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Dr. Thomas RUSSELL

Dr. Thomas RUSSELL

Male 1727 - 1803  (75 years)


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  • Name Thomas RUSSELL 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Birth 16 Oct 1727  Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID 2MRF-D4J 
    Name Thomas RUSSELL  [2
    Name Thomas Russell  [1
    _UID 98EA02C23542493694A3B01E3DD3A7D6CE9A 
    Death 2 Mar 1803  Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial River Road Cemetery, Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I30642  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2025 

    Father Samuel RUSSELL, Jr.,   b. 28 Sep 1693, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1746, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Dorothy SMITHSON,   b. 1698, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1755, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 10 Nov 1718  Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F536728561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary PATTERSON,   b. 1742, Stratford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1822, New Hampshire, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 7 Oct 1760  Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Thomas RUSSELL,   b. 27 Nov 1761, Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Lucretia RUSSELL,   b. 16 Jun 1763, Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Samuel Smithson RUSSELL,   b. 21 Dec 1766, Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Cynthia RUSSELL,   b. 14 Mar 1769, Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1801, Greenwich, Washington, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
     5. Hanna Esther RUSSELL,   b. 23 Jul 1770, Piermont, Grafton, N.H. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1851, New York, N. Y., N. Y. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     6. Mary Catherine RUSSELL,   b. 4 Mar 1776, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1850, Greene, Polk, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     7. John Hancock RUSSEL,   b. 22 Nov 1777, Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1855, Malone, Franklin, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     8. Electa RUSSELL,   b. Aug 1785, Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1785, Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
    Family ID F14315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2022 

  • Notes 
    • Graduated from Yale in 1749, studied theology and then became a physician and practiced in Cornwall, Connecticut where he lived until 1777. Was representative for 18 sessions from 1761 and justice of the peace from 1762. Moved to Piermont, New Hampshire where he died in 1803.

      SOURCE: CD179 Family History: Connecticut Genealogies Families, Vol.II Rossiter/John russell of Cambridge, Mass., and Hartford, Conn., and his Descendants
      p.257 #iv Thomas, b Oct 18, 1727; d 1808; graduated at Yale College, 1749; was a physician; resided at Cornwall, Conn., and Piermont, N.H.; married Mary daughter of John Patterson of Stratford, Children: 1. Thomas, 2. Mary 3. Cynthia 4. Hannah Esther.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 1 Jan 2025), entry for Thomas RUSSELL, person ID 2MRF-D4J. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Thomas RUSSELL, person ID 2MRF-D4J. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Samuel Russell, person ID L85P-YTT. (Reliability: 3).