Thomas Sawyer

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

Family/Spouse: Agnes Sharpe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is said that Thomas came to America with his brothers Edward and William in 1636, on a ship with Capt.Parker. Thomas settled as early as 1648, having married and the same year. In 1653 nine persons assembled, being early settlers and organized the town, giving it the name of Lancaster. He was a yeoman by trade and held many town offices in Lancaster. Thomas and the first settlers of Lancaster kept the faith with the Indians and lived in peace with them for twenty years. It is evident that they had nothing to do in bringing on the war with Mettecomet, King Philip, in 1675. The cause of the war rested with the government, and Lancaster being an outpost received the first shock of the war. Among the innocent who suffered, Thomas Sawyer was one of the most prominent, and by his superiorability, sagacity and skill he saved his family and himself from destruction
and death, and thereby became one of the most important bases in the foundation of New England wealth and prosperity. King Philip entered Lancaster in person with a band of 1,500 warriors. They made their attack at five different points at the same time. Many of the people who were out doors and exposed were killed, but their house were of the primitive style, built of hewn timbers piled one above the other, and locked together at the corners. They were naturally garrison houses, having no glass windows; the openings were small and served well for port holes for muskets. They were bullet proof, and the Indians could no approach to set them on fire without being shot down from the port holes The Indians were kept at bay by the defendants in their houses for nearly to days. The garrison house of Mr. Rawlinson, in which there were from forty to fifty persons, some 15 or
more being armed men; the rest woman and children. The Indians could not approach the house without being shot down. At length they got up a strategy; they filled a cart with combustible materials,possible hay, and set it on fire in the rear, then ran it backward against the house, setting the house on fire. The people were driven out by the flames, and general massacre of the men ensued. The men were all slain, except one who escaped and two or three whom the Indians reserved for torture. The woman and children were all led away into captivity. Capt. Samuel Wadsworth, who was stationed at Marlborough, hearing of the distress at Lancaster, hastened to their relief, and stationed his soldiers in the different garrison houses, for the protection of the people. They remained there about six weeks, and could not venture out night or day, without endangering their lives. Marlborough being threatened, Capt. Wadsworth was obliged to return, and the inhabitants all fled away with the soldiers. All the property of the town was then destroyed, except two isolated garrison houses. Thomas Sawyer, whose house was in the most central part of the Indian raid, seems to have escaped with all his numerous family, with the exception of his son, Ephraim, who was killed at or near the house of his grandfather, John Prescott. Lancaster remained desolate for some three years. Where the family of Thomas Sawyer resided during the time is not evident(possibly Woburn, as did the Houghton's). But it is certain that they reappeared on the scene at the rebuilding of the town, and took a conspicuous part in the growth and prosperity of the town during the next 30 years. Amos Carter stated that Thomas Sawyer's descendants were natural mechanics, he has known them as millwrights, wheelrights, blacksmiths, coopersmiths, carpenters, coopers, and the mechanical skill required in New England life. They had a natural proclivity for water-power, many of them owing mills. Every town, village, road, and lane throughout New England bears witness of their skill and industry. Thomas is buried in the Old Settlers Burial Field in Lancaster, where his original cemetery maker has been standing for almost three hundred years, as I have witnessed in 1989(AAB)

