Capt. Samuel Eldred

At Cambridge, MA 1646

Biography

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Samuel ELDRED

• B: 27 Nov 1620 Ipswich, Suffolk, England  
• M: 25 Nov 1640 Ipswich, Suffolk, England
• D: 27 Nov 1697 Kingston, Washington, RI, USA 

Children:

• Elizabeth Eldred
  • B: 26 Oct 1642 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  
  • M: Isle, Virginia - GAINER, Samuel (1640-1696)
    • Samuel GAINER (1666-1751)
    • Samuel GAINER (1680-1720)
    • William GAINER (1680-1745)
    • Mary GAINER (1685-1751)
  • D: 1694 Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States  
• Mary Eldred
  • B: 15 Jun 1646 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  
    • M: 1667 Kingstowne, Washington, Rhode Island - GARDINER, Benoni (1637-1729)
    • [Was NOT married to Benoni Gardiner; he was married to a Mary UNK. This Mary was married to Rouse Helme in 1673/pscoggin]
    • William GARDINER (1671-1732)
    • Benoni GARDINER (1680-????)
    • Bridget GARDINER (1687-1730)
    • Isaac GARDINER (1688-1746)
    • Penelope GARDINER (1689-1751)
    • Jeremiah GARDINER (1690-1775)
  • D: 16 Nov 1729 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States  
• Thomas Eldred
  • B: 8 Sep 1648 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
  • M: 1668 - Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island - COLE, Susanna (1623-1720)
    • Capt. John ELDRED (1670-1741)
    • Elisha ELDRED (1673-1732)  
    • Bridget ELDRED (1678-????)
    • Susanna ELDRED (1680-1705)
    • Mary ELDRED (1690-1762)
    • Grace ELDRED (1690-1726)
    • William ELDRED (1692-1716)
  • D: 9 May 1726 North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States  
• James Eldred
  • B: 1657 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  
  • D: 1687 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States  
• Daniel Eldred
  • B: 17 Aug 1659 North Kingstown, Wash, Rhode Island, United States  
  • M: 1687 - Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island - PHILLIPS, Mary (1658-1750)
    • Abigail ELDRED (1688-1720)
    • Daniel ELDRED (1690-1737)
    • Mary ELDRED (1691-????)
    • Freelove ELDRED (1695-1697)
    • James ELDRED (1696-1738)
    • Thomas ELDRED (1699-1753)
    • Hannah ELDRED (1703-1791)
    • Sarah ELDRED (1706-1752)
    • Richard ELDRED (1712-1752)
  • D: 17 Sep 1724 Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, United States  
• John Eldred
  • B: 17 Aug 1659 North Kingstown, Wash, Rhode Island, United States  
  • D: 17 Sep 1724 Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, United States 

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Samuel Eldred

Born about 1620 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England

Son of Thomas Eldredge and Anna (Watson) Eldred

Brother of Thomas Eldred, Charles Eldred, John Eldred, Mary (Eldredge) Helmes, Mary Eldred and William Eldredge [half]

Husband of Elizabeth (Miller) Eldred — married 25 Nov 1640 in Ipswich, England

Father of Elizabeth Eldred, Samuel Eldred II, Mary (Eldred) Gardiner, Thomas Eldred, James Eldred, John Eldred and Daniel Eldred

Died after 1697 in Kings Towne, King's Province, Rhode Island

Profile last modified 6 Jun 2019 | Created 11 Sep 2010

Samuel Eldred migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Biography

Samuel[1] was born about 1620 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England.[2]

Marriage

He married a woman named Elizabeth c. 1642 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3]

Residence

He appears in Boston as early as 1646.[4]

22 Jun 1670 - Wickford, Connecticut. Taking Constables oath.[4]

Death

After 1697 Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island[4]

Research Notes

Washington County was created from Providence Plantations in 1729 as Kings County. It was renamed Washington County on October 29, 1781, in honor of General and President Washington. The town of South Kingstown was formed in 1722 when the former Kings Towne was split into two parts, the other being North Kingstown. South Kingstown was incorporated in 1723. Wilbur-403 09:20, 25 July 2017 (EDT) Event

Event: Samuel was one of the witnesses to the deed when the Narragansett Indians sold their land to the Rhode Island Settlers. Type: Witness to Land Deed Sources

