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Samuel Bruce 1691–1741 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Mar 1691

Birth Location: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 6 December 1741

Death Location: Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts

Father: Roger Bruce

Mother: Elizabeth Forbush

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Townsend

Children(s): Samuel Bruce, Roger Bruce, Joseph Bruce, Sarah Bruce, Jerusha Bruce

In 1691, Samuel Bruce entered the world in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, born to Roger Bruce And Elizabeth Forbush. Samuel Bruce married Elizabeth Townsend, and had children including Jerusha Bruce, Joseph Bruce, Roger Bruce, Samuel P Bruce, Sarah Bruce. Samuel Bruce passed away in 1741 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • In 1691, Samuel Bruce entered the world in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, born to Roger Bruce And Elizabeth Forbush.
  • Samuel Bruce married Elizabeth Townsend, and had children including Jerusha Bruce, Joseph Bruce, Roger Bruce, Samuel P Bruce, Sarah Bruce.
  • Samuel Bruce passed away in 1741 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Roger Bruce
1669–1733
Birth Location: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Elizabeth Forbush
1669–1746
Birth Location: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Townsend
1692–1746
Birth Location: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Samuel Bruce
1729–1809
Birth Location: Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Roger Bruce
1734–1818
Birth Location: Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Joseph Bruce
1726–1813
Birth Location: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Sarah Bruce
1723–1762
Birth Location: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Jerusha Bruce
1721–
Birth Location: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Samuel Bruce's Ancestors

Self
Samuel Bruce
1691–1741
Birth Place: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Roger Bruce
1669–1733
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Elizabeth Forbush
1669–1746
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
Thomas Bruce
1637–1714
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Magdalen Evans
1644–1706
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
Archebald Bruce
1597–1668
Marione Gray
1606–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Bruce
1540–1612
Barbara Wallace
1575–1609

Samuel Bruce's Descendants

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Samuel Bruce (24 Mar 1691–6 December 1741) m. Elizabeth Townsend (1 Oct 1692–10 Mar 1746)
  1. 1. Samuel (P.) Bruce 1729–1809
    1. 1. Jonas Bruce 1753–1826 m. Lucy Taylor 1762–1853
      1. 1. David (Taylor) Bruce 1784–1857 m. Lydia Forrester 1798–1857
        1. 1. Lydia (Maria) Bruce 1830–1912
        2. 2. Charlotte (Holman) Bruce 1829–1891
        3. 3. Eli Bruce 1827–1864
        4. 4. William (Wallace) Bruce 1825–1880 m. Maria (Ellen) Avery 1826–1877
        5. 5. John (Forrester) Bruce 1822–1881 m. Amy (Ann) Rockafellow 1815–1869 m. Laura Hayden 1825–
      2. 2. Hezekiah Bruce 1787– m. Charlotte Mills 1789–1860
        1. 1. Maude Bruce 1869–
        2. 2. Caroline Bruce 1809–1874
        3. 3. Charles Bruce 1814–1875 m. Aurelia ((Amelia)) Pepper 1817–1866
        4. 4. George Bruce 1813–1892 m. Amanda (Melvina) Gordon 1822–1905
      3. 3. Linda (Mira) Bruce 1793–1795
      4. 4. Charlotte Bruce 1783–1843 m. Nathanial Holman 1767–1805
      5. 5. Dolly Bruce 1787–1881 m. Eliel Sherwin 1780–1836
        1. 1. Dolly Sherwin 1828–1914
        2. 2. Elvira (W.) Sherwin 1825–1849
        3. 3. Lyman (Harrington) Sherwin 1829–1864
        4. 4. William (Wallace) Sherwin 1835–1866
        5. 5. Althine (B) Sherwin 1806–1890
        6. 6. Dolly (Bruce Sherwin) jr 1804–1821
        7. 7. Elvira Sherwin 1813–1822
        8. 8. Jonas (Bruce) Sherwin 1821–1821
        9. 9. Harriet (E) Sherwin 1817–1851
        10. 10. John (Chryostorn Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart) Sherwin 1822–1908 m. Harriet Wescott 1824–1906
        11. 11. John (Melancthon Wells) Sherwin 1811–1869
        12. 12. Maria Sherwin 1819–1908
        13. 13. Elial (Sherwin) jr. 1814–1851
        14. 14. Lucy Sherwin 1807–
        15. 15. Joann (Sylvester) Sherwin 1809–1850
      6. 6. Ambrey Bruce 1781–1853 m. Daniel Day 1762–1850
        1. 1. Betsey (Ruth) Day 1807–1865 m. John Boynton 1791–1867 m. Stillman Simonds 1807–1850
        2. 2. Mary (S) Day 1819–1826
        3. 3. Sarah (W) Day 1816–1855 m. Mandell Bryant 1814–1914
        4. 4. Susan (M) Day 1813–1831 m. Ammi Stackwell 1806–
        5. 5. Charlotte (Bruce) Day 1800–1874 m. David (J) Wiley 1798–1882 m. Freeman Stockwell 1801–1879
        6. 6. Althine (H) Day 1823–1897 m. George (Washington) Bryant 1820–1876
        7. 7. Ambrey (Bruce) Day 1811–1854 m. Edward Hosmer 1805–1855
        8. 8. Lucy (T) Day 1804–1886 m. John Gibson 1793–1856
        9. 9. Gilman (Lee) Day 1802–1877 m. Bathsheba Hosmer 1808–1892
      7. 7. Althine Bruce 1789–1871 m. Lyman (A) Harrington 1794–1876
        1. 1. Col. (George Dana) Harrington 1823–1879 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Lyman 1827–1904
        2. 2. Polly (Bruce) Harrington 1818– m. Lyman Green 1815–1848
        3. 3. Lucina (Augusta) Harrington 1817–1893 m. Alanson (P) Lyman 1806–1883
        4. 4. Moses (A.) Harrington 1814–1892 m. Sarah (Ann) Robinson 1824–1911
    2. 2. Dolly Bruce 1761–
    3. 3. Betty Bruce 1756–
    4. 4. Rebeckah Bruce 1770–
    5. 5. Phebe Bruce 1768–1855
    6. 6. Sarah Bruce 1765–
    7. 7. Jonathan Bruce 1763–
    8. 8. Jonathan Bruce 1759–
    9. 9. Susannah Bruce 1756–1849
    10. 10. Abigail Bruce 1760–
    11. 11. Betty Bruce 1751–1816
    12. 12. Isaiah Bruce 1754–1837
    13. 13. Silas Bruce 1763–
    14. 14. Josiah Bruce 1759–
    15. 15. comfort Bruce 1757–
    16. 16. Lavinia Bruce 1755–
    17. 17. Joanna Bruce 1754–
    18. 18. Dolly Bruce 1761–
  2. 2. Roger Bruce 1734–1818
  3. 3. Joseph Bruce 1726–1813
  4. 4. Sarah Bruce 1723–1762
  5. 5. Jerusha Bruce 1721–

Samuel Bruce's Timeline

2 Records

1691
24 Mar 1691
Birth of Samuel Bruce in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1741
6 December 1741
Age 50
Death of Samuel Bruce in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts
Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Mar 1691
    Event Place: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 December 1741
    Event Place: Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts
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