Isreal Lamb (abt. 1737 - 1826)

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Piper) Lamb — married 10 Sep 1787 in Phillipston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1826 at about age 89 in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Isreal Lamb was born about 1737. His parents were Barzillai Lamb and Sarah Knowlton. ^{[citation needed]}

He married Lucy Wheeler on October 31, 1765. ^[1]

They had these children, born in Templeton: ^[1]

1. Jonas Lamb, b. 1768.
2. Asahel Lamb, b. 1770.
3. Isaac, Lamb, b. 1772.
4. Abel Lamb, b. 1774.
5. Sally Lamb, b. 1776.
6. Levi Lamb, b. 1778.
7. Anna Lamb, b. 1782.
8. Lucy Lamb, b. 1784.
9. Deborah Lamb, b. 1787.
   

   Private Isreal Lamb served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Israel Lamb of Templeton was a minuteman in the American Revolution, serving in Capt. Joel Fletcher's company,, Col. Ephraim Doolittle regt. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Hannah (Piper) Sawyer and Israel Lamb were married in Phillipston, Massachusetts on Sep 10, 1787. ^{[1] [6]}

Israel Lamb died in Templeton, Massachusetts on March 24, 1826 at age 89 in Templeton, ^[1] and is buried at Templeton Common Burial Ground. ^[7]

Inscription:

Sacred

to the memory of

Mr. Israel Lamb,

who died,

Mar. 24, AD 1826,

AE. 89 years.

By zeal and firmness in the cause and defence of his Country. By the cheerfulness and fidelity with which he discharged the duties of a citizen, a neighbor, a father, and a follower of Christ, and by early and continued habits of virtue, temperance and sobriety, he laid the foundation of a quiet and honourable old age, and was gathered to his fathers in peace.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Vital Records of Templeton, Massachusetts; to the End of the Year 1849
2. ↑ DAR
3. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
4. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCL-6DN4 : 19 April 2021), Israel Lamb and Hannah Sawyer, 10 Sep 1787; citing Marriage, Phillipston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009583.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/35819141/israel-lamb : accessed 18 July 2021), memorial page for Israel Lamb (1737–24 Mar 1826), Find A Grave: Memorial #35819141, citing Templeton Common Burial Ground, Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Betty Hicks (contributor 47445048) .

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-10-25), "Record of Israel Lamb", Ancestor # A068009.

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLV-21SC : 19 February 2021), Israel Lamb, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLV-21S8 : 19 February 2021), Israel Lamb, 5 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLV-21SZ : 19 February 2021), Israel Lamb, 5 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 9, p. 432

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q285-J3DR : 3 September 2021), Israel Lamb and Hannah Sawyer, 1787.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4H-K3N : 10 November 2020), Israel Lamb, 31 Oct 1765; citing Marriage, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009549.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4H-LJQ : 10 November 2020), Israel Lamb, 10 Sep 1787; citing Marriage, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009549.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCL-6DNW : 19 April 2021), Israel Lamb and Hannah Sawyer, 10 Sep 1787; citing Marriage, Phillipston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009583.

• The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00genegoog#page/n11/mode/1up

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-8V3 : accessed 27 October 2021), Israel Lamb, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 605, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2D-2Z7 : accessed 27 October 2021), Israel Lamb, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 875, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 205,630.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG9-MV1 : accessed 27 October 2021), Israel Lamb, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 97, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 54; FHL microfilm 193,742.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLR5-XWWC : 1 March 2021), Israel Lamb, 5 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140758.

• Vital Records of Templeton, Massachusetts; to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1907); p. 43, p. 127, p. 195

• Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.); Will, case 36048 mentions wife Hannah, children Jonas, Asahel, Abel, Levi, Sally Cobleigh, children of deceased son Isaac: Hannah, Jason, Justin, Phebe & Franklin, his daughters Anna Lamb, Lucy Lamb & Deborah Lamb