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Samuel Munson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
Death: after 1790
Livingston District, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. Solomon Uzal Munson and Mary Munson
Husband of Mary Munson and Sarah Munson
Father of Ruth L. van Cleave; Eliaseph Munson; Elizabeth Munson; Charity Hedden; Catherine Griffin and 2 others
Brother of Martha Barker and Elizabeth Munson
Half brother of Capt. Moses Munson; Soloman Munson; Waitstill Munson; Capt. Stephen Munson; Caleb Munson and 1 other

DAR Ancestor #: A204942
Managed by: Brandt Joseph Gibson
Last Updated:

About Samuel Munson

Samuel Munson

  • Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PRIVATE
  • Birth: 9-15-1717 WALLINGFORD NEW HAVEN CO CONNECTICUT
  • Death: POST 1791 FAYETTE CO-LIV KY DIST VIRGINIA
  • Service Source: KEGLEY, MILITIA OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, P 11
  • Service Description: 1) CAPT COX, MONTGOMERY COUNTY MILITIA
  • DAR Ancestor # A204942

Family

Samuel was the son of Solomon Munson and Mary Moss Munson of Morristown, Morris Co., NJ.

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.

Samuel Munson married 3 times:

1/w Elizabeth Potter m. 9 Nov. 1743 Morristown, Morris, NJ

Children: No issue

2/w Mary Allen/Allyn m. 9 Oct. 1745 Morristown, Morris, NJ

Children:

  • a. Ruth Monson m. 14 July 1765 Rowan Co., NC to Benjamin Van Cleave
  • b. Eliaseph Munson m. Sarah ? m. 2/h Moses Adams probably Wilkes Co., NC

3/w Mrs. Sarah Prudden widow of Bois John Prudden m. 1 May 1751 Morristown, Morris Co., NJ

Children:

  • c. Elizabeth Munson Bapt. 27 Jan. 1754 Morristown, Morris Co., NJ.
  • d. Catherine Munson Bapt. 15 Feb. 1757 Morristown, Morris Co., NJ m.@1773 North Carolina to Ralph Griffin (circumstantial evidence)
  • e. Samuel Munson m. 18 Jan 1785 Surry Co., NC. to Clare Hudspeth
  • f. Charity (Munson?) m. Abraham Hedden @ Montgomery Co., VA.
  • g. (Rev.) Isaac Moss Monson m m. Nancy Webb 28 Jan. 1793 Bourbon Co., KY

Ref:

  • 1762-1767 Left Morristown, NJ for North Carolina
  • 1763-1778 No land deeds for Eliaseph Munson because Earl of Grandville Land Office closed because ofIndian troubles in area.
  • 1768 Rowan Co., NC Colonial Tax List Jonathan Hunt List
  • 1771-1774 Spurgin's District, Rowan Co., NC (now Davie Co., NC)
  • 1783 Montgomery Co., VA. Samuel Munson
  • 1787 10 August-Fayette Co., KY Tax List Samuel Munson
  • 1788-1789 Fayette Co., KY. Tax List
  • 1790 Fayette Co., KY Tax List

Citations

  • LDS Microfilm 07957 Tax Records Fayette Co., KY.178701797, 1799-1804
  • Presbyterian Church Records of Morristown, NJ
  • Timberidge Presbyterian Church (Jersey Presbyterian Church-Rowan Co., NC
  • Vol I., Thomas Munson Record pg. 194 and 195
  • Vol III Thomas Munson Record pg. 1237
  • 1790 Tax Record Fayette Co., KY
  • Prior 1783 Land Record Eliaseph Munson on Sugar Tree Creek, Rowan Co. (now Davie Co.) North Carolina

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  • 6th ggp. Samuel Munson and 2/w Mary Allen/Allyn, 5th ggp. Eliaseph Munson m. Sarah(?) 2/h Moses Adams
  • 4th ggp. William Munson m. Dicey-Dycey Ann ? Munson 3/ggp. Solomon Munson m. "Betsy" Elizabeth Williamson *2/ggp. Sarah Arminda Munson m. Elijah B. Lathrop 2/h Lorenzo D. Johnson.

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GEDCOM Note

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Munson-385

Sources

  • Families of Ancient New Haven: Title: Donald Lines Jacobus, Volumes 1-9, printed by Clarence D. Smith, Rome, New York, 1923; originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine - reprinted by Genealogical Printing Company, Inc. Baltimore in 1974, 1981, 1997..
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Samuel Munson's Timeline

1717
September 15, 1717
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
1746
July 10, 1746
Morristown, Morris County, Province of New Jersey
1748
June 19, 1748
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
1754
January 27, 1754
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
1756
September 15, 1756
Morristown, New Jersy
1757
February 15, 1757
Morristown, Morris County, Province of New Jersey
1763
1763
Province of North Carolina
1765
September 1, 1765
Rowan County, North Carolina, United States