Samuel Lambert (abt. 1664 - bef. 1732)

Born about 16 Mar 1664 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Browne) Lambert — married before 1690 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 3 Apr 1732 before about age 68 in Salem, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel was born on 16 Mar 1664 (1665?), in Salem, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of John Lambert and Preserved Gaskoyne.^[1][2]

In his probate papers, Samuel was described as a "shoreman."

Samuel married Margaret Browne in Salem. The date of the marriage is uncertain and missing from the collected vital records of Salem, but it was in 1690 or earlier, based on the birth of their first child in January of 1690 (possibly 1691).^[3]

Samuel and Margaret had six children:

• Margaret Lambert (b. 19 Jan 1690, Salem)^[4]
• Preserved Lambert (b. 30 Apr 1692, Salem)^[5]
• Samuel Lambert (b. 1 Jan 1693, Salem)^[6] d. before 19 May 1729, a mariner, his father administered his estate)^[7]
• Hannah Lambert (b. 17 Nov 1696, Salem)^[8]
• Joseph Lambert (b. 1 Aug 1702, Salem)^[9]
• Jonathan Lambert (b. ca. 1705, probably in Salem)^[10] Note: Jonathan is known only from his father's will (see below).

Samuel Lambert died in early 1732, between the time he approved the text of his will (17 Jan 1732) and 3 Apr 1732, when probate was begun on his estate.^[11]

Probate

In his Last Will and Testament, dated 17 Jan 1731/2,^[12] he willed the use and improvements of his estate to Margaret, his wife, for the term of her life, as long as she did not remarry, in addition to £50. If she remarried, she was to have £200 from his estate. He also named his son-in-law Joshua Tyler and Margaret, his wife (to receive £100 after his wife's death); his son-in-law Thomas Mason and Preserved, his wife (to receive s5); his son-in-law Benjamin Manning and Hannah, his wife (to receive £100 after his wife's death); his grandson Thomas Mason (to receive £20); his granddaughters Margaret and Abigail Mason (to receive £15 apiece after his wife's death); his daughters Margaret Tyler, Preserved Mason and Hannah Manning were to receive all the beds, bedding and linens after his wife's death; his sons Joseph Lambert and Jonathan Lambert were to receive the remainder of his estate, equally divided between them, after his wife's death. He named Margaret, his wife, as his sole executor.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Salem - Births, p. 503 (accessed 31 Jul 2017).
2. ↑ Belknap, Henry W., "The Lambert Family of Salem, Massachusetts" Essex Institute historical collections Reference Volume 54 (1918) pages 58, 63-65
3. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Salem - Marriages, p. 582 (accessed 31 Jul 2017).
4. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Salem - Births, p. 503 (accessed 31 Jul 2017).
5. ↑ "Lambert, Preserved, d. Sam[ue]ll and Margarit (Browne), Apr. 30, 1692:" Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 1, p. 503. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
6. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Salem - Births, p. 503 (accessed 31 Jul 2017)
7. ↑ Administration and inventory bond signed 19 May 1729: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #16208 (accessed 31 Jul 2017).
8. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Salem - Births, p. 502 (accessed 31 Jul 2017).
9. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Salem - Births, p. 503 (accessed 31 Jul 2017).
10. ↑ Last Will and Testament, dated 17 Jan 1731/2: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #16209 (accessed 31 Jul 2017).
11. ↑ Order for inventory of the estate, dated 3 Apr 1732: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #16209 (accessed 31 Jul 2017).
12. ↑ Last Will and Testament, dated 17 Jan 1731/2: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #16209 (accessed 31 Jul 2017).

• Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) (subscription required)
• Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 1: Births, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1916.
• Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 2: Births, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1918.
• Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 3: Marriages, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1924.
• Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 4: Marriages, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1924.
• Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 5: Deaths, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1925.
• Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 6: Deaths, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1925.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bennett Rockney for creating WikiTree profile Lambert-1731 through the import of Rockney GEDCOM.ged on Feb 16, 2013.