Reverand Samuel Treat1

M, b. 3 September 1648, d. 18 March 1716/17
     Samuel was born on Thursday, 3 September 1648 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He was the son of Robert Treat and Jane Tapp. In 1672, he was ordained a minister. Samuel married Elizabeth Mayo, daughter of Captain Samuel Mayo and Thomasine Lumpkin, on 16 April 1674.2 Samuel's wife, Elizabeth, died on 4 December 1696 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, leaving him a widower. Samuel married 2nd Abigail Willard on 29 August 1700 in Massachusetts. Abigail was 1st married to Benjamin Eastbrook. Samuel departed this life on Thursday, 18 March 1716/17 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was buried in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the ancient Cememtery. On his tombstone, the inscrption reads: Samuel Treat died March, 18 1716/17 in his 69th year.3

Citations

  1. [S115] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, Volume IV: page 328 - Samuel Treat, Eastham, eldest s. of Gov. Robert, ord. 1672, m. 16 Mar. 1674, Eliz. d. of Samuel Mayo, had Jane, b. 6 Dec. 1674; Eliz. 24 July 1676; Sarah, 20 June 1678; Samuel, July 1680; Mary, 16 Mar. 1682; Robert, 24 Feb. 1684; Abigail, 13 June 1686; Joseph, 19 Nov. 1690; Joshua, 17 Mar. 1692; John, 17 May 1693; and Nathaniel, 15 Apr. 1694; and his w. d. 4 Dec. 1696. He m. 29 Aug. 1700, Abigail, wid. of Rev. Benjamin Estabrook, d. of Rev. Samuel Willard of Boston, wh. d. 27
    Dec. 1746, had Eunice, 27 Sept. 1704; and Robert, 21 Jan. 1707; and d. 18 Mar. 1717, aged 69.
  2. [S957] Melinda Lutz Sanborn, Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, page 257 - Treat, Samuel & Elizabeth Mayo; m. 16 Apr 1674 not 16 Mar 1674 [Sewall's Diary 1:4].
  3. [S1540] The Gravestone Records in the Ancient Cememtery at Eastham, Mass., page 4.