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Samuel Witter

Male 1723 - 1767  (43 years)


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  • Name Samuel Witter 
    Birth 28 May 1723  Preston, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Male 
    Death 22 Feb 1767  Horton, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I1796  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2011 

    Father AncestorsJoseph Witter,   b. 12 Jun 1698, Preston, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother AncestorsElizabeth Gore,   b. 12 Jan 1704   d. 9 Apr 1761 (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 13 Aug 1722 
    Histories
    Witter Family Genealogy
    Witter Family Genealogy
    Samuel Witter Bio in 'The History of King's County'
    Samuel Witter Bio in "The History of King's County"
    Family ID F856  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Calkins,   b. 1728, Preston, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1757 (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage 3 Dec 1746  Norwich, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Children 
     1. Sarah Witter
     2. Amy Witter
     3. Samuel Witter,   b. 20 Jun 1752, New London Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Eunice Witter,   b. 4 Aug 1754   d. 1754
    Family ID F854  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eunice Way   d. 12 Jul 1759 
    Marriage 9 Feb 1758 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Witter
    Family ID F855  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 AncestorsAnna Prentice,   b. 4 May 1730, New London, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Marriage 9 Jun 1761  Lakes Pond, New London, Conneticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    Children 
    +1. Hannah Witter,   b. 27 Apr 1764, Horton, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Joseph Prentice Witter,   b. 11 Jan 1766
     3. Anna Witter,   b. 3 Apr 1762
    Histories
    Prentice Family Genealogy
    Prentice Family Genealogy
    Witter Family Genealogy
    Witter Family Genealogy
    Samuel Witter Bio in 'The History of King's County'
    Samuel Witter Bio in "The History of King's County"
    Family ID F469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "Samuel Witter made several Voyages which are noted in the quaint old record of the Witter Family written by his son, Samuel Witter, Junior, as follows:
      May 28th, 1760, Sd Samuel Witter, with his daughters, Sarah and Ame and son Samuel set out in their voiage to Nova Scotia, landing there the 4th day of June 1760.
      1760 in the fall, Sd Samuel set out in his voiage to New England; and was married to Anna prentis his third wife: June the 9th 1761. She was the daughter of Captain Joseph prentis of New London: at Lakes pond . . .
      Sd Samuel Witter with his wife Anne and daughter Elisabeth set out in their voiiage to Nova Scotia in the year 1761."

  • Sources 
    1. [S87] Binney, C. J. F., The history and genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss family : in New England, etc., from 1631 to 1883 , (Boston: The editor, 1883), 285.

    2. [S88] Washburn, Georgia Cooper, Witter genealogy : descendants of William Witter of Swampscott, Massachusetts, 1639-1659 , (National Historical Co., New York, c1929), pg 37-38.

    3. [S116] Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of King's County, (Salem, Mass: The Salem Press Company, 1910), pg 874-875.