Samuel Felt, born probably at Falmouth, It is to be regretted that the destruction of many of the public records of that region leaves us without the means of ascertaining dates. Of Samuel Felt we have none, either of birth, marriage, or death. His wife's name was Elizabeth, and his eldest child was probably born in Falmouth. We first hear of him March 23, 1687-8, at which time he joined with his brothers George and Jonathan in a petition for confirmation of the lands given their father by their grandmother, Jane Mackworth. … About 1690 Samuel Felt left Casco Bay and with his brothers settled in Salem, where he remained until after 1701. He was a tailor and had a small house and shop on the main street of Salem. … April 5, 1710, he sold it, together with the small house and shop thereon, for the sum of £30. Sometime before 1703 Samuel Felt had become a resident of Rowley, where his mother, who had married Thomas Nelson, was living, and was an attendant at the First Church of that town. In the latter part of 1710 he lived in Byfield Parish. He died in Rowley and his family removed to Enfield, Conn., whither his sister, the wife of Josiah Wood, had already gone, and settled in the eastern part of the town, now Somers.
