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Rev. Samuel Luther, Sr.

Male 1636 - 1716  (80 years)


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  1. 1.  Rev. Samuel Luther, Sr. was born 1636 (son of John LUTHER and Elizabeth UNKNOWN); died 20 Dec 1716, Swansea, MA.

    Notes:

    Capt. Samuel Luther was ordained to the ministry of Swansea Baptist Church on 22 July 1685.

    Samuel married Mary Abell 25 Oct 1662, Rehoboth, MA. Mary was born 11 Apr 1642, Weymouth, MA; died , Swansea, MA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Samuel Luther, Jr. was born 25 Oct 1663, Rehoboth, MA; died 23 Jul 1714, Swansea, MA.
    2. Theophilus Luther was born 9 Oct 1665.
    3. Mehitable Luther was born Abt 1675; died 18 Nov 1764; was buried , Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, RI.
    4. Ebenezer Luther was born 27 Dec 1678, Swansea, Bristol Co., MA.
    5. Martha Luther was born Abt 1683.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John LUTHER was born Between 1595 and 1605, Germany or Dorsetshire, England; died 1645, Delaware Bay.

    Notes:

    There is some uncertainty as to whether John was from England or Germany. Some family researchers say he came from Great Canford, Dorsetshire, England, arriving at Massachusetts Bay around the time of John Winthrop's arrival in 1630. However, there is a family tradition passed down by some descendants that Henry was from Germany, and came to Boston on a Dutch ship in 1635. For a full discussion of this, see pages 30 - 33 in "The Luther Genealogy." (available at the Swansea, MA, library and elsewhere)

    Capt. John Luther's name first appears in the Taunton Purchase of 1637, in which he is listed as one of the 46 purchasers of land in a transaction between Elizabeth Pole's (Poole's) company and Massasoit. Miss Pole was from Dorchester, England. John Luther was assigned 6 shares, consisting of about 9 (or 90) acres in Swansea.

    In 1642 John left Swansea and became one of the first settlers of Gloucester. A mariner employed by a Boston merchant, he was killed by Indians on a trading voyage to Delaware Bay.

    John married Elizabeth UNKNOWN Abt 1635. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth UNKNOWN

    Notes:

    Elizabeth's maiden name may have been Turner.

    Children:
    1. 1. Samuel Luther, Sr. was born 1636; died 20 Dec 1716, Swansea, MA.
    2. Hezekiah LUTHER was born Between 1639 and 1640, Taunton or Boston, MA; died Jul 1723, Swansea, MA.