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Capt. Samuel Murdock

Capt. Samuel Murdock

Male 1698 - 1769  (70 years)

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  • Name Samuel Murdock  [1
    Prefix Capt. 
    Born 24 Mar 1697/98  Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Jan 1769  Windham, Windham Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Samuel Murdock joined many of his relatives in the migration from Newton to Connecticut, bought land in Lebanon, and was admitted to the church there with his wife in 1726.  He bought one hundred and twenty-two acres of land in Windham, Connecticut, in 1735, and ninety more adjoining, in 1736, and moved to Windham the next year.  He was a prominent citizen of Windham, and was admitted to the church there in 1738.  Connecticut Colonial Records give his commission as "Captain of the Troop of Horse of the Fifth Regiment"  in 1741.  He was Deputy for Windham to the General Assembly in 1756, 1757, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1764, and 1766.  He died in Windham, January 17, 1769, and is buried with his wife and daughter Eunice in the old cemetery at Windham.

      His will, dated December 23, 1767, divides his property, the homestead being left to his youngest son Eliphalet.  His wife's brother, Dan Throop, was made executor.  The following provision made for his wife is a model of conjugal care:

      "I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved Wife Submit a good riding jade and furniture and two milch cows, six good sheep and increase and twelve pounds of flax yearly and the use of my negro girl during her natural life and have the use of the upright part of my house and also the use of the middle room as she may have occasion and cellar as much as she needs and Wood at the Door cut as much as she wants and well as she wants.  And Priviledge of the out buildings as much as she wants and Liberty to pass and repass as she has occasion.  And to have six bushels of wheat, four of Rye and ten bushels of Indian Corn yearly & Ten score pound of Pork and Sixty pound of Beef and some of all sorts as is laid up in the house: and cyder and Beer as she has occasion for herself and Friends & her proportion of the Poultry as shall be on the Farm.  And all my Indoor Goods & Utensils for house keeping excepting what I shall hereafter dispose of in this my Last Will & Testament.  And to have her creatures kept well, Winter and Summer."
    Person ID I1012  Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2006 

    Father Robert Murdock,   b. 6 Sep 1663, Stirling, Central, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1754, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Hannah Stedman,   b. 28 Apr 1667, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1727, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 28 Apr 1692  Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F547  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Submit Throop,   b. 25 Dec 1706, Bristol, Bristol Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1784, Windham, Windham Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 24 Jun 1725  Lebanon, New London Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Hannah Murdock,   b. 25 Aug 1726, Lebanon, New London Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown
     2. William Murdock,   b. 26 Jul 1728, Lebanon, New London Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1730  (Age 1 years)
     3. Samuel Murdock,   b. 27 Aug 1729, Lebanon, New London Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1795, Halifax, Windham Co., VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     4. Jonathan Murdock,   b. 19 Feb 1732/33, Lebanon, New London Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 23 Feb 1795, Coventry, Tolland Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     5. Submit Murdock,   b. 13 Nov 1736, Lebanon, New London Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1808, Windham, Windham Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     6. William Murdock,   b. 2 Jan 1738/39, Windham, Windham Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1811, Hamilton, Madison Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     7. Dan Murdock,   b. 24 Feb 1741/42, Windham, Windham Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1789, Windham, Windham Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     8. Lydia Murdock,   b. 29 Jun 1745, Windham, Windham Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1770, Windham, Windham Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
     9. Eliphalet Murdock,   b. 5 Oct 1748, Windham, Windham Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1822, Windham, Windham Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     10. Eunice Murdock,   b. 29 Jan 1749/50, Windham, Windham Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1751/52  (Age 2 years)
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2006 
    Family ID F556  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Mar 1697/98 - Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Jun 1725 - Lebanon, New London Co., CT Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Jan 1769 - Windham, Windham Co., CT Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S60] Murdock Genealogy, (1925), p. 15 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S60] Murdock Genealogy, (1925), p. 18 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S57] Massachusetts Vital Records, Roxbury, p. 379 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S60] Murdock Genealogy, (1925), p. 17 (Reliability: 3).