Samuel Shattuck

Abt 1616 - 1689  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Samuel Shattuck  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1616  [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jun 1689	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Burial	Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Person ID	I43100	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	(Unknown) Shattuck
  Mother	Damaris   d. 28 Nov 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F11909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace
  Children	+ 1. Mercy Shattuck,   b. 14 Mar 1655, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. 2 Apr 1710, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F25184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He was a feltmaker, probably a hatter. He was also a Quaker, whose long history of conflict with the authorities was a notable thread leading to the eventual lessening of Puritan intolerance toward that sect.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3431] Massachusetts, town clerk and town records, 1626-2001, on familysearch.org. [S1680] George E. McCracken, "The Salem Gardners: Comments and Clues." The American Genealogist 30:155, 1954. [S8524] Find a Grave page for Samuel Shattock.