Born June 4, 1751 in Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was apparently married twice. First to Mary Straight, Dec. 24, 1770, and they had 7 children: Prudence, 23 Mar 1772, Barbary, 21 Feb. 1774, Mary, 30,Apr. 1776, Anna, 16 Jun. 1778, Susannah, 2 Sep. 1780, John, 17 Jun, 1782, and apparently a still born on 23 Jan. 1785. Records show Mary dying on this day also.
Second marriage was to Mary (Polly) Fairbanks Stacy on Nov. 13, 1787 in Colrain, Colrain Leyden Township, Hampshire Co.,(Franklin Co), Colony of Massachusetts. They had 4 children: William, 6 Jun. 1788, Lydia, 4 Jul. 1790, Ephraim, 26 Jun. 1792 and Corning, 11 Sep. 1796.
Anther record shows him having a 3rd marriage in between the other 2 but no children and she was Sarah Boyden and they were married on May 28, 1778 in Middlesex, Mass.
December 5, 2007 at 1:33 am |
John was born in Northbridge, Mass. He married Clarissa Miller on July 10, 1802 and they had a son they also named Ephraim who was born on Sep. 4, 1817, and died on Feb. 4, 1888 in Brookfield, NY He was married to Cornelia Clark.
Clarissa was born on June 6, 1784 in Pittsfield, Colony of Mass. and died on June 12, 1851.
Kudos goes to Maureen Dilley for this info.
December 5, 2007 at 1:55 am |
Mary Straight was born in 1749 in Northbridge, Mass.