Silas Hamilton (abt. 1724 - 1785)

Born about Jan 1724 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Knapp) Hamilton — married about 1749 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1785 at about age 61 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

His children; Silas, Paul, John, Elizabeth, Orpha, were mentioned in his will.^[1]

Name

Capt. Silas Hamilton

Birth

JAN 1723/4 Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

Death

03 DEC 1785 Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Danbury Vital Rec. V.6: 19-20
2. ↑ Julia Brush Collection, Library, Newtown, CT. File, Hamilton.

• Stevens, Frederick S. Genealogy of the Stevens family from 1635 to 1891 (1891, Bridgeport, Connecticut) Page 42.
  • "Silas Hamilton, witness' to the foregoing will, lived where Amzi Barnum resided in 1885, and was father-in-law of Abijah Barnum, who had married his daughter Orpha, Oct. 20, 1763."
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. 1994-2002.
  • Barnum Abijah, m. Orpha Hamilton, d. Capt. Silas, Oct 20, 1763
• Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (J. H. Beers, Huron County, Ohio, 1894) Page 831
• Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1711-1841, Danbury, Connecticut, Town Clerk (FamilySearch) Film #007731324, Image 123: There may be errors in the transcription below.
  • "Lemuel Lindsley was married to Elizabeth Daughter of Capt. Silas Hamilton of Danbury, May 27th, 1773"
  • "his daughter Hannah born April 8th, 1774 and died December 12th 1774"
  • "Noah born Octo ? 1776"
  • "2d Daughter Hannah born feb 4, 1781"
  • "Daniel born June 24, 1786"
• Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Silas Hamilton
  • His will mentions wife Elizabeth, grandson Eliphalet Brush(?), son James, eldest son Silas, son Paul, son John, dau. Elizabeth wife of Lemuel Lindsley(?), dau. Orpha wife of Abijah Barnum.
• Daughters of the American Revolution - Lineage Book, NSDAR : Volume 113 : 1914, Page 143.
  • Silas Hamilton m. 1756 Elizabeth Knapp.
  • Silas Hamilton (1727-1790) was a member of Committees of Danbury, Conn., where he was born and died.
• Knapp, Alfred Averill. Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (Winter Park, Fla., 1953) Page 30.
  • Mrs. Myrtle W. Jillson, genealogist of the Ballous Famiily, says in an old family Bible she finds "Elizabeth Knapp m. Capt. Silas Hamilton". Her work can be seen in An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America (1888) and supplements, but it makes no reference to this bible.