M, #32, b. 28 December 1771, d. 5 March 1855
Deacon Samuel Garland|b. 28 Dec 1771\nd. 5 Mar 1855|p32.htm|Jonathan Garland (RevWar Patriot)|b. 3 Jul 1746\nd. 13 Apr 1825|p64.htm|Abigail Fogg|b. 7 Feb 1746\nd. 4 Apr 1809|p65.htm|Samuel Garland|b. 21 Nov 1716\nd. 28 Jan 1772|p128.htm|Lydia Moulton|b. 17 Mar 1717\nd. 23 Aug 1794|p129.htm|John Fogg|b. 11 Oct 1702\nd. 7 May 1754|p130.htm|Meribah Tilton|b. 23 Dec 1707\nd. 23 Nov 1795|p131.htm|
| Nickname | | Deacon Samuel Garland also went by the name of "Old Puritan". |
| Birth* | 28 December 1771 | He was born 28 December 1771 at Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.1,2 |
| | He was the son of Jonathan Garland (RevWar Patriot) and Abigail Fogg. |
| Marriage* | 1 June 1794 | Deacon Samuel Garland married Mary "Molly" Batchelder, daughter of Nathaniel Batchelder (RevWar Patriot) and Ruth Sanborn, on 1 June 1794 at Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.2 |
| MovedTo* | April 1794 | Deacon Samuel Garland moved in April 1794 to Parsonsfield, York Co., Maine, from Hampton NH. "In 1792, Jonathan Garland, the father of Dea. Samuel, bought three hundred acres of wild land in Parsonsfield, Me. for his son Samuel, and he spent the next season making preparations for his wife's removal and their living there. In April, 1794, Samuel, on one horse, with his goods, adn Molly, his wife, with their son David, on another horse, started from Hampton, N.H., at 4 o'clock in the morning and reached their home in Parsonsfield in the evening of the same day, a distance of sixty miles." NOTE: there is an error in the dates as son David wasn't born until August. The History of Parsonsfield says he settled there in 1795, but also gives the Apr 1794 date in the narrative.2,3 |
| Census1800* | 1800 | He was the head of the household in the 1800 census, pg 1060, Parsonsfield, York Co., Maine with 10001-21001. |
| Census1850* | 1850 | He appeared on the 1850 census as the head of household, pg 362 #140-150, Parsonsfield, York Co., Maine along with Mary E Marston, Sarah L. Garland, Samuel Garland, Daniel S. Garland, John Garland and Mary Ann Garland. His info on the census included: Garland, Samuel 78 b.NH, farmer (no land). |
| Death* | 5 March 1855 | Deacon Samuel Garland died on 5 March 1855 at Parsonsfield, York Co., Maine, at age 83.4,5,1,2 |
| Burial* | | He was buried at Town House Cemetery, Parsonsfield, York Co., Maine. |
Family | | Mary "Molly" Batchelder b. 7 Jul 1775, d. 18 Nov 1833 |
| Marriage* | 1 June 1794 | He married Mary "Molly" Batchelder, daughter of Nathaniel Batchelder (RevWar Patriot) and Ruth Sanborn, on 1 June 1794 at Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.2 |
| Children | 1. | David Garland+ b. 23 Aug 1794, d. 22 Mar 1885 |
| | 2. | Jonathan Garland+ b. 15 Mar 1796, d. 31 Oct 1873 |
| | 3. | Abigail Garland b. 14 Mar 1797, d. 23 Feb 1882 |
| | 4. | Edmund Garland b. 15 Feb 1799, d. 3 Apr 1886 |
| | 5. | Thomas Leavitt Garland+ b. 15 Nov 1800, d. 11 Mar 1864 |
| | 6. | Clarissa Garland b. 1 Aug 1802 |
| | 7. | John Garland+ b. 10 Jan 1805, d. 23 Jul 1883 |
| | 8. | Mary Ann Garland b. 6 Mar 1808, d. 1 Feb 1868 |
| | 9. | Joseph Garland b. 12 Aug 1811, d. 1883 |
| | 10. | Dorothy Garland b. 15 Jun 1813 |