Display Patriot - P-283360

Samuel RUTAN

SAR Patriot #: P-283360

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State of Service: NJ Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A098622

Birth: Sep 1754 / / NJ
Death: 04 Jan 1840 / Washington / PA

Qualifying Service Description:

NJ LINE, CAPTs POTTER, LAYTON CARTER, Colonel DAYTON

Additional References:

National Archives file W4506 Rev War Pension Records - Samuel Rutan

Spouse: Eleanor Beadle
Children: Fanella; Elizabeth; Sarah;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1983-05-05	MO	Unassigned	David Lawrence Busch (116608)	Fanelia
2000-05-25	OH	6237	George Edward Livingston (150642)	Fanella/Fanny
2017-06-02	VA	75122	Marc Elwood Robinson (203045)	Jacob
2017-06-02	VA	75123	Daniel Eric Robinson (203046)	Jacob

Burial:

Prosperity (aka Upper Ten Mile United Presbyterian Church) Cemetery_(C-0373172)

Location:

Prosperity / Washington / PA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1985846

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

14857176

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Tombstone

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: George Edward Livingston

SAMUEL RUTAN: Born 4 Sept. 1754, Essex County New Jersey. Son of Abraham Rutan. In 1778, at the Presbyterian Church at “Turkey”, now New Providence, Essex County, NJ, he married Eleanor Bedell, born 1759, daughter of Jacob and Eleanor Powers Bedell. Samuel and Eleanor Rutan were the parents of 8 children, 3 sons and 5 daughters, plus a set of twins who died shortly after birth in 1787.
Samuel Rutan served as a Private from 1775 to 1779 in Captain Potter’s Company of the New Jersey Militia, Col. Elias Dayton’s Regiment. He enlisted 14 Feb 1775 at Morristown NJ. He was at the battles of Monmouth, Springfield and Connecticut farms. Samuel died 4 Jan. 1840 at age 85. Eleanor died two years later in 1842. Both are buried at Upper Ten-mile Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Prosperity, Morris Twp., Washington County PA.
(((Military information from Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files, Vol. 3, pages 2988 & 2989 by Virgil D. White)))

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