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m. Abt 1750 - Samuel Andrew Russell1759 - 1834
Facts and Events
Colonel Samuel Andrew Russell (1759 - 1834) served as a private in the revolutionary war in Connecticut under Captain Peter Vail and Colonel Canfield in the militia (NSSAR Ancestor #: P-283245; DAR Ancestor # A098524).
References
- ↑ Partridge, Craig, and William Andrew. The Descendants of William Andrew of Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Palo Alto, California: C. Partridge, c1995 (Penobscot Press))
p 17 # 14 p 17, 26-27 # 16.
link 16. ABIGAIL5 (ANDREW) RUSSELL. (Samuet1, Samuel3, Samuel2, William1). Born 6 February 1723/4 (Milford VR) and baptized 9 February 1723/4 (Milford FC), in Milford, the daughter of Samuel and Eunice (Hall) Andrew. She died 13 June 1765 in Windsor, Connecticut (Hale, Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, p. 35). She married Reverend WILLIAM RUSSELL. He was born 23 July 1725 (Barbour, Middletown Vital Records; Henry R. Stiles, The History of Ancient Windsor, [reprinted New Hampshire Pub. Co 1976], Vol. II, p. 670; hereinafter, Stiles, Windsor), in Middletown, the son of Reverend William and Mary Russell. He died 19 April 1775 (Barbour, Windsor Vital Records). After Abigail's death he married Abigail Newberry, the daughter of Captain Roger Newberry (Yale Biographies, Vol. II, pp. 51-53).
William graduated from Yale in 1745 and was the minister in Windsor, Connecticut (Yale Biographies, Vol. II, pp. 51-53). William left no will. Administration of his estate was given to Nathaniel Loomis and Jeremiah Wadsworth on 5 May 1775. An inventory showed the estate valued at £310-56-0 on 28 June 1775. (Hartford Probate, 4686 Yale Biographies says £994
Children (surname RUSSELL):
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iv. SAMUEL ANDREW, bp. 30 December 1759 (Stiles, Windsor, p. 670).
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
6:1309 & 7:1581.
6-1309 Munson Family: Fam. 26. Stephn & Lucy (Riley) Munson:
1 Lucy b 16 Oct 1756 NHV, bp c Apr 1757 NHC1, d 24 Sep 1785 ae. 29 NHC1; m 21 Sep 1783 NHC1- Samuel Russell
7-1581 Russell Family: Russell Misc. Samuel [Russell] Census (NH) 1-0-3; m (1) 21 Sep 1783 NHC1-Lucy da. Stephen & Lucy (Riley) Munson b 16 Oct 1756 NHV, d 24 Sep 1785 ae. 29 NHC1, 20 Sep NHT1; m (2) 11 Nov 1790 NHC1 - Sarah Woodward. A child, LucyMunson, bp 7 Nov 1785 NHC1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Col Samuel Andrew Russell , Forest Lawn Date of Death: 7/2/1834 Section: Forest Lawn Lot: 1, in Find A Grave
Memorial# 151223452.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History. (New York / New Haven: Holt / Yale University Press, 1885-1912)
Vol. IV, July 1778--June 1792, (Henry Hold & Co., New York: 1907), pages 163-164.
link "SAMUEL RUSSELL, second son and child of the Rev. William Russell (Yale 1745), of Windsor, Connecticut, was baptized (as Samuel Andrew Russell) on December 30, 1759.
After graduation he remained at College as a graduate student, and for a year (ending May, 1783) as Butler.
On September 21, 1783, he married Lucy, the eldest child of Stephen Munson (Yale 1751), of New Haven, who died on September 24, 1785, in her 29th year, leaving one daughter.
He next married, in New Haven, on November 11, 1790, Sarah (or Sally), daughter of Richard and Susan (De Luce) Woodward.
Soon after this date he removed to New York City, where he embarked in the West India trade, and was successfully engaged until the interruption caused by the war of 1812.
After this he was employed in the United States Navy, as Deputy Commissary of Purchase, with the rank of Colonel. He was elected to the State Assembly in 1806, 1807, and 1816.
In 1816 or 1817 he removed to Buffalo, New York, of which he became a distinguished citizen. He was a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1821, and in 1824 a Presidential Elector. He was long a Judge in Niagara County, being first appointed in April, 1817; and in April, 1831, he was appointed Post-Master of Buffalo, which office he held until his death there, on July 2, 1834, in his 75th year, "loved, esteemed, and respected by all who knew, him."
His second wife died suddenly in New York on August 8, 1807, and about 1809 he married her sister Susan, who died on September 7, 1819, in her 63d year.
Besides the daughter by his first marriage, he had four sons and a daughter by his second wife."
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hon. Samuel Andres Russell, in Henry R Stiles, Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, Consisting of Volume II of the History of Ancient Wethersfield, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, From Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, With Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families
New York Vol II 601-2, 1904.
link He married first Lucy Munson of New Haven on 21 Sep 1783 who died on 24 Sep 1785. They had one daughter: [6][7][5]
Lucy Munson Russell b New Haven 12 July 1785 died 23 Nov 1860 in Homer, Cortland, New York, USA m Henry Hill (Jul. 4, 1778 - Jul. 24, 1841) the United States Consul to Brazil.[6][8][9][10][11]
After the death of his first wife be married Sarah Woodward of New Haven on November 11, 1790.[7][6] She was the daughter of Richard and Susan (De Luce) Woodward and died who died 8 Aug 1807.[6] They had the following children:
Lt William Andrew Russel b New Haven 1791 died unmarried in Buffalo 15 May 1828.[6]
Harriot Wadsworth Russell b 28 FEB 1794 New York City, New York and died 3 AUG 1889 • Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, married Douglas Wright Williams (16 Oct 1808 - 7 Mar 1891) on 10 Dec 1832.[6][12][13][14] Note Harriot's obituary says she was born in New York City.[15] Her husband's obituary says he was born in Lowville, Lewis, New York but other data indicates Ohio.[16]
Samuel Law Russell b 1795 New York City (All Boroughs), New Yor and died before 1797 in New York City.[6]
Captain Samuel Law Russell b 1797 New York City, New York killed by indians on 28 FEB 1839 Key Biscayne, Dade, Florida, USA married Elizabeth Platt.[6][17][18]
Henry Pierpont Russell[6] b 28 AUG 1801 New York City (All Boroughs), New York, and died 21 AUG 1865 San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA married Mary Guest Musier (Aug. 14, 1800 - Feb. 21, 1892) daughter of John Musier and Sarah Guest.[19][20][21]
After the death of his third wife he married her sister Susan, who died on September 7, 1819, in her 63d year.[6]
He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA. [22]
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