Captain Samuel Dwight

Male 1696 - 1763  (67 years)


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  • Name Samuel Dwight 
    Prefix Captain 
    Born 28 Jun 1696  Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID MVPX-8Q1 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 18984003 
    Died 3 Oct 1763  Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Aft 3 Oct 1763  Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I21488  New England Hall Families Master Tree
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2022 

    Family Mary Lyman,   b. Abt 1696, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1776, Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married 18 Jun 1719  Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Dwight,   b. 2 May 1722, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1809, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F10193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Jun 1696 - Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Jun 1719 - Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Oct 1763 - Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Aft 3 Oct 1763 - Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From FindaGrave:

      Esq., 68yrs.

      Inscription

          Death is a debt to Nature due
          Which I have Paid & so must you.

          In Memory of
          Capt. SAMUEL
          DWIGHT Esq.
          who died Oct. 3
          1763
          in his 68th
          Year.

          This shall our Mouldering
          Members teach,
          What now our Senses
          learn,
          For dust & ashes loudest
          preach
          Mans infinite concern.


      Gravesite Details

      There is a nice write up on this gravestone in "Graven Images - New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650-1815" by Ludwig. (Page 143)