"4. Samuel2 Culver (Edward1), born at Dedham, Mass., 9 Jan. 1644/5, died ____; presumably married. At a Court held 17 Sept. 1672, Samuel Cullver and Martha Fish wife to John Fish were tried, Martha being then with child, and two more of her children were by Samuel. They had lived together four or five years. [New London County Court Rec., 3:51.] Fish divorced his wife in 1680. It has been suggested that she may have been Martha Ireland, half-sister of John Burrows, but she was much older than Samuel.
On 7 Jan. 1685, the Proprietors of East Jersey granted 100 acres in Middleton [Middletown], Monmouth Co., to Samuel Colver, planter, of Middleton; and on 1 Oct. 1695 they granted to Samuel Colver, yeoman, of Middleton, 6 acres on the east side of Shoal Harbor. [Deeds, Trenton, N.J., A:278; E:390.] As Samuel appears no further in Connecticut records, the above doubtless discloses what became of him. It does not seem likely that unconnected Culvers in Connecticut in the next generation were his progeny, as it is supposed that he married Martha and we presume their children went with them. Later Colvers in that part of New Jersey nay have been descendants, but no probate has been found there, and we have not identified his children."
