Samuel Lee McNett

1789 - 1882  (93 years)

• Name	Samuel Lee McNett  [1, 2]
  Birth	12 Jun 1789	Salem Mass.   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Jun 1882	Oswego New York   [2]
  Burial	Albion Center, Oswego County, New York, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I53258	Stewartsny
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Edwin McNitt,   b. 1770, Massachusetts, United States d. 1860, Oswego County, New York, USA (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elinora Isabella Rathburn,   b. Abt 1774, Massachusetts, United States
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mercy Amanda Waters,   b. 1 Jan 1798, Connecticut, USA d. 5 Jan 1879, Mexico, Oswego, New York, United States (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Mary McNitt,   b. Abt 1822, New York, USA d. 27 Jul 1896 (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Caroline McNitt,   b. 1 Oct 1823, New york d. 14 Feb 1907, Richland, New York (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Althea McNitt,   b. 1826, Oneida City, NewYork  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Milton McNitt,   b. 18 May 1828, Urbana, Stueben, New York, United States d. 12 Feb 1902, Oswego County, New York, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mortimer Benjamin McNitt,   b. 18 May 1829, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, USA d. 30 Apr 1920, Highland, Clay, Kansas, United States (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Alfred McNitt,   b. 30 Mar 1830, Sandy Creek Oswego New York d. 31 Mar 1920, Otsego, Allegan, Michigan, USA (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Levi McNitt,   b. 12 Feb 1832, Sandy Creek Oswego New York d. 9 Jan 1904, McHenry Illinois (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Frederick Lee McNett,   b. Jul 1837, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States d. 21 Mar 1910, Rome, New York (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Ann Almeda McNitt,   b. 1838   d. 1866, Richland, Oswego, New York (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Robert Benjamin McNett,   b. 1 May 1840, Sandy Creek Oswego New York d. 15 Nov 1894, Mexico, Oswego, New York, United States (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F17487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, June 22, 1882 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - South Richland - The funeral of Samuel McNitt was held at his late residence yesterday. Services were conducted by Rev. C. E. Beebe. Within the three years since your previous meeting at Pulaski, several of the old pioneers of the town who were present at that. Among these are, Samuel McNitt, a man well-known in his day. They do not know the year he settled but he was here in 1812. He was an unlettered man of strong common sense and he had the habit sometimes offensively, as the old way of expressing it is of "calling things by their right name." He at one time was the owner of a small vessel, and if reports were true, was ignorant or forgetful of the revenue laws to the annoyance of the United States officials. John Jones, who resided in this village just south of "the old brewery" place, was a very old settler. He was a somewhat famous fisherman in his time but manage to keep clear of the lawsuits so frequent in the earlier days in regard to the fishing. He was not a profane man, yet a favorite oath of his gave him the name of "By Mighty." He was the only man I ever heard or read of who successfully performed the feat of making a whistle from a pig's tail. He was in the war of 1812.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree. [S79] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).