Israel Moseley

  General Notes:

ISRAEL MOSELEY, 1743-1824, of Westfield, Mass., the father-in-law of (571) John Sackett, graduated at Yale in 1766, and served in the Revolution in 1777 in the 7th Company of the 3d Hampshire Co. Regt. Among his lineal ancestors were Lieut. John Moseley, one of the "Foundation Men" of the first church formed in Westfield, Mass.; Quartermaster George Colton, and Lieut. Thomas Cooper, of Springfield, and Major Benjamin Newbury, of Connecticut. They all took part in King Philip's War,and Lieut. Cooper was slain in the attack on Springfield in 1675.

Israel married Abigail Chapin on 2 Jul 1772 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. (Abigail Chapin was born on 3 Dec 1746 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA and died in 1818 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.)