He was only 3 years old when his family moved from Boxford, Massachusetts
After marriage, they moved to Sturbridge, Massachusetts Through her mother she
was a descendant from William de Warren, a Norman baron, and Jundred,
a daughter of William the Conqueror.
Samuel was a Lieutenant in the French & Indian War.
A grandson of Samuel, whose name was also Samuel, married Mrs. Aurella
(McKinstry) Vinton in 1848.
Name Prefix: Lt.
Moved to Sturbridge, Mass. It is said that he was in the French and Indian War,
and is refered to in town records as Lt. Shumway.
Samuel Shumway, son SHUMWAY of Peter Shumway (2), was born at Boxford, Massachusetts, March 6, 1711, and baptized there
April 22, 1711. He died in Sturbridge. Massachusetts, September 1 or 2, 1800. His will is dated May 20, 1786; filed
September 19, 1800, bequeathing to one son and four daughters Abijah, Sarah, Lucy, Lois and Prudence. He and his brother David
settled in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, when young men ; their brother Jeremiah in the adjacent town of Oxford, also Worchester county.
He married, February 19, 1735-36, Sarah Learned, who died at Sturbridge, December 26, 1809, at the advanced age of ninety-three,
daughter of Isaac Learned, of Oxford. Massachusetts.
Children, born at Sturbridge:
1. Sarah, born April 9, 1737, married. June 12, 1758, Daniel Faulkner, of Sturbridge.
2. Abijah, born January 2, 1738-39, mentioned below.
3. Lusa (Lucy), born January 21, 1740-1, married, March 6, 1760, Moses Clark, Jr.
4. Lois, born October 22, 1743, married, February 16, 1786, John Hill.
5. Prudence, born February 26, 1745-6, married, March 27, 1771, William Blanchard.
6. Samuel, born June 10, 1748, died February 11, 1757.
7. Hannah, born October 11, 1750, died February 2, 1757.
8. Moses (twin), born 1753, baptized March 25. 1753.
9- Aaron (twin), baptized March 25, 1753, died February (•,, 1757. io. Miriam, born October 8, 1755, died February 4, 1757.
SOURCE: Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to ... - Page 901-2
by William Richard Cutter - Middlesex County (Mass.) - 1908
Steve Shumway - shumways@@petershumway.org
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