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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
Samuel Hastings was born in 1735 at Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He married Anna Bigelow (born 14 January 1737 at Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, died 16 May 1819 at Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts) 26 October 1757 at Shrewsbury. Two of their known children are Samuel Hastings (1767-1842) and Ezra Hastings (1772-1815).
Samuel Hastings served in the Revolutionary War as a First Lieutenant with Captain Sargent, Col. Whitney and also as Lieutenant for Captain Goss’s Company. At the time of his service, Samuel lived at Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Samuel Hastings died 9 September 1823 a Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was laid to rest beside his wife in the Meetinghouse Cemetery at Princeton.
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Additional Information:
Findagrave page of Anna Bigelow Hastings, wife of Samuel Hastings is at: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54803249/anna-hastings