He and his other siblings were born in a cave that was in the side of a hill in Chester county, Penn. They were known as Groundhogs which is related in the book “Smith’s History of Delaware County.”1703
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Source indicates Samuel's birth date as 4, 7, 1794.

Samuel had four sons, three of whom favored the Revolutionary cause, and two of whom were officers in the American army. [See son Thomas' notes]