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- Batch #: 455410, Source Call #: "My father had a cousin by the name of
Ezekiel Whitford who settled in the town of Hartford, NY in an early
He used to visit my Father when we were living in Shaftsbury. I
my Father bought a half bushel of him when he was out on a tour
them as he made such articles for sale. It lasted us many years. He,
Ezekiel, was appointed Deacon of the Baptist Church in Hartford. Elder
Brown was their pastor for many years, gathered a large church, some
or four hundred members. The deacon, Ezekiel, had only one son and
or six daughters. On January 1, 1800 I was in that vacinity on a
with two of my sisters for the first time." Ezekiel's son Amasa took
the homestead after Ezekiel's death. source: History of the Whitford
Family - William Whitford - 1861
Edwin C. Whitford says wifes name was Lydia.
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