Rev. Samuel Treat

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Rev Samuel Treat

Born 3 Sep 1648 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Son of Robert Treat and Jane (Tapp) Treat

Brother of John Treat, Mary (Treat) Crane, Robert Treat, Sarah Treat, Hannah (Treat) Mather, Abigail (Treat) Andrew, Joseph Treat, Jane Treat, Anna Treat and H. C. Treat

Husband of Elizabeth (Mayo) Treat — married 16 Mar 1674 in Eastham, Massachusetts

Husband of Abigail (Willard) Treat — married 29 Aug 1700 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Father of Jane (Treat) Freeman, Elizabeth (Treat) Snow, Sarah (Treat) Rodgers, Samuel Treat, Mary (Treat) Rich, Abigail (Treat) Stephens, Joseph Treat, John Treat, Nathaniel Treat, Eunice (Treat) Paine and Robert Treat Died 18 Mar 1717 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Biography

Samuel Treat Minister at Eastham, Massachusetts

Family tree as part of DAR application shows birthplace as Milford, Conn, however, the record only shows the 1648 birth year. Death location and dates are the same. - van noah

Christening

Samuel was christened on 3 September 1648 at Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, a son of Robert Treat and Jane Tapp.[1][2]

Marriages

Samuel Treat married twice.

He married on 16 March 1673/4 at Eastham, as his 1st, to Elizabeth Mayo (bpt May 22, 1653, d Dec 4, 1696), daughter of Samuel Mayo and Tamsen (Lumpkin) Mayo.[1][3] He married on 29 August 1700 at Eastham, as his 2nd, and as her 2nd, to Abigail (Willard) Estabrook (b July 5, 1665, d Dec 27, 1746), daughter of Rev, Samuel Willard and Abigail (Sherman) Willard ( (p 167).[2] Children

Samuel had eleven children (ten surviving) by his first wife, and two children by his second wife.

Children of Samuel and 1st wife, Elizabeth:[2]

Jane Treat, b Dec 6, 1675, d 1729; m Constant Freeman Elizabeth Treat, b 1676, d 1755; m Jabez Snow Sarah Treat, b June 20, 1678, d Sept 26, 1728; m Thomas Rogers Samuel Treat, b July 1680, d Oct 23, 1733; m 1) Joanna Vickery, 2) Mary (Sears) Street Mary Treat, b 1682, d 1722/3; m Dea. John Rich Robert Treat, b 1683, d 1701 Abigail Treat, b 1686; m Richard Stevens Joseph Treat, b Nov 19, 1690, d Feb 1756; m 1) Mary Larkin, 2) Sarah Mary (Seward) Farmer Joshua Treat, b Mar 17, 1692, d Nov 6, 1753; m Mary Higgins John Treat, b May 17, 1693, d c. 1762; m Abigail Young Nathaniel Treat, b 1694, d c. 1735; m Mary Lyon Children of Samuel and 2nd wife, Abigail:[2]

Eunice Treat, b 1704, d 1747; m Paine Robert Treat, b Jan 21, 1706/7, d Jan 15, 1723/4 Property and Positions

Samuel received his degree from Harvard College in 1669 and became the minister of Eastham in 1672.[3] His annual salary was £50 and sufficient wood, brought to his door.[4]

John Harvey Treat in Treat Family ... lists several pieces of property belonging to Rev Samuel Treat (pp 167-68).[2]

Death and Legacy

Rev. Samuel Treat died on March 18, 1716/17 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts (p 173).[2] He was buried at the old burying ground of Eastham near the Town Cove.[2]

Samuel wrote his will on December 6, 1716 (p 174).[2] Possibly as a result of an objection made by the children of the first marriage, this will was initially judged null and void. However on October 31, 1717, his widow Abigail brought the matter to Gov. Shute and Council, and the will was allowed to stand.[2]

The ten children by Samuel's first wife were each to receive 5 shillings, "they having already received a full share." He also mentioned his wife, his "little son Robert" and his daughter Eunice; these three inherited the remainder of his estate (less the 50 shillings). This was to be divided when Robert came of age, but he died at the age of seventeen (p 174).[2]

Research Notes

John Harvey Treat in Treat Family ... cautions that there are two entries in the "Eastham records" that are erroneous: 1) Hannah Treat (actually Strout) married on Apr 15, 1709 to William Dyer, 2) Thomas Treat (actually Prince) sells land to his son Samuel Freeman (p 175).[2]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayflower Families through 5 Generations Vol. 2 (Page 80). ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Treat, John Harvey, (1893) The Treat Family : a genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat ... Salem, MA: Salem Press Archive.org accessed 21 August 2016 (Pages 167-85). ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hawes, James W., (1917) Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy. Vol. 1, "Thomas Howes of Yarmouth, Mass., and Some of His Descendants."] Yarmouthport, MA: C.W. Swift, [scanned and posted by Ray Sears, accessed 21August 2016 (Page 452). ↑ Pratt, Enoch, (1844) History of Eastham. Yarmouth, [Mass.] : W.S. Fisher and Co. [ Archive.org accessed 21 August 2016] (Page 36). See also:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18504402/samuel-treat eobfindagrave (Mar 18, 2007) Rev Samuel Treat Find A Grave Memorial# 18504402, maintained by Elwin C. Nickerson. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls Hollister, Gideon. The History of Connecticut, From the First Settlement of the Colony to the Adoption of the Present Constitution (Case, Tiffany & Co., Hartford, 1857) Vol. 1, Page 371

