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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (16). Samuel Bodurtha, in Bodurtha, H. Maria (Hannah Maria). A Record of the Bodurtha Family, 1645-1896. (Agawam, Mass.: Privately Printed, 1896)
21-22.
No record of marriage is found, and the little we learn of Samuel is in connection with the Indian wars. The Indians, incited by the French, continued their barbarous warfare, attacking and murdering the inhabitants of the upper settlements on the Connecticut river whenever they were found unprotected, or carrying them captive to Canada, to be ransomed by their friends. In Sheldon's History of Northfield, we read: 'as our town seemed singled out for destruction, the Governor and Council judged it necessary to give the inhabitants more efficient protection, and Nov. 9, 1723 sent a Captain's Commission to Lieut. Kellogg, with orders 'to raise a company, forty of which were stationed at Northfield, and the rest to be kept constantly on the alert, and to scout on the river in places most likely for the discovery of the enemy's motion, and thus protect Northfield, Deerfield and Sunderland.' 'The names of the men who performed this service are worthy of record in the Northfield Annals, and are as follows: Samuel Bodurtha, Benjamin Bodurtha, etc.'
In the 'Muster Roll of Capt. Kellogg's Co. Nov. 20, 1723 to May 30, 1724,' are the names of Samuel and Benjamin Bodurtha, and in 1725 among the twenty from West Springfield is Thomas Bodurtha, another brother.
In 1736 Samuel represented his father's family when a grant of land was made by the Massachusetts Legislature to the survivors and heirs of those engaged in the Falls Fight in 1676. A still larger grant was made in 1741, the whole tract being known as Falls Fight town, until 1762 when a part of it was constituted a town, and named Bernardston."
- ↑ Book 1, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1638-1728; Hampshire Records, in Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
1:36; 2:1674.
"Samuel the Son of Samuel & Mercy Bodurtha was born: Febr: 27th 1681". [1681/82 by context]
"Samuel the Son of Samuel & Mercy Bodurtha was borne: Febr: 27: 1681:"
- ↑ Book 2, Deaths, 1728-1844; Springfield Second Church (West Springfield), 1712-1774, in Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
1:515; 3:1978.
"Samuel Bedortha of Springfield Dyed the [blank] day of [blank] anno: Dom: 1757"
"1757 … June 4 Samll Bedortha [died]"
- ↑ West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of West Springfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1944-1945)
2:198.
"Bedortha, … Sam[ue]ll, [died] June 4, 1757, (church record, First Congregational Church in West Springfield)"
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