Samuel Fitts (1743 - 1807)

Born 12 Dec 1743 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Stearns) Fitts — married 14 May 1772 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1807 at age 63 in Braintree, Orange, Republic of Vermont

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Biography

Samuel was born about 1743. He passed away about 1807. ^[1]

Samuel Fitts made wagons & sleighs in Braintree

"The first settlers [of Braintree, Vermont] endured all the privations incident to life in new settlements. The earlier ones came provided with provisions to supply them, though in some instances scantily, till they could grow the necessaries of life in their new homes. Those coming later were not so prudent, but depended to some extent upon the means which others had acquired, and in consequence suffered more severely: for the acreage to each family was for years necessarily small, and what with frost and blight, and other causes, the crops were often short, and the pioneers could barely subsist from year to year on the products of their own industry, with little or none to spare. It is said that the family of Nathan Kenney must have died from starvation during their first winter's residence but for the fish which Ayer's brook afforded and some chance game. The family of Samuel Fitts suffered severely and for quite a long time were compelled to live on clover tea and leeks." ^[2]

Military

Private Samuel Fitts, born 12 March 1743 in Sutton, Worcestor, Massachusetts Bay, died Braintree, Orange, Vermont on 07 April 1807, and his wife Martha Sterns, married 14 May 1772, are honored for patriotism by the Daughters of the American Revolution: 1) CAPT JONATHAN WOODBURY, COL JACOB DAVID^[3]

Family

Children born to Martha & Samuel Fitts in Sutton, Massachusetts:

1. Clark Fitts, born 12 March 1773^[4]
2. Martha Fitts, born 11 July 1776^[5]
3. Artemus Fitts, born 30 March 1778^[6]

Children born in Braintree, Orange, Vermont:

1. John Fitts, born 15 May 1789^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch.org
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/historyofbraintr1883bass/page/78
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 10, 2020), "Record of Samuel Fitts", Ancestor # A040013.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCGV-1V8 : 15 January 2020), Clark Fitts, 1773.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FR-WLD : 15 January 2020), Martha Fitts in entry for Martha Fitts, 1776.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FR-WLF : 15 January 2020), Martha Fitts in entry for Artemas Fitts, 1778.
7. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8L8-G6R : 16 December 2019), John Fitts, 1789.
8. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 10, 2020), "Record of Samuel Fitts", Ancestor # A040013.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCG2-7LY : 10 February 2018), Samuel Fitts, 12 Dec 1743; citing SUTTON,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874028 IT 1.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHWD-C9Q : 4 November 2017), Samel Fitts and Martha Stearns, 14 May 1772; citing Marriage, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 721,190.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-FBP : accessed 10 March 2019), Samuel Fitts, Braintree, Orange, Vermont, United States; citing p. 74, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 12; FHL microfilm 568,152.

• The History of Braintree, Vermont: Including a Memorial of Families By Henry Royce Bass p. 78, 133-135

• Genealogy of the Fitts or Fitz Family in America