Background
Kneeland, Samuel was born on February 10, 1698 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Mary (Green) Kneeland.
Kneeland, Samuel was born on February 10, 1698 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Mary (Green) Kneeland.
Apprenticed to printer Bartholomew Green, Boston.
Established printing shop, Boston, 1718. Printed, published Boston Gazette, 1720-1727, 36-41, New England Weekly Journal, 1727-1741. Merged papers into Boston Gazette, or Weekly Advertiser, 1741-1755.
Official printer for Massachusetts Provincial Government.
Printed Christian History (1st religious periodical in American), 1743.
Married Mary Alden, 1721, 9 children.