Alice

Alice married Waters Dickinson in 1554. Waters (son of Gabriel Dickinson) was born about 1530 in Billingsborough, Lincolnshire, England; died in 1591. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth about 1580. Elizabeth died on 30 Aug 1609 in Billingsborough, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigrant: 1634, England; Ship: unknown Arrived: Abt 1634 Watertown, Massachusetts

Notes:

In August 1629 Nathaniel and his brothers John and Thomas joined the Cambridge Company. It is assumed that they and Nathaniel's new bride, Anna, and his step-son, William Gull, sailed for New England on one of the ships of the Massachusetts Bay Company in the spring of 1630. However, no record of their names has been found amoung the passenger listings of that period. Nor has any record been found of their residence in the Boston area between 1630 and 1635/6 when Nathaniel and his family appeared in the new town of Wethersfield, CT. It is thought that he settled temporarily in Watertown, MA and later traveled overland to Wethersfield along the trail used by the Rev. Thomas Hooker's party which settled Hartford. This sequence of events seems likely because many of the settlers of Wethersfield and later of Hadley had lived for a time in Watertown or Dorchester. Nathaniel's ancestral background of business acumen, community service and leadership served him in good stead in the New World. He was admitted a freeman in Connecticut in 1637. He became town clerk or recorder in Wethersfield in 1640 and selectman in 1646. He was representative to the House of Magistrates at Hartford serving until 1656. He helped survey Wethersfield's Broad Street and lay out the homelots for some of the new settlers. Disagreements developed in the settlements concerning the rules governing church membership, baptism and the rights of brotherhood. Parson Russell of the Wethersfield church and a majority of its members were not in favor of relaxing the standards set by earlier congregations. These people and residents of Hartford and Windsor who held similar views formed a group known as the "Withdrawers" for the purpose of establishing a new settlement where they could live in accordance with their deeply held religious beliefs. After obtaining permission to settle in Massachusetts, the Withdrawers purchased land from three Indian chiefs. This land was fifty miles up the Connecticutt River near Northampton MA, a trading post was established in 1654. On 18 Apr 1659 the Withdrawers met at Goodman Ward's house in Hartford and fifty-nine men signed an Agreement or Engagement for the establishment of a new settlement. These included Nathaniel Dickinson and his sons John and Thomas. Nathaniel was one of five men chosen to go to the newly purchased lands and lay out fifty-nine home lots of eight acres each and a Broad Street twenty rods wide. This street with its wide common still remains virtually unchanged. By 1661 many houses had been built in the new town, which was named Hadley, and home lots had been assigned on the west side of the river in the area that became Hatfield. The original home lots of Nathaniel and his sons John and Thomas were located on the east side of the Broad Street in Hadley. Two other sons, Nathaniel Jr and Samuel, settled in Hatfield and Nathaniel lived in that town for a time before returning to Hadley. Nathaniel was active in civic affairs in the new settlement. He was Hadley's first town clerk, a selectman and an assessor. He served as a commissioner to end small claims. He was on the committee appointed in 1663 to make plans for the town's first meetinghouse and was one of the first deacons. Nathaniel was a member of the train band and one of ten Hadley men who joined with men from neighboring towns form the Hampshire Troop of Horsemen in 1663. He was on the first board of trustees of Hopkins Academy, one of the oldest grammar schools in the United States (1664). Children of Nathaniel and Anna 1. John b 1630 - killed 19 May 1676 Turner's Falls Fight, King Philip's War m 1648 Frances Foote 2. Joseph b 1632 - killed 5 Sep 1675 Indian attack on Northfield MA m Phebe Bracey 3. Thomas b 1633/4 d 17 Jan 1712/3 Wethersfield CT m 7 Mar 1667 Hannah Crow 4. Samuel b 6 or 15 Jul 1638 Wethersfield, CT d 30 Nov 1711 Hatfield, MA m 4 Jan or Jun 1668 Martha Bridgeman 5. Obadiah b 15 Apr 1641 Wethersfield CT d 10 Jun 1698 Wethersfield m (1) 1668 Sarah Beardsley m (2) 1692 Mehitable Hinsdale 6. Nathaniel b 16 Aug 1643 Wethersfield CT d 11 Oct 1710 Hatfield, MA m (1) 1662 Hannah Beardsley m (2) 1680 Elizsabeth Hawks widow of Joseph Gillett m (3) 1684 Elizabeth Bert widow of Samuel Wright. 7. Nehemiah b abt 1644 Wethersfield CT d 9 Sep 1723 Hadley MA m 1671 Mary Cowles 8. Hezekiah b 28 Feb 1645 Wethersfield CT d 14 Jun 1707 Springfield MA m 1679 Abigail Blakeman. 9. Azariah b 10 Oct 1648 Wehtersfield CT killed by Indians 25 Aug 1675 m Dorcas ___ Frances mentioned in Nathaniel's will as "my daughter" is probably his son John's wife.

