Samuel Guild (November 7, 1647 – January 1, 1730) represented

Dedham, Massachusetts Dedham ( ) is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 25,364 at the 2020 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest b ...

in the

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. He also served 20 terms as selectman, beginning in 1693.

Public service

In 1675, Guild was a member of Capt.Samuel Moseley's Company during

King Philip's War King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England coloni ...

. He was made a freeman at

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in May 1678. He was a selectman of

from 1693 to 1713. In 1703 he was one of a committee to invest and manage school funds. In 1719 he was a delegate to the General Court.

Personal life

Samuel Guild was born November 7, 1647, to John and Elizabeth (Crook) Guild in Dedham, Mass. Samuel Guild married Mary Woodcock in Dedham on November 29, 1676. Their 10 children were born between 1677 and 1697. He died in

on January 1, 1730.

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