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Samuel Dane

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts
Death: May 30, 1777 (32)
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Daniel Dane and Abigail Dane
Husband of Hannah Dane
Father of Elizabeth "Betsey" Dodge
Brother of Abigail Dane; Lydia Dane; Daniel Dane; Betty Dane; John Dane and 6 others

Occupation: Cabinetmaker, carpenter
Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Samuel Dane

Joseph Thompson Dodge wrote in a book published in 1894:

" Andrew was a farmer in Hamilton. He was devout and gentle and especially kind to animals. His wife was a woman of great strength of character and intelligence and contributed much to the character and prosperity of the family. He m. 15 Oct 1796 Elizabeth Dane. Daughter of Samuel Dane and Hannah (Ellingwood) Dane, and niece of Hon. Nathan Dane. Samuel Dane was a carpenter and Cabinet maker. Elizabeth was b: 22 Sept 1772 at Hamlet, where she died 22 Dec 1861."


  • DANE, SAMUEL DAR Ancestor #: A131772
  • Service:  MASSACHUSETTS    Rank: PRIVATE
  • Birth:  2-23-1744    IPSWICH ESSEX CO MASSACHUSETTS
  • Death:  5-30-1777     BEVERLY ESSEX CO MASSACHUSETTS
  • Service Description:  1) CAPT LARKEN THORNDIKE, 1ST BEVERLY CO
  • RESIDENCE 1) City: BEVERLY - County: ESSEX CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
  • SPOUSE Number Name 1) HANNAH ELLIN WOOD  
  • Name: Samuel Dane
  • Birth Date: 23 Feb 1745
  • Birth Place: Beverly, Massachusetts
  • Death Date: 30 May 1777
  • Death Place: Beverly, Massachusetts
  • SAR Membership: 27439
  • Role: Ancestor
  • Application Date: 14 May 1915
  • Spouse: Shannah Ellingwood
  • Children: Elizabeth Dane
  • Samuel Dane U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995
  • Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 Samuel Dane
  • page 30 of Genealogical and Personal Memoirs: Relating to the Families of Boston and ... By William Richard Cutter

(V) Daniel Dane, son of Daniel Dane (4), born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1716, died October 15, 1768; married (published January 5, 1739-40), Abigail Burnham, born August 31, 1717, died September 3, 1799, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Perkins) Burnham, of Ipswich. His will dated October 5, 1728, proved November 28, 1768, names wife Abigail, six sons and six daughters, whose names appear in the list of his children here given: Children: 1. Daniel, married (published January 12, 1771) Sarah Goodhue. 2. Nathan, born December 27, 1752, see forward. 3. Samuel, married Hannah Ellingwood. 4. John, died at Beverly, Massachusetts, March 5, 1829, aged eighty years; married (published January 2, 1773) Jemima Fellows, who died at Beverly, April 28, 1827. 5. Benjamin. 6. Joseph. 7. Abigail. 8. Lydia, died August 23, 1845, aged one hundred years eight months five days; married October 19, 1773, Thomas Appleton, of Beverly, Massachusetts, who died September 14, 1830, aged ninety years. 9. Elizabeth. 10. Sarah, married (published January 26, 1771), Ebenezer Ellingwood, of Beverly, Massachusetts. 11. Lucy. 12. Molly, married (published June 15, 1776), William Ellingwood, of Beverly, Massachusetts.
(VI) Nathan Dane, son of Daniel Dane (5), born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, December 27, 1752, died at Beverly, Massachusetts, February 15, 1835, married November 14, 1799, Polly Brown, who died April 14, or April 24, 1840, aged ninety years. The will of Hon. Nathan Dane, of Beverly, dated August 17, 1830, probated April 7, 1835, names his wife Polly, and mentions bequests to a large number of relatives, viz.: Nathan Dane, of Kennebunk, Maine; Nathan D. Appleton, Alfred, Maine; nephew Joseph Patch and his sister Leafa Patch; nephew Daniel Appleton and his sister Lydia Lamson, with proviso regarding their aged mother; nephew Samuel Dane and his brother John G. Dane, and their nephew Nathan Dane; besides bequests to the four sisters of said Samuel and John, daughters of "my brother Daniel Dane, deceased;" and to the children of his daughter Sally, deceased; niece Elizabeth Dodge and her son Nathan D. Dodge, she being the widow of Andrew Dodge - her sons Samuel and Nathan; niece Harriet Tuck; Ezra Cleaves, Jr., and his two sisters, Nancy Sargent and Sally Glidden; grandnephew N. D. Ellingwood; Samuel W. Cox; Sarah W. Coz and Lucy W. Cox, "daughters of my niece Nabby Cox," their sister Deborah Cox, their brother Ebenezer Cox; his nephew William Whipple, to whom he gave a farm in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, said Whipple supporting his mother; and he gave legacies to her five daughters, and to the children of her daughter Sally deceased; niece Esther Stanly; Sally Clarke; nephew Joseph Dane of Kennebunk, Maine, to be residuary legatee. After the death of his wife a certain sum was devised to Harvard College.

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Samuel Dane's Timeline

1745
February 23, 1745
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts
1772
September 22, 1772
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts
1777
May 30, 1777
Age 32
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States