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Samuel EGE

SAR Patriot #: P-341395

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State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Quartermaster / Patriotic Service

DAR #: A036891

Birth: 22 Jan 1742 Richmond / Henrico / VA
Death: 11 Feb 1801 Richmond / Henrico / VA

Qualifying Service Description:

Commissary and Quartermaster, Richmond Company
Provided horses and a wagon

Additional References:

Moore, J. Staunton and L. W. Burton: The Annals and History of Henrico Parish, Diocese of Virginia and St. John's Church P. E. Church
Gwathmey, J. H.: Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution 1775-1783. Volume 1, pg 251
Abercrombie, Janice L. and Richard Slatten: Virginia Revolutionary 'Publick' Claims, Volume 2, pg 500

Spouse: Elizabeth Walker
Children: Jacob; Elizabeth; Samuel; Sarah; John; Mary; Ann;

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Burial:

Saint John's Episcopal Churchyard_(C-0371828)

Location:

Richmond / Richmond City / VA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

641503

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

37.531405 / -77.420148

Find A Grave Memorial #:

6515422

Marker Type:

SAR Plaque

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

01 Mar 2011

Comments:

Grave Photo and GPS provided by Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR
No Marker Found. GPS Coordinates are the location of an SAR Plaque on which this Patriot's name is listed

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Dale Edward Corey

Samuel Ege was born 22 January 1742 at Richmond, Virginia, a son of Johann Jacob Ege (1713-1795) and Maria Dorothea Scheerer (1724-1803). Jacob immigrated to the colonies in 1738, where he married Maria in 1740. He settled at Richmond, Virginia, where he took up several lots on the northern side of Main Street. He built his house between Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets in 1738-1739. This building has been designated as "The Old Stone House." The house was next owned by Samuel. During the Revolutionary War, Samuel was commissary in the American Army, stationed at Richmond. He further provided horses and a wagon for the cause. He married Elizabeth Walker in May 1774. She was born at Lunenburg, Virginia. She was orphaned at birth and raised by her uncle by marriage, Colonel Thomas Prosser, at Brookfield, near Richmond. Samuel and Elizabeth had the following children: Elizabeth, Jacob Galt, Samuel H., Sarah, John, Mary and Ann Elizabeth. Samuel died 11 February 1801 at Richmond and was buried at the St John's Episcopal Church Cemetery. Elizabeth died 8 January 1829 and was buried at Saint John's Episcopal Church.

Sources:

Historical Collections of Virginia,” by Henry Howe, 1852.

History and Genealogy of the Ege Family in the United States, 1738-1922, by Reverend Thompson P. Ege, New York City, 1911.

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