Porter, Amos Jr

1769 - 1861  (92 years)

• Name	Porter, Amos
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	20 Feb 1769	Chelsea, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America   [1]
  	in 1691, Chelsea was reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay under a royal charter.
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Salem Township, Washington, Ohio, United States   [2]
  	Age: 81
  	M432
  Census	1860	Salem Township, Washington, Ohio, United States   [3]
  	Page 3
  Find A Grave	Porter Cemetery, Salem Township, Ohio, Washington, Ohio, United States   [4]
  	35205982
  	Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35205982/amos-porter: accessed June 24, 2025), memorial page for Amos Porter Jr. (20 Feb 1769–28 Nov 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35205982, citing Porter Cemetery, Salem Township, Washington County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by GWW (contributor 46875497).
  LifeSketch	Amos Porter, Jr. was one of the 48 pioneers who landed in Marietta, Ohio, on April 7, 1788, opening the Northwest Territory for settlerment. He and his brother-in-law, Allen Putnam, returned to Massachusetts, were Amos married his first wife, Sabra Tolman. Amos returned to Ohio in 1795, after the Ohio Indian Wars, and purchased a farm in Salem Township in Washington County, Ohio. The farm was on the same side of Duck Creek as present day Lower Salem, and directly across the creek from his father and brothers, Jonathan and Simon farms. It is on Amos, Jr.'s farm that the Porter Cemetery lies. After the death of Sabra, he married the widow, Sally Perkins Sutton. Amos and Sabra Porter were the parents of the following children: Amos, who died in early manhood, never married; Rufus and Hiram, who both died in childhood; William, who first married Mary Sutton, then second Polly Stanley, then third Mrs. Betsey Flower Tolman, he died in southern Illinois, where he and six of his ten children had moved; Samuel, who married Mary Palmer, he had three children; Thomas, who first married Rhoda Sutton, then second Polly Stille, he had six children, he was a "conductor on the Underground Railroad"; Lydia, who married S. N. Merriam and lived in Lowell, Ohio; Jerusha, who married Mr. Davis, she had three children and "moved West"; Almer, who married Mary Babson, he had six children and lived on the homestead in Salem Township, Almer and Mary's children were: Analiza, who married Josiah Twiggs; Daniel, who married Harriett Simon; Sally S., who married Willard D. Hall; Marian B., who married William H. Moore; Charles G., who married Sarah F. Magee; and Hosea S., who married Susan Chandler. Amos Porter, Jr. died at age 92 years, 9 months, and 8 days, he was the last of the 48 pioneers who landed at Marietta to die.
  _AMTID	122722690487:1030:207924248
  _COLOR	19
  _FSFTID	LWNP-DV8
  _UID	3ECB65D7A901446CB2D612359E70076BEEC1
  Death	28 Nov 1861	Lower Salem, Washington, Ohio, United States
  Burial	Porter Cemetery, Salem Township, Ohio, Washington, Ohio, United States   [4]
  Person ID	I1875	Charles Banks and Jon Ray Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Tolman, Sabrina,   b. 13 Jul 1777, Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States d. 13 May 1812, Salem Township, Wyandot, Ohio, United States (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	1795	Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States
  Children	1. Porter, Thomas,   b. 7 Nov 1800, Salem, Washington, Ohio, United States d. 17 Mar 1891, Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Perkins, Sarah,   b. 1773, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States d. 1850, Washington, Ohio, United States (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1812	Washington, Ohio, United States   [5]
  	Film Number: 000941958
  Family ID	F835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Feb 1769 - Chelsea, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Marriage - 1795 - Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States Marriage - 10 Dec 1812 - Washington, Ohio, United States Census - Age: 81 - 1850 - Salem Township, Washington, Ohio, United States Census - Page 3 - 1860 - Salem Township, Washington, Ohio, United States Find A Grave - 35205982 - - Porter Cemetery, Salem Township, Ohio, Washington, Ohio, United States Death - 28 Nov 1861 - Lower Salem, Washington, Ohio, United States Burial - - Porter Cemetery, Salem Township, Ohio, Washington, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S143] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, web; 20-02-1769 ; Amos Porter ; ; in 1691, Chelsea was reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay under a royal charter. ; Chelsea, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America ; lsea . in 1691, Chelsea was reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay under a royal charter. [Birth] {} Chelsea, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America | Amos Porter Jr (1769-1861 ) Porter, Amos (1769 - 1861) - [BIRTH CERTIFICATE] 1769 Chelesa Massachusetts.jpg [S7] 1850 United States Federal Census, M432 . M432 [Census] {Age: 81} Salem Township, Washington, Ohio, United States | Amos Porter Jr (1769-1861 ) Porter, Amos (1769 - 1861) - [CENSUS] 1850 Salem Ohio.jpg [S8] 1860 United States Federal Census, Page 3 , NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. [Census] {Page 3} Salem Township, Washington, Ohio, United States | Amos Porter Jr (1769-1861 ) Porter, Amos Jr (1769 - 1861) - [CENSUS] 1860 Salem Ohio.jpg [S46] U.S. Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, web; 07/07/2025 ; Amos Porter Jr (1769-1861 ) ; 35205982 ; Porter Cemetery ; Salem Township, Ohio, Washington, Ohio, United States ; GWW (contributor 46875497) ; GWW (contributor 46875497) . Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35205982/amos-porter: accessed June 24, 2025), memorial page for Amos Porter Jr. (20 Feb 1769–28 Nov 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35205982, citing Porter Cemetery, Salem Township, Washington County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by GWW (contributor 46875497). [Find A Grave] {35205982} Porter Cemetery, Salem Township, Ohio, Washington, Ohio, United States | Amos Porter Jr (1769-1861 ) [S158] Ohio U.S. County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, 00-00-1795 ; Amos Porter ; Sabrina Tolman ; ; Washington. Marriage Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States Amos Porter Jr (1769-1861 ) and Sabrina Tolman (1777-1812 ) Porter, Amos Jr (1769 - 1861) - [MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE] 1812 Sally Sutton.jpg