Person:Samuel Yale (2)

Watchers
m. Bef 1763
  1. Samuel Yale1763 - 1810
m. Bef 1784
  1. Selden Yale1795 - 1824
m. Aft 18 Aug 1804
Facts and Events
Name[1] Samuel Yale
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 18 Aug 1763 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Alt Birth[2] 29 Aug 1763 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1784 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Eunice Payne
Marriage Aft 18 Aug 1804 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Mehitabel Royce
Death[1][3] 18 Sep 1810 Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Burial[3] Broad Street Cemetery, Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 108. Street Yale; 226. Samuel Yale, in Yale, Rodney Horace. Yale Genealogy and History of Wales, the British Kings and Princes, Life of Owen Glyndwr: Biographies of Governor Elihu Yale for Whom Yale University Was Named, Linus Yale, Sr., and Linus Yale, Jr., the Inventors of Yale Locks, Maurice Fitz Gerald, the Great Leader in the Conquest of Ireland, Roger de Montgomery, the Greatest of the Norman Lords, and Other Noted Persons. (Beatrice, Neb.: Privately Printed, 1908)
    140, 62-63.

    "226. Samuel (Yale), [born] August 18, 1763, in Wallingford."

    "226. Samuel Yale, of Meriden, Conn., was twice married; first to Eunice Paine, of the same town, second to Mehetible Rice, of Wallingford, in the same state. He was the first manufacturer in the town of Meriden. In 1791, he commenced the manufacture of cut nails. The small shop he at that time occupied, stood on a hill, near the location of the Center Congregational Church. He and his oldest son working their machine by hand, heading each nail separately. In 1794, he commenced the manufacture of pewter buttons. In this he was successful, employed several hands in the business, and accumulated a handsome estate. Mr. Samuel Yale died September 18, 1810, aged 47 years. Mrs. Eunice Yale died August 18, 1804, aged 44 years. Mrs. Mehetible Yale died November 19, 1808, aged 28 years."

  2. 2.0 2.1 Wallingford Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    333.

    "Yale, … Samuel, s. Street & Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1763 [21:215]"
    "Yale, … Samuel, s. Street & Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1763 [23:294]"

  3. 3.0 3.1 Samuel Yale, in Find A Grave.