Individual Details
Captain Samuel Titus
(13 Mar 1734 - Dec 1818)
Samuel Titus is listed in the DAR Patriot Index Vol 138 page 127-128 under member #I37399 found in FHC fiche #6051226: "Served as captain of the 7th company in the 12th Regiment of Foot, New Hampshire troops. He was born in Rehoboth, Mass.; died in Landaff, NH".
Listed "Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files" Vol III page 3508 @ LDS library ref #973 M28G V3.
1818 death date and burial location per the Dorothy M. Titus and William R. Arthurs studies and confirmed by Ancestral File. DAR 1990 Index Volume 3 shows death in New Hampshire between 1817/1818. Death date and state found in the Patriot Index Centennial Edition Part III page 2949.
1810 census located sons Calvin and John S. in Landaff, Grafton Co., NH, living near one another with their wife and family.
1800 census shows him and a female (his wife) both over 45 living in Landaff, Grafton Co., NH, with 2 males ages 16-25 (this could be sons John Smith age 20 and Calvin age 23) and one female age 16-25 (this could be daughter Polly age 17).
1790 census shows him living in Landaff, Grafton Co., NH, with another male over 16 (son Luther age 19) and two females (wife Ann and daughter Polly). The older boys have most likely married and moved from home.
1782 moved to Landaff, Grafton Co., NH, and lived on a farm on Foster's Hill until 1805 or 1806 which he bought for 15 pounds. Later farmed on Moulton Hill, Lyman, NH, per the Dorothy M. Titus and William R. Arthurs studies.
1775 was commissioned Captain in the Continental Army, 7th Company, (Bath), 12th Regiment of Foot, Colony of New Hampshire on September 5, 1775, (Revolutionary Rolls Vol. 3, page 924) per the Dorothy M. Titus and William R. Arthurs studies.
1772 was made a Captain at a town meeting per the Dorothy M. Titus study
1765 family moved to Bath, Grafton Co., NH per the Dorothy M. Titus and William R. Arthurs studies. The "Gazetteer of Grafton Co., NH 1709-1886" by H. Child, page 515, showed he moved from Rhode Island to Bath about 1765.
1760 marriage is from the Dorothy M. Titus and William R. Arthurs studies. Ancestral File at the FHC shows a November marriage month and not September. DAR 1990 Index Volume 3 shows marriage to Ann Bigelow in New Hampshire in 1760.
1734 birth date and location is per the Dorothy M. Titus and William R. Arthurs studies and confirmed by Ancestral File. Birth date and state of birth also found in the DAR 1990 Index Volume 3 and DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition Part III page 2949.
Events
Families
| Spouse | Ann Bigelow (1740 - ) |
| Child | John Calvin Titus (1761 - ) |
| Child | Eleazer Titus Sr. (1763 - 1818) |
| Child | Samuel Titus (1765 - ) |
| Child | David Titus (1769 - 1840) |
| Child | Luther Titus (1771 - ) |
| Child | Calvin Titus (1777 - 1819) |
| Child | John Smith Titus (1780 - 1868) |
| Child | Polly Titus (1783 - ) |
| Father | John Titus (1703 - 1785) |
| Mother | Mary Daggett (1701 - 1746) |
| Sibling | Lydia Titus (1728 - ) |
| Sibling | Abigail Titus (1731 - 1785) |
| Sibling | Molly Titus (1737 - ) |
| Sibling | John Titus (1739 - 1768) |
| Sibling | Simeon Titus (1741 - ) |
| Sibling | Rhoda Titus (1743 - 1769) |
| Sibling | Cornelious Titus (1745 - 1768) |
Notes
Birth
1734 birth date and location is per the Dorothy M. Titus and William R. Arthurs studies and confirmed by Ancestral File. Birth date and state of birth also found in the DAR 1990 Index Volume 3 and DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition Part III page 2949.Marriage
1760 marriage is from the Dorothy M. Titus and William R. Arthurs studies. Ancestral File at the FHC shows a November marriage month and not September. DAR 1990 Index Volume 3 shows marriage to Ann Bigelow in New Hampshire in 1760.NEHGS data base "Lancaster, MA: Vital records to 1850" page 87 shows that Samuel Titus of Ipswich Canada & Ann Bigelow of Westminster Destrict were married on Sept. 11, 1760 by David Osgood Esqr.
Residence (family)
Per the "Titus Family in America" by Dorothy M. Titus dated July 1943, page 3, found at Heritage Quest Online: moved by horse-back from Attleboro, MA to Bath, NH in 1865 with wife, Ann Bigelow, holding in her arms her son, Eleazer.Military
and commissioned Captain in the Continental Army, 7th Co. (Bath), 12th Regiment of Foot, Colony of New HampshirePer the "Titus Family in America" by Dorothy M. Titus dated July 1943, pages 2 found at Heritage Quest Online, with reference to the Revolutionary Rolls Vol. 3, page 924.
