Hezekiah Elmer 1
- Born: Jun 1686, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
- Marriage (1): Miriam Janes
- Died: Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
- Buried: North Vernon Cemetery, North Vernon, Windham County, Vermont, USA
General Notes:
10. HEZEKIAH-3, (Edward-2, Edward-1,) born in Hartford, Conn., June, 1686*; m. Miriam Janes, who died in Northfield, Mass., Sept. 19, 1750. He removed from Hartford to Deerfield, Mass., and from that place to Northfield,** May 25, 1717. Was a soldier in Capt. Kellogg's Company in 1724, and the owner of Elmore's Island, in the Connecticut river, in 1731. We have no account of his death, but he was alive in 1754.
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I Miriam, b Jan 31 1722 18
II Hezekiah, b Sept 24 1724 19
III Jacob, b Dec 13 1726; d. Jan 1 1727 20
IV Jacob, b 1728 21
V Daniel, b July 3 1730 22
VI Samuel, b Sept 20 1732 23
VII Gad, b Oct 4 1734 24
VIII Thankful, b Jan 2 1736 25
IX Deliverance, b Jan 2 1736; d Jan 11 1804+ 26
*Hezekiah baptized in the Centre Church, Hartford, CT.
**p 6, What was originally Northfield, Massachusetts Bay, was afterwards Hinsdale, Cheshire Co., N. H., then Hinsdale, Cumberland Co., N. Y., and since 1802, Vernon, Windham Co., Vt.
+p 7, Deliverance settled in Vernon, living with Ensign Samuel STRATTON, who held the second deed given in that town. The epitaph upon his tombstone, written by Rev. Bunk GAY, the first minister in the town, reads:
-Peaceful and silent, here lies, Dell.
-What talents he had he used them well;
-He did his best to merit fame,
-Remember Dell, and do the same.
Source: "Elmer-Elmore Genealogy" by Rev. William W. Johnson, 1899. page 6 & 7
Hezekiah married Miriam Janes. (Miriam Janes was born in 1704 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA and died on 19 Sep 1750 in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA.)
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