Thomas married Mary Prescott on 02 Jul 1648 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John Prescott and Mary Gawkroger) was born in Feb 1629/1630 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England; died in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas was a millwright and farmer by trade, he built the first mill in Lancaster and Bolton,MA and would agree to built the first mill in Canada, but only for the purchase of his liberty. Thirty years had past since Thomas Jr. made his escaped from Lancaster with his father's family during King Philip's War, when in October 1705, during Queen Anne's War the Abnaki Indians and French forces attacked Englishsettlements in New England, making their way as far south as Hadley,MA. The French authorities stimulated the body of French half-breeds and Indians to make a raid on the British colonies. They started with 700 men for Hadley. The citizens had anticipated trouble form the Indians and had procured from the Goverment a company of soldiers, which was called the "Flower of Essex," for their protection, and were building a stockade fort for their defence, intending to winter there. They had grain in Deerfield which they wished to procure and sent teams for the prupose, and also sent the company of soliers to protect the teams. The grain was loaded and started for home, the soldiers protecting it the while. Going through a swamp near a brook (now known as Bloody Brook), they fell into an ambush of Indians. The soldiers and teamsters were all killed, except one soldier and one teamster, who esacped to Hadley and carried the news. Hadley quickly organized, with the help of an English(possibly Lord Goff) stranger who happened upon the town. The 700 French and Indians were soon on a retreat, 200 of whom returned to Canada, the remaining 500 of them changed their course to Lancaster. When they arrived there, Lancaster again became the scene of a bloody massacre. The house of Peter Joslin was first entered, in which two woman and two children were killed. Mr. Joslin himself returning from work,found his family weltering in their blood. Many citizens were shot down in their fields and the inhabitants were left to defend themselves in their garrison houses. Thomas Sawyer's Sr. garrison proved a safe defense against the Indians. There were numbers of French, among whom was one high French officer who is said to have been mortally wounded while in Lancaster, which much exasperated them. Thomas Jr., with his young son, Elias, were taken prisoner from his own house, and in company with John Biglow, they were taken to Canada. On arriving there, Biglow and Elias were delivered into the hands of the French Governor; but Thomas Sawyer Jr., they would not deliver up for money or any other consideration. He had been brave and caused the death of several of their number. He was destined to torture. He was taken out, fastened to a stake, the fagots(bundles of sticks), placed around him ready for a fire, and the Indians were assembled ready to rend the air with their hideous cries, mingled with his groans of torture. At that moment a man appeared as a Catholic Friar, exhibiting what he claimed to be the keys of purgatory, and told them if they burned Sawyer he would unlock purgatory and pitch them all in. Superstition prevailed, and then unbinding Sawyer they delivered him into the hands of the French Governor. Thomas Jr. told the French Governor that there was a good place for a saw mill on the Chamblee River. The French were very much in need of a saw mill, as there were none in Canada. Neither had any man competent to build one. Thomas proposed that he and Biglow would build a mill, and the compensation should be their freedom. The terms were accepted. In a years's time they completed the mill and recieved their freedom, but young Elias was kept another year to teach others how to keep the mill in order and run it. He was then amply rewarded and returned home. While in Canada, Elias formed the aquaintance of a young lady, whom he promised to go back and marry after he had visited his friends. She gave him a little brown earthen plate as a memento, which in 1883 was in the possession of Elsworth Sawyer, who says that Elias regretted while on his death bed that he did not go back and marry her. Instead of marrying the Canandian lady, he did marry Beatrice Houghton. The attack of 1705 was the final major attack on the town of Lancaster by Indians.

Thomas married Sarah Fairbanks on 11 Oct 1670 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John Fairbanks and Sarah Fiske) was born on 09 Dec 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 02 Mar 1671/1672 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Hannah Lewis on 21 Nov 1672 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of William Lewis and Amey Weld) was born on 8 Mar 1649 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died in 1708 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Rice on 15 Jul 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas Rice and Mary King) was born on 4 Sep 1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Aug 1733 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Nathaniel Wilder on 24 Nov 1673 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of Thomas Wilder and Anna Eames) was born on 3 Nov 1650 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 31 Jul 1704 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Caleb married Sarah Houghton on 28 Dec 1687 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Ralph Houghton and Jane Stowe) was born on 17 Feb 1663 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 15 Nov 1751 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Mary Houghton in 1692 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary was born in 1675 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Apr 1724 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jonathan Moor. Jonathan was born on 16 May 1669 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Feb 1742 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old South Burial Grounds, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Sarah Beaman in 1700 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah was born on 25 Jan 1681 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Mar 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Settlers Burial Field, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6238521/bezaleel-sawyer

Bezaleel married Eunice about 1710 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Eunice was born in 1687; died on 04 Mar 1713 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Settlers Burial Field, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bezaleel married Judith White about 1715 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Judith (daughter of Sergeant Josiah White and Mary Rice) was born in 1694 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Mar 1774 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On Oct 20,1708, he was taken to Canada as a captive, and subsequently fell in love with an Indian Princess named "Owaissa" (meaning "Bluebird"). Elias promised to return to Canada to marry her, but never did. She is said to have died of a broken heart.

