Samuel and his family were all born in Connecticut. He was a farmer in the town of Hebron in Tolland County. He and Amy were married on the 4th of October in 1727 and then had six children as follows:
1728 Amy
1730 Samuel
1733 Abigail
1736 Ann
1741 Elizabeth
1743 John
In 1761, on a list of the "Grantees of Thetford, VT" containing 62 signatures of men from Hebron, Samuel and his descendants, John, Samuel, Samuel, Jr., and Samuel III appear. Thetford was settled by 1764 by John Chamberlin, in Orange County, Vermont on the Connecticut River. Chamberlin was the agent of the Hebron signers.
In the Gazette of Orange County, Vermont is an obituary of Samuel Filer, who was buried in the old cemetery in Hebron, CT.
Tombstone: "Here lies Intered [sic] the body of Capt. Samuel Filer who died June 27, 1783 in the 76th year of his age. My body lies beneath this tomb and shewd whereto all flesh must come. No state or worth not Grace and save. There's no distinction in the grave." Samuel died in Hebron, Connecticut.
SAMUEL FILER
BORN: 9 Sep 1707 in Hebron, Tolland, CT
MARRIED: 4 Oct 1727 in Hebron
DIED: 27 Jun 1783 in Hebron
BURIED: at the old cemetery in Hebron
AMY BURNHAM
BORN: 1703 in Hebron, Tolland, CT
DIED: unkown
SOURCES: Fyler, Wadsworth: "Fyler History and Genealogy" 929.273 F993f on page 41 at FamilySearch.org; CT Deaths and Burials Index 1650-1934 at FamilySearch.org; CT Marriages 1640-1939 on microfilm 1376165 at FamilySearch.org; CT State Library Record of the burial of Samuel Filer; CT Deaths and Burials 1772-1934, reference, pg. 6, Microfilm 3,340 at FamilySearch.org.
