Person:Samuel Harrington (1)

Samuel Harrington
b.Est 1645
  • HSamuel HarringtonEst 1645 - 1719
  • WHannah Plympton1644/45 - Bef 1693
m. 24 Jan 1676/77
  1. Deacon Samuel HarringtonCal 1678 - 1760
  2. Mehitabel Harrington1681 -
m. 27 Jul 1693
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4] Samuel Harrington
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] Est 1645 Rough estimate.
Marriage 24 Jan 1676/77 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hannah Plympton
Marriage 27 Jul 1693 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesto Hannah Linsley
Will[4] 6 Mar 1716
Death[4][5] 25 Jul 1719 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Probate[4] 17 Aug 1719 Will proved.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Samuel Harrington, in Sheldon, George. Biographical Sketchs of the Settlers at Pocumtuck Before Philip's War. History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association. (Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1890-1921)
    1:70, 1890.

    "Harrington, Samuel — Here [Deerfield] in 1673; was wounded in the attack on Pocumtuck, Sept. 12, 1675. He m., March 17, 1677, Hannah, dau. of John Plimpton, wid. of Nathaniel Sutlief, who was killed with Capt. Turner at Peskeompsakut, May 19, 1676. Nothing has been found of his antecedent or subsequent history."

  2. 2.0 2.1 Samuel Harrington, in Sheldon, George. A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts: the Times when and the People by whom it was Settled, Unsettled, and Resettled, with a Special Study of the Indian Wars in the Connecticut Valley; with Genealogies. (Greenfield, Mass.: Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1895-1896)
    2:2:184.

    "Harrington, Samuel, a sett. abt. 1673; wounded by a shot in the neck at the attack on Dfd., Sept. 1, 1695; was at Hat. When he took the oath of allegiance, Feb. 8, 1678; he is not further heard from. He m. Hannah, dau. John Plympton, wid. of Nath’l Sutlief, who was k. with Turner; 'Mar. 7, 1677, the Court allowed Hannah the homestead at Deerfield, which did belong to her former h-'sband Sutlief, for herself and children by him.' This date may be 1677-8, in which case it might be inferred that Harrington had just died."

  3. 3.0 3.1 Samuel Harrington, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:360.

    "Samuel (Harrington), Hatfield 1679."

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 2-4 Hannah Linley, in Linsley, Ray Keyes. Connecticut Linsleys, the Six Johns: Being the History, So Far as Known of the Descendants of the First of the Name in Connecticut. (Bristol, Conn.: R. K. Linsley, 1948)
    32.

    "… Samuel Harrington … died in Branford July 25, 1719, His will dated Mar, 6, 1716 and proved Aug, 17, 1719. Named his wife, Hannah, and two children by a former wife."

  5. Branford Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    77.

    "Harrington, … Sam[ue]ll, Sr., d. July 15, 1719 [3:43]"

  6.   Samuel Harrington, in Find A Grave.

    This burial is not documented in the Hale Collection. There appears to be no evidence of the actual place of burial.