Elias married Beatrix Pope about 1715. Beatrix (daughter of John Pope and Beatrice Houghton) was born on 3 Sep 1685 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Apr 1772 in Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in South Cemetery, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Samuel Carter in Mar 1701 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Samuel Carter and Eunice Brooks) was born on 7 Jan 1677/1678 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Aug 1738 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Damaris Whitcomb on 26 Dec 1707 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Damaris (daughter of Josiah Whitcomb and Rebecca Waters) was born on 27 May 1686 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 03 Dec 1772 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oliver married Rebecca Prescott in 1749. Rebecca (daughter of Doctor Jonathan Prescott, Jr. and Rebecca Bulkeley) was born on 14 Aug 1704 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Oct 1796 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Forefathers Burial Ground, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oliver married Mary Fairbanks in 1713 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Jonathan Fairbanks and Mary Hayward) was born in 1692 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 15 Jun 1748 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Settlers Burial Field, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ruth. Ruth was born in 1690 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Elizabeth Wheelock in 1715. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Wheelock and Elizabeth Bullen) was born about 1699; died on 14 Nov 1791 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amos married Abigail Houghton on 14 May 1710 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abigail was born on 18 Apr 1689 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Nov 1753 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abner married Mary Wilder on 8 Apr 1736 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Colonel Oliver Wilder and Mary Fairbanks) was born on 24 Dec 1717 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Jun 1748 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Josiah married Abigail Sawyer in 1740. Abigail (daughter of Amos Sawyer and Abigail Houghton) was born on 24 Apr 1721 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Nov 1812 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6238522/darius-sawyer

Darius married Deborah Sawyer on 29 Oct 1743 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Deborah (daughter of Amos Sawyer and Abigail Houghton) was born on 25 Apr 1727 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 2 Mar 1802. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lois. Lois was born in ca 1730; died on 8 Jun 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dinah Sawyer. Dinah (daughter of John Sawyer and Ruth) was born on 16 Feb 1728 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 24 Sep 1758 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Sep 1755, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; French and Indian War Crown Point Expedition Capt.Jeduthan Baldwin\'s Co., Col Josiah Brown\'s Regt.

Notes:

Paul had a large estate of personal and real estate items at the time of his death. Blacksmith tools (bellows, anvil, hammers, chisels), 55 acres on his home lot, two barns, 10 acres of pine wood, 20 acres of oak wood, a horse, yoke and oxen, several cows and sheep. Large assortment of farming tools, barrels of cider, bushels of potato's, oats, beans, rye, Indian corn. Household furniture (tables, beds, puter plates, puterware, etc.), bedding, books (folio bible, Bunyan's Pilgrims pages, Spelling book, two old bibles) and much more.

Paul married Lois Houghton on 07 Mar 1758 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Lois (daughter of Israel Houghton and Martha Wheelock) was christened on 15 Aug 1731 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 8 Jun 1803 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Baker. Richard was born on 8 Apr 1729 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Dec 1808 in Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Woodside Cemetery, Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elias married Ruth White on 7 Jan 1740 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of Josiah White, Jr. and Abigail Whitcomb) was born on 9 Feb 1715 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1755 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Thomas Fairbanks on 20 Apr 1729. Thomas (son of Jabez Fairbank and Mary Wilder) was born on 29 Aug 1707 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Feb 1791 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Fairbank Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elias married Abigail Rice on 18 Apr 1749 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Ephraim Rice and Sarah Whitney) was born on 28 Mar 1732 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Jun 1793 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Abner Sawyer on 8 Apr 1736 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abner (son of Joseph Sawyer and Sarah Beaman) was born on 22 Jun 1718 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Dec 1758 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Moses Sawyer. Moses (son of Bezaleel Sawyer and Judith White) was born on 20 Aug 1730 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Will dated 21Dec1797, Bolton, MA names wife Ephah, children Jonathon, Betty and Caleb. Will probated June 1798, Inventory of estate 13Jun1798 in Bolton,MA.

