Son of THOMAS UPSON & RACHEL FREEMAN JUDD
Military: 1774: French and Indian War; 1776: Revolutionary War, Captain
Married: Apr 5, 1759, RUTH WEBSTER COWLES, Southington, Hartford Co., CT
Ten children:
1. Mary UPSON
1759 - 1840
2. Archibald UPSON
1761 – 1782
3. Isaac UPSON
1763 – 1816
4. Obed UPSON
1767 – 1839
5. Harvey UPSON
1769 – 1857
6. Ruth UPSON (twin)
1772 – 1825
7. Samuel UPSON (twin)
1772 – 1835
8. Jerusha UPSON
1775 – 1775
9. Manly UPSON
1777 – 1836
10. Betsey UPSON
1779 – 1853
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Captain Samuel Upson settled in the town of Wolcott on the south side of what is now the Meriden-Waterbury turnpike, just west of Todd Road. On 11 September 1755, in the French and Indian War, he enlisted in Col. Elihu Chauncey's Fourth Regiment under Captain Eldad Lewis of Southington, and served throughout the campaign. In the War of the American Revolution, Samuel Upson served first as a private (Samuel Upson served under Capt. James Stoddard, Col. Noadiah Hooker's regiment. In 1779 he turned out with his company to repel the enemy at the New Haven Alarm. NSDAR, Volume 8, page 147).
He was afterward a captain of a company under Colonel Smith of the 15th Militia Regiment. (Samuel Upson commanded a company in the Fifteenth Militia Regiment that rendered efficient service, 5 July 1779 at Tryon's Invasion. The militia had the coast to guard and turned out at all alarms. NSDAR Volume 9, page 34).
In 1760 Samuel was one of the petitioners to the General Assembly to have Farmingbury (now Wolcott) made into a distinct society. This was granted and the town named in 1770. Mr Samuel Upson took an active part in the first meeting of the new society, 13 November 1770, and the adjourned meeting soon after. He was appointed to the school committee, which office he held for many years. In April 1771 Samuel was appointed as a member of the meeting house committee. His name is on the 1771 Memorial to the General Assembly as one of the agents of the society, asking aid in its work to set up and maintain the worship of God.
Samuel Upson was a surveyor and in 1773 was on a committee to view the school districts and alter them as it sees fit. In the same year he signed the Covenant of the Confederation. In 1783 he was on a committee to settle the Meeting House accounts, the house having been improved. In 1784 he was on a committee to dignify the meeting house.
In the matter of music in the meeting house, Capt Samuel Upson appears to have been prominent, in marked contrast to many New Englanders of his day. Besides being chorister, he was interested in a committee to raise money to encourage singing and to engage a singing-master.
Samuel was moderator in 1780, '87, and '90; on the prudential committee in 1774-75 and in 1788 was on a committee "respecting our Town privileges and to prepare a petition to the General Assembly". In 1796, at the first town meeting, he was appointed to a committee to settle accounts with Waterbury and Southington to divide the town poor, etc.
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Source: The Upson Family in America, pg 49
Military: 1774: French and Indian War; 1776: Revolutionary War, Captain
Married: Apr 5, 1759, RUTH WEBSTER COWLES, Southington, Hartford Co., CT
Ten children:
1. Mary UPSON
1759 - 1840
2. Archibald UPSON
1761 – 1782
3. Isaac UPSON
1763 – 1816
4. Obed UPSON
1767 – 1839
5. Harvey UPSON
1769 – 1857
6. Ruth UPSON (twin)
1772 – 1825
7. Samuel UPSON (twin)
1772 – 1835
8. Jerusha UPSON
1775 – 1775
9. Manly UPSON
1777 – 1836
10. Betsey UPSON
1779 – 1853
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Captain Samuel Upson settled in the town of Wolcott on the south side of what is now the Meriden-Waterbury turnpike, just west of Todd Road. On 11 September 1755, in the French and Indian War, he enlisted in Col. Elihu Chauncey's Fourth Regiment under Captain Eldad Lewis of Southington, and served throughout the campaign. In the War of the American Revolution, Samuel Upson served first as a private (Samuel Upson served under Capt. James Stoddard, Col. Noadiah Hooker's regiment. In 1779 he turned out with his company to repel the enemy at the New Haven Alarm. NSDAR, Volume 8, page 147).
