Samuel Hadley

  General Notes:

Descendants of George Hadley on Internet:
Samuel2 Hadley (George1) was born 1655 in Ispwich, MA, and died December 14, 1745 in Amesbury, MA??11. He married Jane Martin August 11, 1676 in Amesbury or Salisbury, Essex, MA,
daughter of George Martin and Susanna North. She was born November 02, 1656 in Salisbury, MA12, and died Aft. 1704.
Notes for Samuel Hadley:
Misc notes on Samuel Hadley, son of George Hadley and Mary Proctor
- Oath of Allegiance, Eamsbery; Dec 20, 1677, Old Norfo lk Co. Records,
Salem: Sam'll Hadley (Hoyt p21).
- Petition to the General Court, May, 1680; Petition that Sameull Foot (Sgt.)
be appointed officer in charge of the Amesbury Training Band. Dated
10: 3:mo: 1680. Signed by Samuell Hadley (Hoyt p23).
- David Green in "Salem Witches III: Susanna Martin", The American Genealogist
1982, pg 17 (Possibly vol 59) says that he is the Samuel Hadley who testified
at the August 1734 court case in Yarmouth Maine. His age was stated as 82.
Samuel was a member of the church in the West Parish of Amesbury, Mass. He may have moved to
Buxton, ME or that area. He was given a grant of land for military service in what became Buxton, ME,
and there is a record of a Samuel Hadley, age about 80, in the York, M E county court records. One source
says he died in 1726 in Amesbuarner, NH which he sold to Capt. Francis Davis. The location of his home
was in the northwesterly corner of Amesbury near the point of intersection of the town lines of Amesbury
and Havehaill in MA and Plaistow and Newton in NH. He was a weaver, a tything man in 1702 a member
of the church in west parish in 1726, and in the training band.
He was a weaver by trade. He was one of the training band of Amesbury in 1680 and a soldier in the
Narragansett War under Capt. Frank Davis.
More About Samuel Hadley:
Baptism: 1657, Salisbury, MA13
Occupation: weaver
Notes for Jane Martin:
Janes Mother was Susanna Martin and hanged in Salem, MA for being a witch
Children of Samuel Hadley and Jane Martin are:
+ 10 i. John3 Hadley, born Unknown; died June 10, 1737.
+ 11 ii. Hester or Esther Hadley, born Abt. 1674 in Amesbury, Essex, MA; died Unknown.
+ 12 iii. Samuel Hadley, born Abt. 1677 in Amesbury, Essex, MA; died December 20, 1747 in Amesbury,
Essex, MA.
13 iv. Hannah Hadley, born Abt. 1678; died Unknown. She married Ephraim Pemberton June 24, 1707
in Amesbury, Essex, MA14; born Unknown in of Haverhill; died Unknown.
14 v. A Son Hadley, born Abt. 1683; died Unknown.
Notes for A Son Hadley:
The Amesbury, MA town records calls George, born 1686, the fourth son and thus the reason for
listing another unnamed son.
15 vi. Susanna Hadley, born Abt. 1684; died Unknown. She married Thomas Potter September 18, 1714
in Ipswich, MA15; born Unknown in of Ipswich, MA; died Unknown.
Notes for Susanna Hadley:
According to Samuel Page's book, Susannah Hadley and Thomas Potter had seven children:
Jerusha (died young), Thomas-1717, Ezekiel-1721, Johannah-1723, Anthony-1724, Susannah-
1728, and Sarah-1730.
Notes for Thomas Potter:
Possibly grandson of Anthony Potter, one of the first settlers of Ipswich.
+ 16 vii. George B. Hadley, born August 25, 1686 in Amesbury, Essex, MA; died Aft. September 07, 1762
in Newtown, NH.
17 viii. Elizabeth Hadley, born October 10, 1688 in Amesbury, Essex, MA16; died Unknown.
18 ix. Martha Hadley, born February 24, 1694/95 in Amesbury, Essex, MA17; died Unknown. She
married Samuel Whiting December 21, 1714 in Amesbury, Essex, MA18; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
Notes for Samuel Whiting:
One source says his name was Whiting. Another source suggests investigating the
Whidden/Whitten family of Portsmouth, NH who had Salisbury and Newbury connections.
+ 19 x. Sarah Hadley, born October 10, 1695; died Abt. 1728.
+ 20 xi. Joseph Hadley, born December 26, 1700 in Amesbury, Essex, MA; died October 11, 1758 in
Hampstead, NH.
+ 21 xii. Benjamin Hadley, born February 24, 1703/04 in Amesbury, Essex, MA; died Unknown.
22 xiii. Unknown Hadley, born Unknown; died Unknown.

Samuel married Jane Martin, daughter of George Martin and Susannah North, on 11 Aug 1676 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Jane Martin was born on 2 Nov 1656 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts and died after 1704.)