Samuel Silsby (1726 - 1812)

Born 4 Apr 1726 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut Colony

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Died Mar 1812 at age 85 in Acworth, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Samuel was born to Jonathan and Lydia Allen Silsbey in Windham town, Connecticut Colony, on 4 Apr 1726.:^[1]

Samuel Silsbey married Elizabeth Woodward in Windham on 5 Dec 1746.^[2]

Samuel and Elizabeth Woodward Silsby had, in Windham, Connecticut Colony:^[3][4]

• Elizabeth, b. 15 Aug 1747, died 12 May 1757
• Sarah, b. 1 Mar 1748-9
• Kerenhappack, b. 14 Oct 1751
• Julius, b. 7 Oct 1752
• Bridget, b. 3 Aug 1754, died six months later
• Samuel, b. 4 Nov 1755, soldier in the Revolution
• Eusebius, b. 9 Feb 1758-9, m. Sally Grout, lived in Acworth, soldier in the Revolution
• Woodward Augustus, b. 1763

Samuel, together with his brother Henry and their families, removed to Acworth, New Hampshire in 1769, the year that town was settled.^[4] There, Sam'l Silsbey was a civil servant, selectman (1774-77) and town clerk (1773-80) at Acworth during the Revolution. He was engaged in forwarding men and supplies while acting as selectman. Delegate to constitutional convention at Concord, NH, 10 JUL 1778 to frame NH State Constitution. A Silsby--Henry, Samuel, Jonathan, or Lasell--was one of Acworth's three Selectmen for 17 of the town's first 22 years. ^[4]

Date: 4 Mar 2000

Sources

1. ↑ [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3ASilsby~%20%2Bfather_givenname%3AJonathan~%20%2Bfather_surname%3ASilsby~&collection_id=1674736 Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, familysearch database
2. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records pre-1870, Windham, Vol. 1, p. 262 in original, p. 320 & 388 in transcription view on ancestry.com($): "Silsbry"
3. ↑ [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3ASilsby~%20%2Bfather_givenname%3ASamuel~%20%2Bfather_surname%3ASilsby~&collection_id=1674736 Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, familysearch database
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Merrill, Rev. J.L., History of Acworth, with the Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary, Genealogical Records, and Register of Farms, (Acworth, 1869, published by the town), pp. 167, 263-265

Acknowledgement

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