Daniel Kellogg (1717 - 1799)

Born 1717 in Hadley, Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Parsons) Kellogg — married [date unknown] in Hampshire, Massachusetts

Husband of Thankful (Alexander) Kellog — married 15 Apr 1758 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 14 Jun 1799 at about age 82 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Daniel b. in Hadley, about 1717;

m. (1) 1751 (pub. 21 Sept.), Esther Smith, b. 27 Nov., 1726, dau. of John Smith, of South Hadley, and Esther Colton. She d. 18 Dec, 1756;

he m. (2) 1758 (d. 15 Apr.), Mrs. Thankful (Alexander) Hawley, widow of Joseph Hawley, of Amherst, and dau. of Alexander; she d. ;

he m. (3) Sarah Parsons, b. 29 May, 1723, dau. of Josiah Parsons, of Northampton. He d. 14 June, 1799, aged 87; she d. 26 Feb., 1807.

He rem. to Amherst, where he d. He was recommended to the church in Amherst, 4 July, 1755 ; his first wife was dismissed from the church in South Hadley to the church in Amherst, 3 Nov., 1754. He was a selectman of Amherst. He was a Tory during the revolution, confined to his farm and ordered to deliver to the Committee of Safety all his fire- arms, ammunition, etc.

Children.

Daniel,' bap. 26 July, 1752 ; m. Mercy Eastman.

Aaron b. 5 May, 1754; bap. 16 Nov., 1755; d. unm., in Amherst, 11 Dec, 1830, aged 76; graduated from Yale, 1768; res. in Amherst,1818. In his application for pension he states that he went to Boston, Nov., 1778; enlisted as a mariner on board the frigate Deane, Capt. Nicholson. He left port for the West Indies and touched at the Island of Martinique; sailed north, stopping two months at Philadelphia ; cruised along the coast of Newfoundland ; returned to Boston early in Nov., 1779, when he was discharged.

David,' b. 10 Nov., 1755; m. Sallie Bridge.

Jonathan, b. 10 Nov., 1755 ; d. young.

• Wife # 1: Esther Smith. Daniel and Esther had four children: Daniel, Aaron, and twins David and Jonathan.
• Wife #2: Thankful (Alexander) Hawley
• Wife #3: Sarah Parsons
• Father of Daniel Kellogg; Jonathan Kellogg; Aaron Kellogg and David Kellogg
• Place of Burial: West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

• Hopkins, Timothy. The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New (Sunset Press, 1903) pg. 74, pg. 135.

• Mary Mattoon and her hero of the revolution [General Ebenezer Mattoon]. by Walker, Alice M. (Alice Morehouse). Published 1902. pg 33 https://archive.org/stream/marymattoonherhe00walk#page/32

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC53-V98 : 10 February 2018), Daniel Kellogg, 1717; citing AMHERST,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,128.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVK-KQRV : 13 December 2015), Daniel Kellogg, 1799; Burial, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States of America, West Cemetery; citing record ID 20566305, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20566305.