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Samuel Tatom (b. WFT Est. 1712-1741, d. WFT Est. 1737-1820)

Samuel Tatom (son of Nehemiah Tatom)¹¹³⁷ was born WFT Est. 1712-1741¹¹³⁷, and died WFT Est. 1737-1820¹¹³⁷.

Notes for Samuel Tatom:
[Genealogy.com, LLC WFT Vol. 105, Ed. 1, Tree #0396, Date of Import: May 30, 2003]

SAMUEL TATOM

According to tradition, was the original ancestor to come to the Western Hemisphere. He supposedly was the illegitimate son of the royalty of England. His mother supposedly outfitted him for the voyage to the Virginia colonies with the Virginia Company of London. The ship was wrecked off Bermuda.

Settling near Port Royal, Samuel Tatum was a mariner, trader, and planter of tobacco crops. He was a councilor for the Warwick Tribe, Bermuda.

The first record of him was in 1626 when he signed a petition to grow tobacco. That same year he served on the Grand Inquest, 30 March 1626.

Samuel Tatom married perhaps Mary Wainwright, daughter of John Wainwright.

Bought 50 acres of land near Flushing, Long Island, in November 1688. Was a worthy member of the Quaker faith.