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Samuel Porter (1746 - 1833)

Samuel Porter
Born in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Son of and [mother unknown]
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Husband of — married 27 Nov 1770 [location unknown]
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Died at age 87 in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United Statesmap
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Biography

Lieut. Samuel Porter was born Boxford, Massachusetts, 8 May 1746. He died Chester, New Hampshire, 8 May 1833.[1] He was the son of Samuel Porter (1722-1750) married Sarah _____ (1727-1799).[2]

Samuel Porter married at Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, 27 November 1770, Martha Perley,[3] who survived him.

As his widow, Martha remained at Chester, living with her daughter, Mrs. Hannah Preston, in the house of Mr. Rufus Phillips.[4]

In 1907, Juliet Porter wrote,[5]

Samuel Porter lived in Ipswich, Boxford, Bradford, and Chester, N. H. His house in Chester is no longer standing, and the grounds that surrounded it now form a part of the old graveyard, where he and his wife are buried. He is described by one who remembered him, as a person of very decided opinions and not easily influenced by others. He was a Revolutionary soldier, marching on the Lexington Alarm, 19 April 1775. (Mass. Archives, Lexington Alarm, Vol. XI, page 259.) He was in Capt. John Cushing's company. Col. Samuel Johnson's regiment. He was chosen by field officers as second lieutenant of Capt. Robert Dodge 's company, and commissioned by council, 7 May 1776, at Ipswich. His son Nehemiah used to amuse his grandchildren by telling stories of the Revolution, one of which was as follows. One night, when Samuel was on sentry duty, it was evident that the British were about to make some move, and the Americans wished to know on which of two roads they were likely to make their march. It occurred to Samuel that on one of the roads there was a bridge, and he lay down and put his ear to the ground, and was able to tell by the hollow sound that they had passed over the bridge, and this information enabled the Americans to defeat the British in a skirmish the next day.
Just when he moved to Chester is not known, but he was living in Boxford in 1775. At first he hired a farm in Chester of Mr. Matthew Templeton, but later bought a place of his own, where he lived until his death. He was called by the Indians, "Port Pig's Ear," though the origin of the curious name in now unknown.

Family

Children of Lieut. Samuel Porter and his wife, Martha Perley,[6]

  1. Sally Porter, born 1771; died 1836, married Jacob Carleton.
  2. Betsey Porter, died 1849; married Emerson Baker.
  3. Nehemiah Porter, born 1775, died 1853; married Lois Gragg.
  4. Samuel Porter, died at about 16 years of age, after being thrown from a horse.
  5. Hannah Porter, born 1782, died 1867; married (1) William Preston, married (2) Barzillai Bush, married (3) David Underhill, married (4) James Emerson.
  6. Polly Porter, born 1784, died 1867; married (1) David Emery, married (2) Chares Emerson.
  7. John Porter, born Chester, New Hampshire, 12 February 1789, died at Dundee, New York, 17 July 1872; unmarried.

Sources

  1. Juliet Porter, A Porter Pedigree ... (Worcester, Mass., 1907), 39-41, in particular, 40; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  2. Juliet Porter, A Porter Pedigree ... (Worcester, Mass., 1907), 39-41, in particular, 38-39; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  3. Porter-Pearley 1770 marriage entry, Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the end of the year, 1849 (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1928-31), 2 vols., 1:382 (Porter); digital images, Hathi Trust; she is "Matty Pearley"; he is "Samuel, of Ipswich."
  4. Juliet Porter, A Porter Pedigree ... (Worcester, Mass., 1907), 39-41, in particular, 40; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  5. Citing, in part, "Mass. Archives, Lexington Alarm, Vol. XI, page 259," Juliet Porter, A Porter Pedigree ... (Worcester, Mass., 1907), 39-41, in particular, 40; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  6. Juliet Porter, A Porter Pedigree ... (Worcester, Mass., 1907), 39-41, in particular, 41; digital images, Hathi Trust.




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