Will: I, Nathaniel Dickenson, Senior, late of Haytfield, now of Hadley, in ye County of Hampshire, upon Connitticut, doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament, as follows: Imprimis, making a full surrender of myseslf, soule and body, into ye hands of God, my Creator, and Jesus Christ, my alone Savior and Redeemer, relying on Him for all yt I need and hope for in this world, & yt which is to come, & leaving my body to decent burriell in hope of a blessed resurrection, I do bestow yt portion of outward estate which the Lord in His Fatherlie mercy hath blessed me with, in manner following: my debtes and funerall espenses being first payd. Secondly: I doe give unto my son Mehemiah, my house & barn & homelott, with all the preveledges and appurtenances thereto belonging; as alsoe one-half my meaddow land in Hadley (except what is hereinafter excepted) with the preveledges and appurtenances thereto belonging; to be to him and his heirs forever, besides what was Thomas Webster's. I give my daughter-in-law, Dorcas, widdow of my son Azariah, four acres & a half Meaddow land, bounded by my son, Thomas, his land east; Frances Barnard, west; John Hubbard, north; & ye highway, south; so as to be her and her heirs forever. Further, I give or abate to her all yt was my due for ye rent of my land from her, & alsoe doe give to her ye rent money that was due to me for my oxen; and alsoe 3 pounds that was due for a barrell (unpayd) of pork; all & every of ye premises I give to ye said Dorcas as her own, to be to her and her heirs forever. The rest of my meaddow in Hadley, I doe give to be equally divided betweene all my sons (except Nehemiah) and my daughters - FrancesDickenson and Hannah Clary - which my executors shall either equally divide to all my aforesaid children, or else to pay to each their proportion of ye sayd lands, as it shall be prized in County pay, within two years after my decease to ym and their heirs forever. To my son, Thomas, I give my house and lott I bought of Mr Wattson; he paying Mr. Wattson ye Thirty Pounds yt due for the same; of, if he like it not on those terms, then it shall be last in among my devidable estate to my children. To my son, Samuel, I give my house and home lott in Haytfield, to be to him and his heirs forever, together with the preveledges and appurtenances thereto belonging. To my son, Obadiah, I give all ye rest of my land in Haytfield, with ye preveledges and appurtenances thereto belonging, to be to him and his heirs forever; and my meaning and will is that these two, my sons, Samuel and Obadiah, shall not come in for a share of my land in Hadley, but this given them in Haytfield shall be instead of it. To my son, William Gull, (step-son)I give Three Pounds which he oweth me for a barrell of pork. All ye rest of my estate I give to be equally divided amongst all my sons and daughters. Frances Dickenson and Hannah Clary having equal shares with their bretheren. I do hereby make & ordaine my two sons, Thomas & Nehemiah, executors of this my last will & testament, hereunto as my last will and testament i have subjoyned my hand & seal this present 29th day of May, 1676. Nathaniel Dickenson In presence of: Joseph Kellogg John Russell, Junior The desire of ye testator is yt ye share given unto Frances Dickenson, may, if she see meet, be given to Samuel Gillett's children.

