Dea. Samuel Tenney

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Dea. Samuel Tenney

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: February 03, 1748 (80)
Bradford, Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonies in America
Place of Burial: Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Dea. John C. Tenney; Deacon John Tenney and Mercy Tenney
Husband of Abigail Tenney (Bailey); Sarah Tenney and Hannah Tenney (Moody)
Father of Samuel Tenney; Abigail Haseltine; Mercy Worcester; John Tenney; Susannah Bayley and 10 others
Brother of Sarah Atwood
Half brother of Susannah Tenney and Dorothy Tenney

Managed by: Daniel Carter
Last Updated:

About Dea. Samuel Tenney

Samuel was the son of Deacon John Tenney & Mercy Parrat.

He was first married to Abigail Bailey. They had one child born 22NOV1689. Abigail died six days later on 28NOV1689 and was buried in the Old Bradford Burial Ground.

He married second, Sarah Boynton, and together they had 11 children: Mercy, John, Susannah, Sarah, Samuel, Joseph, Anna, Daniel, Jonathan, Dorothy, & Philip. Sarah died on 3APR1709 and was buried in the Old Bradford Burial Ground.

He married third, Hannah Moody. They had no children. She died on 29OCT1745 and is buried alongside Samuel in the Riverview Cemetery in Groveland, MA.

Samuel was a Lieutenant in the Continental Army; a member of the Mass. Provincial Assembly at Boston in 1725 when, 50 years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, he was one of 30 who voted against receiving the King's Charter. He lived in Bradford and was deacon of the church there. Inscription:

"_____________ED

   THE BODY OF
ELDER SAMUEL TENNEY
 WHO DIED FEBRUARY
3 1747/8 IN THE 81st
  YEAR OF HIS AGE"

Note: Unfortunately, the photo of headstones entered by Joy C. is incorrect! I have no way of easily deleting it. Also there are duplicate memorials for both the first and second wives of Samuel due to spelling variation.

http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Rowley/aBirthsT.shtml "(TENNEY (Teney, Tenne, Tennee, Tenny, Teny, Tinny)) Samuel (Teny), s. John, Nov. 20, 1667."

(1st)

(2nd) http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Bradford/aMarriagesT.shtml "(TENNEY (Tenny, Tinney)) Samuel, and Sarah Boynton, Dec. 18, 1690."

(3rd) http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Bradford/aMarriagesT.shtml "(TENNEY (Tenny, Tinney)) Samuel, and Hannah Moody of Newbury, at Newbury, Jan. 26, 1709-10."

http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Bradford/aDeathsT.shtml "(TENNEY (Teney, Tenny)) Samuel, Elder, Feb. 3, 1847, in his 81st y. GR2 Probably 1747. Probably the Samuel Tenney born Nov. 20, 1667 in Rowley."


GEDCOM Source

@R-1561662008@ Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,4725::0 Birth year: 1667; Birth city: Bradford; Birth state: MA 1,4725::2541216

GEDCOM Source

@R-1561662008@ Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,4725::0 Birth year: 1667; Birth city: Bradford; Birth state: MA 1,4725::2541216

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Dea. Samuel Tenney's Timeline

1667
November 2, 1667
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
November 23, 1667
1683
1683
Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1689
November 22, 1689
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
November 22, 1689
Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1691
October 23, 1691
Bradford, Essex, Mass.
1692
December 8, 1692
Haverhill, MA, United States
1695
February 5, 1695
Essex, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States