↑ Watson, Marston. Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry. Vol. 2. Reverend Francis Marbury and Five Generations of the Descendants Through Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson and Katherine (Marbury) Scott. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. pg 25 (subscription needed) ↑ Banks, Charles Edward, 1854-1931, and Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. "Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650." The Bertram press. Philadelphia, Pa. 1937. pg 157 ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Austin, John Osborne, 1849-1918. The genealogical dictionary of Rhode Island : comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690 : with many families carried to the fourth generation. Albany : J. Munsell's sons. 1887. pg 116

Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America: With a Brief History of Those of the First Generation and References to the Various Local Histories, and Other Sources of Information where Additional Data May be Found. By Henry Whittemore

• “Samuel Eldred, of Cambridge, 1646, by wife Elizabeth, had
  • Elizabeth, 1642;
  • Samuel, 1644;
  • Mary, 1646; and
  • Thomas, 1648.
• Taken prisoner by Connecticut, when Rhode Island was too weak to vindicate her right, he, perhaps, to sere his relatives and neighbors consented to be made a constable, until the royal justice might settle the disputed boundary.
• A Mrs. Eldred is mentioned1643, at New Haven, with family of five, and estate of 1000 pounds sterling, but not there in 1647, probably had gone home to London.”

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Samuel Eldred['5,170,171,2750]

• was born on 27 November 1620 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
• He died between 1697 and 1699 at the age of 77 in Kingstowne, Washington, Rhode Island.
  • Although the books on the Eldred family show his birth as 27 Nov 1620, it is probably a christening date.
    • Their source was parish registers of Ipswich. However, parish registers rarely recorded birth dates. They usually recorded chr dates.
• At his marriage in 1640, at St. Mary at the Quay, Ipswich,
  • we learn that Samuel is a cordwainer (shoemaker) and that
  • Elizabeth is the dau of Daniel Miller of Needham Market.
• Samuel and Elizabeth (Miller) Eldred appear in Cambridge, Mass. in 1641 and
  • according to one source left Bristol, England on 23 Mar 1641 on the ship "Tiger" bound for Boston.
• Samuel and his family spent their first years in America in the Massachusestts Bay Colony living in various places near Boston, Cambridge, Charlestown, Chelsea, and Medford.
• At first he was a shoemaker and later farmed rented land.
• About 1660 he moved to Wickford on the western shore of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island where many of Samuel's descendants lived for the next hundred years.
• CD 504 Early New England Settlers - source Topographical Dictionary of New England -
  • show Samuel Eldred residence as Lavenham, Suffolk, England.
  • Parents: Thomas Eldred-10583 and Anna Watson-10584.
  • Spouse: Elizabeth Miller-10572.
    • Elizabeth Miller and Samuel Eldred were married on 25 November 1640 in St. Mary at the Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
  • Children were:
    • Elizabeth Eldred-10573,
    • Samuel Eldred-10574,
    • Mary Eldred-10576,
    • Thomas Eldred-10577,
    • James Eldred-10580,
    • John Eldred-10581,
    • Capt. Daniel Eldred-10554. Sources:
• 5. Charles Kerr, editor, History of Kentucky, III (Chicago and New York: The American Historical Society, 1922.), III: 322.
• 170. 1880 Census, entry for M. J. Williams. birthplace of M. J. Williams parents.
• 171. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch  , accessed 15 Nov 2009), Elizabeth Collins, PID: 27SV-8W1.
• 2750. Svenska kyrkan. Fröderyd socken (Fröderyd, Västra, Sweden), Kyrkoböcker, 1644-1896. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, "Marriages," p. 317; FHL microfilm 135396.

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• ID: I50052
• Name: Samuel Eldred
• Prefix: Sgt.
• Sex: M
• Birth: 27 NOV 1620 in Ipswich, Suffolk, ENG
• Death: 27 NOV 1695 in Kingston, Washington, RI
• Burial: 1697 , Swanzey, MA
• Ancestral File #: 2QVS-6L
• _UID: 4D45535241DD714D830640763CB229B11A52

Note:

• MARRIAGE: St. Mary at the Quay
• SOURCE: THE ELDRED FAMILY - manuscript from New Lisbon files

BIOGRAPHY: (cont. from John Eldred c1419 )

• One of these Ipswich descendants was named Samuel Eldred.
  • He was born Nov . 27, 1620.
  • On Nov. 25, 1640 he was married to Elizabeth Miller, of Needham Market, Norfolk, in the church of St. Mary-at-Kay's, in Ipswich, England.
  • The couple seems to have sailed to America very soon after the marriage, for Samuel is on record in Boston in 1641, when he joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston.
  • He was actually living in Cambridge at the time, but he later lived at several other places near Boston, among them being Charlestown, Medford and Chelsea, where he plied his trade of shoemaker and farmed rented lands.
  • In 1660 he moved to Wickford, on the western shore of Narragansett Bay, in Rhode Island.
  • He and his descendants lived in Rhode Island for the next 100 years, and more. (cont. under Thomas Eldred 1648 )

Samuel (1) Eldred. (Thomas(7e) William(6e) Thomas(5e) Nicholas(4e) Thomas (3e) Reginald(2e) John Eldred of Corby.)

