Samuel Ufford (1670 - 1746)

Born 21 Jan 1670 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Curtiss) Ufford — married 5 Dec 1694 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1746 at age 76 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Samuel UFFORD was born 25 Jun 1670 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut. He died 30 Dec 1746 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. Samuel married ^[1] Elizabeth CURTIS on 5 Dec 1694 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.

The son of JOHN & MARTHA (NETTLETON) UFFORD, Samuel married ELIZABETH CURTISS, daughter of ENSIGN JOSEPH & BETHIA (BOOTHE) Curtiss on Dec. 5, 1694 in Stratford, Conn.

He was left a large portion of the estate of his uncle, Thomas Ufford, Jr. in 1683, was a Ensign in the 1st Company of Stratford in May, 1714, and a Lieut. in the South Company of Stratford in May, 1720. Although there was a Samuel Ufford who served in the Revolutionary War, this is not the one since he died before the war.

He inherited a large portion of the estate of his uncle, Thomas Ufford, Jr., who died in 1683 without issue in Stratford. Administration of his estate was granted to his sons, Thomas & Joseph Ufford on Jan. 6, 1746/7. Daughters named in his will were Martha Hubbell, ELIZABETH BEERS, Eunice DeForest, Bethia Hawley, the heirs of Abigail Beach, Anna Patterson, and Mary Hawley.

Samuel & Elizabeth Ufford were the parents of 13 known children. Not listed in his will were Sarah Ufford, Samuel Ufford, John Ufford, and Ebenezer Ufford.

• Parents: John Ufford (1626 - 1692)
• Spouse: Elizabeth Curtiss Ufford (1678 - ____)
• Children: Elizabeth Ufford Beers (1698 - 1783)

Inscription: From Orcutt's "History of Stratford": Here lies the Body of Lieut. Samuel Uffoot, who died Dec. ye 30 A.D. 1746 in ye 77 years of his age. I have been to the Old Burying Ground in Stratford three times, and I have never found his tombstone, so it is either gone or unreadable. Created by: Nareen, et al. Record added: Jul 12, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 28215360

Probate

His inventory was taken on 20 January 1746/47 in Stratford and recorded at Fairfield.^[2]

The distribution of his estate is dated 28 February 1746/47 and recorded at Fairfield.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Frederic Haines Curtiss, A Genealogy of the Curtiss Family Being a Record of the Descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss who Settled in Stratford, Conn. 1639-40, Boston, Rockwell & Churchill Press, 1903, p. 8.
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6719 : 13 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 206, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1741-1748, Page 388-389.
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-T28L : 26 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 415-416, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 7, 1721-1750, Page 316-318.

• Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) Vol. 2, Page 1319 (#10)
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. "The Nettletons in America", The Connecticut Quarterly (Hartford, Conn., 1908) Vol. 11, Pt. 2, Page 492
• Find A Grave memorial #28215360

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