NOTE: Not to be confused with the Paul Sawyer, son of Paul, of Lancaster.

Paul married Ephah Houghton on 03 Jul 1755 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Ephah (daughter of Lieutenant Jonathan Houghton and Thankful White) was born on 19 Aug 1731 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 26 Sep 1731 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Josiah Sawyer in 1740. Josiah (son of Bezaleel Sawyer and Judith White) was born on 07 Nov 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Mar 1801 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Darius Sawyer on 29 Oct 1743 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Darius (son of Bezaleel Sawyer and Judith White) was born on 04 Nov 1720 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Aug 1789 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Settlers Burial Field, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Abijah Houghton, Jr.. Abijah (son of Abijah Houghton and Alice Joslyn) was born on 22 Oct 1749 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Dec 1831 in Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; was buried in West Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1775, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; American Revolution (US) Alarm at Lexington Capt Thomas Gates mounted company of Lancaster

Lemuel married Anna Pratt in 1775. Anna was born in Jul 1749; died on 25 Sep 1831 in Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont; was buried in Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 19 Apr 1775; American Revolution (US) Capt. Elisha Jackson's Co. Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regt. 8month service begining April 19 , 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill and Chelsea Creek Bennington Alarm

Notes:

Jude Sawyer was a Revolutionary War soldier and one of the founding fathers of Gardner, MA. Jude Sawyer came to what would become Gardner from Lancaster and was a farmer and blacksmith who was noted for creating steel traps including the fact that he created them well into his 90s. Like many of Gardner's founding fathers Jude Sawyer was a Revolutionary soldier who served in Captain Elisha Jackson's Company at the Bennington Alarm. Sawyer married a woman named Phoebe Keyes but they had no children. Sawyer died at the age of 93

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 19 Apr 1775, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; American Revolution (US) 19Apr1775, Capt Benjamin Houghton Co., Co John Whitcomb Regt served 7.5days tracted 72 miles 16Jan1776, Capt Allen's Co., Col Whitcombs Battalion, at Ticonderoga 27Nov1776, served 10 months, 11 days. 22Aug1777, Capt Greenleaf of Lancaster , Col.Whitney's Regt on alarm served 6 days 02Oct1777, Cap F.Eagers Co., LtCol Ephraim Sawyers Regt tracked 160miles, 25 days. Marched to reinforce the Northern Army (Battle of Saratoga) 27Oct1779, Capt Luke Wilder's Co., Col.Samuel Dennies Regt., tracked 180miles, 1mo.14 days at Clarvernack. 29Jul1780, Capt Phinehas Bowmans Co., Col Putman's Regt. at West Point, as a private from Lancaster, until 7Feb1781, 200miles, 6mo, 10days.

Notes:

1790 Lancaster, three males under 16, 1 over and 4 females in household.

NOTE: Not to be confused with the Paul Sawyer, died 1798 in Bolton, son of Jonathan Sawyer.

Paul married Martha Wheelock on 23 May 1782 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Martha (daughter of Joseph Wheelock, Jr. and Alice Page) was born on 07 Sep 1763 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 11 Sep 1763 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 10 May 1794 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Settlers Burial Field, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Mehitable Haven on 2 Dec 1797 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Mehitable was born on 7 Sep 1768 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was christened on 25 Sep 1768 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in Jan 1799 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Keziah Spear on 17 Oct 1801 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Keziah was born on 12 Feb 1767 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 27 May 1864 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lois married Thomas Burditt on 7 Apr 1780 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Thomas (son of Thomas Burditt and Ruth Chinery) was born on 27 Nov 1755 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ; died after 1830 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After her father died, Moses Sawyer was appt guardian of Judith.

Notes:

After his father died, Cyrus Fairbank was appt guardian for Israel and Beulah, the two youngest children of Paul and Lois Sawyer.

