Brigadier General Samuel Safford

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Brigadier General Samuel Safford

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Birthplace: Norwich, New London County, CT, Colonial America
Death: March 13, 1813 (75)
Bennington, Bennington County, VT, United States
Place of Burial: Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Deacon Joseph Safford, Sr and Ann Safford
Husband of Mary Lawrence
Father of Mary Fay; John Safford; Ruth Hopkins; Anna Robinson; Amelia Fay and 3 others
Brother of Anna Walbridge; Col Joseph Safford; Ens David Safford; Hanna Fassett; Lucy Montague and 3 others

Occupation: Revolutionary War General
DAR: Ancestor #: A099107
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About Brigadier General Samuel Safford

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VERMONT with the rank of BRIGADIER GENERAL. DAR Ancestor #: A099107

Was born at Norwich, Conn., Apr. 14, 1737, and was one of the early settlers of Bennington. He took an active part in the land title controversy with New York, and on several occasions represented the town in conventions of the settlers for defense against the Yorkers, and also for forming the territory into a separate state. When the committees of the several towns met at Dorset in July, 1775 to nominate officers for the battalion of Green Mountain Boys recommended by Congress, he was named as Major, under Warner as Lieut. Colonel, and served in the corps with him in Canada. And when Warner's continental regiment was raised in 1776, he was commissioned by Congress as Lieut. Colonel, and served as such in the battles of Hubbardton and Bennington and throughout the war. In 1781 he became a General of the Militia. He was a representative of the town in 1781 and 1782, and in 1783 was elected a State Councillor and served as such for 19 years in succession and for 26 successive years, ending in 1807, he was Chief Judge of the County Court for Bennington Co. He was an upright and intelligent man of sound judgment, and universally respected. He died at Bennington, March 3, 1813, and some of his descendants are now inhabitants of this town.



Son of Dea. Joseph Safford & Ann Longbottom

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Brigadier General Samuel Safford's Timeline

1737
April 27, 1737
Norwich, New London County, CT, Colonial America
1763
June 16, 1763
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
1765
August 16, 1765
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
1769
December 3, 1769
Bennington, Bennington County, VT, United States
1771
January 9, 1771
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
1774
February 3, 1774
Bennington, Vermont, United States
1777
July 24, 1777
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
1780
April 2, 1780
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
1813
March 13, 1813
Age 75
Bennington, Bennington County, VT, United States