Samuel Terry (1661 - 1731)

Born 18 Jul 1661 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Morgan) Terry — married 17 May 1682 in Springfield, Massachusetts

Husband of Martha (Boardman) Terry — married 6 Jan 1698 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1731 at age 69 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Samuel Terry was born on July 18, 1661 in Springfield, Massachusetts. His parents were Samuel Terry. who had immigrated from England, and Ann (Lobdell) Terry. He was part of a group of Springfield residents who moved to Enfield, Massachusetts, later to become part of Connecticut. ^[1] See Enfield History.

He married first Hannah Morgan and second Martha Boardman Crane. Four children of Hannah and five children of Martha survived infancy. ^[2]

In 1691 "Benjamin Parsons, Samuel Terry, and Isaac Morgan received a grant for a sawmill at Sawmill Brook (Terry Brook) at a site which was later used by Gowdy distillery." ^[1]

"Capt. Samuel Terry 3rd Captain of the Militia of Enfield & one of the first representatives to the Gen. Court at Boston, often sustaining various Town offices, he died 1730 aged 70, he left 7 sons, all but one settled in Enfield." ^[3]

Captain Samuel Terry died January the second day anno domini 1730 aged about 67 years.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Terry_Family_Historian.com, #51, Link to Samuel Terry database
2. ↑ Terry, Stephen. Notes of Terry Families, in the United States of America (Hartford, Conn., 1887) Page 8-10
3. ↑ Allen, Francis Alcott. The History of Enfield, Connecticut (The Wickersham Printing Co., Lancaster, PA, 1900) Vol. 1, Page 40
4. ↑ Allen, Francis Olcott .The History of Enfield, Connecticut ..., Volume 2 Lancaster, PA: Wickersham, 1900 p. 1868

• Freeman, Alden. Memorial of Captain Thomas Abbey (Abbey, East Orange, N.J., 1917) Page 39.
• Allen, Francis. The History of Enfield, Connecticut (Wickersham Printing Co., Lancaster, PA, 1900) Vol. 2, Page 1765.
• Goldthwaite, Charlotte. Boardman Genealogy, 1525-1895 (Case, Lockwood, Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1895) Page 211.