Samuel, the son of Hannah and Pelatiah Glover, was born in Springfield, Mass., 19 Dec 1706. [1]
Marriage
Samuel married Joyce Jones in 1749 in Springfield, MA.[2]
"December 14, 1749, Samuel Glover was married to Joyce (Newcomb) Jones, widow of ____ Jones of Springfield.
'She was the daughter of Joseph and Joyce (Butler) Newcomb of Edgartown. Her father, Joseph Newcomb, was the son of Andrew and Anna (Bayze) Newcomb, married about 1680. Her mother, Joyce Butler, was daughter of Capt. John Butler of Edgartown, a son of Nicholas Butler, who came from Eastwell, Kent, England, and was styled 'yeoman'. He, like John Glover, was one of the early settlers of Dorchester.'[3]
Children
Children born to Joyce and Samuel Glover in Springfield, Mass:
Eleanor, bapt. 30 Aug 1750 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts[4]
'Naturally, as our Samuel Glover lived in the stirring times of the early days of the Revolution (although he must have been fully seventy years of age when that first gun was fired at Lexington), we wish valiant deeds might have been his record, yet all we have upon which to feed our patriotic craving for fame , is Dr. Stebbins' graphic account (in that same address at Wilbraham) of the 'Lexington alarm' as it spread through the little hillside village, and probably this is largely supposition.'
He says: ' On the 20th (April, 1775) just as the sun was passing the meridian, a rider was seen coming down the Bay Road at full speed, his horse dripping and smoking with sweat, who barely checked his pace before Samuel Glover's door, and announced the fight, calling upon the 'minute men' to hasten to the rescue. He was off and out of sight on his way to Springfield in a moment. Blood has been shed!
'Glover mounts his horse and rides as he never rode before, down by Jones' and Bliss', calling on them to come on as he goes.'
'Before the mountains ceased to glow with that day's departing sun, thirty-four men, with the blessing of their wives and the prayers of the fathers who were too old to go into battle, were on the great 'Bay Road', hastening on their way to defend, and, if need be, to die for their rights. But the red-coats had returned to Boston in fewer numbers and more rapidly than they left it, and our 'minute-men' returned, after ten days, to the quiet and security of their own homes. Such was the 'Lexington Alarm.'[6]
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJN-MQ2 : 9 February 2018), Samuel Glover, 19 Dec 1706; citing , Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414.
↑ "Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-WPD2 : 29 November 2018), Samuel Glover and Joyce Jones, 16 Nov 1749; citing Marriage, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, various town clerks and local churches, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 007410881.
↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJJ-DBW : 9 February 2018), Elenor Glover, 30 Aug 1750; citing , Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414.
↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJJ-FXM : 9 February 2018), Samuel Glover in entry for John Glover, 03 May 1753; citing , Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414.
↑Ancestry Sketches, by Caroline Boardman Shultas Knous, 1900, Hartford, Conn.; referencing "An account of John Glover of Dorchester and his Descendants", by Anna Glover, Boston
Acknowledgments
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Glover-2083 and Glover-2077 appear to represent the same person because: Samuel Glover's daughter was Eleanor Jones Glover; his wife was Joyce Newcomb.