Samuel FITCH

1674 - 1742  (68 years)

• Name	Samuel FITCH
  Birth	4 Mar 1673/74  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Apr 1742  [1]
  Notes	"In addition to the estate of his father, he received from his maternal grandfather, Job Lane, one-fourth of the Winthrop farm, upon which he settled at the time of his marriage. (See Hazen's Billerica, and Brown's Bedford.) This farm was in Billerica, and in the incorporation of Bedford, 1729, it was included in the new town. His children were born in Billerica, but those who remained upon the paternal acres were residents of Bedford. He was a soldier in the Indian War, 1706; and many of his sons and grandsons were soldiers in the French and Indian War or in the Revolution. He was town clerk and selectman, and through life an intelligent useful citizen. He m. March 20, 1695, Elizabeth Walker, b. Feb 13, 1677-8, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Wyman) Walker of Bilerica. She d. Nov. 26, 1716. Seven of her eight children survived her. He m. second, 1717, Eunice Taylor, b. in Concord, Dec. 22, 1678, dau. of John and Eunice (Wooley) Taylor. He d. April 4, 1742. The widow Eunice d. Aug. 27, 1767." "Child by second wife: ix. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1718; m. Dec 11, Joseph Mead, b. 1712, son of Stephen and Ruth (Taylor) Mead. They lived upon the Mead homestead in Bedford." [1]
  Person ID	I2551	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

  Family ID

  F2900

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• Sources

  [S30] NEHGR, Vol. 55, p. 293 (Reliability: 3).