I haven't had as much luck finding information online about my 7x great grandfather Samuel Dana.
Here's what William Richard Cutter wrote about him in his article about the Dana family:
(III) Samuel, son of Jacob Dana, was born in Cambridge, September 7, 1694, died August 22, 1770. In 1716 he received his father's real estate, under condition that he pay the other children certain sums of money. It consisted of a house and twenty-seven acres in Cambridge and some of the Mashamoquet purchase in Pomfret, Connecticut. He married (first) April 10, 1716, Abigail Gay, who died June 1, 1718. He married (second) January 6, 1719, Susanna Star, who died April 10, 1731. He married (third) December 30, 1731, Mary Sumner, who died April 28, 1770. Child by first wife: Nathaniel, mentioned below. Children by second wife: Susanna, born October 10, 1720; Abigail, July 23, 1722; Elizabeth, April 7, 1725; Eunice, April 16, 1727; Samuel, December 23, 1728; Penelope, March 30, 1731. Children by third wife: Mary, March 24, 1733-34; Hannah, May 28, 1736; Amariah, May 20, 1738; Elijah, September 4, 1740; Josiah, August 22, 1742; Sarah, August 30, 1745-p1143
New
England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the
Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the
Founding of a Nation, Volume 3 Lewis historical publishing Company,
N.Y., N.Y., 1914
Two items of significance in that:
-Samuel died in Pomfret, Ct. I've found nothing to tell me when he moved there from Cambridge, Ma. or why he did. But from this time on the Dana family was prominent in both places.
-Samuel's first wife, Abigail Gay, was the daughter of Nathaniel Gay and Lydia Starr. Samuel's second wife, Susanna Starr, was Abigail's cousin.
I'd hoped to find Samuel's probate file on FamilySearch but there are no Connecticut probate files posted there as of yet.
Samuel's oldest son Nathaniel is my 6x great grandfather.
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