Samuel
DeForest
Born in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of David DeForest
and Martha (Blagge) Thompson
Brother of
Mary (DeForest) Hawley, Sarah (DeForest) Lewis, Martha (DeForest) Wheeler, David DeForest, Isaac DeForest, Edward DeForest, Henry DeForest, Elizabeth (DeForest) Marvin, Benjamin DeForest and Hezekiah Thompson [half]
Husband of
Abigail (Peat) DeForest
— married
30 Dec 1725 in Stratford, Fairfield County Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Martha (DeForest) Hyde, Mary (DeForest) Mills, Joseph DeForest, Hepzibah (DeForest) Hawley, Elizabeth DeForest, Samuel DeForest, Nehemiah DeForest and Josiah DeForest
Died
at age 72
in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2010
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Biography
Burial: Mar 1777 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sources
- Hawley, Elias. The Hawley Record (E. H. Hutchinson & Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1890) Page 455
- Peet, Terry Charles. John Peet, 1597-1684, of Stratford, Connecticut And His Descendants (Penobscot Press, 2013) Page 26
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W1-K9B : 7 January 2020), Samuell De Forest, 1704.
- "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78XJ-D43Z : 14 April 2022), Samuel Deforest, ; citing Marriage, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143429.
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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:
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:
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~0.39%
~3.12%
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