Samuel Treadwell

1642 - 1717  (74 years)

• Name	Samuel Treadwell
  Birth	7 Dec 1642	Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 2]
  History	May 1662 (19 years)	Royal Charter for the Colony of Connecticut signed, ending the New Haven Colony.
  Freeman	1670 (27 years)	Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   [3]
  Residence	23 Apr 1698 (55 years)	Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   [4]
  Death	28 Feb 1717	Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   [2]
  Burial	Aft 28 Feb 1717	Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Connecticut   [2]
  Half siblings	5 half brothers and 4 half sisters (family of Henry Whelpley and Sarah Howes)
  + 1. Jonathan Whelpley,   b. Abt 1650, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 17 Feb 1713, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 63 years) ▻ Sarah ______,  m. Abt 1691 > 2. Deliverance Whelpley,   b. 18 Jan 1651, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 6 Nov 1707, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 56 years) ▻ Hannah Nash,  m. 3 Dec 1678 > 3. Joseph Whelpley,   b. 1646, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 1 May 1682, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 36 years) ▻ Rebecca Bulkley,  m. 1676 > 4. James Wakelee,   b. 1655, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 30 Dec 1726, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 71 years) ▻ Hannah Peat,  m. b 1688 ;   Hannah Griffin,  m. 26 Feb 1701/02 > 5. Jacob Wakelee,   b. 1653 ▻ ______ ______;   Hannah Peat,  m. 26 Feb 1701/02 > 6. Mary Whelpley ▻ James Stevens > 7. Patience Whelpley,   b. 1668, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 20 May 1737, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 69 years) ▻ Timothy Titherton,  m. 3 Oct 1692 > 8. Abigail Whelpley,   b. Abt 1665   d. Aug 1753  (Age 88 years) ▻ John Beardsley,  m. 1692 > 9. Mercy Whelpley ▻ Thomas Lattin,  m. by 1687 ;   Moses Wheeler,  m. 31 Aug 1721 ;   John Burritt,  m. 9 May 1726
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edward Treadwell,   b. 20 Dec 1607, Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire, England d. 12 May 1660, Huntington, Long Island, Colony of New Haven  (Age 52 years)  (Father)  Priscilla Wright,   b. 1590   d. 1617  (Age 27 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I25683
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Edward Treadwell,   b. 20 Dec 1607, Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire, England d. 12 May 1660, Huntington, Long Island, Colony of New Haven (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Sarah Howes,   b. 1617, Norfolk, England d. Abt Nov 1684, Southold, Suffolk County, Province of New York (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F9267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Ruth Wheeler,   b. 1646, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 1 Feb 1718, Stratfield (Fairfield), Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1667  [1, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 24 years - She : ~ 21 years.
  Children	1666 tp 1702  [1]
  1. Thomas Treadwell (1666-1744) 2. Edward Treadwell (1672-1753) 3. John Treadwell (1674-1716) 4. Samuel Treadwell (1674-1717) 5. Ruth Treadwell (1679-1756) 6. Margaret Treadwell (1680-1738) 7. Timothy Treadwell (1681-1708) 8. Ephraim Treadwell (1691-1709) 9. Andrew Treadwell (1699-1782) 10. Edward Treadwell (1702-____)
  Family ID	F9293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2026

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Samuel Treadwell(1642 – 1717) 2Edward Treadwell(1607 – 1660) 4 5 3Sarah Howes(1617 – Abt 1684) 6Robert Howes(1586 – 1631) 7Priscilla Wright(1590 – 1617)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 7 Dec 1642 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Freeman - 1670 - Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony Residence - 23 Apr 1698 - Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony Death - 28 Feb 1717 - Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony Burial - Aft 28 Feb 1717 - Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 20785767 Samuel Treadwell . [S764] Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut From the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818, volume I, (New York: by the author, 1889), p 414. [S174] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, (Provo, Utah: 2013). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), p 752.