Samuel Felton (1682 - 1772)

Born 1 Jan 1682 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Goodale) Felton — married 10 May 1709 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Biography

15 SAMUEL FELTON (John², Nathaniel¹, ), born January 1, 1681-2; m. in 1709, Sarah Goodale, b. about 1685, dau. of Zachariah Goodale, sen., of Salem. (See Goodale, App. F.) Samuel Felton was a weaver by trade, and lived on Felton Hill, in Salem, now in Peabody.
      Cyrus Felton (The compiler of this book) reports having seen Samuel Felton's account book ; it is 5 ⅓ by 3 ⅔ inches, and bound with leather, and about ⅝ of an inch thick; about a dozen or more leaves had been cut away; it then contained 64 leaves. In 1703, Samuel Felton was warned to train under Capt. Samuel Brown, of Salem. Air. Felton died in Danvers, Oct. 5, 1772, aged 90 years, 9 months. His will dated June 10, 1754, then in the new town of Danvers, proved Nov. 2, 1772, mentions wife Sarah, sons Jacob, David, Samuel, Zachariah, his son Stephen's two children, Stephen and Sarah Felton, and three daughters, Sarah Webber, Hannah Howe and Elizabeth Dealand. Samuel and Zachariah, the two executors, had the home place. After Mr. Felton's death in 1772, there were four Felton families living- on Felton Hill in Danvers : Samuel and Zachariah named above. Dea. Malachi Felton, their cousin, and Nathaniel Felton, their second cousin.

Sources

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDQ-8YW : 10 February 2018), Samuell Felton, 01 Jan 1682; citing SALEM,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-ZWQY : 29 November 2018), John Felton and Mary Tompkins, 29 Sep 1670; citing Marriage, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011200.

• Felton, Cyrus, A genealogical history of the Felton family; descendants of Lieutenant Nathaniel Felton, who came to Salem, Mass., in 1633; with few supplements and appendices of the names of some of the ancestors of the families that have intermarried with them. An index alphabetically arranged, of the Felton families, Published August, 1877. pages 78-79