Direct descendant is highlighted in red

FATHER

Samuel Hotchkiss

MOTHER

Elizabeth Cleverly

WIFE

Sarah Talmadge

Hannah Thompson
d. 19 Jan 1713

CHILDREN with Sarah Talmadge

1. Mary Hotchkiss
     b. 1 Jan 1679
    m. 1 Mar 1699 Caleb Tuttle
    d. 12 Nov 1723

2. Sarah Hotchkiss
    b. 7 Apr 1681

3. Samuel Hotchkiss
     b. 6 Mar 1682/3

4. James Hotchkiss
     b. 8 Dec 1684

5. Abigail Hotchkiss
     b. 12 Feb 1686/7

6. Ebenezer Hotchkiss
     bap. 16 Dec 1688

7. Enos Hotchkiss
     bap. 5 Sep 1690

Samuel Hotchkiss
by Susan Brooke
Jan 2022

Samuel Hotchkiss was born about 1645 in New Haven Colony. This date of birth is probably based on the fact that in 1666 he was old enough to be listed as a carpenter. (1)  He was also a Lieutenant in the French and Indian Wars. (2) Samuel married Sarah Talmadge on 18 Mar 1678/9. (3) Sarah's uncle, Major John Nash, performed the ceremony. (4)  Two years later, in 1680, the 3rd Division of New Haven was being laid out and Samuel Hotchkiss was given "4 acres excess" for his service in the war. (5) He was listed as a Proprietor of New Haven in 1685. (6) Samuel Hotchkiss and his wife Sarah Talmadge had at least six children.  There is a baptismal record for an Enos Hotchkiss with father Samuel on 5 Sep 1690. (7) This may be the last child of Samuel and Sarah Hotchkiss as she is reported to have died about 1690.
Samuel Hotchkiss remarried to Hannah Thompson, (8) possibly the widow of Matthew Moulthrop. (9) Samuel died on 29 Dec 1705 and his widow, Hannah, became the administrator of his estate. (10) The inventory taken in 1705 was valued at £1705. (6)

Sources

(1) Carpenter Files

Kane, Furniture of New Haven Colony, 1973 page 88

1666 carpenter, joiner and wheelwright

(2) Lieutenant in French and Indian Wars

(3) New England Marriages

(4) Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale, 1929 page 531
Sarah Talmadge (Robert, Thomas), born 19 September 1652 in New Haven, was married there, 18 March 1678/9, by her uncle, Mr. John Nash, to Samuel Hotchkiss (Samuel). New Haven Vital Records, printed, 1:47.)

(5) Families of Ancient New Haven Vol I

6) Hotchkiss Newsletter

Hotchkiss Family News, May .2018
Vol XI Issue 3
Lin Meeker, Editor

(7) Connecticut Church Abstracts

Hotchkiss, Enos, s. Samuel, bp 5 Sep 1690

(8) Connecticut Marriages
Mathew Moulthrop to Hannah Thompson
26 Jun 1662
New Haven, New Haven, CT 

(9) http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Thompson_Hannah.htm

Biographical Details:

Hannah Thompson may have been born either in England or in the New Haven Colony.  In the will of her father, John Thompson, she was mentioned after her two brothers, John and Joseph.  Accordingly, John, Jr., was identified as oldest and, thus, as receiving a double share of the estate.  Of course, this merely implies that, according to the usual custom of primogenture prevailing at the time, he was the oldest son irrespective of whether there might have been older daughters.  Therefore, although her brother John, was almost certainly born in New Haven, it is possible that Hannah was born first, perhaps, in England, but this is not proven.  Nonetheless, Savage indicates that John Thompson arrived in the colony with a wife and several children, which might have included Hannah; however, this remains an open question.

Within this context, Hannah Thompson married Matthew Moulthrop, Jr., on June 26, 1662.  Jacobus indicates that she died in 1681.  However, Savage attributes a daughter, Keziah, born April 12, 1682, to Matthew, Jr., and Hannah Thompson Moulthrop.  Obviously, these assertions are inconsistent.  Moreover, other researchers have stated that Hannah was remarried to Samuel Hotchkiss after the death of Matthew Moulthrop, Jr.  Accordingly, she has been identified with "Widow Hannah Hotchkiss" who died January 19, 1712 (1713 N. S.) according to Dodd's East Haven Register.  However, Dodd gave her age as forty-one, which would have been much too young for Hannah Thompson, who would have probably been at least seventy.

1. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England - Vols. 1-4, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, MA, 1860-1862: Vol. 4, pgs. 285-7.  (Reprint available from Genealogical Publishing Co., 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD, 21202-3897)

2. Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven - Vols. 1-9, Printed by Clarence D. Smith, Rome, NY, 1923 & 1929: Vol. 7, pgs. 1749-51, etc.;  also appeared as "New Haven Genealogical Magazine:, Vols. I-VIII, 1922-1932.  (Reprint available from Genealogical Publishing Co., 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD, 21202-3897)

3. Stephen Dodd, The East-Haven Register, T. G. Woodward and Co., print., A.H. Maltby, distrib., New Haven, CT, 1824: pg. 164.

4. Ancestral File: 4JF2-JL & 2313-MWM, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT, continuously updated.

(10) Barbour Collection
Hotchkiss, Samuel, Lieut. d. Jan, (  ) 1705, DR

.Genealogies of Connecticut Families by Gary Boyd Roberts pg. 186
"In 1743 Ebenezer Hotchkiss of New Milford deeded to Samuel Hotchkiss and the rest of the heirs of Samuel Hotchkiss, Jr., deceased, all his right to the estate of Lieut. Samuel, deceased, and of Samuel, Jr., deceased. (New Haven Deeds, vol 12, pg. 24."