Rev Samuel Treat - Find A Grave - Memorial 18504402

Added by Elwin Nickerson II about my Great Grandfather: Harvard Graduate -Reverend. Samuel Treat- Minstered to the Native Americans in Eastham from 1672 to 1717- Beloved by The Native Americans- Spoke Fluent in The Native Algonquin Language -Trained Native American Preachers -Jabez Jacob-John Tom-John Ralph(Brother of Micah Ralph) Last of The Full Blooded Nauset in Eastham- Eastham, August 23, 1693.
There were two school-masters at Potanumaquut, one of whom, Thomas Coshannag, was the preacher.
The magistrates were William Stockman and Lawrence Jeffries. Daniel Munshe was the preacher, and Daniel Samuel, the ruler at Meeshawn and Punonakanet, which was Eastham and Billingsgate.
1693. John Quason and Menekish, the rulers at Monomoyick, and John Cosens the preacher and school-master. Manasseth was the preacher, and Joshua Shautam the ruler at Sakatucket.
Mr. Treat could speak and write the Indian language with facility. Every month he visited and preached in these several villages. At other times, the Indian teachers read to their congregations the sermons which had been written for them. In addition to theses weekly tasks, and preaching to his own people, **he translated the Confession of Faith into the Nawset language**, for the edification and improvement of his converts. Believing that it would be impossible to make much impression on the minds of the Indians, unless he gained their affections, he exerted himself to secure them. Besides treating them on all occasions with affability and kindness, he frequently visited them in their wigwams, and with cheerfulness joined them in their festivals. (Dr. Freeman.) The consequence was, that won by his engaging manners, they venerated him as a pastor and loved him as a father. But notwithstanding all that could be done for the Indians by him, and his worthy coadjutors, they could not save them from wasting away. A blasting wind swept over them as soon as the English took possession of their country, and they withered and died.
Mr. Treat was a laborious and faithful minister to his own church and people, and often had reason to bless God for the visits of the Holy Spirit on his labors, in the conversion of many of his headers, by which many were added to his church. He was a strict Calvinist, which Dr. Freeman says, ' is established beyond all dispute, by a volume of sermons in manuscript, now in possession of his grandson. These sermons,' says the Doctor, 'are connected in their subjects, are correctly transcribed, and appear to have been designed for publication. They exhibit learning, and his doctrines are defended with ability and ingenuity, and the applications of his subjects are tremendous.' But, says the same writer, 'with the advantage of preaching the doctrine of terror, which is naturally productive of a sublime and impressive style of eloquence, he could not attain the character of a popular preacher. His voice was so loud, that when speaking it could be heard at a great distance from the meeting-house, even in the midst of the winds that howled over the plains of Nauset, but there was no more music in it than in the discordant sounds with which it was mingled.'
An anecdote is told of Mr. Treat, which shows how much the excellence of his matter was injured by the badness of the manner of his delivery.
His second wife, being the daughter of the Rev. Mr. Willard of Boston, he was invited to preach in his pulpit. Mr. Willard possessed a graceful delivery, his voice was masculine and harmonious, and consequently he was generally admired.
Mr. Treat having preached one of his best sermons to the congregation of his father-in-law, in his usual unhappy manner, excited universal disgust, and several nice judges waited on Mr. Willard, and begged that Mr. Treat, who was indeed a worthy, pious man, but a wretched preacher, might never be invited into his pulpit again. Mr. Willard made no reply; but desired his son-in-law, before he left Boston, to lend him the discourse. In a few weeks after, he delivered it to his people, without any alteration. His hearers were charmed with it, and came to Mr. Willard, and requested a copy for the press. 'See the difference,' they cried, 'between yourself and your son-in-law! You have preached a sermon on the same text as Mr. Treat's; but while his is contemptible, yours is excellent.
Mr. Treat was a man of piety. He addressed his** Maker** with humble devotion, and his prayers were copious and fervent. It is said, that his natural temper was mild; and his conduct in domestic life, as a husband, a parent, and a master, was kind and indulgent. His manners were cheerful, his conversation pleasant, and sometimes facetious, but always decent.
It is supposed that the society for the propagation of the gospel made him some compensation for his services among the Indians, and he received a small salary from his parish of £60. It is said that, in the latter part of his life, he engaged in trade, and by this means, with the addition of a small inheritance from his father, he left a good estate to his family.
There was a remarkable snow storm at the time of his death, and the snow fell so deep that he could not be buried for many days. The Indians dug an arch through it, a quarter of a mile long, and, such was their attachment to him, that they insisted on carrying his remains on their shoulders to the grave. /ECN/

Name: Samuel Treat 1

Sex: M

Title: Reverend

Birth: 1648 2

Death: 1717 2

Reference Number: 19409

Marriage 1 Abigail Willard b: 5 JUL 1665

Married: 29 AUG 1700 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts 1

Sources:

Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Author: Clarence Almon Torrey

Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore 1987

Note: With an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Prepared for Publication by Elizabeth P. Bentley.

