Samuel Filer

     Samuel Filer married Jerusha Hopping. Samuel Filer was born on 6 December 1741 at Suffolk Co, New York. He married Mehitable Prime on 27 February 1795. Samuel Filer died on 1 May 1824 at Foucault, (now Missisquoi Co), Quebec, at age 82.¹ He was buried on 3 May 1824.
     Samuel Filer was kept prisoner in his own house for three weeks by the rebels before he escaped and went to Canada. He joined the Army and served three years. He left a will on 19 November 1819 at Quebec.