Direct descendant is highlighted in red

FATHER

Ralph Russell

MOTHER

Mary Hitchcock

WIFE

Esther Tuttle

CHILDREN

1. Samuel Russell
    b. Abt. 1695
    m. 13 May 1719 Mary Hemingway

2. Joseph Russell
    b. 23 Apr 1697
    d. 7 Dec 1704

3. Esther Russell
    b. 4 May 1699
    m. David Way
    d. 10 May 1779

4. Mary Russell
    b. 13 Jan 1700/1
    d. 1 Nov 1701

5. Infant
    b. Aug 1702
    d. 17 Aug 1702

6. Ralph Russell
    b. 12 Aug 1703
    d. 3 Oct 1704

7. Joseph Russell
    b. 19 Dec 1706
    a minor in 1724
    married Elizabeth

8. Mary Russell
    b. Abt. 1710
    a minor in 1724
    married: Nathaniel Barnes

9. Daniel Russell

10 Abel Russell
    m. Eunice Luddington
    d. 1742

Samuel Russell
by Susan Brooke
Feb 2022

Based on the age recorded when he died, Samuel Russell was born about 1671 in New Haven Colony. (1)  He married Esther Tuttle on 27 Feb 1694. (2) He was about 23 and Esther 21.  They had ten children.  However, four of their first six children died in infancy between 1701-1704.  Two of their children, Joseph and Ralph, died about two months apart in 1704. (3)  Samuel was active within the community.  He was on a committee to "Seat the meeting house" in 1717 etc. (1) He died 26 June 1724 at the age of 53.  On 3 Aug 1725 his wife Esther was in court presenting his will as the executor of his estate. (4)  Named in bequests were sons, Joseph, Daniel and Abel, and daughter. Mary. Minor children. Joseph, Mary, Daniel and Abel, chose Esther for guardian. (1)

Sources

(1) Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle by Georg Frederick Tuttle, 1883 page 172 

"Esther Tuttle, b. April 9, 1672; living, 1740, side deed to Thos. Robinson; m. Feb. 27, 1694, Samuel, s. of Ralph and Mary (Hitchcock) Russell, b. 1671; d. June 26, 1724, a. 53.  He was of E. Haven.  In 1717 he was on the committee with Samuel Clark and four others, to 'Seat the meeting house,'  Also in 1714, on the committee about town boundaries. 'He lived on the lot,' says Dodd, 'now owned by Thomas Barnes.'  His will was proved in 1724, wid., Esther, execx., to whom he devises sundry parcels of land and half of the dwelling house; to Samuel, 'the farm I bought of Wm. Roberts,' etc.; to dau. Esther Way Russell, lands, etc., and named in bequests, sons, Joseph, Daniel and Abel, and dau. Mary; date, June 22, 1724; Minor chil. Joseph, Mary, Daniel and Abel, chose Esther for guard.  In 1740 Thomas Robinson, Matthew Rowe, Nathaniel Barnes, John Howell, Esther Russell and Abel Russell agree to divide land formerly belonging to Samuel Russell." 

(2) Index to Marriages, Births and Deaths, New Haven 1639-1754
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Russell Births
Joseph son of Samuell         Apr 23 1697
Esther dau. of Samuell        May 4, 1699
Mary dau. of Samuell         Jan 13, 1700
Ralph son of Samuell          Aug 12, 1703
Joseph son of Samuell        Dec 19, 1706

Russell Marriages
Samuell Russell married Esther Tuttle       27 Feb 1694

Russell Deaths
Mary dau. of Samuell          Nov 1 1701
Child of Samuell                 Aug 17 1702
Ralph son of Samuel           Oct 5, 1704
Joseph son of Samuel         Dec 7 1704

(3) Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol VII page 1573-4

(4) Connecticut Wills and Probates 1609-1999