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Samuel Stow was born about 1645, possibly in Roxbury, Stow, or Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] His birth has not been found the Concord Vital Records. The Stow Vital Records give his birth in 1645 as husband of Elizabeth, so it seems to be a later record, leaving this birthplace questionable.[2] Roxbury records have not been located.
He was the son of Thomas Stow and Mary Griggs according to Shattuck[1] and Savage[3], but no birth date or place is mentioned. He is missing from his father’s Will of 1683/4.[4]
The Stow family sold their property in Concord, and moved to Connecticut about 1650, Samuel returned to Concord. He was in Marlborough before 1684. He was also one of the proprietors of Ockoocangansett plantation purchased of the Indians. He became a prominent man in the propriety and in the town. He served in Philip's war (1675-6) and probably came to town soon after the peace as his name appears on a petition for the plantation in 1677.[1]
Samewell Stow married Elizabeth Stone 16 Nov 1669 in Concord.[5][6]
Children include:
- Samewell, b 13 Dec 1670 Concord, d young[6]
- Sarah, b 11 Feb 1673 Concord[5][6]
- Elizabeth, b 12 Jun 1677 Sudbury[5][7]
- Samuel, b 2 May 1680 Marlborough[5][8]
- Thomas, b 27 Dec 1682 Marlborough[5][8]
- Mary, b 18 Jul 1685 Marlborough[5][8]
- Thankfull, b 8 Oct 1687 Marlborough[5][8]
- Rachel, b 21 Feb 1690 Marlborough[5][8]
- John, b 30 Mar 1696 Marlborough[5][8]
Samuel Stow died 9 Feb 1720/1 in Marlborough, aged 76y.[8]
He left a Will dated 28 Jan 1720/1 in Marlborough, mentioning wife Elizabeth, son, John, to care for his mother, sons Samuel and Thomas, daughters Sarah Clarke, Elizabeth Barret, Mary Morse, Thankful Stevens, and Rachel Rice. The executors were his wife and son, John. The estate was probated on 7 March 1720/21 at Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.[5]
His wife Elizabeth died 17 Jan 1736/7 in Marlborough.[8]
They were the ancestors of the Stows of Marlborough which have been somewhat numerous and have continued in town to the present day.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shattuck, Lemuel A History of the Town of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Russell, Odiorne & Co., Concord, 1835) page 384.
- ↑ Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1911) Page 79.
- ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862) p 218
- ↑ Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (R. S. Peck & Co., Printers, Hartford, 1902) Vol 1, Page 369
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Probate records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts), Probate papers 21692-21793, case 21786, FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9D5-X459 (images 1201-1204 of 1271).
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Ancestry Record 9069 #1936913 - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1895) Page 14, Page 15, and Page 17.
- ↑ Vital Records of Sudbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (New-England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1903) Page 140.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts (Franklin P. Rice, Marlborough, Mass., 1908) Pages 174-176 and Pages 391-392.
- North American Family Histories 1500-2000: Stow: page 450
See also:
- FamilySearch Person: KDSS-3TR
