Individual Details
(31 Jan 1639/40 - Bet 12 Sep 1706 and 1707)
Samuel - b. Jan. 31, 1639/40, Concord, Massachusetts; d. Sep. 12, 1707, Boston, Massachusetts; bur. Old Granary Burying Ground. Graduated Harvard 1659. Minister at Groton, Massachusetts and the Old South Meeting House of Boston. Vice-president and acting President of Harvard 1700-1707. Author of Complete Body of Divinity. His maidservant (1670), Elizabeth KNAPP (b. 1655; daughter of Elizabeth WARREN and James KNAPP), was the subject of his 8000 word treatise 'A Brief Account of a Strange and Unusual Providence of God Befallen to Elizabeth Knapp of Groton,' relating the events of a three month period beginning in late 1671, during which she wasa victim of 'a diabolical distempter' attributed to Satan. (See Entertaining Satan, by John Putnam Demos, 1982, pages 97-131.) Married first Aug. 8, 1664, Groton, Massachusetts Abigail SHERMAN, daughter of Rev. John SHERMAN and Mary LAUNCE; and second about 1679 Eunice TYNG. Children: Abigail married first Rev. Benjamin ESTABROOK, married second Rev. Samuel TREAT; Rev. Samuel; Mary; John, grandfather of Joseph WILLARD, astronomer, Hellenist, and president of Harvard 1781-1804; Elizabeth; Simon; Edward; Josiah; Eunice; Richard; William; Margaret; Edward; Hannah; Sarah; and Eunice.
Events
| Birth | 31 Jan 1639/40 | Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States | | | |
| Marriage | Bet 8 Aug 1663 and 1664 | Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States - Abigail Sherman | | | |
| Death | Bet 12 Sep 1706 and 1707 | | | | |
| Title (Nobility) | | Rev. | | | |
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