Person:Samuel Dana (2)
Samuel Dana
b.7 Sep 1694 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.22 Aug 1770 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Patience DanaAbt 1675 -
  2. Jacob Dana1679 -
  3. Elizabeth DanaAbt 1680 -
  4. Hannah Dana1685 - 1748
  5. Experience Dana1687 -
  6. Samuel Dana1694 - 1770
  7. Abigail Dana1696/97 -
  8. Jacob Dana1699 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Samuel Dana1694 - 1770
  • W.  Abigail Gay1693/94 - 1718
m. 10 Apr 1716
  1. Nathaniel Dana1716/17 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 6 Jan 1718/19
  1. Susanna Dana1720 -
  2. Abigail Dana1722 - 1808
  3. Elizabeth Dana1725 - 1802
  4. Eunice Dana1727 -
  5. Samuel Dana1728 - 1794
  6. Penelope Dana1731 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 30 Dec 1731
  1. Mary Dana1733/34 -
  2. Hannah Dana1736 -
  3. Amariah Dana1738 -
  4. Elijah Dana1740 -
  5. Josiah Dana1742 -
  6. Sarah Dana1745 - 1832
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Facts and Events
Name Samuel Dana
Gender Male
Birth[2] 7 Sep 1694 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 10 Apr 1716 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United Statesto Abigail Gay
Marriage 6 Jan 1718/19 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United Statesto Susannah Starr
Marriage 30 Dec 1731 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United Statesto Mary Sumner
Death[1] 22 Aug 1770 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
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BIOGRAPHY

From "The Dana Family in America" page 57[2]
He was a blacksmith and rem. from Cambridge to Pomfret in 1722, to the part which is now Abington; signed the townsmen's protest in 1723; town officer, 1724; was one of the proprietors of the town library, and a public-spirited citizen. He left a will which is now in the State Library at Hartford, and his estate was inventoried at oe705, 2 s. 2 d. Samuel Dana, blacksmith, and Jacob Dana, cooper, both late of Cambridge and now of Pomfret for oe 40 sell Isaac Dana of Worcester, housewright, land in Cambridge which belonged "to our honoured father Jacob Dana and to our honoured uncles Benjamin and Daniel Dana, " May 9, 1722.

From: The Boston Gazette, or Weekly Journal; Date: 1755-07-21; Iss: 16; Page: [2]; A "Samuel Dana" is listed among the "young gentlemen" receiving a bachelor of arts degree from Cambridge.

From: The Boston Weekly News-Letter; Date: 1758-07-20; Iss: 2923; Page: [4]; and also from: The New-Hampshire Gazette; Date: 1758-07-28; Iss: 95; Page: [2];

References
  1. ↑ Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    v.1 p.34.

    DANA, Samuel, (Sr.), d. Aug. 22, 1770

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dana, Elizabeth Ellery; H.W.L. Dana; and Dana Genealogical Committee. The Dana family in America. (Cambridge [Massachusetts]: Dana, 1956)
    p. 56-57.

    Samuel Dana, s/o Jacob, b. Cambridge 7 Sep 1694 [record not found], d. 22 Aug 1770, m. (1) 10 Apr 1716 Abigail Gay, m. (2) Boston 6 Jan 1718/19 Susanna Starr, m. (3) Milton 30 Dec 1731 Mary Sumner.

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