1698 - 1769 (70 years)
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Name |
Samuel Murdock [1] |
Prefix |
Capt. |
Born |
24 Mar 1697/98 |
Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
17 Jan 1769 |
Windham, Windham Co., CT [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."
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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 , d. 28 Apr 1754, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA (Age 90 years) |
Mother |
Hannah Stedman, b. 28 Apr 1667, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA , d. 17 Aug 1727, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA (Age 60 years) |
Married |
28 Apr 1692 |
Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA [3] |
Family ID |
F547 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Submit Throop, b. 25 Dec 1706, Bristol, Bristol Co., MA , d. 17 Oct 1784, Windham, Windham Co., CT (Age 77 years) |
Married |
24 Jun 1725 |
Lebanon, New London Co., CT [4] |
Children |
| 1. Hannah Murdock, b. 25 Aug 1726, Lebanon, New London Co., CT , d. Unknown |
| 2. William Murdock, b. 26 Jul 1728, Lebanon, New London Co., CT , d. Abt 1730 (Age 1 years) |
| 3. Samuel Murdock, b. 27 Aug 1729, Lebanon, New London Co., CT , d. Aft 1795, Halifax, Windham Co., VT (Age 66 years) |
| 4. Jonathan Murdock, b. 19 Feb 1732/33, Lebanon, New London Co., CT , d. Bef 23 Feb 1795, Coventry, Tolland Co., CT (Age 62 years) |
| 5. Submit Murdock, b. 13 Nov 1736, Lebanon, New London Co., CT , d. 24 Apr 1808, Windham, Windham Co., CT (Age 71 years) |
| 6. William Murdock, b. 2 Jan 1738/39, Windham, Windham Co., CT , d. 26 Oct 1811, Hamilton, Madison Co., NY (Age 72 years) |
| 7. Dan Murdock, b. 24 Feb 1741/42, Windham, Windham Co., CT , d. 31 Jan 1789, Windham, Windham Co., CT (Age 46 years) |
| 8. Lydia Murdock, b. 29 Jun 1745, Windham, Windham Co., CT , d. 8 Aug 1770, Windham, Windham Co., CT (Age 25 years) |
| 9. Eliphalet Murdock, b. 5 Oct 1748, Windham, Windham Co., CT , d. 23 Nov 1822, Windham, Windham Co., CT (Age 74 years) |
| 10. Eunice Murdock, b. 29 Jan 1749/50, Windham, Windham Co., CT , d. 16 Feb 1751/52 (Age 2 years) |
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Last Modified |
7 Jan 2006 |
Family ID |
F556 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S60] Murdock Genealogy, (1925), p. 15 (Reliability: 3).
- [S60] Murdock Genealogy, (1925), p. 18 (Reliability: 3).
- [S57] Massachusetts Vital Records, Roxbury, p. 379 (Reliability: 3).
- [S60] Murdock Genealogy, (1925), p. 17 (Reliability: 3).
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