Ebenezer Mattoon Sr. (1720 - 1806)

Born 21 Dec 1720 in Northfield, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Alvord) Mattoon — married 19 Jul 1759 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1806 at age 85 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Private Ebenezer Mattoon Sr. served with Hampshire County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Ebenezer Mattoon Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A075654.

Ebenezer Mattoon was born 21 Dec 1720 at Northfield, Massachusetts ^[1]. He was a son of Eleazer Mattoon (1689-abt.1767) and Elizabeth (Boltwood) Mattoon (1681-1738).

He married in 1747 Dorothy (Smith) Mattoon (1729-1756) ^[2], with whom he had at least 2 children:

1. Dorothy (Mattoon) Smith (1749-1824) ^[3]; married Stephen Smith
2. Ebenezer Mattoon II (1755-1843) ^[4]; married Mary Dickinson

After the death of Dorothy in 1756 ^[5], Ebenezer Mattoon married 19 Jul 1759 at Northampton, Massachusetts, Sarah Alvord, with whom he had probably 5 children ^[6]:

1. Elizabeth (Mattoon; 1759-1830) ^[7]; married Oliver Clapp
2. Sarah Mattoon (abt.1761-abt.1803) ^[8]
3. Eleazar Mattoon (abt.1764-) ^[9]
4. Roxanna (Mattoon) Kellogg (1766-1804) ^[10]; married Sep 1785 John Kellogg
5. Lovisa (Mattoon) Dickinson (abt.1770-1845) ^[11]; married Eli Dickinson

Ebenezer Mattoon died 27 Apr 1806 at Amherst, Massachusetts. His grave is in West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ^[12].

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4P-S9B : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Mattoon, 21 Dec 1720; citing NORTHFIELD,FRANKLIN,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 886,783.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC31-RQX : 9 February 2018), Ebenezer Mattoon and Dorothy Smith, 13 Jun 1747; citing reference 2:3XM0M8W; FHL microfilm 186,152.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5M-9C9 : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Mattoon in entry for Dorothy Mattoon, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 186,128.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5Z-9VJ : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Mattoon, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 186,128.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9D-HXZ : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Mattun in entry for Dorothy Mattun, 03 Jun 1756; citing Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference p 87; FHL microfilm 186,152.
6. ↑ Alvord, Samuel Morgan. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord, an Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass. Webster, New York: A.D. Andrews, printer, 1908. Page 82. https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce00alvo#page/82
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPT-586 : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Mattoon in entry for Elizabeth Mattoon, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 186,128.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCP1-KVL : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Mattoon in entry for Sarah Mattoon, 1761; citing AMHERST,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,128.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5W-F7J : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Mattoon in entry for Eleazar Mattoon, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 186,128.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCP1-3B5 : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Mattoon in entry for Roxanna Mattoon, 31 Aug 1766; citing AMHERST,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,128.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPT-89S : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Mattoon in entry for Lovisa Mattoon, 1770; citing AMHERST,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,128.
12. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #125794115

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 28, 2018), "Record of Ebenezer Mattoon, Sr.", Ancestor #: A075654

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

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