Samuel Spurr (1754 - 1829)

Born 12 Nov 1754 in Stoughton, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Olive Spurr — married 10 Oct 1780 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 25 May 1829 at age 74 in Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Samuel Spurr was born 12 Nov 1754 in the Massachussetts Bay Colony to Thomas Spurr and Mary Redman Spurr. He was one of 10 children. He married his first cousin, Olive Spurr, on 10 Oct 1780 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts. The census of 1790 shows that Spurrs were located at Soughton, Shelburne, Charlton, Ashfield, Topsfield and Dorchester.

Samuel was a private in Captain James Endicott's company of militia and Colonel Lemuel Robinson's regiment, which marched on the alarm in 1775.

He also marched from Stoughton on March 4, 1776 at the time of the fortifying of Dorchester Heights, and in April, 1777 to Bristol, RI.

Samuel died 25 May 1829 in Colrain. He is buried in Shelburne Falls.

Of note: James Endicott was Captain of a company of Stoughton militia that responded to the Lexington alarm of 19 April 1775. He received his commission on 23 March 1776. His company assisted in fortifying Dorchester Heights, went to Moon Island when the British fleet was driven out of Boston Harbor, and was at Ticonderoga from 11 Sep to 17 Nov 1776. He was also at Roxbury in 1778.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53029839/samuel-spurr : accessed 30 June 2022), memorial page for Samuel Spurr (12 Nov 1754–25 May 1829), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53029839, citing North River Cemetery, Colrain, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Sue (contributor 47067682) .
• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-5V23 : 17 March 2018), Samuel Spur, 22 Mar 1776; citing Military Service, Stoughton, Stoughton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,047,279.
• Fayne Seney, Williamston, MASS, shared research in late 1980.
• Gould Bible, now in possession of Frank J. Gould, III, Ashville, NY and from this, Unsourced family tree handed down to Janette Gould.
• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW9T-1PY : 6 April 2020), Olive in entry for Frank J Gould, 07 Nov 1890; citing Easthampton, Massachusetts, v 410 p 11, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,501.
• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7V3-P2W : 6 April 2020), Olive Gould in entry for Samuel S. Gould, 20 Jul 1868; citing Heath, Massachusetts, v 211 p 277, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,192.
• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW3F-1G4 : 6 April 2020), in entry for Maria Gould Barnard, 19 Sep 1898; citing Shelburne, Massachusetts, v 481 p 665, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,524.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMJ-FRM : 9 February 2018), Samuel Gould and Olive Spurr, 26 Apr 1819; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 873,740
• AFGS 1 _FSFTID MVKG-7NN "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3KWB-XHG : accessed 30 April 2019), entry for Samuel Spurr; "montgomery-shelby" file (2:2:2:MM6J-653), submitted 26 October 2018 by Richard Montgomery_1 [identity withheld for privacy]. PEDIGREE RESOURCE FILE Person Count 75,686 Submission ID
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSK-BYJ : 15 January 2020), Mary in entry for Samll. Spur, 1754.
• http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/colrain_ma_marrs.html