Samuel Hasell (1691 – June 13, 1751) was

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from 1731 to 1733 and 1740–41. Hasell was born in

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in 1691. He arrived in

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in 1715. Among other public positions he held, he was elected a Common Councilman in 1728, Alderman in 1729, and Mayor in 1731, 1732, and 1740. He also served as Treasurer. He died in Philadelphia on June 13, 1751, and buried at

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.Keith, Charles P
The provincial councillors of Pennsylvania
pp. 208-09 (1883) Hasell married Anne Bulkley around 1718, who gave birth to ten children, with seven living at the time of his death.

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