Lieutenant Perez Bardwell

1737 - 1815  (77 years)

• Name	Perez Bardwell
  Title	Lieutenant
  Birth	17 Aug 1737	Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1756	Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts
  	French and Indian War Crown Point Expedition 1756 Expedition to Canada in 1760 & 1761
  Military Service	1775
  	American Revolution - LT Shay's Rebellion - Captured
  Death	1815	Geneseo, Livingston County, New York
  	Appears to be living with son, Waitstill, in Geneseo in 1810.
  Notes	Lieut. in Rev. war; active in the mob which rescued Sam Ely and one of the hostages for his release, ante, p. 754) lived near Whatley line.., uncertain which side; removed to Wayne County, N.Y., about 1790. 1780Apr12 sold 102 acres of land in Hatfield to Jethro Butler. At the time records show he was 'of Williamsburg' Mass. Sealed 27Apr1785, witnessed by Ebenezer Maynard and Peris Maynard. Recorded 15Oct1794 (Book 8, page 64) 1790 census in Conway, Hampshire Co.,MA 1800 census in Wysox Co., Pennsylvania with his sons Perez Jr, Silas, Waitstill, and the Gillet family. ((Most likely moved to Caton,Bradford Co.,PA in 1796)) History of the Town of Whately, Mass., 1661 - 1899, by James M. Crafts, by D. L. Crandall, Mann's Block, Orange, Mass., 1899. p. 371. He was of stalwart frame, was in the French and Indian war, enlisting in 1756 in Capt. John Burke's company, Crown Point expedition, again 1757 in Capt. Barnard's company as a corporal and in the same company in 1758 and '59, and in the expedition to Canada in 1760 and '61; in the revolutionary war a lieutenant, Capt. Israel Chapin's company, Capt Fellows' regiment, was a long time in service. After the close of the Revolutionary war we find him prominent in Shay's rebellion, being put in jail at Northampton with two other former officers in the army and held as hostages for the capture of one Elder Ely, who had been an active fomentor of resistance to the government. They were liberated from the jail by a ruse practiced by three their comrades in the revolutionary army who demanded their liberty or threatened to batter down the prison. The jailer complied and let them go. Lieut. Bardwell remained at Whately and vicinity until he removed to Phelps, Wayne County, New York. In 1771 he possessed a farm and farm buildings in Whately, tow horses, one cow, twenty acres of mowing, eight acres of tillage, eight acres of pasture and fifty-six bushels of grain, for which he was taxed Perez Bordwell was named commissioner of highways with Jacob Shock and Noah Starr on April 3, 1807, in the first town meeting part of Wolcott (Wayne County, NY) known as Melvin Hill (later known as Phelps, Ontario County) NY. Geneva NY newspaper (The Expositor Jan 13, 1808), 'List of Letters' remaining in the Post Office at Geneva January 1st, 1808, list among others; Perez Bardwell, Phelps.
  Person ID	I400	OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Lieutenant Ebenezer Bardwell,   b. 10 Apr 1707, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. 14 Nov 1789, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Gillett,   b. 29 Dec 1705, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. 14 Nov 1789, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1731	Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tabitha Dickinson,   b. Abt 1740, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. Aft 1780 (Age ~ 41 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1762	Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Solomon Bardwell,   b. Abt 1763, Massachusetts d. Abt 1833, Lawrence County, Mississippi (Age ~ 70 years) + 2. Silas Bardwell,   b. 1764, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts d. 1811, Wysox, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Age 47 years) + 3. Quartus Bardwell,   b. Abt 1765, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts + 4. Perez Bardwell, Jr.,   b. 12 Feb 1768, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts d. 18 May 1851, Winnebago County, Wisconsin (Age 83 years)   5. Polly Bardwell,   b. 16 May 1773, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts + 6. Waitstill Bardwell,   b. 28 May 1775, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts d. 1843, Birdsall, Allegany County, New York (Age 67 years) + 7. Joel Bardwell,   c. 19 Oct 1779, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts d. 13 Nov 1839, Granger, Allegany County, New York (Age ~ 60 years)
  Family ID	F605	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 17 Aug 1737 - Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts Military Service - French and Indian War Crown Point Expedition 1756 Expedition to Canada in 1760 & 1761 - 1756 - Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts Marriage - Abt 1762 - Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Death - 1815 - Geneseo, Livingston County, New York  = Link to Google Earth
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