Nathaniel married Anna Bincks on 16 Jan 1630 in East Bergholst, Suffolk, England. Anna was born about 1605 in England; died on 23 Feb 1678 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1675, Massachusetts; King Philip's War Turner Falls Fight - killed

Notes:

John Dickinson was the son of Nathaniel Dickinson and Anna _____ Gull Dickinson and the husband of Frances Foote. About 1637 John emigrated with his family from England to Wethersfield, Connecticut. In 1648 in Wethersfield he married Frances Foote. He served as surveyor of highways in 1651. In 1659 John Dickinson moved to Hadley, Massachusetts in the Connecticut river valley. With the beginning of King Philip's war John most certainly manned the Hadley palisades against numerous attacks by King Philip's forces. As a volunteer he very briefly served under Capt. William Turner in one famous battle that ended in John's death. John Dickinson was killed by Indians during the retreat in Turner's Falls Fight (Battle of Peskeompskut). A memorial plaque near Nash's Mill, Greenfield Twp, Franklin Co, MA, commemorates the event as follows:
"Captain William Turner of Boston a soldier in King Philip's War was mortally wounded while crossing the Pukcommeacon (Green) River and fell on the west bank May 19, 1676 on the retreat after the 'Falls Fight' at Peskeompskut (Turner's Falls) Forty men of his command fell that day Captain Samuel Holyoke with the survivors fought their way back to Hatfield." For more detailed information about the battle see William Turner's memorial. John Dickinson does not have an individual grave marker.

John married Frances Foote in 1647 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Frances (daughter of Nathaniel Foote and Elizabeth Deming) was born in 1629 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died on 3 Feb 1679 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1675, Connecticut; King Philip's War With Captain Beers Northfield Ambush - killed

Joseph married Phebe Bracy in 1665. Phebe (daughter of Thomas Bracy and Phebe Bixby) was born in 1634 in East Bergholst, Suffolk, England; died on 19 Jan 1712 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Hannah Crow on 7 Mar 1667 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Hannah was born on 13 Jul 1649 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Jan 1722 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Martha Bridgman in 1668. Martha was born on 20 Sep 1649 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Jul 1711 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Elizabeth Hawkes on 16 Dec 1680 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hawkes and Elizabeth Browne) was born on 10 Jan 1647 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 11 Oct 1681 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah married second to Stephen Jennings, of Hatfied,MA and they moved to Brookfield,MA. Later Hannah and two of her children were captured by Asphelon's Indian party in October 1677, and taken to Canada. While a prisoner, Hannah became the mother of a baby daughter on 22 Jan 1678, whom she named CAPTIVITY Jennings. Her husband, Stephen, was one of heroes who went to Canada and effected a ransom of the captives. A few years later on 22 Jul 1710, Stephen Jennings was killed by Indians at Brookfield.

Hannah married Samuel Gillett on 23 Sep 1668 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Jonathan Gillett and Mary Dolbair) was born on 22 Jan 1643 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 19 May 1676 in Turners Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Falls Fight Gravesite, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Stephen Jennings on 15 May 1677 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Stephen was born in 1644 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jul 1710 in Massachusetts; was buried in Old Indian Cemetery, West Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mercy married Joseph Chamberlain on 8 Jun 1688 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Joseph was born in ca 1665; died in 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Hannah White in 1699 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Lieutenant Daniel White and Sarah Crow) was born on 5 Sep 1679 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Jun 1756 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Loveland on 1 Jun 1693 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Thomas Loveland and Charity Hart) was born in 1671 in East Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 28 Mar 1728 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Hannah Frary in 1706. Hannah was born on 23 Mar 1683 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died in 1750 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in Hill Cemetery, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Hannah Hastings about 1697 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Doctor Thomas Hastings and Anna Hawkes) was born on 19 Jul 1676 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died before 1769 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married John Taylor in 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah Day in 1711. Sarah was born on 30 Sep 1691 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; died on 15 Feb 1768 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; was buried in Colchester Burying Ground, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ephraim Foote. Ephraim (son of Nathaniel Foote and Margaret Bliss) was born in 1685; died in 1765. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1755; French and Indian Wars Capt. Elijah William's company, expedition to Canada, 1755 and 1756
• Military Service: Jul 1775, Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts; American Revolution (Tory) Town Committee of Conway took away his arms 'as he stood on the side of the British.'

