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Samuel Thrall

Male 1737 - 1821  (84 years)


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  • Name Samuel Thrall 
    Birth 11 Jul 1737  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Military Service
    • American revolutionary soldier#
    Military Service 1762  [1
    • English Army
    Name Captain-Revol. 
    Occupation 1788  [1
    • Member of Legislature of Massachusetts
    Religion
    • Congregational Church
    Residence Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1790  Rutland, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 3 Dec 1821  West Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Notes 
    • Walter G Thrall's 1862 Genealogy book says ... "Samuel 1st (the writerÂ’s grandfather) was a farmer, active vigorous and industrious. He was an officer in the English service in the French war of 1762 and a Captain in the American service in the war of the Revolution. Before the Revolution he removed from Windsor to Granville, Massachusetts. He sympathized with the malcontent Shays, in 1784, and suffered considerably thereby. In 1788 he was a member of the Legislature of Massachusetts.

      In 1790 he removed to Rutland, Vermont. All his sons and daughters moved there about the same time, except Samuel, Jr., Lucy and Worthy. Samuel 1st had the reputation of a sensible honest man, and exercised considerable influence in society. He was about 5 feet 9 inches in height and weighed about 150 pounds, which was lighter than the average of his brothers or children. He was many years a consistent member of the Congregational Church in West Rutland. He died December 3, 1821 aged 84 years and 5 months. He was the last survivor of his generation.

      In the year 1820 he had six living sons and daughters, sixty-two living grand children, twenty-eight great grand children, and several of the fifth generation.

      His children ... the first mary and James died young. All the others had large families." ______________________________

      D Stephen Thrall's Genealogy of the Thrall's says on page 23 ...

      "As the Winchell family were near neighbours and good friends of the Thrall family, Samuel Thrall and his older sister both maried Winchells. Samuel was a good student, and he was given jobs that required a knowledge of bookkeeping and record keeping, and as he moved from Windsor to Granville, Mass, and then to Rutland, Vermont, he told his children about their forebears. He moved to Granville, Massachusetts and reared his family there. The country was hilly but he had a farm in Granville, and moved from there to Vermont in 1790. samuel Thrall served in the Colonial Army and held a commission in the English troops in the French War of 1762. When the Revolution came he was 39 years old and he enlisted in the Colonial Army. He was a Supply Officer in the Massachusetts Militia at Ticonderoga and several other campaigns. In the last year of the Revolution, he was Captain of a Company of Militia that marched into the Mohawk Valley to stop an English or Indain attack. His son Jesse, served the same Company. After the war, Samuel Thrall returned to Granville, Mass, and in 1788-89 was a member of the General Court at Boston. He had sympathised with the leaders of Says' Rebellion, however, on the currency situation, and as a result suffered much criticism, and his property was threatened. In 1790 at the age of 53, he moved to Vermont with most of his children and most of his worldly goods. For thirty years he was a much revered citizen of Rutland. His property was in what is now West Rutland, and marble quarries are near the old Thrall homestead. Samuel is buried in the old west Rutland Cemetary and a marble marker tells of his Revolutionary activites. His wife lucy, and son Chauncey Thrall are buried nearby. Samuel was five feet nine inches tall and weighed a little over 160 pounds. He remained in sound health until shortly before he died at the age of 84."
    Person ID I219  US Thrall family
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2004 

    Father John Thrall, II,   b. 13 Oct 1699, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1749 (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Mary Roberts,   b. 31 May 1702, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1772 (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 4 May 1727  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F79  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy Winchell   d. 3 Dec 1821, West Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Thrall   d. Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Theodosia Thrall,   b. 11 Jul 1755, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Lucy Thrall,   b. 23 Jul 1757   d. 21 Aug 1824, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +4. Samuel Thrall,   b. 31 Aug 1760   d. 8 May 1815 (Age 54 years)
    +5. Aaron Thrall,   b. 25 Jan 1763   d. 7 Jul 1810 (Age 47 years)
    +6. Jesse Thrall,   b. 7 May 1765, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1843, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +7. Eliphas Thrall,   b. 23 Jun 1767, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1834 (Age 66 years)
    +8. Captain Worthy Thrall,   b. 27 May 1769   d. 15 Jul 1816 (Age 47 years)
    +9. Chauncy Thrall,   b. 6 Dec 1772, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1844, West Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +10. Polly Thrall,   b. 9 Feb 1775   d. 26 Jul 1840, Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     11. Mary Thrall,   b. 17 Sep 1778   d. 17 May 1782 (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F92  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2004 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Genealogy of Walter G Thrall, (http://www.thrale.com/genealogy_walter_g_thrall), 6 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S5] Compiled by D Stephen Thrall., Thrall Genealogy 1630-1965, (Grant Leslie Thrall 1976), 14 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S5] Compiled by D Stephen Thrall., Thrall Genealogy 1630-1965, (Grant Leslie Thrall 1976), 23 (Reliability: 3).