Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Ebenezer GILL | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ebenezer Gild, s. Ephraim and Martha (Bradly), Sept. 11, 1708. [ref 51] Ebenezer Gile, and Lydia Johnson, Jan. 6, 1731-2. [ref 51] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - EBENEZER GILE, b. 11 Sep., 1708; d. Hopkinton, N. H., abt. 1775. He moved to Hampstead 1740, member of church there 1752 (admitted from Haverhill), moved to Henneker 1765 and then to Hopkinton. He was a Revolutionary soldier and active in town affairs; was a large speculator in lands, and in deeds was called a "trader"; m. 6 June*, 1731, Lydia Johnson (Thomas and Ruth Bradley), b. Haverhill 23 Aug., 1707; d. Enfield 1781. Her parents were killed in massacre of 29 Aug., 1708, and she narrowly escaped the tomahawk. She is mentioned in the will of her great grandfather, Stephen Dow. 9 children. [ref 81:36] *probable error - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - EBENEZER GILE3 (Ephraim,2 Samuel1), son of Ephraim and Martha (Bradley) Guile, born at Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 11, 1708, married June* 6, 1731-2, LYDIA JOHNSON. Her father and mother were both** killed by the French and Indians at the attack on Haverhill, Aug. 29, 1708. When the mother was slain, she held in her arms her only child Lydia, a year and six days old, born in the second year of her marriage. The child strangely escaped the tomahawk, concealed perhaps in the folds of her dress, grew to womanhood, and in her twenty fifth year married Ebenezer Gile. He moved from Haverhill to Hampstead in 1740; thence to Henniker in 1765; thence to Hopkinton, N. H., where he died about 1775. His widow died at Enfield in 1781. In 1743, he signed a petition to be set off from Kingston to Hampstead. He was a large speculator in lands, and in the deed is called a "trader." Children: Timothy, Ruth, Thomas, Anna, Abigail, Joshua, Noah, Lydia, Johnson. [ref 83:227] *probable error **Lydia's father probably was not killed in the attack - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Lydia JOHNSON | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lydia, b. Aug. 23, 1707[Hv], ment. in will of STEPHEN2 Dow. [ref 36:885] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lidya Johnson, d. Thos and Ruth (Bradly), Aug. 23, 1707. [ref 51] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - When the mother was slain, she held in her arms her only child Lydia, a year and 6 days old, born in the second year of her marriage. The child strangely escaped the tomahawk, concealed perhaps in the folds of her dress, grew to womanhood, and in her twenty fifth year married Ebenezer Gile. He moved from Haverhill to Hampstead in 1740; thence to Henniker in 1765; thence to Hopkinton, N.H. where he died about 1775. His widow died at Enfield in 1781. In 1743, he signed a petition to be set off from Kingston to Hampstead. He was a large speculator in lands, and in deeds is called a "trader" [source: Burleigh] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - buried Choate Hill, Enfield NH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 4 Jan 2005 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |