1798: Hitchcock family moves to Wolfe Island: "The first settlers on Wolfe Island subsequent to the French were United Empire Loyalists. The vanguard in 1798 consisted of members of the Davis, Hitchcock, Hinckley, and Cone families." (source: "Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone", p.76)
Sources
Samuel Hitchcock in Ancestry.com. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. The Archives of the Reformed Church in America; New Brunswick, New Jersey; Schodack Church, Consistory Minutes, 1770-1809
Searchable version of "Wolfe Island: A Legacy in Stone" (2009) by Barbara Wall LaRocque, including many references to the Hitchcock family:
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel: