Samuel (Galpen) Galpin (abt. 1688 - 1771)

Born about 1688 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Knight) Galpin — married 30 Dec 1714 (to 26 Aug 1743) in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Mary (Osgood) Galpin — married 16 Feb 1744 (to 8 Aug 1758) in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Mary Lydia (Allen) Galpin — married 8 May 1759 in New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1771 at about age 83 in Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Samuel, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Galpin was born about 1688 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. He married three times and had at lease six children. He served as an Ensign in the "Indian Wars". He died 23 Dec 1771 in Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut.^[1]

Marriages

Samuel Galpen and Ann Knight married 30 Dec 1714 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America^[2][3]

They had at least five children:

1. Anne Galpin Cole
2. Abigail Galpin Peck
3. Joseph Galpin
4. Mary Galpin
5. Marcy Galpin

His first wife died in 1743.^[4]

Samuel Galpen and Mary Osgood married 16 Feb 1744 in Middletown, Connecticut^[5][6][7][8] She died in 1758.^[9]

Samuel married his third wife, Mary (Allen) Smalley on 8 May 1759 in Berlin, Connecticut, United States.^[10]

Death

Samuel died (age 82) in Connecticut and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Berlin, Connecticut.^[11][12]

BURIAL Maple Cemetery Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26957120/samuel-galpin: accessed 16 December 2022), memorial page for Ens Samuel Galpin (1688–23 Dec 1771), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26957120, citing Maple Cemetery, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Deborah Allen (contributor 46990797).
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7PP-HJT : 11 June 2020), Samuel Galpen, 1714.
3. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9Q-MDST : 15 April 2022), Samuel Galpen in entry for Ann Knight, ; citing Marriage, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272238.
4. ↑ Burial of Anne Knight Galpin: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21544671/anne-galpin: accessed 16 December 2022), memorial page for Anne Knight Galpin (6 Apr 1688–26 Aug 1743), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21544671, citing Christian Lane Cemetery, Kensington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Lisa Jacobs (contributor 46927675).
5. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F75S-X5G : 11 January 2020), Samuel Galpen, 1744.
6. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-F2V : 11 June 2020), Samuel Galpen, 1744.
7. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7PP-ZXN : 11 June 2020), Samll. Galpene, 1744.
8. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWT-89TM : 15 April 2022), Samuell Galpen in entry for Mary Osgood, ; citing Marriage, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272242.
9. ↑ Burial of Mary Osgood Galpin: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62961640/mary-galpin: accessed 16 December 2022), memorial page for Mary Osgood Galpin (1699–8 Aug 1758), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62961640, citing Maple Cemetery, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).
10. ↑ Marriage: "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920"
    Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Samuel Galpin marriage to Mary Smalley on 8 May 1759 in Berlin, Connecticut, USA.
11. ↑ Death: "Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934"
    FHL Film Number: 3320. Samuel Galpen death (age 82) in Connecticut.
12. ↑ Burial: "Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934"
    FHL Film Number: 3320. Ens Samuel Galpen death (age 82) in Maple Hill Cemetery, Berlin, Connecticut.
13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26957120/samuel-galpin: accessed 18 December 2022), memorial page for Ens Samuel Galpin (1688–23 Dec 1771), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26957120, citing Maple Cemetery, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Deborah Allen (contributor 46990797).

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Vol. 1, Page 215 & Supplement Page 12
• No. 11, i, 1 pg. 21 - The St. John Genealogy; Descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650 by Orline St. John Alexander, 1907 - https://ia802703.us.archive.org/22/items/stjohngenealogyd00alex/stjohngenealogyd00alex.pdf

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Sarah Dittmann for creating WikiTree profile Galpin-105 through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on Jun 27, 2013.