Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Jacob SPALDING | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SPAULDING Jacob, s. Isaac & Elisabeth, b. Dec. 6, 1733; 1; 60 Plainfield [ref 68] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jacob, son of Isaac Spaulding and Elizabeth Haynes, was born at Norfolk*, Connecticut, December 17, 1732, according to the family Bible, died April 30, 1814. He resided at Danbury, Connecticut, then at Norfolk, where he followed farming. The Plainfield town record gives his birth December 6, 1733. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war and was at the taking of Quebec by General Wolfe. Both his sons were soldiers in the revolution, and he hired a man, Daniel ___, whom he paid eight dollars a month throughout the war and cared for his wife and children. Once, he collected a herd of one hundred and twenty cattle and took the herd to the army. Five of them he contributed himself. His house was a retreat for sick and wounded soldiers during the war. Thirty of them were sent to him one winter, and in the spring twenty-eight were able to return to the service. He was called ensign in the records. He served in the revolution in Captain Andrew Backus's company, from Plainfield, on the Lexington alarm. He married Rachel Knapp, of Danbury, born July 27, 1737, died August 2, 1821. Children: Isaac, Daniel. [ref 29:1194] *probable error - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Rachel KNAPP | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - daughter of Ebenezer KNAPP and Elizabeth BENEDICT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 21 Feb 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |