Samuel Hotchkiss

Abt 1622 - 1663  (41 years)

• Name	Samuel Hotchkiss  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	Abt 1622	, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Dec 1663	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [8]
  Person ID	I7888	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Hotchkiss,   b. Abt 1580, Whitchurch, Spropshrire, ENG d. 10 Jan 1665, Whitchurch, Spropshrire, ENG (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Nevett,   b. Abt 1584   d. Abt 30 Dec 1656, Whitchurch, Spropshrire, ENG (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1612	Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom   [9, 10]
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F3269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Cleverly,   b. 1624, England d. 1681, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	7 Sep 1642	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  Children	1. James Hotchkiss,   b. Abt 1647, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Sarah Hotchkiss,   b. Abt 1648, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. Abt 1712, Derby, New Haven, CT (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Lieut. Samuel Hotchkiss,   b. Abt 1645, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 29 Dec 1705, East Haven, New Haven, CT (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Sgt. Thomas Hotchkiss,   b. 31 Aug 1654, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 27 Dec 1711, Woodbridge, New Haven, CT, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John Hotchkiss,   b. 1643, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 23 Sep 1689, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Sheriff Joshua Hotchkiss,   b. 16 Sep 1651, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America d. 22 Dec 1722, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Sgt. Daniel Hotchkiss,   b. 9 Mar 1657, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 10 Mar 1712, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel is listed as the 4th son in his father's will. He and his other siblings were given 10 pounds each in the will. Samuel appeared to be the only son not living in Whitchurch, England at the writing of his father's will in 1656. (F-43is information comes from a book out on this Samuel that could be useful to obtain, "The Hotchkiss Family, First Six Generations: Descendants of Samuel Hotchkiss (ca. 1622-1663) of New Haven, Connecticut" by Nellie Cowdell. (F-433) He was one of the original founders of New Haven, Connecticut in 1638. According to Virkus, he came over with the Davenport Colony that came on the "Hector" in June 1637. (F-62, 447) Some less respected sources give his arrival date at 1642 or 1643 instead. (F-68) Samuel and Elizabeth sounded like they were a couple very much attracted to each other and paid a severe price for it at the time. "For their filthy dalliance together, which was confessed by them both, they were both severely whipped." Then later when they came to ask for permission to get married "having entered into contract, sinfully and wickedly defiled each other with filthy dalliance and unclean passages, by which they have both made themselves unfit for any other, and for which they have both received public correction, upon these considerations, granted them liberty to marry." This occurred in 1642. Samuel was apparently accused of theft, and for sleeping on his watch for which he was also beaten. (http://members.aol.com/alicebeard/corncili.html) In 1652, he purchased a home and lot from John Thompson. In 1655, he was assigned a seat in the meeting house next to the soldier's seats and his wife was given one on the women's side. In June 1664 he attended the General Court in New Haven. On Aug. 4, 1664 he took the oath of fidelity. Upon his death, his estate was valued at 86 pounds, 18 shillings. He was listed as Samuel, Sr. (F-447) He is the ancestor of Emma Hale, the wife of Prophet Joseph, Smith, Jr.(F-447)

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] Boston Transcript Boston, MA Aug. 27, 1928, #7435. [S151] CD 101, Automated Archives. [S2035] Meredith B. Colket, Jr., comp, Founders of Early American Families, Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. [S42] Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1974). [S1775] Frederick Adams Virkus, Immigrant Ancestors before 1750 (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976). [S139] Duane A. Josephson to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated June 14, 1996 820 Taylor St., Apt. 7, Medford, OR 97504-7367 In Linda Coate files (F-447). [S43] Charles Henry Stanley Davis, Early Families of Wallingford, Connecticut (Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Pub. Co., c1979). [S49] Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Parts I & II (also currently published at www.ancestry.com). [S25] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). https://gw.geneanet.org/msessions01?n=hotchkiss&oc=&p=john+thomas [S25] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). https://gw.geneanet.org/msessions01?n=nevett&oc=&p=margaret