Israel married Mary Hicks on 23 Mar 1796 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 28 Sep 1771 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Dec 1855 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After her father died, Cyrus Fairbank was appt guardian for Israel and Beulah, the two youngest children of Paul and Lois Sawyer.

Martha married General Philemon Whitcomb on 23 Mar 1770 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Philemon (son of Captain Joseph Whitcomb and Damaris Priest) was born on 29 Oct 1748 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jan 1824 in Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; was buried in Homestead Cemetery, West Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Ann Dole on 20 Apr 1764 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Ann (daughter of Enoch Dole and Rachel Jewett) was born on 29 Oct 1738 in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Oct 1821; was buried in Fairbank Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Sarah Spaulding on 27 Oct 1782 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont. Sarah was born on 19 Jun 1763 in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 17 Sep 1841 in Farmersville, Cattaraugus County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charlotte married Joshua Burditt on 6 Oct 1793 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Joshua (son of Thomas Burditt and Ruth Chinery) was born on 3 Jun 1768 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 24 May 1852 in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried in West Street Cemetery, Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Paul and Mehetable Sawyer who were both born at Lancaster, MA. She married Gardner Meloon at Boston on May 30, 1824. Gardner died of brain fever at age 31 on March 21, 1826, the couple having no children.
Julia was the matron, or superintendent of the Female Orphan Asylum, located at 750 Washington St., Boston from about 1840. The asylum, which opened in 1803, housed 91 girls ages 3 to 16 with a live in staff of five according to the 1850 census and in 1860 75 girls between the ages of 4 and 16, employing two teachers, a cook, a seamstress, and chamber maid.
Julia was 64 years, six months, and 25 days old when she died at the asylum due to Apoplexy. Her funeral was held there on Wednesday, April 29, 1863 at 11 a.m.

Julia gave in Sept 1850 deposition for her step-mother regarding her father's Revolutionary War service for her step mother to receive a widow's pension.

Julia married Gardner Meloon on 30 May 1824 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Gardner was born in 1795 in New Hampshire; died on 17 Mar 1826 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martin R. Herrick. Martin was born in 1802 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 31 May 1869 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1808, he located in Pittsford,Vt, and bought one hundred acres of land lying south, or a little southwest, of the farm now owned by Marshall Thomas. There he built a frame house in which he resided eleven years. He then bought the farm upon which he afterwards lived and died. He cleared the most of the cultivated land on that farm and built the house and barn that are on it(1886).

From the Pension record of his uncle Ebenezer Burditt:
I, Thomas Burditt of Pittsford in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont aged seventy-three years last January bring duly sworn depose and say that Ebenezer Burditt late of Pittsford deceased was my father’s brother. I was a native of Lancaster Massachusetts where my father formerly resided. My uncle Ebenezer removed from Lancaster as I was informed before I was born. My uncle Ebenezer came to Lancaster with a team and moved my father from Lancaster Ma to Grafton Vermont in the winter or Spring of seventeen hundred and ninety-six [1796]. I was told that my uncle Ebenezer first moved from Lancaster Ma to Sullivan NH and that he afterward moved into Gilsum NH where he married Ruth Loveland – They moved from Gilsum NH to Grafton Vermont where they resided when my father moved from Lancaster Ma to Grafton Vt. Israel Loveland was the father of Ruth Loveland and he and his family removed from New Hampshire as I was informed before my father came to Vermont. I was well acquainted with Israel Loveland and his family from with Ebenezer Burditt and his family, from the time my father moved to Vermont in seventeen hundred ninety-six [1796] when I was fifteen years old until the decease of the said Ebenezer and Ruth his wife. I resided in Lancaster Ma until I was fifteen years old and I never heard of any other persons residing in that town by the name of Burditt except my Grandfather’s family – I have often heard my father and my Uncle Ebenezer talk of my uncles Daniel and Ebenezer being in the army in the war of the Revolution that my Uncle Daniel was wounded in battle that his leg amputated and died on the service. I removed from Grafton to Pittsford where I now reside in 1808 – My Uncle Ebenezer moved from Grafton to Pittsford in the Spring of Eighteen and thirty and died at Pittsford the same Spring. After the death of my uncle Ebenezer my Aunt Ruth his widow married my Uncle Joshua Burditt with whom she lived until his death in the Spring of 1853. My Aunt Ruth Burditt died at Pittsford in January last. I was [intan____] acquainted with my Uncle Ebenezer and his family and often visited them. After my first acquaintance with them in seventeen hundred and ninety-six - and further say not.
[signed]Thomas Burditt August 5, 1854

