Person:Amos Singletary (1)

AMOS SINGLETARY, s/o Richard Singletary, the immigrant, & Susannah Cook(e), is said to have been born 04 April 1651 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He is said to have been a soldier in King Philip's War in 1675/6, as was a Jonathan Dunning, who some say was Jonathan Dunham (alias Singletary), Amos' brother. Amos married Sarah (Currier) Rogers, daughter of Samuel Currier & Mary Hardy and probably widow of Ichabod Rogers. Sarah was born abt. 1665 in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts and died after 28 March 1690. In some records Amos was listed as a yeoman. He is also said to have been a Representative to the Massachusetts General Assembly in 1717. It is said that he wrote his will on 19 December 1722. His death is given as 01 November 1724 Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, and his will is said to have been probated 25 November 1724.

1. ↑ Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915).

   SINGLETARY:
   Amos, s. Richard & Susannah [Cooke], __2m:1651 [ Apr 1651]

2.   Singletary-Bedford, Lou (Eliza Lucinda). Genealogy of the Singletary-Curtis family. (Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson, 1995?)
   7.

   children of Richard Singletary and Susannah Cook: 5) Amos, b. 4 Apr 1651, d. 1 Nov 1724, m. Sarah Currier Rogers, widow of Ichabod Rogers, resided Haverhill, soldier in King Philips' War. No children, will mentions cousin Sarah Page, widow of John Page; servant Joseph Fellows; and Rebecca Draper "whom I brought up with me".