Notes:

Removed to Whately about 1752 with a family of children and settled at the junction of the Mother George road with Chestnut Plain Street, directly East of the Stockade monument, and it was his house and about three-fourths of an acre of his land that was enclosed by the stockade where those living in that section could fly for safety. Was Capt. Elijah William's company, expedition to Canada, 1755 and 1756. The family removed to Conway before 1769, perhaps as soon as 1767. Joel was chosen Selectman for the town of Conway in 1770. During the Revolution, Joel and his eldest son, Elias, sided with the Bristish (Tory) and was subsequently spied upon and guns taken away during the war. He said to have removed to New York state with his sons Elias before 1800, but may have died in Conway.

Joel married Rachel Coombs on 03 Nov 1738 in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Rachel (daughter of John Coombs and Elizabeth Hobart) was born on 06 Sep 1714 in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 03 Apr 1787 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Wadhams. John was born on 5 Apr 1687 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut; died in 1742 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Lieutenant Ebenezer Bardwell in 1731 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Ebenezer (son of Ebenezer Bardwell and Mary Field) was born on 10 Apr 1707 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Nov 1789 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jael Davis. Jael was born on 4 May 1718 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; died on 16 Mar 1802 in Stratford, Orange County, Vermont; was buried in Kibling Cemetery, Strafford, Orange County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Benjamin Day. Benjamin (son of John Day, Jr. and Grace Spencer) was born in 1704; died in 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1775, Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts; American Revolution (Tory) Town Committee of Conway took away his arms 'as he stood on the side of the British.'

Elias married Chloe Waite about 1760. Chloe was born on 23 Feb 1738 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died before 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tabitha's madian name has been written as Hastings in some genealogies. However, in a baptismal record of her grandson Ezekiel John Bardwell in Arkansas his grandparents are listed as Peres Bardwell and Tabitha Dickinson of MA.

"I have not found the parents of Tabitha Dickinson or found confirmation that our interpretation of her maiden name as Dickinson found in Ezekiel Bardwell's baptismal record is correct. However, I did search the Genealogies of Hadley Families, Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby (Compiled by Lucius M. Boltwood Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979) which gives a fairly good listing of Nathaniel Dickinson's descendants. There is no Tabitha listed in this publication although she could have been overlooked. I went through this listing and picked out the male descendants of Nathaniel Dickinson that were old enough to be Tabitha's father or grandfather who were indicated as having survived childhood and for whom there was no further information available.

From this the most attractive prospect as a father of Tabitha is the following: Joel Dickinson, son Nathaniel Dickinson (1670-1745) and Hannah White (1679-1756), born 23 March 1715/16 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, MA. This is the extent of the information in the History of Hatfield, but on-line sources indicate Joel married Rachel Coombs/Combs on November 3, 1738. She was born 6 September 1714 in Springfield, Hampden County, MA. Her father was John Coombs/Combs of Northampton, MA. She is said to have died 3 April 1787 in Conway, Franklin County, MA. According to one source, Joel "Removed to Whately about 1751 with a family of children and settled at the junction of the Mother George Road with Chestnut Plain Street, directly East of the Stockade monument, and it was his house and about three-fourths of an acre of his land that was enclosed by the stockade where those living in that section could fly for safety. The family removed to Conway before 1771, perhaps as soon as 1767, and then later to Phelps, N.Y., where he died. Was Capt. Elijah William's company, expedition to Canada, 1755 and 1756." "early as 1750. at the "straits" (so called) by Joseph Belding, Sergt. John Wait, Elisha Smith. David Graves and Joseph Scott. Here they erected the first dwelling in the territory. A few years afterwards, houses were built on "Chestnut Plain Street" by Lieut. Ebenezer Bardwell, Thomas Crafts and Deacon Joel Dickinson, which were the first buildings in the central part of the town. "

I have seen no authoritative listing of the children of Joel Dickinson, but considering he lived at Whatley when Perez Bardwell did, moved to Conway, where Perez Bardwell was living in 1790, is said to have died in Phelps, New York where Perez is also said to have died, and Perez and Tabitha had a son named Joel, perhaps Joel Dickinson is worth further research to eliminate or confirm him as a prospect as father of Tabitha Dickinson.

