Samuel Mattocks

Samuel Mattocks
2nd Vermont State Treasurer
In office
1786–1800
Preceded byIra Allen
Succeeded byBenjamin Swan
Member of the Vermont Governor's Council
In office
1785–1786
Preceded byThomas Porter
Succeeded byJohn Fassett Jr.
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1781–1784
Preceded bySolomon Bingham
Succeeded byNathaniel Chipman
ConstituencyTinmouth
Chief Judge of the Rutland County, Vermont Court
In office
1789–1790
Preceded byIncrease Moseley
Succeeded byEbenezer Marvin
Assistant Judge of the Rutland County, Vermont Court
In office
1795–1796
Serving with Abel Cooper
Preceded byLemuel Chipman, Samuel Williams
Succeeded byEbenezer Wilson, Jonas Safford
In office
1784–1789
Serving with William Ward
Preceded byJoseph Bowker, Benjamin Ward, William Whipple
Succeeded byLemuel Chipman, Simeon Smith
Personal details
Born(1739-12-30)December 30, 1739
Middletown, Connecticut, British North America
DiedMiddlebury, Vermont, U.S.
Resting placeWashington Street Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.
SpouseSarah Birdwell (or Burdell) (m. 1763)
Children5 (including John Mattocks)
OccupationFarmer
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
ServiceContinental Army
Years of service1777–1780
RankCaptain
Unit8th Connecticut Regiment
CommandsSamuel Mattocks' Company, 8th Connecticut Regiment
WarsAmerican Revolutionary War

Samuel Mattocks (December 30, 1739 – January 18, 1804) was a Connecticut and Vermont Continental Army officer and political figure who served as Vermont State Treasurer during the state's early years.

Early life

Samuel Mattocks was born in Middletown, Connecticut on December 30, 1739.[1][2][3] He was living in Hartford and owned a wig-making shop when he joined the Army for the American Revolution.[4][5]

American Revolution

He was a member of the 8th Connecticut Regiment, commanding a company with the rank of captain. The regiment took part in action throughout New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and Mattocks served until resigning in 1780, when he moved to Tinmouth, Vermont.[6][7][8]

Life in Vermont

Mattocks farmed and also became active in politics and government. He served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1781 to 1784, and was a member of the Governor's Council in 1785. He was Assistant Judge of Rutland County from 1783 to 1788, Chief Judge from 1788 to 1793, and Assistant Judge again in 1794. From 1786 to 1800 Mattocks was Vermont's State Treasurer, and in 1792 he was a member of the Council of Censors. His term as Treasurer bridged the period from the founding of the Vermont Republic until Vermont achieved statehood in 1791.[9]

Death and burial

Mattocks moved to Middlebury in 1797, and resided there until his death.[10] He died on January 18, 1804, and was buried in Middlebury's Washington Street Cemetery.[11]

Family

Samuel Mattocks married Sarah Birdwell (or Burdell) on March 14, 1763.[12] Their children included: Samuel Mattocks Jr. (1764-1823), who was an innkeeper in Middlebury and served in local office;[13][14] Sarah (1767–1778); Rebecca (1768–1841), the wife of Samuel Miller of Middlebury; Mary (1770–1777); and John (1777–1847).[15]

John Mattocks served in the United States House of Representatives and was Governor of Vermont from 1843 to 1844.[16]

References

  1. ^ Lucius Barnes Barbour, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, page 389
  2. ^ Henry Perry Smith, William S. Rann, History of Rutland County, Vermont, Volume 2, 1886, pages 824-825
  3. ^ Connecticut Town Birth records, entry for Samuel Mattocks, 1854, page 14
  4. ^ Kathleen A. Staples, Madelyn C. Shaw, Clothing Through American History: The British Colonial Era, 2013, page 197
  5. ^ William DeLoss Love, The Colonial History of Hartford: Gathered from the Original Records, 1914, page 318
  6. ^ Connecticut Historical Society, The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the American Revolution, 1889, page 230
  7. ^ Mildred E. Allen, Reflections of Tinmouth, 1989, page 118
  8. ^ Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, Volume 27, 1909, page 168
  9. ^ Vermont General Assembly, Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont, Volume III, 1875, pages 77-78
  10. ^ Samuel Swift, History of the Town of Middlebury: In the County of Addison, Vermont, 1859, pages 250, 258
  11. ^ New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vermont newspaper abstracts, 1783-1816, 2001, page 259
  12. ^ Lucius Barnes Barbour, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, page 389
  13. ^ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, entry for Samuel Mattocks, Jr., 1920, page 296
  14. ^ Samuel Swift, History of the Town of Middlebury: In the County of Addison, Vermont, 1859, page 259
  15. ^ Lucius Barnes Barbour, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, page 389
  16. ^ Prentiss Cutler Dodge, Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, 1912, page 35
Political offices
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