Samuel SILLIMAN
Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre 1870 (Barbour Collection)
Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
NOTES: 1. Samuel served in the Massachusetts Militia at Concord and Lexington and later served under General Benedict Arnold. He at one time became a prisoner of the British Forces.
He married Elizabeth Burr 21 Jan 1756 at Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut . Elizabeth Burr was born at Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Sep 1738 daughter of Seth Samuel Burr and Elizabeth Wakeman .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Samuel Silliman
born 4 Aug 1757.
Hannah Silliman
born 29 Jul 1759.
James Silliman
born 15 Jun 1762.
Elizabeth Silliman
born 11 Dec 1769.
Wakeman Silliman
born 25 Jan 1776.
Burr Silliman
born 25 Jan 1776.
Samuel Silliman died 1808 at Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut .