Samuel
DAKIN
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Born: 17 May 1731 in Sudbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Samuel had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.
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Samuel DAKIN died 23 January 1807 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Mehitable Eaton Dakin (1743 - 1816)*
Anna Wheeler Dakin (1743 - 1759)*
Children:
Abel Dakin (1774 - 1857)*
Levi Dakin (1776 - 1857)*
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Recorded occupation: Deacon
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Birth — 173117 May 1731
Sudbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
DAKIN, SAMUEL
Ancestor #: A029352
Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): SERGEANT
Birth: 5-17-1731 SUDBURY MIDDLESEX CO MASSACHUSETTS
Death: 1-23-1807 SUDBURY MIDDLESEX CO MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 4, P 364
Service Description: 1) CAPT AARON HAYNES, LEXINGTON ALARM
RESIDENCE
1) City: SUDBURY - County: MIDDLESEX CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
SPOUSE
1) ANN WHEELER
2) MEHITABLE EATON
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In Memory of Dean. SAMUEL DAKIN, who died Jan. 23, 1807 AEt. 75.
Revolutionary Cemetery Sudbury Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA
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Death — 180723 January 1807
Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 75.
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Last updated: 3/27/2025 4:10:22 PM
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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state
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