Silas Hamilton (abt. 1724 - 1785)

Born about Jan 1724 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Knapp) Hamilton — married about 1749 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1785 at about age 61 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

His children; Silas, Paul, John, Elizabeth, Orpha, were mentioned in his will.^[1]

Name

Capt. Silas Hamilton

Birth

JAN 1723/4 Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

Death

03 DEC 1785 Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Danbury Vital Rec. V.6: 19-20
2. ↑ Julia Brush Collection, Library, Newtown, CT. File, Hamilton.

• Stevens, Frederick S. Genealogy of the Stevens family from 1635 to 1891 (1891, Bridgeport, Connecticut) Page 42.
  • "Silas Hamilton, witness' to the foregoing will, lived where Amzi Barnum resided in 1885, and was father-in-law of Abijah Barnum, who had married his daughter Orpha, Oct. 20, 1763."
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. 1994-2002.
  • Barnum Abijah, m. Orpha Hamilton, d. Capt. Silas, Oct 20, 1763
• Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (J. H. Beers, Huron County, Ohio, 1894) Page 831
• Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1711-1841, Danbury, Connecticut, Town Clerk (FamilySearch) Film #007731324, Image 123: There may be errors in the transcription below.
  • "Lemuel Lindsley was married to Elizabeth Daughter of Capt. Silas Hamilton of Danbury, May 27th, 1773"
  • "his daughter Hannah born April 8th, 1774 and died December 12th 1774"
  • "Noah born Octo ? 1776"
  • "2d Daughter Hannah born feb 4, 1781"
  • "Daniel born June 24, 1786"
• Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Silas Hamilton
  • His will mentions wife Elizabeth, grandson Eliphalet Brush(?), son James, eldest son Silas, son Paul, son John, dau. Elizabeth wife of Lemuel Lindsley(?), dau. Orpha wife of Abijah Barnum.