 216: 3. Samuel2 Elmer (Edward1). Christened, 21 MAR 1646/7, in Hartford, CT4. Died, 1691.

He married Elizabeth ( ). Children:

7 i. Samuel3 Elmore

ii. Abigail Elmer. Born, 1679. Died, 17 FEB 1724/5, in Hartford, CT. Burial in Cemetery, Center Church, Hartford, CT. She married Disborough SPENCER, son of Obadiah SPENCER and Mary DISBOROUGH, 27 MAR 1701, in Hartford, CT12.

8 iii. Dea. Jonathan ELMER.

9 iv. Rev. Daniel ELMER.

• Norris, Henry M. C. Ancestry and Descendants of Lieutendent Jonathan and Tamesin (Barker) Norris of Maine (New York, The Grafton Press, 1906)
• Elmer, L. Q. C., Brookes More; Genealogy of the Elmore and More Families: To which has been added such additional data as could be gathered from various family members. (Boston, Massachusetts: The Cornhill Publishing Company, Dec. 1930)

Page 3. Transcription of text: EDWARD ELMER, b. -----, d. 1676 (see Note 1). Children--- John, b. 1646, m. Rosamund Genivere, d. Dec. 21, 1711; Samuel, b. 1649, d. April 1691; Edward, b. 1654, d. 1725; Joseph, b. 1656, d. 1657; Mary, b. 1658, m. J. Diggens, d. 1712; Elizabeth, b. 1659, m. Jos. Edwards, d. 1673; Sarah, b. 1664, m. Thomas Long.

• AGBI: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT, USA
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. SAR Membership: 16468.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 March 2021), memorial page for Samuel Elmer Sr. (21 Mar 1646–16 Apr 1691), Find a Grave Memorial no. 55391194, ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Unknown.

Name: Samuel Elmer Sr

Birth Date: 21 Mar 1646

Birth Place: Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America

Death Date: 16 Apr 1691

Death Place: Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America

Has Bio?: Y

Acknowledgements

• Elmer-482 was created on 18 January 2015 by Margaret Simons.

See Also

• Place sources here.

Footnotes