Thomas married Susanna Weston on 7 Jan 1808 in Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont. Susanna (daughter of Reuben Weston) was born on 01 Jan 1787 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ; died on 3 May 1875 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Daniel Hendee in Nov 1813 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. Daniel (son of Captain Caleb Hendee and Caroline Ellsworth) was born on 21 May 1776 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont; died on 12 Jun 1859 in Dansville, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Rogersville Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dansville, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1812; War of 1812 (US) 9th New York Regiment (Joiner\'s)

Notes:

Shortly after his marriage the family removed to Crown Point,NY. After a few years there removed to Rutland,VT.

James Burditt’s Estate.
We the subscribers being appointed by the hon. court of probate for the district of Rutland, commissioners to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of James Burditt, late of Pittsford, in said district, deceased, represented insolvent, and six months from the 10th September, 1821, being allowed for that purpose, hereby give notice, that we will attend to the business of our appointment at the dwelling house of Thomas Burditt, jr. in said Pittsford, on the first Mondays of December and January next, from 1 to 4 o’clock P. M. on each of said days. All accounts not then exhibited will be barred.
Enos Bailey, } Com’rs.
John Barns, }
Pittsford, Sept. 10, 1821.
(Rutland Weekly Herald, Rutland, Vermont, Monday, October 08, 1821, page 4)

James married Hannah Knight Wright on 4 Mar 1813 in Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont. Hannah (daughter of Nathan Wright and Thankful Eastman) was born on 6 Dec 1780 in Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont; died on 24 Feb 1860 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried in Meeting House Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103108597/john-burditt

John married Betsy Miles about 1810. Betsy was born on 6 Aug 1789 in Vermont; died on 25 Mar 1873 in Addison County, Vermont; was buried in Salisbury Village Cemetery, Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 26 Apr 1813, Rutland County, Vermont; War of 1812 (US) US Army (Regular) Capt D. Farrington's Co., Colonel Elias Fassett's 30th Infantry Regt. Battle of Locolle Mills, Defense of the northern frontier. Discharged April 25, 1814.

Notes:

Please don't confuse this Israel Burditt with his cousin, Israel Burditt son of Ebenezer. That Israel married Martha Dwinell and removed to Fort Ann, NY (later to Whitehall) - his mother Ruth is living with him in 1850. This Israel married Roxanne and stayed in the Pittsford area.

Died:
Heart Disease

Israel married Roxana Paine on 18 May 1823 in Leicester, Addison County, Vermont. Roxana (daughter of Edward Paine and Abigail Smith) was born on 30 May 1803 in Leicester, Addison County, Vermont; died on 9 Nov 1868 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried in Meeting House Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 10 Sep 1814, Rutland County, Vermont; War of 1812 (US) Alarm at Plattsburg(NY) Capt Hendee's Company

Notes:

