Samuel Waldo

This article is about the colonial Massachusetts merchant. For the painter, see Samuel Lovett Waldo.

Samuel Waldo
Portrait of Waldo by Robert Feke
Born(1696-08-07)August 7, 1696
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedMay 23, 1759(1759-05-23) (aged 62)
near Bangor, Massachusetts
Resting placeFort Point, Cape Jellison, Maine (until 1760)
King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston (since)
Spouse
Lucy Wainwright
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(m. 1722)​
RelativesLucy Flucker Knox (granddaughter)
Military career
AllegianceMassachusetts
BranchMassachusetts Militia
Service yearsc.1742–1759
RankBrigadier general
ConflictsSiege of Louisbourg (1745)
Other worknamed Mount Waldo
Signature

Brigadier General Samuel Waldo (August 7, 1696 – May 23, 1759) was an American merchant, military officer and politician from the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

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