Tabitha married Lieutenant Perez Bardwell about 1762 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Perez (son of Lieutenant Ebenezer Bardwell and Elizabeth Gillett) was born on 17 Aug 1737 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died in 1815 in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1790 in Conway,MA
1800 in Phelps, Ontario Co.,NY Tax list. Same place as his brother, Elias.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1775, Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts; American Revolution (US) Dickinson, Joel, Conway. Corporal, Capt. Seth Murray's co., Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's (25th) regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; service, 3 mos. 5 days; also, company return dated Prospect Hill, Sept. 30, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Cambridge, Oct. 25, 1775; also, Camp White Plains Sept 9, 1778 Capt Cumpston's Co., Co. Greaton's Regt; also Constitution Island muster for the same company June 1779 and at Camp Bedford Sept 1779; also, Corporal, Capt. Thomas Prichard's co., Col. John Greaton's (3d) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780 and same company muster May 20, 1782, sick in hospital at New Windsor last muster was April 23, 1782. May have died in hospital but not recorded in the muster record.

Joel married Naomi Allis on 14 Sep 1773 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Naomi (daughter of Ebenezer Allis and Experience Warner) was born on 20 Jul 1751 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Oct 1808 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

married Ebenezer Redfield, rem. to Phelps,NY

Family/Spouse: Ebenezer Redfield. Ebenezer was born in 1750; died on 4 Jan 1823 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1775, Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts; American Revolution Dickinson, Reuben, Conway. Capt. Seth Murray's co., Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's (25th) regt.; company receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 29, 1775; also, Private, same co. and regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; service, 3 mos. 5 days; also, company return dated Prospect Hill, Sept. 30, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Oct. 25, 1775. Capt Edward Compstons Co., Sergeant, 1 Apr 1777, departed Jun 16, 1779.

Reuben married Ruth Brunson on 11 Feb 1783 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Ruth was born on 21 Nov 1758 in Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 20 Jun 1842 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Howland Cemetery, Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Caleb married Sarah Crane on 20 Mar 1750 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut. Sarah was born in 1730 in Massachusetts; died on 16 Sep 1785 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathan married Esther Fowler in 1761. Esther was born in 1740 in Windham County, Connecticut; died on 15 Mar 1803 in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Sarah Tuttle on 24 Apr 1760. Sarah was born in ca 1734 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Dec 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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

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.

Died:
Appears to be living with son, Waitstill, in Geneseo in 1810.

Perez married Tabitha Dickinson about 1762 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Tabitha (daughter of Deacon Joel Dickinson and Rachel Coombs) was born about 1740 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died after 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21290647/elias-chamberlain

Elias married Elizabeth Gillett on 27 May 1779 in Thetford Center, Orange County, Vermont. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Gillett and Hephzibah Loomis) was born on 29 May 1758 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut; died on 31 Mar 1806 in Livonia, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Union Cemetery, Livonia, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Abigail Cahoon. Abigail (daughter of John Cahoon and Grace Fuller) was born in 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eli married Persis Billing on 02 Jun 1784 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Persis was born est 1764; died on 30 Jul 1785 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Submit. Submit was born on 18 Feb 1766 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Mar 1813 in Phelps, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Phelps, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Chloe married John Sherman, Jr. in 1790. John was born on 28 Mar 1764 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 28 Nov 1833 in Rose, Wayne County, New York; was buried in Rose Cemetery, Rose, Wayne County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
While in the act of raising the 1st Presbyterian Church in Phelps

Cotton married Nancy Pullen on 11 Sep 1792. Nancy was born est 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 01 May 1777, Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts; American Revolution (US) Bardwell, Solomon, Conway.Descriptive list of enlisted men dated West Point, Jan. 25, 1781; age, 17 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 5 in.; complexion, light; hair, light; eyes, dark; residence, Conway; enlisted May 1, 1777, by Lieut. Davis; joined Col. John Greaton's (3d) regt.; enlistment, during war

Notes:

