Samuel Hart Jr. and Hepsibar
Colonial-era candle making
(re-enactment)
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Samuel
Hart, born in Lynn, Massachusetts, the section that is now
Lynnfield, on October 30, 1698. He was the second son of Capt. Samuel and Sarah
Endicott Hart. He married Hepsibar Eaton in Lynn,
Massachusetts. Hepsibar was born on August 28, 1712, to William Eaton Jr., and
his wife, Mary.
Samuel Hart resided in Lynn and, about 1752, moved to Lunenburg, Massachusetts, as
shown by deeds thus: " I, Joseph Eaton of Lynn, Mass., Gentleman, For
250 Pounds Paid by Samuel Hart of Lynn, yeoman, Sell land lying in
Lunenburg, county of Worcester, Mass., 50 acres, dated 7th day of
November, 1752. Signed Joseph Eaton." Recorded at Worcester, Mass., book 38, page 531.
Another deed: "I, Joseph Eaton of Lynn, for 25 Pounds Paid by Samuel
Hart Jr., the son of Samuel Hart and his wife Hepsibar Hart, of Lynn,
land in Narragansett Township, county of Worcester, Mass. Dated 5th day of August, 1754. Signed Joseph Eaton." Recorded at Worcester, Mass., book 40, page 83.
Administration of Samuel Hart's estate in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, was granted to
Joseph Eaton of Lynn by Hepsibar Hart, widow of
Samuel Hart, in a letter of appointment dated December 28, 1758. That
document was recorded at Worcester, Massachusetts, in case 27, 614, series A.
No records of Samuel Hart's death have been found. Hepsibar is
thought to have remarried to a Daniel Sawyer, published at Reading, Mass., May 1775.