Toledo Public Library, Toledo, Ohio #929.74 Tor & Allen County Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana #G974 T63n

Note: Excellent

Repository:

Note: James A. Kimble personal library

Media: Book

Page: Pages 239 & 753

Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Author: Clarence Almon Torrey

Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore 1987

Note: With an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Prepared for Publication by Elizabeth P. Bentley.

Toledo Public Library, Toledo, Ohio #929.74 Tor & Allen County Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana #G974 T63n

Note: Excellent

Repository:

Note: James A. Kimble personal library

Media: Book

Page: Page 753

ID: I22742

Name: Samuel Treat

Sex: M

Birth: BEF. 3 SEP 1648 in Milford, New Haven, CT

Death: 18 MAR 1716/17 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA

Note:

Sources:

Title: Genealogical & Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I

Author: William Richard Cutter

Publication: NY: 1911; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co ., I nc ., B al ti mo re, 1997

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Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 136

Title: Genealogical Dictionary of the First Sett le rs of N ew En gl an d, Vo l. IV

Author: James Savage

Publication: 1860-1862

Repository:

Call Number:

Media: Family Archive CD

Page: pg. 789

Title: Paine Ancestry, The Family of Robert Treat Paine

Author: Sarah Cushing Paine, ed. Charles Henry Pope

Publication: Boston: 1912

Repository:

Note: NEHGS Library

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 73

"Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858.

Title: Genealogical Dictionary of the First Sett le rs of N ew En gl an d, Vo l. IV

Author: James Savage

Publication: 1860-1862

Repository:

Call Number:

Media: Family Archive CD

Page: pg. 791

Title: Paine Ancestry, The Family of Robert Treat Paine

Author: Sarah Cushing Paine, ed. Charles Henry Pope

Publication: Boston: 1912

Repository:

Note: NEHGS Library

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 75

"First Settlers of Eastham, MA," NEHGS "Register," Vol 7, pg. 347.

Title: Paine Ancestry, The Family of Robert Treat Paine

Author: Sarah Cushing Paine, ed. Charles Henry Pope

Publication: Boston: 1912

Repository:

Note: NEHGS Library

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 78

Title: Eastham & Orleans, Massachusetts Vital Records as or ig in al ly pu bl is hed in "The Mayflower Descendant"

Publication: reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publis hi ng Co rp or at io n, Wheat Ridge, CO

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Call Number:

Media: Other

Page: Vol. 8, pg. 243

"Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915.

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Father: Robert Treat

Mother: Jane Tapp

Marriage 1 Abigail Willard b: 5 JUL 1665 in Groton, Middlesex, MA

Children

Eunice Treat b: 27 SEP 1704

Marriage 2 Elizabeth Mayo b: ABT. 1652 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA?

Married: 16 MAR 1673/74 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA

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Birth: Sep. 3, 1648

Plymouth

Plymouth County

Massachusetts, USA

Death: Mar. 18, 1716

Eastham

Barnstable County

Massachusetts, USA

Aged 69 years

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Parents:

Robert Treat (1622 - 1710)
Jane Treat (1628 - 1703)
Children:
Jane Treat Freeman (1674 - 1729)*
Elizabeth Treat Snow (1676 - 1755)*
Spouse:
Elizabeth Mayo Treat (____ - 1696)*
*Point here for explanation

Burial:

Cove Burying Ground

Eastham

Barnstable County

Massachusetts, USA

1699 graduate of Harvard - First Minister Of Eastham - Son Of Gov. Robert Treat Of Milford ,Conn.- Husband Of Elizabeth Mayo. Buried Family Lot- Cove Cemetery -Eastham, Massachusetts Publication: 1860-1862

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Call Number:

Media: Family Archive CD

Page: pg. 791

Title: Paine Ancestry, The Family of Robert Treat Paine

Author: Sarah Cushing Paine, ed. Charles Henry Pope

Publication: Boston: 1912

Repository:

Note: NEHGS Library

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 75

"First Settlers of Eastham, MA," NEHGS "Register," Vol 7, pg. 347.

Title: Paine Ancestry, The Family of Robert Treat Paine

Author: Sarah Cushing Paine, ed. Charles Henry Pope

Publication: Boston: 1912

Repository:

Note: NEHGS Library

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 78

Title: Eastham & Orleans, Massachusetts Vital Records as or ig in al ly pu bl is hed in "The Mayflower Descendant"