Samuel DAME^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1725 - 1762  (~ 37 years)

• Name	Samuel DAME
  Birth	Abt 1725	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Baptism	31 Jul 1740	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   [3]
  Gender	Male
  CNFD	Y
  DNA	Y
  _UID	29920AB4E5F5467989ED25D3A358BEB5EE93
  Death	25 Mar 1762	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Burial	unknown
  Person ID	I40	main
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel DAME,   b. Abt 1709, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. Bef 26 Dec 1750, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 41 years)
  Mother	Mary DOWNES,   b. 22 Feb 1711, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. Bef 26 Dec 1750, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age < 39 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1728	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   [4]
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth ”Betsy” HICKS,   b. Abt 1726   d. 1764, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 38 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1740	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   [1]
  Children	1. Sarah DAM,   b. 13 Dec 1747, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire d. Abt 1801, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, Maine (Age 53 years)   2. Samuel DAME,   b. Abt 1752, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. Abt Oct 1810, Waterboro, York, Maine (Age ~ 58 years)   3. Joseph DAME,   b. 21 Mar 1762, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 25 Dec 1833, Newfield, York, Maine (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F25	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Administration of the estate of Samuel Dam was granted to his father-in-law Joseph Hicks and to his widow Elizabeth Dam on 25 Jul 1762. Inventory of his estate was made 20 Sep 1762 signed and attested 27 Jul 1763 by Ephraim Hanson totaled £22477 10s. 0d. On 10 Aug 1764 Moses Paul resigned as administrator of the estate in favor of Capt. Joseph Hicks brother of Elizabeth Paul. Joseph Hicks Sr. died in 1770 and his widow Sarah was made administratrix de bonis non. Joseph Hicks Sr bequeathed property to Samuel Dam and Joseph Dam and money to Sarah Dam. (New Hampshire Probate Records, vol 26, pp 406-408.) On 12 Mar 1777 Joseph Hicks was appointed legal guardian of Joseph Dam. (Strafford Country Records, vol 2, p 29.) The estate was not settled until 1792 for on 2 Jan 1791 Samuel and Joseph Dam sued the bonds of Sarah Hicks (their grandmother) and James Davis, administrators de bonis non, for an accounting of money received from the sales of property. (Rockingham Co Probate Record, No 3884.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA). [S3] Savage, James., Dexter, Orrando Perry., Farmer, John, Genealogical Dictionary of, The First Settlers of New England Before 1692, A , (Little, Brown and Co, Boston, MA. 1862). [S105] Dover Historical Society, 1894, Dover Vital Records, 1649-1892, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010). [S8] Holly Hendricks, Wakefield, MA, Dame_002 gedcom file.