Solomon Bardwell, Robert's father, was born c1763 in Massachutsetts. He was a son of Perez Bardwell and his wife, Tabitha, of Whatley, Massachusetts, and a descendant of Robert Bardwell who came to America in 1670. He served in the American Revolution from Massachusetts. During his life his surname is generally rendered as Bodwell or Budwell. As Solomon Bodwell he is found in the 1790 census of Tyrrell County, North Carolina. In 1798 or 1799, he was in the Spanish Province of Louisiana. By 1803, he was at Post Arkansas in the District of Arkansas in the Province of Louisiana. In 1808, he was claiming land on the St. Francis River in Arkansas portion of the Territory of Louisiana. By 1810, he was at the Wolf Creek settlement in what is now Pike County, Arkansas. By 1818, he was in Lawrence County, Mississippi. He died by December 1833 in Lawrence County, Mississippi, at which date an inventory was made of his estate. We know he married at least three times, possibly more. The first wife we know of is "Jiseu" Cahoon, daughter of Ezekiel Cahoon and "Crese" Neil of Tyrrell County, NC. ("Jiseu" and "Crese" are names given in the baptismal certificate of Ezekiel "Bodwell" which was written in Spainish in 1803. It appears the priest was trying to spell the names phoneticly, but I cannot tell what they are suppose to represent.) Solomon married prior to 1797 in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, Mary Poole Neal/Neel, daughter of John Poole and Dorcas Meekins and widow of William Neal/Neel. She may have died prior to his migration to Arkansas. In 1819, he married Sarah McLeod as stated previously.

Solomon married Jessie Cohon about 1790. Jessie (daughter of Ezekiel Cohon and Crese Neil) was born in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Solomon married Mary Poole about 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Solomon married Sarah McLeod on 15 Apr 1819 in Lawrence County, Mississippi. Sarah was born in 1795 in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 16 May 1781; American Revolution

Notes:

Living in Wysox,Lurenze Co.,PA(now Canton,Bradford Co.,PA) in 1800
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Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford County Pennsylvania 1770-1800, Vol. I by Clement F. Heverly - Page 196:

"Silas Bardwell, who had served three years in the struggle for Independence, came to Wysox about 1790, settling on a strip of land adjoining that of John Hinman and extending to the river. He was a son of Lieutenant Perez Bardwell (also lived in Wysox a few years) and was born, 1764, at Hatfield, Mass. Soon after the war he removed with his father's family to Ontario county, N.Y., where he remained until coming to Wysox. He had married Lavina Abbott. In 1811 during an epidemic of smallpox he was stricken and died, and three days later his wife passed away of the same disease. They left eight children, six sons and two daughters. The eldest son, Solomon, enlisted in the War of 1812, served under Commodore Perry and was on his flagship at the time of his notable victory on Lake Erie. The next younger brother also served under Perry. Daniel Abbott, born October 17, 1799, settled in Tunkhannock, where he died August 24, 1883. Lydia, born May 26, 1801, married, March 12, 1823, Seth Doane of Windham. Silas, born 1807, removed to other parts. Samuel, born 1809, married Betsy, daughter of William Elliott of Rome. The other children settled in the West. Upon the death of their parents the house and whatever it contained, including the children's clothing, were destroyed as a safe-guard against contagion. The patriot father and wife were buried on the place a few rods from their home

Military Service:
Bardwell, Silas.Receipt for bounty paid him by Class No. 2 of the town
of Williamsburg to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3
years, dated Williamsburg, May 16, 1781.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117452855/silas-bardwell

Family/Spouse: Lavina Abbott. Lavina was born in 1764 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died in 1811 in Wysox, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Brick Church Cemetery, Wysox, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He may have married Lucy. and had a son Quartus born about 1793 that died in New Orleans in 18Sep1814 while in the Army. Some sources state is is Quartus Sr. that died in the Army. However, the enlistement records put his birth about 1793 (enlisted 1813 age 24 or 21). Died in camp 18Sep1814.

Family/Spouse: Lucy Atherton. Lucy was born est 1764. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1820 living in Geneseo,NY near the Harrison's, Haynes, Kelly families.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90191198/peres-bardwell

Family/Spouse: Eunice Culver. Eunice was born on 16 Oct 1779 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Feb 1849 in Winneconne, Winnebago County, Wisconsin; was buried in Liberty Prairie Cemetery, Pickett, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1812; War of 1812 (US) Served in the artillery service. At the battle of Black Rock, he trained his gun upon the headquarters of the British and sent a solid shot through the house, scattering the officers in a hurry.

