Samuel Mansfield

Male 1717 - 1775  (57 years)


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  1. 1.  Samuel Mansfield was born on 23 Nov 1717 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; died on 22 Jun 1775 in Connecticut Colony, New England; was buried after 22 Jun 1775 in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: KCDB-288
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 34670090

    Notes:

    From FindaGrave:

    The son of Moses & Margaret (Prout) Mansfield, he married (1) his cousin, Susanna Mansfield, widow of Lt. John Stone, on December 23, 1736, and (2) he married Esther Hall on October 4, 1742 in New Haven.

    He was a Yale graduate (1735) and Sheriff of the colony. Yale President Stiles called him "a very respectable character."


    Inscription

        Sacred to the Memory of
        SAMUEL MANSFIELD Esqr
        who departed this Life
        June 22d 1775
        aged 57 Years

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KCDB-288

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34670090

    Samuel married Esther Hall on 4 Oct 1742 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. Esther (daughter of Captain Giles Hall and Esther Hamlin) was born on 7 Dec 1718 in Middletown, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 21 Oct 1795 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; was buried after 21 Oct 1795 in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]