Alt name
Listed "Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files" Vol III page 3508 @ LDS library ref #973 M28G V3.Residence (family)
Per the "Titus Family in America" by Dorothy M. Titus dated July 1943, page 2 found at Heritage Quest Online, family moved to Landaff, NH in 1782 and lived on a farm on Foster's Hill.Census (family)
1790 census shows him living in Landaff, Grafton Co., NH, with another male over 16 (son Luther age 19) and two females (wife Ann and daughter Polly). The older boys have most likely married and moved from home.Census (family)
1800 census shows him and a female (his wife) both over 45 living in Landaff, Grafton Co., NH, with 2 males ages 16-25 (this could be sons John Smith age 20 and Calvin age 23) and one female age 16-25 (this could be daughter Polly age 17).Residence
Per "Gazetteer of Grafton Co., NH, 1709-1886" by Hamilton Child dated 1886, page 515, found at Heritage Quest Onlined: Samuel Titus moved from Landaff to Lyman, Grafton Co., NH, in 1805.Death
1818 death date and burial location per the Dorothy M. Titus and William R. Arthurs studies and confirmed by Ancestral File. DAR 1990 Index Volume 3 shows death in New Hampshire between 1817/1818. Death date and state found in the Patriot Index Centennial Edition Part III page 2949.Burial
Per the "Titus Family in America" by Dorothy M. Titus dated July 1943, page 2 found at Heritage Quest Online.Endnotes
1. Dorothy M. Titus, Titus Family in America: Eleven generations of the direct line from Robert Titus I to Dorothy Madalene Tittus and Bursley Howland Titus XI (Weston, Mass.: Published by the editor Percy Hobart Titus, July 1943), page 2; my ebook, Heritage Quest Online, Los Angeles Public Library online ( : viewed 14 February 2012.
2. Samuel Bradlee Doggett, A History of the Doggett-Daggett Family (Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1894), page 103; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
3. "Lancaster, MA: Vital Records to 1850," database, New England Historic Genealogical Society ( : viewed 12 February 2012); extracted from (N.p.:n.p.n.d.), page 87.
4. , Massachusetts Vital Records to the end of the year 1949 (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute Salem, MA, 1934), page 118; digital image, AmericanAncestors.org online data base, (http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html : vciewed 12 February 2012; Westminster Marriages - Ann (Anna) Bigelow and Samuel Titus of [Ipswich] Canada married in Lancaster.
5. Gilman Bigelow Howe, Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America: from the marriage in 1642 of John Biglo and Mary Warren to the year 1890 (Worcester, Mass.: Charles Hamilton, 1890), page 45; my e-book, Google Books, ( : accessed .
6. Dorothy M. Titus, Titus Family in America: Eleven generations of the direct line from Robert Titus I to Dorothy Madalene Tittus and Bursley Howland Titus XI (Weston, Mass.: Published by the editor Percy Hobart Titus, July 1943), page 2; my ebook, Heritage Quest Online, Los Angeles Public Library online ( : accessed .
7. Dorothy M. Titus, Titus Family in America: Eleven generations of the direct line from Robert Titus I to Dorothy Madalene Tittus and Bursley Howland Titus XI (Weston, Mass.: Published by the editor Percy Hobart Titus, July 1943), page 2; my ebook, Heritage Quest Online, Los Angeles Public Library online ( : accessed .
8. Dorothy M. Titus, Titus Family in America: Eleven generations of the direct line from Robert Titus I to Dorothy Madalene Tittus and Bursley Howland Titus XI (Weston, Mass.: Published by the editor Percy Hobart Titus, July 1943), page 2; my ebook, Heritage Quest Online, Los Angeles Public Library online ( : viewed 14 February 2012.
9. Dorothy M. Titus, Titus Family in America: Eleven generations of the direct line from Robert Titus I to Dorothy Madalene Tittus and Bursley Howland Titus XI (Weston, Mass.: Published by the editor Percy Hobart Titus, July 1943), page 2; my ebook, Heritage Quest Online, Los Angeles Public Library online ( : accessed .
10. Dorothy M. Titus, Titus Family in America: Eleven generations of the direct line from Robert Titus I to Dorothy Madalene Tittus and Bursley Howland Titus XI (Weston, Mass.: Published by the editor Percy Hobart Titus, July 1943), page 2; my ebook, Heritage Quest Online, Los Angeles Public Library online ( : accessed .
11. Dorothy M. Titus, Titus Family in America: Eleven generations of the direct line from Robert Titus I to Dorothy Madalene Tittus and Bursley Howland Titus XI (Weston, Mass.: Published by the editor Percy Hobart Titus, July 1943), page 2; my ebook, Heritage Quest Online, Los Angeles Public Library online ( : viewed 14 February 2012.