• These are the names of Samuel's ancestors back in England.
• b. Nov. 27, 1620 at Ipswich, County Norfolk, England.
• d. Exact date of death not known because no record exists and his grave is unmarked at the present time. However, it was after April 13, 1697, for he deeded land to his son on that date. A plot of land was set aside from his farm where he was buried. This private cemetery is still in existence, though long unused.
• m. Nov. 25, 1640 at St. Mary-at-Kay's, Ipswich, England, Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Miller of Needham Market, County Norfolk, England.
• Samuel Eldred was a shoemaker by trade and he probably engaged in that occupation for a time after settling in Cambridge, Mass., for the records do not indicate that he did any farming for some time after he came to New England.
  • He probably farmed rented lands until his removal to Rhode Island. He appears a number of times on the court records of Plymouth Colony, usually as defendant with Edward Hutchinson as his attorney. In fact, Samuel Eldred seems to have been very friendly with the Hutchinson family, which may have been an influence in his decision to move to Rhode Island, which he did in 1668 (date illegible). The Hutchinsons had already gone there after Ann Hutchinson's banishment.
• He was one of the two signers to the deed by which the Sachems of the Narragansett Indians sold land rights to the new settlers. At first the region purchased was called The Narragansett. He was in the struggle between Connecticut and Massachusetts for control of the Narragansett region. He represented Connecticut and suffered both persecution and imprisonment in defense of Connecticut interests, which was appreciated and rewarded by the authorities at Hartford, as the records show. He last appears on public records in 1679.
• Being now nearly 60 years old, he probably retired to his farm where he spent the rest of his life. In 1697 he deeded to his son, John, the house and 100 acres off the homestead. His wife did not [appear] in the deed , so was probably dead. He was buried on the farm and 1/2 [acre] was set off as a private cemetery. HIs original house was still standing, though in ruinous condition, in 1721, and the remains of its foundations were visible as late as 1929.
• Children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Miller) Eldred:
  • I. Elizabeth, b. Oct 2 6, 1642 in Cambridge, Mass.
  • II. Samuel, b. Oct. 2, 1644, at Cambridge. ( *)
  • III. Mary, b. June 15, 1646, at Cambridge .
  • IV. Lt. Thomas, b. Sept. 8, 1648 at Cambridge. (**)
  • V. James, b. Exact d ate unknown but prior to 1657.
  • VI. John, b. Aug. 17, 1659, probably at Chelsea, Mass.
  • VII. Daniel, b. 1663 at Wickford, Rhode Island. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/e/l/d/Donald-M-Eldredge/GENE00... .html

• Robert, William and Samuel Eldredge came to this country, probably in the 1630's, as Samuel was living in Cambridge, Mass. in 1641.
• We knew that the branch, (Samuel's) helped the settlement of Virginia. This means that the family has been in the US over 360 years.
• The fact that the branch which we call our line, settled around Boston an d Cape Cod has been established. We knew that they were Baptists, as they followed Roger Williams to what is now called Rhode Island, when he was driven from Massachusetts, because of his religious faith, as was Anne Hutchinson and her family.
• That the Eldredges took an active part in the settlement of Rhode Island has been verified by existing records. For instance; Samuel Eldredge, one of three brothers who first came to America from England, was imprisoned in 1670 by R.I. authorities for assuming to call a jury.
  • In 1674, this same Samuel Eldredge, was granted by the court, 20 rubles (6 shillings and a pence) for his good service in doing and suffering for the colony. Also, it is recorded that the Eldredges and some other brisk hands, went on a "night adventure" with Captain Benjamin Church, capturing 18 Indians. Also a son, Samuel was on a jury, summoned by his father in Kingston , R.I. in 1670.
• Children of Samuel Eldredge are:
  • 8. i. SAMUEL3 ELDREDGE II.
  • ii. LIEUTENANT THOMAS ELDREDGE,
    • b. 1648, Kingston, R.I.;
    • d. 1726;
    • m. SUSANN A COLE.

