Capt. Solomon Uzal Munson

“8. Mary Moss, (daughter of Mary Lathrop and the 2nd John Moss) born July 23, 1694, and married June 28, 1714, Solomon Munson, and had three children : Martha, Samuel, and Elizabeth. Afterward he married June 14, 1753, Sarah Peck, by whom he also had three.” Second wife more often seen as Tamar Munson , not Sarah Peck.

Removed to Morristown, New Jersey

GEDCOM Source

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Munson-2061 March 2019

GEDCOM Note

Biography

Solomon Munson was born to Samuel and Martha (Farnes) Munson, in Wallingford, Connecticut, February 18, 1690.

Solomon married first, Mary Moss, June 28, 1714, in Wallingford, Connecticut.<ref name="jacobus"/> They had the following children in Wallingford:

• Martha, b September 14, 1715
• Samuel, b September 15, 1717
• Eliasaph, b November 17, 1719

Solomon removed to Morristown, New Jersey, apparently after at least his first three children were born in Wallingford.

He married second, Tamar (unknown), born about 1701, died January 17, 1779. Solomon and Tamar were married sometime before Aug 13, 1742 when they were recognized as being members of the Presbyterian Church in West Hanover.

Solomon died in 1773, likely in Morristown, New Jersey and is buried at the First Presbyterian Churchyard.

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