Killed by Spanish and natives. There are two findagrve memorials for him with some conflicting information.
Baptized Bewdley, Worcestershire, 25 September 1603, son of Francis and Anne (Goode) Wakeman. Migraged from Bewdley, Worcestershire to Massachusetts Bay in 1631 on the "Lyon." First settled in Roxbury; moved to Cambridge & then Hartford in 1635.
Having joined a small group of New Englanders who wished to settle at Old Providence Island in the Caribbean in the summer of 1641, and not realizing that the Spaniards had recently taken the island, Samuel Wakeman was on the ship mastered by William Pierce; when they reached Old Providence and sailed into the harbor, they came under the Spanish guns, and Pierce "threw himself in at the door of the cuddy, and one Samuel Wakeman, a member of the church of Hartford, who was sent with goods to buy cotton, cast himself down by him, and presently a great shot took them both. Mr. Peirce died within an hour; the other, having only his thighs tore, lived ten days."
Married by 1630 Elizabeth _____; "Elizabeth Wakeman, the wife of Samuell Wakeman," was admitted to Roxbury church as member #25. She married (2) by 4 December 1645 Nathaniel Willett (findagrave.com)
Birth: Sep. 25, 1603
Bewdley
Worcestershire, England
Death: 1641, Colombia
Samuel Wakeman b. SEP 1603 Bewdley, Worcestershire Co., England; christened 25 SEP 1603 Bewdley, Worcestershire Co., England; d. Abt. 1641 Isla de Providencia, Columbia; m. Abt. 1630 England; Elizabeth Hopkins b. (date/place unknown); d. (date/place unknown). Burial places unknown.
EMIGRATION: Samuel emigrated with his wife Elizabeth and firstborn child ___ (name/gender unknown). They left London 23 AUG 1631 aboard the "Lyon" and Samuel and Elizabeth arrived on the penisula of Nantasket on 02 NOV 1631. Their child died enroute at sea.
CHILDREN:
1) infant/child Wakeman b. Abt. 1631
2) Elizabeth Wakeman b. 1633
3) Ezbon Wakeman, Lt. b. 1635
4) Joanna Wakeman b. 1637
5) Grace Wakeman b. 1640
SAMUEL'S PARENTS: Anne Goode b. 27 OCT 1568 Ribbesford, Worcestershire Co., England; d. 21 JAN 1621 Ribbesford, Worcestershire Co., England; buried: England; m. 06 OCT 1589 Eastham, Worcestershire Co., England; Francis Wakeman b. 06 OCT 1565 Ribbesford, Worcestershire Co., England; d. 02 SEP 1626 Ribbesford, Worcestershire Co., England; buried: England.
SAMUEL'S SIBLINGS (All born Worcestershire Co., England):
1) Mary Wakeman b. Abt. 1591 Chaddesley
2) Sarah Wakeman b. 23 APR 1593 Chaddesley
3) John Wakeman b. 10 MAY 1594 Chaddesley
4) Martha Wakeman b. 27 MAR 1596 Bewdley
5) Samuel Wakeman [SELF]
6) Isaac Wakeman b. 03 AUG 1606
7) Ellen Wakeman b. 13 APR 1607 Bewdley
8) Joseph Wakeman b. Abt. 23 APR 1609 Bewdley
9) Priscilla Wakeman b. Abt. 1610 Bewdley
10) Anna/Anne Wakeman b. 03 JUL 1614 Bewdley
11) Esther/Hesther Wakeman b. 15 JUN 1617 Bewdley
(findagrave.com)