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Samuel ELDRED

• BIRTH: 27 NOV 1620, or near, Needham Mkt., Norfolk, England
• DEATH: AFT 1697, Kingstowne,Washington Co.,Rhode Island
• REFERENCE: 2798
• Family 1: Elizabeth MILLER
  • MARRIAGE: 24 NOV 1640, St. Mary Kays, Needham Market, Norfolk, England
    • 1.Elizabeth ELDRED
    • 2.Samuel ELDRED
    • 3.Mary ELDRED
    • 4.Thomas ELDRED
    • 5.James ELDRED
    • 6.Daniel or_David ELDRED
    • 7.John ELDRED
• Samuel ELDRED was born on 27 Nov 1620 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
• He was married to Elizabeth MILLER on 25 Nov 1640 in St.Mary At Kays, Ipswich, England.
• Samuel, one of the nine early Eldred immigrants to the American Colonies, probably sailed soon after his marriage to Elizabeth in as much as he was one of the members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston in 1641.
• This organization made him a sergeant. He lived in Cambridge for several years and in the general Boston area earning his living as a shoemaker and farming rented lands until 1660.
• He then moved to Wickford, RI on the western shore of Narragansett Bay.
• He appears a number of times on the court records of Plymonth Colony, usually as defendant, with Edward Hutchinson as his attorney. In fact, Samuel Eldred seems to have been very friendly with the Hutchinson family, which may have been an influence in his decision to move to Rhode Island, which he did in 1660. The Hutchinsons had already gone there after Ann Hutchinson's banishment from Massachusetts.
• Samuel was one of a committee of two who signed the deed by which the Narragansett Indians sold land to the white settlers. In doing so he "made his mark" to verify his signature, hence he could not write his name, a common thing in those days.
• In 1670 he was elected Constable at Wickford, R I, and at once became a prominent figure in the struggle for authority over the Narragansett Region, which was going on between Massachusetts and Connecticut officials.
  • He represented Connecticut and suffered both persecution and imprisonment in defense of her interests. This was appreciated and rewarded by the officials of Connecticut.
  • He is last mentioned as a public official in 1679.
• Samuel Eldred is mentioned in a 1663 request that the area of Narragansett country in dispute between CT and RI be under the protection of CT.
• Naraganset 3, July 1663.
  • We shoe names are under written being the Inhabitants & the proprietors of the lands lying in the Naraganset have & doe desire (according to his Majesties grante) to be under the Govern'tt of Conecticot Collony & Request there protection according to a letter sent in June last. mr. Bradstreet & others have desired the same in ye Letter formerly Mentioned.
    • (These names are listed): Joshua Hawes, Will Hudson, Waite Winthrop, Jn o Crabtree, George Denison, James Browne, Alexand'r Alffenick, Tho. Stanton Sen'r, Timo Mather, Jno. Cole, Rich Smith Jun., Richard Lord. (These names are shown with their actual "marke"): Henry Tibit, Sam Eldred, Sam Waite, Tho. Sewell, Sam'l Eldred Junr, Ruben Willis & Armbras Leach.
• In 1697 Samuel deeded to his son, John, 100 acres and a house, dying shortly thereafter.
• He is buried on his own farm, on a plot set aside by his son as "a burying place for our father's family forever." It is still in existence, though long unused an now grown up with weeds and brush. Samuel died between 4-13-1697 and 2-12-1699. His wife Elizabeth died about 1697.
  • They are both thought to be buried in unmarked graves on their farm in the Eldred family burial grounds which is located at the extreme rear boundary of the Elm Grove cemetery in Allenton. It is about three miles south of Wickford and is only a few hundred yards east of the Post Road from Providence to New London.
  • Samuel's son Capt. John Eldred is also buried there.
  • The burial ground is on a half acre of land with several trees and surrounded by a chain fence.
  • There is a marker there labeling it as the Eldred Family Cemetery.
  • There is also an Eldred lot in the Elm Grove cemetery.
    • A. H. Eldridge visited the site of the cemetery on 8 October 1956. It is located on the extreme rear boundary of the Allenton Cemetery.
  • There is no marker for Samuel, nor for his wife Elizabeth. In 1721, his original house was still standing, though in ruinous condition, and the remains of its foundations were visible as late as 1929.

see: RICHMOND: Eldred genealogy; pp 6-7; typescript @RIHS. "Samuel Eldred and Some of His Descendants" by Nelson B. Eldred III, 1992. Library of Congress Cat Card No. 92-81631, p . 43.). Some older documents spell surname "ELDREDGE". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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