Samuel Hand raised his family in northern New Jersey, settling on Staton Island, where he was in the shipping business. Because of his profession, Samuel remained firm in his allegance to the English king during the Rev. War. As a result, after the war it was necessary for him to flee to Canada for his personal safety. He left his family on Staton Island and they did not hear from him for a number of years.

Samuel Hand is mentioned in his father's will, but only relative to his father leaving something to the children of Samuel. It has been said that Nehemiah Hand would not leave anything to Samuel because Samuel was a Loyalist.

In New Brunswick, Canada, there are records of one Samuel Hand, a Loyalist, who appears to have made a new life there. In the later years, there is even mention of a wife, though, it is not clear if this wife is the Miss Lum of his Staton Island life.

The known children of Samuel Hand and Miss Lum are:

1. Obadiah Hand, b. 22 DEC 1760, d. 7 AUG 1837,
   m. 1) 15 JAN 1792, Sarah Britton b. 10 NOV 1759, d. 31 MAR 1826.
   m. 2) Mrs. Pittman
   m. 3) Mrs. Hendrick
   m. 4) Martha L. Clanton b. 16 MAY 1802, d. 27 NOV 1876.

2. Phoebe Hand, b. 15 APR 1767, m. 3 FEB 1787, Cornelius Vanderbilt.
   

3. (a girl) Hand,

4. Elizabeth Hand, b. APR 1770, d. 31 NOV 1841.
   m. 1) Nathaniel Johnson
   m. 2) Ozias Ansley.