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| Samuel Hemingway | see FAMILY TREE | |
| Born: Jun 1636 Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA |
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| Married: 23 Mar 1661/2 New Haven, CT |
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| Died: 20 Sep 1711 East Haven, CT |
FATHER
MOTHER
WIFE
CHILDREN
1. Sarah Hemingway
b. 26 Jul 1663
m. 4 Jun 1684 Thomas Goodsell
d. 18 Mar 1725
2. Samuel Hemingway
b. 13 Dec 1665
3. Mary Hemingway
b. 5 Jul 1668
m. Abt. 1692 Nathaniel Finch
4. Hannah Hemingway
b. 14 Sep 1670
m. 1691 John Howe
d. 1740
5. Abigail Hemingway
b. 16 Feb 1672
m. 28 Feb 1705 Joseph Holt
d. 10 Feb 1737
6. John Hemingway
b. 29 May 1675
m 1700 Mary Morris
d.
3 Feb 1736/7
7. Abraham Hemingway
b. 3 Dec 1677
m. 11 Nov 1713 Sarah Talmadge
d. 11 Aug 1752
8. Isaac Hemingway
b. 6 Dec 1683
9. Jacob Hemingway
b. 6 Dec 1683
m. 3 May 1711 Lydia Ball
d. 7 Oct 1754
Samuel Hemingway
by Susan Brooke
Feb 2022
Samuel Hemingway, the oldest son of Ralph Hemingway, was born in Roxbury, MA
in June of 1636. (1) In 1662 he was granted some land in New Haven, now East
Haven, where he kept the town records for many years. (2) He married Sarah
Cooper there on 23 Mar 1661 when he was 26 years old. (3) Sarah was 16.
John Cooper, his wife's father, was the agent of
the Iron Works in New Haven. In 1664 he sued his father in law for money
he felt had been promised him for boarding some men from the iron works, The
court ruled in his favor (4)
Many of the men who worked at this Iron
Works enjoyed a drink or two and made unwanted advances against women. (5)
Samuel Hemingway gave testimony in court three times in 1664-5. (7) Eventually
the men became so unruly that
Matthew Moulthrop,
2d, was appointed conservator of the morals. In 1678 Samuel
Hemingway was appointed to curb the behavior of unruly boys in the meeting
house. (6) Things quieted down after that and Samuel and Sarah had a family to
raise. He was elected constable at the iron works in 1668 and again in 1675. (8)
Thomas Clark appears to have been the principal owner of the Iron Works
during this time. (9) He sold it to John Potter on 19 Aug 1680, but John Potter
did not resume the iron business. The next year "articles of agreement were made
between the Inhabitants of Stoney River and Samuel Hemingway on 2 Jul 1681
concerning the setting up of a Grist-Mill at the Furnace Dam." It came with the
provision that Samuel Hemingway would set up and manage a "Bloomary Furnace of
Iron." He was given an acre or two near the Mill where his house stood
plus an additional 16 or 17 acres elsewhere. The villagers would be able to
bring their corn to be ground into meal, and Samuel Hemingway would also provide
a place to store this corn. (10)
Samuel Hemingway was a wealthy and respected
man of his community. His wife died in 1689 but Samuel lived until 1711
He died 20 Sep 1711 at the age of 75. (11) His sons John and Abraham took over
the Iron Works. His son Jacob was enrolled in the very first class at Yale
University. (12) There were only 20 students in that class of 1704. (13)
We
all, of course, know the name Ernest Hemmingway. He was a direct
descendant of Samuel Hemingway, through his son Abraham. (14)
Sources
(1)Massachusetts
U.S. Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Roxbury
available at Ancestry.com
Hemingway, Samuel son of Ralph June 1636
(2) History of New Haven County Connecticut by John L Rockey 1892, Volume I page 219
"In 1662 John Potter received a grant of land on which to build a blacksmith shop, and near by he bought the house of John Tuttle. The same year Samuel Heminway was granted land where is now the village of East Haven. That year he also was married to Sarah Cooper. "
(3)
New Haven Vital Records Vol 1 page 19
Sam'll Hemingway & Sarah Cooper
were married by Mr. Gilbert march 23 1661/62
(4) New Haven Town Records Vol. 2 page 100.
(5) See page for Ralph Russell
| (6) Testifying in court |
New Haven Town Records Vol 2 page 123
New Haven Town Records Vol 2 page 134
New Haven Town Records Vol 2 page 160 |
(7) New Haven Town Records Vol 2 page 379
(8) New Haven Town Records Vol 2 page 240
(9) New Haven Town Records Vol 2 page 119
| (10) History of East Haven by Sarah Eva Hughes, 1908 pages 121-122 |
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(11)
East Haven Vital Records
Samuell Hemingway death 20 September 1711
(12) Rev Jacob Hemingway was in the 1704 class of Yale College
Jacob Hemingway (Yale 1704) was the son of Samuel Hemingway and Sarah Cooper of the village of East Haven, Connecticut. Ordained 1711, he was the sole pastor of the church at East Haven until his death in 1754. Hemingway married Lydia Ball (d. 1738) and upon her death married Sarah Wooster (d. 1749). Dexter, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College.
December 6, 1683
Died:
October 7, 1754
(13) Yale University Library Online Exhibition
What wasn’t written was that Abigail Clark Pierson (1653–1727), his wife, opened her home to male students to support their endeavors as students. According to Reuben A. Holden, author of Profiles and Portraits of Yale University Presidents, “By 1704 there were in all twenty students, most of them boarders at the Pierson home, which was handsomely managed by Mrs. Pierson.” Was this perhaps the start of the first residential college?
(14) Ancestor tree of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway is a direct descendant of Samuel Hemingway through his son Abraham