Samuel Stetson (1742 - 1808)

Born 3 May 1742 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel Stetson was born in 1742 at Pembroke, Massachusetts, married cousin Lillis Stetson, they had 6 children. Lived in Pemborke and was a shoemaker and farmer. Served in the American Revolution in the Massachusetts Militia and died in 1808.

Birth

Samuel Stetson was born in May 1742 at Pembroke, Massachusetts ^[1]. He was the son of Nathaniel Stetson and Elizabeth Stetson ^[1].

Marriage

Married Lillis Stetson ^[A][2].

6 Children:

1. Lillis (Stetson) Wood, b. 3 May 1768 in Pembroke; m. Eliphlet Wood of Middleboro, 12 May 1801, no children. ^[2]
2. Thaddeus Stetson, b. 15 Sep 1770
3. Lucinda (Stetson) Fish, b. 24 Feb 1773; m. Zodac Fish, 23 Jun 1803, no children ^[2]
4. Samuel Turner Stetson, b. 23 Apr 1775; d. (drowned) 11 Aug 1795 ^[2].
5. Joshua Stetson, b. 3 Oct 1778; d. 1783 ^[2].
6. Sylvania (Stetson) Howard, b. 8 Jul 1787; m. Charles Howard of Pembroke, 24 Aug 1809 ^[2].

Residence

• Resided in Pembroke, Massachusetts ^[2].

Occupation

• Shoemaker ^[2].
• Farmer ^[2].

Military Service

Sergeant Samuel Stetson served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

• 1776 - Sergeant in Capt John Foord's Company, Col John Cushing's Regt marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of 9 Dec 1776 (17 days) ^[3].
• 1777 - Capt John Turner's Company, Col Theophilus Cotton's regt, marked 28 Sep 1777, (1 mo, 3 day) marched to Rhode island. ^[3]

Death

He passed away in 1808 ^[2].

Research Notes

• Stetson Kindred Genealogical Index: 1-8-1-3-1

A. Lillis Stetson, b. Apr 1748, (Kindred Genealogical Index: 1-3-8-2-1) ; Daughter of Joshua and Lillis (Stetson) Stetson ^[4].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Stetson: Vol 1, No 2, Pg 103
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Stetson: Vol 1, No 3, Pg 15 & 16
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Massachusetts S and S in Revolutionary War Soldiers&Sailors; Vol 14, Pg 948
4. ↑ Stetson: Vol 1, No 1, Pg 78

See Also:

• O.F. Stetson, Ed. Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts (Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., 1933).
• Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ; Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1896. Seventeen volumes (https://archive.org/details/massachusettssolssthmass