Theirs was the second marriage performed by Elder John Gorton (see "Elder John Gorton and the Six Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich" by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, pub. 2001 by RI Genealogical Society).
According to the marriage record by Elder John Gorton, Samuel & Ellenor were both of East Greenwich. They were married on the same day as Ellenor's brother Jonathan.
Samuel was a light-complected mariner, born in 1757 at East Greenwich, and 5' 4" tall, according to his own testimony. While serving on the ship "Satisfaction" in 1778, he was captured, along with Holden Rhodes, and put in Forten prison in England. He was released in a prisoner exchange on 11 Dec 1779. He also served as a seaman on the ship "South Carolina" during the Revolution. (notes from "Elder John Gorton and the Six Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich," p. 292, by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, pub. 2001 by RI Genealogical Society)
[S012423] Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, RI, (Greenville, RI: RI Genealogical Society, 2001), 292.
[S012423] Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, RI, (Greenville, RI: RI Genealogical Society, 2001), 151 & 201.
[S012451] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Warwick -- Marriages, 386.
[S012361] Alden G. Beaman's RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 7, 272 & 300.
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