He was afterward a captain of a company under Colonel Smith of the 15th Militia Regiment. (Samuel Upson commanded a company in the Fifteenth Militia Regiment that rendered efficient service, 5 July 1779 at Tryon's Invasion. The militia had the coast to guard and turned out at all alarms. NSDAR Volume 9, page 34).
In 1760 Samuel was one of the petitioners to the General Assembly to have Farmingbury (now Wolcott) made into a distinct society. This was granted and the town named in 1770. Mr Samuel Upson took an active part in the first meeting of the new society, 13 November 1770, and the adjourned meeting soon after. He was appointed to the school committee, which office he held for many years. In April 1771 Samuel was appointed as a member of the meeting house committee. His name is on the 1771 Memorial to the General Assembly as one of the agents of the society, asking aid in its work to set up and maintain the worship of God.
Samuel Upson was a surveyor and in 1773 was on a committee to view the school districts and alter them as it sees fit. In the same year he signed the Covenant of the Confederation. In 1783 he was on a committee to settle the Meeting House accounts, the house having been improved. In 1784 he was on a committee to dignify the meeting house.
In the matter of music in the meeting house, Capt Samuel Upson appears to have been prominent, in marked contrast to many New Englanders of his day. Besides being chorister, he was interested in a committee to raise money to encourage singing and to engage a singing-master.
Samuel was moderator in 1780, '87, and '90; on the prudential committee in 1774-75 and in 1788 was on a committee "respecting our Town privileges and to prepare a petition to the General Assembly". In 1796, at the first town meeting, he was appointed to a committee to settle accounts with Waterbury and Southington to divide the town poor, etc.
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Source: The Upson Family in America, pg 49
Son of THOMAS UPSON & RACHEL FREEMAN JUDD
Military: 1774: French and Indian War; 1776: Revolutionary War, Captain
Married: Apr 5, 1759, RUTH WEBSTER COWLES, Southington, Hartford Co., CT
Ten children:
1. Mary UPSON
1759 - 1840
2. Archibald UPSON
1761 – 1782
3. Isaac UPSON
1763 – 1816
4. Obed UPSON
1767 – 1839
5. Harvey UPSON
1769 – 1857
6. Ruth UPSON (twin)
1772 – 1825
7. Samuel UPSON (twin)
1772 – 1835
8. Jerusha UPSON
1775 – 1775
9. Manly UPSON
1777 – 1836
10. Betsey UPSON
1779 – 1853
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Captain Samuel Upson settled in the town of Wolcott on the south side of what is now the Meriden-Waterbury turnpike, just west of Todd Road. On 11 September 1755, in the French and Indian War, he enlisted in Col. Elihu Chauncey's Fourth Regiment under Captain Eldad Lewis of Southington, and served throughout the campaign. In the War of the American Revolution, Samuel Upson served first as a private (Samuel Upson served under Capt. James Stoddard, Col. Noadiah Hooker's regiment. In 1779 he turned out with his company to repel the enemy at the New Haven Alarm. NSDAR, Volume 8, page 147).
He was afterward a captain of a company under Colonel Smith of the 15th Militia Regiment. (Samuel Upson commanded a company in the Fifteenth Militia Regiment that rendered efficient service, 5 July 1779 at Tryon's Invasion. The militia had the coast to guard and turned out at all alarms. NSDAR Volume 9, page 34).
In 1760 Samuel was one of the petitioners to the General Assembly to have Farmingbury (now Wolcott) made into a distinct society. This was granted and the town named in 1770. Mr Samuel Upson took an active part in the first meeting of the new society, 13 November 1770, and the adjourned meeting soon after. He was appointed to the school committee, which office he held for many years. In April 1771 Samuel was appointed as a member of the meeting house committee. His name is on the 1771 Memorial to the General Assembly as one of the agents of the society, asking aid in its work to set up and maintain the worship of God.
