--- Contributor Caryn added photos and reports that the year of death looks like 1769.
Samuel wrote his will on January 19, 1753, mentioning his wife and his 3 deceased sons (John, Jonathan, and Solomon) and 2 living sons (Nathaniel and Moses). His wife Mary died 1755.
Samuel died 26 Jan 1762 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay and was buried in Cobb's Hill Cemetery, Barnstable.
His will was probated March 4, 1762.
See: Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, database, Ancestry.com, entry for Samuel Sturgis, 19 Jan 1753 (accessed 16 Jun 2018), citing Probate Records, 1686-1894; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Barnstable County); Probate Place: Barnstable, Massachusetts, Vol 12, 1759-1774.
--- Contributor PJ Copp.
--- Contributor Caryn added photos and reports that the year of death looks like 1769.
Samuel wrote his will on January 19, 1753, mentioning his wife and his 3 deceased sons (John, Jonathan, and Solomon) and 2 living sons (Nathaniel and Moses). His wife Mary died 1755.
Samuel died 26 Jan 1762 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay and was buried in Cobb's Hill Cemetery, Barnstable.
His will was probated March 4, 1762.
See: Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, database, Ancestry.com, entry for Samuel Sturgis, 19 Jan 1753 (accessed 16 Jun 2018), citing Probate Records, 1686-1894; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Barnstable County); Probate Place: Barnstable, Massachusetts, Vol 12, 1759-1774.
--- Contributor PJ Copp.
Inscription
"Here lies buried Mr. Samuel Sturgis who decd Janry ye 26th 1762 in ye 86th year of his age." --- NEHGS Cemetery Transcription, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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