Moses Kellogg (1720 - 1815)

Born 1 Apr 1720 in Northfield, Litchfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Belding) Kellogg — married 30 Apr 1740 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 28 May 1815 at age 95 in Geneva, Ontario, New York, United States

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Biography

MOSES KELLOGG was born on 1 April 1720, in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT.^[1] He was the eldest of seven children born to Stephen and Abigail (Loomis) Kellogg. While Moses' listed birthplace is given as Connecticut, this could be wrong, as both parents and all his siblings came from Massachusetts. When Moses was thirteen years old, his mother passed away, and Stephen died when Moses was eighteen. Stephen had remarried following Abigail’s passing, and the second wife had brought Moses two half-sisters.

On 30 April 1740, in Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, Moses married Mary Belding, fourth child of nine to Stephen and Mindwell (Wright) Belding of Northfield, MA.^[2] Mary also lost her father at age thirteen. Moses and Mary would have a total of fourteen children over twenty-six years. Shortly after the birth of the last child, Mary Belding Kellogg died. At least nine of the young ones were probably still at home.

Moses was a farmer and spent his career in a few locations. At one time, he was located between Sheffield and New Marlboro, near the line with Connecticut. During the Revolution, he was found about eleven miles north in Alford, but it may have been reclassified into New York state near Hillsdale. Toward the end of his life, Moses moved over 200 miles to the west to Geneva, NY, between Syracuse and Rochester.^[3]

In the first US Census in 1790, Moses was counted in Hadley, Hampshire County, MA with two adult males, one young male and five females.^[4] It isn’t believed that Moses remarried in his over 48 years as a widower. He died in May 1815 at the age of 95.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, Ancestry.com), Westfield Births, Marriages and Deaths, image 1575 of 3118.
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, Ancestry.com), Westfield Births, Marriages and Deaths, image 1579 of 3118.
3. ↑ Hopkins, Timothy, The Kelloggs in the Old World and New (San Francisco: Sunset Press, 1903), volume 1, page 122.
4. ↑ 1790 US Census, Hadley, Hampshire County, MA, page 114; Ancestry.com.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70037346/moses-kellogg: accessed 08 January 2023), memorial page for Capt Moses Kellogg (1733–28 May 1815), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70037346, citing Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Dave Robison (contributor 25684516).
• Hopkins, Timothy, 1903. The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, pg. 122
• CT Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• 1810 US Federal Census (Ontario, NY)

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• Massachusetts, Town & Vital Records, 1720

Acknowledgments

• Kellogg-1091 was created by Holly Semmens through the import of Semmens Family Tree.ged on Jul 1, 2015.