Samuel Eldred (abt. 1620 - aft. 1697)

Born about 1620 in England [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Eldred — married about 1641 in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1697 after about age 77 in Kings Towne, King's Province, Rhode Island

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Biography

Samuel^[1] was born about 1620 in England.^[2]

Marriage

He married a woman named Elizabeth by 1642, possibly in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[3]

Residence

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

Children

Samuel and Elizabeth had at least 4 children:

1. Elizabeth, bap. 26 Oct 1642, Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[5]
2. Samuel, bap. 26 Oct. 1644, Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[5]
3. Mary, bap. Jun 1646, Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[5]
4. Thomas bap. 8 Sep 1648, Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[5]

3 more children are attributed to them by a few authors and several online genealogies, nevertheless no sources have been found to date to support their connection.^[6][7] If they are indeed their children they could have been born in Rhode Island.

1. James
2. John
3. Daniel

Death

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

Life Event Timeline

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

1687, Sep. 6: On 6 September 1687, Samuel Edred Sr. is cited on Gov. Andros' tax roll at Rochester (renamed later to Kingstown), Rhode Island owing a “pole” (poll) tax of 1s, and a property tax of 2s 4.5d, which places him as an adult resident and property landholder in Kingstown, RI on this date. ^[8] This tax roll identifies a sum total of 138 individual taxpayers, but only 85 family groups living in the roughly 22.5 square mile area associated with Kingstown, RI on this date in 1687; one consequence of this sparse population is that he would have been well acquainted with many, if not all, of the individuals identified on this list. Therefore, this tax list is a defacto definition of the people who were available to be his friends, neighbors, and allies; it would be essential to cultivate strong working relationships with these neighbors in order to survive on this frontier landscape. This cross reference tool provides hot links to peruse most of the 136 Wikitree families identified in this tax roll; families who were very frequently interconnected, or became interconnected, by marriage, over the course of their lives and throughout the ensuing generations, further binding a network of neighbors into extended families. ^[9] His sons, Samuel Jr., Thomas, John, and Daniel are also cited on this same tax roll, though his son James is not; Austin assert the reason for his absence is that he was deceased by this date.

1670 Jun 22: - Wickford, Rhode Island. Taking Constables oath.^[4]

Research Notes

Disputed Origins

There are no reliable sources showing that Samuel was the son of Thomas Eldredge (abt.1595-abt.1640) and Anna (Watson) Eldred (1590-1642), or that he was baptized at Suffolk, England. His alleged parents have been removed, and his birthplace changed to England.

See Eldred Fabrication for details of the fabricated evidence.

Location information

• The Narragansett country, west of the Narragansett Bay was first called Rochester, during the time of the united colonies under Gov. Andros. The name was later changed to Kingstown, and was split into North and South Kingstown in 1722; South Kingstown was incorporated in 1723. Wilbur-403 09:20, 25 July 2017 (EDT). Subsequently the area that was originally identified as Rochester or Kingstown was further subdivided into the present day towns of North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Exeter, and Narragansett (1888).

• Kings County was created from Providence Plantations in 1729, it was renamed Washington County on October 29, 1781, in honor of General and President Washington.

Sources

1. ↑ 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)
2. ↑ 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
3. ↑ Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
4. ↑ ^{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 71
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850. The Massachusetts Early Vital Records Project. Cambridge Births, p. 227.
6. ↑ Lewis, Ladd J. A genealogical history of my ancestors and the story of my life. Adrian, MI: S. F. Finch, 1921, p. 115 .
7. ↑ Marshall, Benjamin Tinkham. A modern History of New London County, Connecticut. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1922, p. 179.
8. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II, Niles - Wilson; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1989. RI Taxes under Gov. Andros pages 592- 594.
9. ↑ Randolph Beebe; Cross Reference: Gov. Andros 1687 Rochester RI Tax Register to Wikitree profile; Wikitree Free Space Profiles, 2024.

• De Forest, L. Effingham; De Forest Anne Lawrence, James Cox Brady and his ancestry, published 1933. Reference pages 178-183 Information about him, his wife, and children. No parents identified
• Samuel Eldred and Some of His Descendents by Nelson B. Eldred III, 1992. Library of Congress Cat Card No. 92-81631, p. 43.
• Letter from Wickford to Hartford. signed by Samuel Eldred Senr.