Samuel Upson was a surveyor and in 1773 was on a committee to view the school districts and alter them as it sees fit. In the same year he signed the Covenant of the Confederation. In 1783 he was on a committee to settle the Meeting House accounts, the house having been improved. In 1784 he was on a committee to dignify the meeting house.
In the matter of music in the meeting house, Capt Samuel Upson appears to have been prominent, in marked contrast to many New Englanders of his day. Besides being chorister, he was interested in a committee to raise money to encourage singing and to engage a singing-master.
Samuel was moderator in 1780, '87, and '90; on the prudential committee in 1774-75 and in 1788 was on a committee "respecting our Town privileges and to prepare a petition to the General Assembly". In 1796, at the first town meeting, he was appointed to a committee to settle accounts with Waterbury and Southington to divide the town poor, etc.
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Source: The Upson Family in America, pg 49
Military: 1774: French and Indian War; 1776: Revolutionary War, Captain
Married: Apr 5, 1759, RUTH WEBSTER COWLES, Southington, Hartford Co., CT
Ten children:
1. Mary UPSON
1759 - 1840
2. Archibald UPSON
1761 – 1782
3. Isaac UPSON
1763 – 1816
4. Obed UPSON
1767 – 1839
5. Harvey UPSON
1769 – 1857
6. Ruth UPSON (twin)
1772 – 1825
7. Samuel UPSON (twin)
1772 – 1835
8. Jerusha UPSON
1775 – 1775
9. Manly UPSON
1777 – 1836
10. Betsey UPSON
1779 – 1853
===========
Captain Samuel Upson settled in the town of Wolcott on the south side of what is now the Meriden-Waterbury turnpike, just west of Todd Road. On 11 September 1755, in the French and Indian War, he enlisted in Col. Elihu Chauncey's Fourth Regiment under Captain Eldad Lewis of Southington, and served throughout the campaign. In the War of the American Revolution, Samuel Upson served first as a private (Samuel Upson served under Capt. James Stoddard, Col. Noadiah Hooker's regiment. In 1779 he turned out with his company to repel the enemy at the New Haven Alarm. NSDAR, Volume 8, page 147).
He was afterward a captain of a company under Colonel Smith of the 15th Militia Regiment. (Samuel Upson commanded a company in the Fifteenth Militia Regiment that rendered efficient service, 5 July 1779 at Tryon's Invasion. The militia had the coast to guard and turned out at all alarms. NSDAR Volume 9, page 34).
In 1760 Samuel was one of the petitioners to the General Assembly to have Farmingbury (now Wolcott) made into a distinct society. This was granted and the town named in 1770. Mr Samuel Upson took an active part in the first meeting of the new society, 13 November 1770, and the adjourned meeting soon after. He was appointed to the school committee, which office he held for many years. In April 1771 Samuel was appointed as a member of the meeting house committee. His name is on the 1771 Memorial to the General Assembly as one of the agents of the society, asking aid in its work to set up and maintain the worship of God.
Samuel Upson was a surveyor and in 1773 was on a committee to view the school districts and alter them as it sees fit. In the same year he signed the Covenant of the Confederation. In 1783 he was on a committee to settle the Meeting House accounts, the house having been improved. In 1784 he was on a committee to dignify the meeting house.
In the matter of music in the meeting house, Capt Samuel Upson appears to have been prominent, in marked contrast to many New Englanders of his day. Besides being chorister, he was interested in a committee to raise money to encourage singing and to engage a singing-master.
Samuel was moderator in 1780, '87, and '90; on the prudential committee in 1774-75 and in 1788 was on a committee "respecting our Town privileges and to prepare a petition to the General Assembly". In 1796, at the first town meeting, he was appointed to a committee to settle accounts with Waterbury and Southington to divide the town poor, etc.
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Source: The Upson Family in America, pg 49
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