After the Battle of Plattsburg, George turned his steps to the St.Lawrence River where rafting was being carried along to a great extent. He there hired to work, where French and Indians were his companions and neighbors, the latter being his most trusted friends. After having served in the capacity of raftsman until 1817 he returned to Pittsford, Vt. where his father still lived and paid him $100. This was the price of his time as a minor. After working a farm on shares for one year, in the Spring of 1819, he, with his young wife and brother-in-law, David Wadsworth, set out for the far west, Mt.Vernon, Ohio, where an elder sister, Azuba Hewett, of his wife had preceded them. George and David had each a horse so by putting them together, contituted a team. By hitching them to a lumber wagon they were able to bring all their worldly possessions with them. After journeying for weeks they finally arrived at South Dansville, New York where they were to make his sister, Mrs. Hendee, a visit and to rest for the remainder of their journey. After looking around for sometime and being earnestly persuaded by Mr. and Mrs. Hendee, they decided to remain in South Dansville, David Wadsworth in the meantime put his belongings in a knapsack and with a sad heart, mounted his horse and rode away to the western wilds of Ohio. George then took up a farm where Miner Bridge now resides(1905). After staying there a few years he moved to a farm just west of him, known as the Stevens Farm, where he lived until the Spring of 1831. During his stay in what is now called Rogersville, early in the Fall of 1831, there came a knock at the door. There were Milly's father, mother, widowed sister and two children on their way to Ohio where two brothers and two sisters were awaitng them. After about four or five weeks visiting with their daughter Milly and family they took their departure never more to meet. George, in the meantime continued clearing his land and building as he was prospering. "In the Fall of 1839 his true and noble wife was taken from him by the relentless hand of death." George now had a longing to visit the Old Home once more. So in the Fall of 1840, he, with his nephew, John Mark Hendee, started to Vermont. They were six weeks making the journey. In January the following year he married Racheal Henderson, a widow with two children. In the 1850 census of Dansville,Steuben Co.,NY, George is listed as a farmer and owner of real estate valued at $3,000. Also living with him according to the 1850 census: his wife, Rachel, sons, Paul, Leeds, George Jr., and step-daughter, Abbie Henderson. In his later life, as a Democrat, he was elected to many town offices. "George was a man of sterling integrity and being a man of few words and coming right to the point, he commanded the respect of all who knew him."

Military Service:
As a member of the Rutland County Voluteers, George was on call for the Battle of Plattsburg, during the close of the War of 1812. As the story is told, on the 10th of September the men, including George, who had assembled in response to the call met in the village. After organizing, which occupied the forenoon, the company started for Burlington. Arriving at Vergennes the next day, they drew arms from the arsenal for those who were not supplied and continued to Charlotte, which they reached that night. The following morning they advanced to Burlington, crossed the lake to Plattsburg, but arrived too late to take part in the battle; they soon afterward returned to their homes.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23053114/george-burditt

George married Milly Wadsworth on 13 Jan 1818 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. Milly (daughter of Deacon David Wadsworth and Eleanor Capen) was born on 21 Aug 1795 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 30 Aug 1795 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 04 Dec 1839 in Dansville, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Rogersville Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dansville, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Rachel Gilbert on 18 Jan 1841 in Dansville, Steuben County, New York. Rachel (daughter of John Gilbert and Sally Lacy) was born on 9 Oct 1809 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; died on 11 Oct 1869 in Dansville, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Rogersville Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dansville, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His early life was spent with his father on his farm, but after he had attained his majority he went to Canada and engaged in the lumbering business. After an absence of a few years he returned to Pittsford, where his parents still resided. There he bought the small farm east of Marshall Thomas', near what was called the "Four Corners," where he resided with his wife until 1852, when they bought of Abraham Owen what had formerly been known as the Mosher place, now(1886) owned by his sons Richard and Charles Burditt.
((The 1860 census Jonathan is mistakenly listed as George Burditt))

Jonathan married Sally Floyd on 5 Apr 1827 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. Sally was born on 30 Apr 1804 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Dec 1863 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Enoch Paine on 7 Mar 1819 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. Enoch (son of Edward Paine and Abigail Smith) was born on 29 Dec 1796 in Leicester, Addison County, Vermont; died on 26 Feb 1884 in Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont; was buried in Salisbury Village Cemetery, Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susan married Benjamin Redman Applin in 1807. Benjamin was born in 1786 in New Hampshire; died on 4 Jan 1860 in Sparta, Livingston County, New York; was buried in South Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to Cuyler,NY in 1803 with his brother Ephraim. Living in
Truxton,NY in 1850 with his son Dan Fairbank

Thomas married Dolly Nelson on 27 Nov 1794 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Chloe in 1820. Chloe was born in 1788 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lavina. Lavina was born about 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]