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• Birth	24 Aug 1761	Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Died	1804	Buffalo Creek, PA,
  Person ID	I110980	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Robert HAMILTON, Jr., c. 6 Sep 1739, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts
  Mother	Elizabeth KIDD
  Family ID	F35848	Group Sheet
  Family	Susannah HAMILTON, b. 8 Feb 1763, Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Married	6 Mar 1788	Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	> 1. Electa HAMILTON, b. 29 Apr 1788, Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts > 2. Chester HAMILTON, b. 10 Jan 1790, Chester, Hampshire County, Massachusetts   3. Lyma (Sylvia?) HAMILTON, b. 14 Jul 1794, Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts > 4. Julya HAMILTON, b. 17 Jul 1796, Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts   5. Samuel HAMILTON, b. 20 Sep 1800, Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts   6. Armer HAMILTON, b. 26 Aug 1801 > 7. Justus HAMILTON, b. 17 Mar 1792, Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts   8. Electa HAMILTON
  Family ID	F35851	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Birth, Relationship and Marriage information: Sp- Susannah Hamilton, m. 6Mar 1788 in Chester, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts; from HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES OF CHESTERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. Death: from PIONEER WOMEN OF THE WESTERN RESERVE; reports Samuel drowned on a trip back to Mass. while fording Buffalo Creek. There is a BuffaloCreek in western PA about 20 miles NW of Pittsburgh. This creek flows into the Allegheny River and is probably the area of Samuel's death. Ref. Shays' Rebellion: Possible reason to move to Ohio Terr.- Rebellion was centered in Hampshire Co, MA 1787-88. Shays was fr Pelham, MA & was probably known by the Hamiltons. Mass. was an uncomfortable area for yomen farmers in 1780s after the Rev. War. To seek relief, many emigrated to Ohio. They were probably not welcome in NY state as the governor there feared insurrection also. Ref."Shays' Rebellion" by David P. Szatmary, Largo Lib. #974.403 pub. by Univ of MASS. Press, Amherst, MA 1980.

• Sources

  [S2336] Chester Vital Records of Chester Massachusetts to the Year of 1850, 148. Chester Marriages: Hamilton, Susannah(int. Hambellton) and Samuel Hamilto (int. Hambelton) of Chesterfield, Mar. 6,1788