SAMUEL GORTON

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE
Military. Captain, 2nd Company of Militia, Exeter, Rhode Island.


BIOGRAPHY
Samuel Gorton was born 5 JUL 1745 in West Greenwich, Rhode Island and died 20 MAR 1834. On 10 FEB 1765 he married Eunice Austin , born 1744 and died 6 DEC 1818.

Samuel and Eunice had the following children:

i. Varnum, 8 MAR 1777, died 27 MAY 1857 Brookfield, New York.


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DESCENDANTS IN WESTMINSTER CHAPTER, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
David Gorton Humphrey



REFERENCES
Records of Rhode Island, volume 8, pages 299, 300; volume 9, pages 122, 127, 129, 291, 407, 408; volume 10, page 28.
Colonial Records of the State of Rhode Island
Gorton, James Irving. Samuel Gorton and his descendants, 1982.
SAR Membership # 135538 (David Gorton Humphrey)

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