Samuel Budlong was born in Warwick, R. I., in 1736, and died in 1816. He married, September 28, 1758, Katherine Rhodes, a daughter of Captain John Rhodes, Jr. Samuel Budlong, of Warwick, was a private in Captain Rice's compnay, Colonel John Waterman's regiment, from December, 1776, to January, 1777. In 1781 the town of Warwick voted to pay one shilling a day in cash to those of that town producing a certificate of service from their commanding officer; such payments were made to Samuel Budlong and Samuel Budlong, Jr.