Samuel MURDOCK
He joined many of his relatives in the migration from Newton to Connecticut, bought land in Lebanon, and was admitted to the church there with his wife in 1726. He bought one hundred and twenty-two acres of land in Windham, Connecticut, in 1735, and ninety more adjoining, in 1736, and moved to Windham the next year. He was a prominent citizen of Windham, and was admitted to the church there in 1738 . Connecticut Colonial Records give his commission as "Captain of the Troop of Horse of the F ifth negiment" in 1741. He was Deputy for Windham to the General Assembly in 1756, 1757, 1759 , 1760, 1761, 1764 and 1766. He died in Windham, January 17, 1769, and is buried with his wife and daughter Eunice in the old cemetery at Windham. His will, dated December 23, 1767, div ides his property, the homestead being left to his youngest son Eliphalet. His wife's brother ,Dan Throop, was made executor. The following provision made for his wife is a model of conjugal care:I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved Wife Submit a good riding jade and furniture an d two milch cows, six good sheep and increase and twelve pounds of flax yearly and the use o f my negro girl during her natural life and have the use of the upright part of my house an d also the use of the middle room as she may have occasion and cellar as much as she needs an d Wood at the Door cut as much as she wants and well as site wants. And Priviledge of the ou t buildings as much as she wants and Liberty to pass and repass as she has occasion. And to h ave six bushels of wheat, four of Rye and ten bushels of Indian Corn yearly & Ten score poun d of Pork and Sixty pound of Beef and some of all sorts as is laid up in the house: and cyde r and Beer as she has occasion for herself and Friends & her proportion of the Poultry as sha ll be on the Farm. And all my Indoor Goods & Utensils for house keeping excepting what I shal l hereafter dispose of in this my Last Will & Testament. And to hare her creatures kept well , Winter and Summer. (Murdock Genealogy)
Baptism record from the Church of Christ at Brisrol, R. I. (formerly Bristol, Mass). By Rev . John Sparhawk, Pastor.. (NEHG Reg Vol 34) Sources: Repository: Name: Family History LibrarySalt Lake City, UT 84150 Title: Archive Family Group SheetsAuthor: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsPublication: Pre-1970Abbrev: Archive Family Group SheetsPage: Of Robert Murdock/Hannah StedmanNote: SOURCES: Virkins Comp of American Genealogy Vol 6 pg 795; Murdock Genealogy by Joseph B. Mur dock. Repository: Name: Family History LibrarySalt Lake City, UT 84150 Title: Archive Family Group SheetsAuthor: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsPublication: Pre-1970Abbrev: Archive Family Group SheetsPage: Of Samuel Murdock/Submit ThroopNote: SOURCES:Gen. Soc. Archives, Salt Lake City; Murdock Genealogy by Joseph B. Murdock 1925. Repository: Name: Family History LibrarySalt Lake City, UT 84150 Title: The Throop TreeAuthor: Walter Kay Throop & Beryl Estelle Burch ThroopPublication: Throop Press, La Mirada, Calif. 1971Abbrev: The Throop TreeCall Number: US/CAN 929.273/T416T Repository: Name: BYU Library Title: The Throope Family & the Scrope TraditionAuthor: NY Gen Biog Rec Vol 35-36Abbrev: The Throope Family & the Scrope TraditionPage: Vol 35-36 pg 126 Repository: Name: Family History LibrarySalt Lake City, UT 84150 Title: Vital Records of Rhode IslandAbbrev: Vital Records of Rhode IslandPage: Vol 6, pg 106Note: Bristol, R.I. Births. Repository: Name: Family History LibrarySalt Lake City, UT 84150 Title: Early Records of ConneticuttAbbrev: Early Records of Conneticutt Repository: Name: Family History LibrarySalt Lake City, UT 84150 Title: New England Historical & Genealogical RegistersAuthor: New England Historical & Genealogical SocietyPublication: Boston, Mass., NEHGSAbbrev: New England Historical & Genealogical RegistersPage: Vol 34, pg 136Note: Bristol Records from the Records of the Church of Christ at Briston, R.I. (Baptism) Repository: Name: Family History LibrarySalt Lake City, UT 84150 Title: Early Connecticut MarriagesAbbrev: Early Connecticut MarriagesPage: pg 39Note: Lebanon, Ct
William served in Capt. Jonathan Rudd's company of the Fifth Connecticut Regiment in the campaign for the relief of General Webb at Fort William Henry in August, 1757. He also served in the Revolution. William moved to Rensselaerville, New York, in 1792, and leased lot 166 at that place on April 24, l795. He moved thence to Hamilton, Madison County, New York, in 1802, and died there October 26, 1811 He and his wife are buried in the old graveyard at Graham' s Corners. (Murdock Genealogy)
He married Submit Throop 24 Jun 1725 at Lebanon, New London, Connecticut . Submit Throop was born at Bristol, Rhode Island 25 Dec 1706 daughter of Daniel Throop and Deborah Macey .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Hannah Murdock
born 25 Aug 1726.
William Murdock
born 26 Jul 1728.
Samuel Murdock
born 27 Aug 1729.
Jonathan Murdock
born 19 Feb 1732/33.
Submit Murdock
born 13 Nov 1736.
William Murdock, (Capt. - Conn)
born 2 Jan 1738.
Daniel Murdock
born 24 Feb 1741/42.
Lydia Murdock
born 29 Jun 1745.
Eliphalet Murdock
born 5 Oct 1748.
Eunice Murdock
born 29 Jan 1749/50.
Samuel Murdock died 17 Jan 1769 at Windham, Connecticut .
Submit Throop died 17 Oct 1784 at Windham, Connecticut .