Individual Details

General Samuel WYLLYS

(1738 - 9 Jun 1823)

Events

Baptism7 Jan 1738 - 9
Birth1738
Graduated1758Yale College - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Residence1764for 6 years - England
Marriage11 Oct 1764Lucy BREWSTER
Military1771as captain of the First Company of Governor's Food Guard - Connecticut
Military1771as captain of the First Company of Governor's Food Guard - Connecticut
Military1774as Colonel of the First Regiment - Connecticut
Militarywas a Colonel in the Continental Army
Marriage3 Feb 1777Ruth BELDEN
Militarywas a Major-General of the Connecticut militia - Connecticut
ResidenceMay 1791almost opposite the State house - Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Miscellaneous1796 - 1805served as town clerk - Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Occupation1796 - 1809Secretary of State (succeeding his father) - Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Death9 Jun 1823Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
BurialAft 9 Jun 1823in the Old Center Burying Ground - Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

Families

SpouseRuth BELDEN (1747 - 1807)
ChildOliver St John WYLLYS (1777 - 1839)
ChildMary Woodbridge WYLLYS (1781 - )
ChildSamuel Hobart WYLLYS (1784 - 1797)
ChildWilliam Alfred WYLLYS (1790 - )
SpouseLucy BREWSTER (1745 - )
FatherColonel George WYLLYS (1710 - 1796)
MotherMary WOODBRIDGE (1715 - 1774)
SiblingMary WYLLYS (1742 - 1783)
SiblingWilliam WYLLYS (1744 - 1826)
SiblingColonel Hezekiah WYLLYS (1747 - 1827)
SiblingMajor John Palsgrave WYLLYS (1754 - 1790)
SiblingSusanna WYLLYS ( - 1794)