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Joseph married Elizabeth FELT on 12 Jan 1748 in Somers, Tolland, CT. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel FELT and Rachel KIBBEE) was born about 1725; died in 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Henry married Esther BLISS on 10 May 1716 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Esther (daughter of Samuel BLISS and Mary LEONARD) was born on 2 Apr 1688; died on 21 Jan 1768. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Note: From The Felt Genealogy "Samuel Felt settled in Somers not far from 1720. He emigrated thither from Salem when such a journey must have been made on foot or horseack through a wilderness in which lurked dangers from savage beasts and still more savage men. We find that a number of Salem families settled early in Somers, among them that of Josiah Wood, who had married an aunt of Samuel Felt, and this was undoubtedly the inducement that drew him thither, - an enterprise that was soon followed by the remaining members of his family. It is related of Samuel that his first appearance in Somers was upon a sorrel mare, clad in a suit of yellow-brown homespun. As he stopped before the tavern kept by Serah Kibbee, he attracted the attention of a young girl who stood in the doorway, who, under the excitement of seeing a good-looking young stranger with fair locks, exclaimed to her mother, "Yellow man, yellow mare, yellow coat, yellow hair." She afterwards became his wife and the mother of his children. Samuel Felt served in the French and Indian War and bore the title of captain to his dying day. He became a considerable land-owner in Somers, having a valuable farm stretching along the highway, now the "street" of Somers. His house was on the corner of the road leading north past the old meeting-house, and, after his son Samuel married, he shared it with him. He was a "joyner" as well as a farmer, and a man prominent and useful in the community. Samuel Felt and his wife united with the church in Somers, May 21, 1727, upon the occasion of the first sacrament of this new church, and to the end of the ninety years of his life he bore the reputation of a righteous and God-fearing man. He died in Somers, March 23, 1788."
Samuel married Rachel KIBBEE about 1725. Rachel died on 24 Jul 1745 in Somers, Tolland, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Captain married Bethia COOLEY on 5 Dec 1664. Bethia (daughter of Benjamin COOLEY and Sarah UNKNOWN) was born on 16 Sep 1643 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 9 Dec 1711 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; was buried in Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Samuel married Mary LEONARD on 10 Nov 1665. Mary (daughter of John LEONARD and Sarah HEATH) was born on 14 Sep 1647 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 11 Mar 1724 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Birth: Probably Note: No public records exist of thes birth, marriage, or death of Samuel Felt. About 1690, Samuel left Casco Bay and with his brothers settled in Salem where he remained until after1701. He was a tailor and had a small house and shop on the main street of Salem. Sometime before 1703, he became a resident of Rowley, where his mother, who had married Thomas Nelson, was living. In the latter part of 1710 he lived in Byfield Parish. He died in Rowley and his family removed to Somers,CT whither his sister, the wife of Josiah Wood, had already gone, and settled in the eastern part of the town, now Somers.
Samuel + Elizabeth UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
