Samuel Porteous

b. circa 1784, d. 1 January 1868
  • Samuel Porteous was born circa 1784 in Roxburgh, Scotland.
  • He married Euphemia Brunton on 17 November 1804 in Eckford, Roxburgh, Scotland.
  • Samuel Porteous and Euphemia Brunton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1830 in Madrid, St. Lawrence County, New York. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Jennette Porteous.
  • Samuel Porteous and Euphemia Brunton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Madrid, New York, enumerated next to the household of their daughter Jeannette Young.
  • Samuel Porteous and Euphemia Brunton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Madrid, New York, enumerated between the households of their sons David (age 40) and John (27).
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
  • Samuel Porteous became a widower at the 6 May 1860 death of his wife Euphemia Brunton.
  • Samuel Porteous appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Waddington, St. Lawrence County, New York, enumerated in the household of Ellen and Margaret Wilkinson, not far from the household of his son John.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • Samuel Porteous died on 1 January 1868 in Waddington, New York.
  • He was interred at Union Cemetery, Waddington, St. Lawrence County, New York.
  • Last Edited: 27 Nov 2015

Family: Euphemia Brunton b. circa 1788, d. 6 May 1860