Samuel Mattocks
{{Short description|American politician (1739–1804)}}
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|order1 = 2nd
|office1 = Vermont State Treasurer
|term_start1 = 1786
|term_end1 = 1800
|predecessor1 = Ira Allen
|successor1 = Benjamin Swan
|office2 = Member of the Vermont Governor's Council
|term_start2 = 1785
|term_end2 = 1786
|predecessor2 = Thomas Porter
|successor2 = John Fassett Jr.
|office3 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
|term_start3 = 1781
|term_end3 = 1784
|predecessor3 = Solomon Bingham
|successor3 = Nathaniel Chipman
|constituency3 = Tinmouth
|office4 = Chief Judge of the Rutland County, Vermont Court
|term_start4 = 1789
|term_end4 = 1790
|predecessor4 = Increase Moseley
|successor4 = Ebenezer Marvin
|office5 = Assistant Judge of the Rutland County, Vermont Court
|term_start5 = 1795
|term_end5 = 1796
|alongside5 = Abel Cooper
|predecessor5 = Lemuel Chipman, Samuel Williams
|successor5 = Ebenezer Wilson, Jonas Safford
|term_start6 = 1784
|term_end6 = 1789
|alongside6 = William Ward
|predecessor6 = Joseph Bowker, Benjamin Ward, William Whipple
|successor6 = Lemuel Chipman, Simeon Smith
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1739|12|30}}
|birth_place = Middletown, Connecticut, British North America
|death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1739|12|30}}
|death_place = Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.
|resting_place = Washington Street Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.
|spouse = Sarah Birdwell (or Burdell) (m. 1763)
|children = 5 (including John Mattocks)
|occupation = Farmer
|allegiance = United States
|branch = Continental Army
|branch_label = Service
|serviceyears = 1777–1780
|rank = Captain
|unit = 8th Connecticut Regiment
|commands = Samuel Mattocks' Company, 8th Connecticut Regiment
|battles = American Revolutionary War
|battles_label = Wars
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Samuel Mattocks (December 30, 1739 – January 18, 1804) was a Connecticut and Vermont Continental Army officer and political figure who served as Vermont State Treasurer during the state's early years.
Early life
Samuel Mattocks was born in Middletown, Connecticut on December 30, 1739.Lucius Barnes Barbour, [https://books.google.com/books?id=WJ_XiLoXvLkC&pg=PA389 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut], page 389Henry Perry Smith, William S. Rann, [https://books.google.com/books?id=hlMjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA824 History of Rutland County, Vermont], Volume 2, 1886, pages 824-825Connecticut Town Birth records, entry for Samuel Mattocks, 1854, page 14 He was living in Hartford and owned a wig-making shop when he joined the Army for the American Revolution.Kathleen A. Staples, Madelyn C. Shaw, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bbxdAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA197 Clothing Through American History: The British Colonial Era], 2013, page 197William DeLoss Love, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r7s-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA318 The Colonial History of Hartford: Gathered from the Original Records], 1914, page 318
American Revolution
He was a member of the 8th Connecticut Regiment, commanding a company with the rank of captain. The regiment took part in action throughout New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and Mattocks served until resigning in 1780, when he moved to Tinmouth, Vermont.Connecticut Historical Society, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2c4wvMNji00C&pg=PA230 The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the American Revolution], 1889, page 230Mildred E. Allen, [https://books.google.com/books?id=NG0jAQAAMAAJ&q=%22samuel+mattocks%22 Reflections of Tinmouth], 1989, page 118Daughters of the American Revolution, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1G4ZAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA168 Lineage Book], Volume 27, 1909, page 168
Life in Vermont
Mattocks farmed and also became active in politics and government. He served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1781 to 1784, and was a member of the Governor's Council in 1785. He was Assistant Judge of Rutland County from 1783 to 1788, Chief Judge from 1788 to 1793, and Assistant Judge again in 1794. From 1786 to 1800 Mattocks was Vermont's State Treasurer, and in 1792 he was a member of the Council of Censors. His term as Treasurer bridged the period from the founding of the Vermont Republic until Vermont achieved statehood in 1791.Vermont General Assembly, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2sQgAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22samuel+mattocks%22+vermont+house+representatives+1781+1785&pg=PA77 Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont], Volume III, 1875, pages 77-78
Death and burial
Mattocks moved to Middlebury in 1797, and resided there until his death.Samuel Swift, [https://books.google.com/books?id=14BhAIIdymIC&dq=%22samuel+mattocks%22+middlebury+1797&pg=PA250 History of the Town of Middlebury: In the County of Addison, Vermont], 1859, pages 250, 258 He died on January 18, 1804, and was buried in Middlebury's Washington Street Cemetery.New England Historic Genealogical Society, [https://books.google.com/books?id=QEYjAQAAMAAJ&q=%22samuel+mattocks%22 Vermont newspaper abstracts, 1783-1816], 2001, page 259
Family
Samuel Mattocks married Sarah Birdwell (or Burdell) on March 14, 1763.Lucius Barnes Barbour, [https://books.google.com/books?id=WJ_XiLoXvLkC&pg=PA389 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut], page 389 Their children included: Samuel Mattocks Jr. (1764-1823), who was an innkeeper in Middlebury and served in local office;Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, entry for Samuel Mattocks, Jr., 1920, page 296Samuel Swift, [https://books.google.com/books?id=14BhAIIdymIC&pg=PA250 History of the Town of Middlebury: In the County of Addison, Vermont], 1859, page 259 Sarah (1767–1778); Rebecca (1768–1841), the wife of Samuel Miller of Middlebury; Mary (1770–1777); and John (1777–1847).Lucius Barnes Barbour, [https://books.google.com/books?id=WJ_XiLoXvLkC&pg=PA389 Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut], page 389
John Mattocks served in the United States House of Representatives and was Governor of Vermont from 1843 to 1844.Prentiss Cutler Dodge, [https://books.google.com/books?id=tt2_3hTQxFMC&q=mattocks&pg=PA63 Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography], 1912, page 35
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Category:Politicians from Middletown, Connecticut
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Category:People from Tinmouth, Vermont
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