Note: It is uncertain whether Samuel has a surviving grave marker.
Samuel was the son of Samuel Wentworth and Sarah Puffer of the part of Stoughton that later became Canton. His obituary appeared in the Columbian Central newspaper on 12 Sep 1827, stating that he was a Revoutionary War pensioner. He enlisted for duty on 2 May 1781, serving in Captain John Rimick's company of the 1st Regiment of the Massachusetts Continental Line under Colonel Joseph Vose.
He served for nearly two and a half years, and was discharged near the Hudson River in the state of New York by General Knox on 22 October 1783. On 28 April 1819 he made a deposition about his Revolutionary War service, requesting a pension. On 20 Sep 1819 a certificate of pension was issued to him in the amount of $8 per month to retroactively commence on the date of his deposition. No record of his being married has been found, and no mention of any family is made in his pension file.
Samuel was the son of Samuel Wentworth and Sarah Puffer of the part of Stoughton that later became Canton. His obituary appeared in the Columbian Central newspaper on 12 Sep 1827, stating that he was a Revoutionary War pensioner. He enlisted for duty on 2 May 1781, serving in Captain John Rimick's company of the 1st Regiment of the Massachusetts Continental Line under Colonel Joseph Vose.
He served for nearly two and a half years, and was discharged near the Hudson River in the state of New York by General Knox on 22 October 1783. On 28 April 1819 he made a deposition about his Revolutionary War service, requesting a pension. On 20 Sep 1819 a certificate of pension was issued to him in the amount of $8 per month to retroactively commence on the date of his deposition. No record of his being married has been found, and no mention of any family is made in his pension file.
Note: It is uncertain whether Samuel has a surviving grave marker.
Samuel was the son of Samuel Wentworth and Sarah Puffer of the part of Stoughton that later became Canton. His obituary appeared in the Columbian Central newspaper on 12 Sep 1827, stating that he was a Revoutionary War pensioner. He enlisted for duty on 2 May 1781, serving in Captain John Rimick's company of the 1st Regiment of the Massachusetts Continental Line under Colonel Joseph Vose.
He served for nearly two and a half years, and was discharged near the Hudson River in the state of New York by General Knox on 22 October 1783. On 28 April 1819 he made a deposition about his Revolutionary War service, requesting a pension. On 20 Sep 1819 a certificate of pension was issued to him in the amount of $8 per month to retroactively commence on the date of his deposition. No record of his being married has been found, and no mention of any family is made in his pension file.
Samuel was the son of Samuel Wentworth and Sarah Puffer of the part of Stoughton that later became Canton. His obituary appeared in the Columbian Central newspaper on 12 Sep 1827, stating that he was a Revoutionary War pensioner. He enlisted for duty on 2 May 1781, serving in Captain John Rimick's company of the 1st Regiment of the Massachusetts Continental Line under Colonel Joseph Vose.
He served for nearly two and a half years, and was discharged near the Hudson River in the state of New York by General Knox on 22 October 1783. On 28 April 1819 he made a deposition about his Revolutionary War service, requesting a pension. On 20 Sep 1819 a certificate of pension was issued to him in the amount of $8 per month to retroactively commence on the date of his deposition. No record of his being married has been found, and no mention of any family is made in his pension file.
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