Samuel RUSSELL, Jr.

1693 - 1746  (52 years)

• Name	Samuel RUSSELL  [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	28 Sep 1693	Branford, New Haven, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	L85P-YTT
  Death	19 Jan 1746	Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut   [1]
  Burial	Old North Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I594765897	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev Samuel RUSSELL,   b. 4 Nov 1660, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 25 Jun 1731, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Abigail WHITING,   b. Abt 1666, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 7 May 1733, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age ~ 67 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1686  [2]
  Family ID	F536728565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy SMITHSON,   b. 1698, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut d. 1 May 1755, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1718	Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America   [3]
  Children	1. Elizabeth RUSSEL,   b. 30 Nov 1720, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 22 Sep 1721, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 0 years)   2. Hannah RUSSELL,   b. 26 Sep 1722, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut d. 2 Oct 1758, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Age 36 years)   3. Samuel RUSSELL JR.,   b. 1724, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 2 Feb 1790, North Guilford, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 66 years)   4. Dr. Thomas RUSSELL,   b. 16 Oct 1727, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 2 Mar 1803, Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire (Age 75 years)   5. RUSSELL,   b. 16 Jan 1730, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 16 Jan 1730, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 0 years)   6. Dorothea RUSSELL,   b. 14 Jan 1731, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 1811 (Age 79 years)   7. Amanda RUSSELL,   b. 1 May 1733, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 22 Mar 1783, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 49 years)   8. Lucretia RUSSELL,   b. 23 Jun 1735, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 9 Apr 1811, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F536728561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Russell, second son of Rev. Samuel and Abigail (Whiting) Russell graduated at Yale University 1712; studied Theology with his father; was tutor at Yale in Saybrook for two years from 1714. He preached at various places temporarily until he was ordained the first pastor of a church at North Guilford, Connecticut , June 15, 1725, where he served until his death January 19, 1746. He left an estate of $5,000, nearly one fourth of it in books. "HE bore the character of a faithful and worthy minister." He married 10 November 1718 , Dorothy Smithson, born 1698 , daughter of Samuel Smithson of Guilford, COnnecticut from Lincolnshire, England, who died 1 May 1755.

  
  

• Sources

  [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). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2025), entry for Rev Samuel RUSSELL, person ID KCYB-MR6. (Reliability: 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).