Samuel Greenwood (1729 - 1775)

Born 21 Mar 1729 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Died 30 Aug 1775 at age 46 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

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Samuel Greenwood was born on March 21, 1729 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, son of William Greenwood and Abigail Woodward. ^{[1] [2]}

Samuel (24) and Grace Mills (20) were married on April 20, 1753. ^[2]

Grace was born on June 29, 1732 in Needham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the daughter of Isaac Mills and Abigail (Ward) Mills.

Their children were born in Needham:

1. Grace Greenwood, b. 1755.
2. Samuel Greenwood, b. 1763.
   

   Private Samuel Greenwood served with Suffolk County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
   

   Samuel Greenwood is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A032502.

He served as a private in Captain Caleb Kingsbury's company, Col. Aaron Davis' regiment; Marched during the alarms of Lexington and Concord in April 1775 from Needham. ^{[3] [4]}

Samuel died on August 30, 1775 in Sherborn, aged 46.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-02-22), "Record of Samuel Greenwood", Ancestor # A032502.
4. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War

• Greenwood, Frederick. Greenwood Genealogies, 1154-1914 (Lyons Genealogical Co., New York, 1914) Page 73 & Page 99-100

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896-1908) Vol. 6, p. 864
  • "Greenwood, Samuel, Needham. Private, Capt. Caleb Kingsbery's co., Col. Aaron Davis's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 2 days."

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-BZ94 : 20 May 2022), Samuell Greenwood, 21 Mar 1729; citing Birth, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934229.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC8-QHWX : 11 May 2022), Samuel Greenwood and Grace Mills, 20 Apr 1753; citing Marriage, Needham, Norfolk, England, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009661.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCZ-1RH9 : 11 May 2022), Samuel Greenwood and Grace Mills, 20 Apr 1753; citing Marriage, Needham, Norfolk, England, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009661.

• Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass., 1911);
  • p. 42 "Births", "Greenwood"
    • "Samuell, s. of William and Abigail, Mar. 21, 1729."