Waitstill married Eunice Gillett about 1797 in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York. Eunice (daughter of Gershom Gillet and Eunice Palmer) was born in ca 1780 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut; died after 1856 in Benton County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joel was an early settler of LeRoy, Bradford Co., PA about 1796 and about 1801 settled in Geneseo, Livingston Co., NY. He then moved to Granger, Allegany Co., NY where he was Deputy Sheriff and skilled detective. "He was a tall and muscular man, standing 6' 2" high" In Hickory Swale, Granger he kept a hotel for many years.

An example of one of Joel's detective works is found in an 1831 paper in Maryland:
Mrs. Chapman was brought to this city on Saturday evening by the Sheriff of Bucks, and has been since conveyed to Doylestown. When taken, she was [lodging] in the house of a Mr. Newton, at North East, in Erie county, Pennsylvania. The person who found her was Joel Bardwell, of Grove, Allegany county, New York, one of the agents employed by our High Constable Blayney. He traced her from Groton, through the western part of New York, to the place where she was discovered.—Phil. Sen.
(Eastern-Shore Whig and Peoples Advocate, Easton MD, Tuesday Morning, December 20, 1831)

BARDWELL, Joel, Town of Granger, farmer, died leaving will. To wife Susannah, household furniture and $400 in cash arising from sale of farm as soon as thought judicious by executors. To son Joel Bardwell farm of 50 acres, which I lately contracted to him, known as Pitts farm. To daughter Sally $50 for her benefit. To son Silas F. $200. To son Harrison $150. To daughter Salona BOOTH $50 and to son Roger $150. To daughter Susannah $150 and to son Palmer $150. To grandson William Bardwell $50 when he is 21. Rest of estate to sons and daughters divided equally. Appoint wife Susannah and Reuben WEED and Daniel MOSES executors. Signed 22 October 1839 Joel Bardwell, LS. Witnesses: Asyria REYNOLDS, William H. BOTSFORD, Reuben Weed. Recorded 19 May 1840. Pp. 194-96 (two sides each)


Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210202371/joel-bardwell

Joel married Susanna Gillett in 1799 in LeRoy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Susanna (daughter of Gershom Gillet and Eunice Palmer) was born in 1787 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut; died after 1850 in Atlas, Genesee County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Experience married Thomas Butler on 7 Dec 1800 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Thomas was born about 1785; died in 1843 in Delaware County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dorothy Hubbard. Dorothy (daughter of Daniel Hubbard and Naomi Root) was born in 1754 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Oct 1813 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Husband of Lucretia Gunn Dickinson, son of Nathan & Esther Fowler Dickinson.
Senator Deacon Samuel Fowler DICKINSON was born on October 9, 1775 in Amherst, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was educated about 1785 in Amherst, MA. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1795 in Dartmouth, MA. After 1795 he was a Legal Aid. The Law Office of Judge Simeon Strong. Where he studied until he was admitted to the bar. He lived in Amherst, MA after 1795. He was Congregationalist after 1796. At the age of twenty-one he was elected deacon and was a church officer all his active life. He was elected as District Representative and Senator about 1820. He was one of the ablest lawyers in western Massachusetts. He was a natural leader of men and quite naturally became prominent in politics. He served his district in the general court in the house and senate for twelve years. His public career was brilliant and he became well known throughout the state. He was an influential Whig leader . Perhaps his greatest public service was the part he took as founder of Amherst Academy and Amherst College. For the college he sacrificed his property, his time and his professional opportunities, and the friends and alumni of that institution held him in the highest regard and his memory is cherished there for his generous and distinguished service to the college. He was for many years the college treasurer. About 1825 he was a Town Clerk in Amherst, MA. He lived in Amherst, MA before 1833. He lived in Cumberland, OH after 1833. Practiced law here but became interested in Lane Seminary and acted as its steward. Later he filled the office of steward for the Western Reserve University. He exercised his benevolence there repeatedly in helping deserving boys through college. His memory is cherished at Western Reserve University with the same affectionate regard and honor as at Amherst. He helped both institutions in the trying days of their early lives. He died on April 22, 1838 in Hudson (grandfather of Emily Dickinson)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13981575/samuel_fowler-dickinson

Family/Spouse: Lucretia Gunn. Lucretia was born on 3 Oct 1775 in Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 11 May 1840 in Enfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]