• General Notes

  Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut:
  A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume IV Adams (The Munson Line). (III) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Munson, was born February 28, 1668-69, and lived in Wallingford.
  
  He married Martha -, who died January 7, 1707, and he married (second) March 10, 1708, Mary, widow of Caleb Merriman, daughter of Deacon Eliasaph Preston. She was born April 24, 1674, and died November 28, 1755. He died November 23, 1741.
  
  In 1690 Samuel received from his father a deed of his dwelling house, barn, and one-half his "accommodations" in Wallingford. March 15, 1692, he was given by the town thirty acres of land gratis, and in 1696 was given liberty with five others to build a saw-mill. April 26, 1698, he was chosen treasurer of the town, and in December of the same year auditor. In 1694-95, 1701 and 1704 he was chosen lister. He was townsman in 1709 and 1713. In 1710 he was made sergeant, and in October, 1712, ensign.
  
  December 25, 1711, he was chosen town clerk, an office which he filled continuously for twenty-nine years. His will was dated July 11, 1741, and his son Lent, who inherited the larger part of the estate, was executor. To his other sons Solomon, William, Waitstill and Merriman, he had already conveyed a full portion of land. The inventory of the estate was £1, 512 15s. 7.
  
  Children of first wife: Solomon, born February 18, 1689-90; Samuel, August 25, 1691; Marlo, February 15, 1693-94; William, mentioned below; Waitstill, December 12, 1697; Eunice, September 13, 1700; Obedience, October 13, 1702; Catharine, June 3, 1704.
  
  Children of second wife: Tamar, December 5, 1707; Lemuel, February 5, 1709; Merriman, November 30, 1710; Mamre, December 16, 1712; Lent, November 16, 1714.
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  III. Samuel Munson, born February 28, 1669, at Wallingford, Connecticut, married Martha. She died January 7, 1707. He married the widow of Caleb Merriman, daughter of Eliasaph Preston. She died November 28, 1755. Samuel died November 23, 1741, aged seventy-three, at Wallingford. He was town clerk at Wallingford twenty-nine years. In October, 1712, the General Court divided the Traine Band of Wallingford, "Samuel Munson to be ensigne of the west company of Traine Band."
  

Details of Samuel's family with Martha Farnes

Details of Samuel's family with Mary Preston