Samuel Scripture

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Samuel Scripture (b. say 1648)

Elizabeth Knapp (b. 1655), daughter of James Knapp and Elizabeth Warren

Samuel was born say 1648. He married first Elizabeth Knapp on 11 September 1674 in Cambridge. [1, 2:349]

Elizabeth, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Knapp, was born on 21 (2) 1655 in Watertown. [2, 1:17]

Children of Samuel Scripture and Elizabeth Knapp:

i. Samuel Scripture was born on 4 (8) 1675 in Cambridge. [1, 1:213] He died between 14 October and 15 November 1755. Samuel married Mary Green of Watertown on 8 February 1699/1700 in Concord. [3, 2:152] She may have been Mary Pierce, who married first John (?) Green. [4] Mary, the wife of Samuel died on 25 September 1723 in Groton. [3, 2:265] He married second Elizabeth Unknown.

Samuel Scripture, husbandman of Groton, wrote his will on 10 June 1754. He mentioned his wife Elizabeth and the heirs of his son Samuel. He added a codicil on 14 October 1755. An executor was appointed on 15 November 1755. [5]

ii. Elizabeth Scripture was born on 15 August 1677 in Concord. [6, 20]

ii. Mary Scripture was born on 7 February 1680 in Cambridge. She died on 29 July 1761. She married Eleazar Lawrence.

iii. Sarah Scripture was born on 8 February 1682 in Cambridge. [1, 1:213]

iv. Deborah Scripture married Jonathan Whitcomb at Concord on 4 September 1710. [3, 2:152]

v. Abigail Scripture was born on 28 January 1686/7 in Cambridge. [1, 1:212] She died [presumably from complications of childbirth] on 4 February 1721/2. [7] She married Phinehas, the son of Samuel and Mary (Carder) Parker. [7] Phinehas died on 13 August 1744, age 63. [7] He married second Elizabeth (Wilder) Bowers on 14 June 1722. [7] Elizabeth was the widow of John Bowers and the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Sawyer) Wilder, born on 14 February 1681. [7]

References:

1. Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1915), vol. 1, vol. 2.

2. Watertown Historical Society, Watertown Records (Watertown: Fred G. Barker, 1894, 1900): vol. 1, vol. 2.

3.Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849, 2 vols. (Salem: Essex Institute, 1926–1927).

4. Clarence Almon Torrey, "New England Marriages to 1700," database with images, AmericanAncestors, vol. 2, 1343.

5. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648–1871," database with images, AmericanAncestors, 20036.

6.Concord, Massachusetts: Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635–1850 (Concord: Beacon Press, 1895).

7. Marilyn Fitzpatrick, "James Parker of Groton," Essex Genealogist, vol. 14 (1994): 30–32.

Revised 03-Jun-2023