See also
Husband: | Ebenezer + ALEXANDER (1684-1768) | |
Wife: | Mehitable + BUCK (1684-1767) | |
Children: | Anna + ALEXANDER (1720-1806) | |
Marriage | 10 Oct 1701 | Wethersfield, Hartford, CT, US |
Name: | Ebenezer + ALEXANDER | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | John + ALEXANDER (1645-1733) | |
Mother: | Sarah + GAYLORD (1652-1732) | |
Birth | 17 Oct 1684 | Northampton,Hampshire, MA, US1 |
Death | 22 Jan 1768 (age 83) | Northfield, Franklin, MA, US |
Name: | Mehitable + BUCK | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | Henry + BUCK (1626-1712) | |
Mother: | Elizabeth + CHURCHILL (1642-1684) | |
Birth | 4 Jan 1684 | Wethersfield, Hartford, CT, US |
Death | 6 Mar 1767 (age 83) | Northfield, Franklin, MA, US |
Name: | Anna + ALEXANDER | |
Sex: | Female | |
Spouse: | Samuel + TAYLOR (1716-1800) | |
Birth | 1720 | Northfield, Franklin, MA, US |
Death | 27 Jan 1806 (age 85-86) | Northfield, Franklin, MA, US2 |
Burial | Cutts-Paddleford Cemetary3 | |
Hartland, Windsor, VT. US In memory of Anna Wife of Samuel Taylor who died Jan 27 1806 AE 87 years |
Captain Ebenezer Alexander, known as the "Fighting Deacon" of Northfield, Mass. b. 17 Oct 1684 d. 22 Jan 1768. Lived previously at Wethersfield, and Coventry, Conn.; he filled many important offices in the town of Northfield, Mass, saw much service in Father Rasle's War, serving as Ensign under Capt. Thomas Welles and as Lieutenant under the famous Capt. Benjamin Wright; 9th March, 1744-1745, he was commissioned Lieutenant in the expedition agains Cape Breton; was at the capture of Louisburg, 17th June, when Sir William Pepperell gave him a Captain's Commission, 13th July. In 1746 he served under Governor Shirley in the expedition for the reduction of Canada; in 1748 although then sixty-four years old he was a leader of a compnay raging the woods in the search of Indians; was Deacon in Northfield for forty years; m. 10 Oct 1709, Mehitabel Buck, of Wethersfied, b. 1684; d. 6th March 1767, dau of Henry and Elizab eth (Churchill) Buck."4
1 | "MA Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Record". |
2 | "VT Vital Records, 1760-1954". |
3 | "Find a Grave". |
4 | George MacKenzie, "Colonial Families of the United States of America" (1907, New York). |