Moses Porter (1768 - 1854)

Born 19 Sep 1768 in Hadley, Massachusetts, New England

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Died 23 May 1854 at age 85 in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Moses Porter was born 19 September 1768, in Hadley, Massachusetts.^[1]

He lived and died in the house in which he was born in Hadley, Massachusetts.^[2] He was a farmer.^[3]

Moses married Amy Colt,^[4][5] and fathered at least 13 children.^[6]

He died on 23 May 1854, in Hadley, Massachusetts.^[7]

Moses was born in 1768. He passed away in 1854.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHGP-1YC : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter, 19 Sep 1768; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889.
2. ↑ Tuttle: Page 424
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7NP-Q47 : 10 December 2014), Moses Porter, 23 May 1854; citing Hadley, Massachusetts, v 85 p 19, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,170.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSR-TYM : 13 July 2016), Moses Porter and Amey Colt, 17 Jul 1791; citing Marriage, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 186,152.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, Amey Colt Porter, Memorial 128569267
6. ↑ Tuttle: Page 424-425
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7NP-Q47 : 10 December 2014), Moses Porter, 23 May 1854; citing Hadley, Massachusetts, v 85 p 19, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,170.

• Hampshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1660-1858. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives and the Hampshire County Court. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org). VOLUME : Hampshire Box 117; PAGE : 117-20:1

• Tuttle, George Frederick. The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle (Tuttle & Co., Rutland, VT, 1883).

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ4-YPP : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter, 17 Sep 1768; citing , p 64; FHL microfilm 186,152.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG5-9RZ : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Elizabeth Porter, 02 Jan 1794; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQH-MMY : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Benjamin Colt Porter, 08 Jun 1792; citing , p 72; FHL microfilm 186,152.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC58-GZW : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Elizabeth Porter, 02 Jan 1794; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,766, 186,152, 363,889.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5D-QXL : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Sophia Porter, 06 Nov 1797; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,766, 186,152, 363,889.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG5-9R6 : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Sophia Porter, 06 Nov 1797; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG5-9RN : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Moses Porter, 13 Oct 1799; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG5-9RK : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Amey Porter, 20 Sep 1801; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG5-9RG : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Susannah Edwards Porter, 18 Jan 1804; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQH-M93 : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Eleazar , 21 Jan 1806; citing , p 72; FHL microfilm 186,152.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG5-SLB : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Lucretia Colt Porter, 15 May 1810; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG5-SG9 : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Delia_ Dwight Porter, 07 Jul 1812; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG5-2ZX : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Detia Dwight Porter, Jul 1812; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG5-SGQ : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Jonathan Edwards Porter, 06 Apr 1815; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889.

• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9D-6PD : 10 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Amy Porter, 16 Feb 1843; citing Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference p 6; FHL microfilm 186,152.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N75V-54B : 10 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Eleazar Porter, 13 Apr 1886; citing Hadley, Massachusetts, v 374 p 13, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,232.

• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9D-H52 : 10 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Benjamin Colt Porter, 03 Jun 1793; citing Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference p 90; FHL microfilm 186,152.

• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9D-H5P : 10 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Susannah Edwards Porter, 20 Nov 1805; citing Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference p 90; FHL microfilm 186,152.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9Y-5T2 : 9 November 2014), Moses Porter, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 198, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7NP-Q47 : 10 December 2014), Moses Porter, 23 May 1854; citing Hadley, Massachusetts, v 85 p 19, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,170.

• Find a Grave, Col Moses Porter, Memorial# 128569247, Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA. Record added: Apr 26, 2014.

Sources about Jonathan Edwards Porter d. 1896

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG5-SGQ : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Jonathan Edwards Porter, 06 Apr 1815; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ7-K9T : 4 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for J. Edward Porter and Louisa S. Clark, 04 Feb 1846; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 186,126, 1,286,127.

• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHN6-F85 : 10 December 2014), Moses C Porter in entry for Jonathan Edwards Porter, 02 Aug 1896; citing , reference 36; FHL microfilm 2,079,181.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWHL-ZFZ : 10 December 2014), Moses Porter in entry for Jonathan Edwards Porter, 02 Aug 1896; citing North Brookfield, Massachusetts, 672, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,520.

Sources about Dr. Moses Porter b. 1799

• Dwight, Benjamin W. The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass. (Albany, New York, 1871). Volume 1 pp. 60-61.

Research Notes re: Birth Date discrepancy

Contemporaneous record provides birth date of 19 Sep 1768[1], which conflicts with the headstone date of 19 February 1768 Find A Grave: Memorial #128569247 . (Compton-2184 20:07, 29 March 2017 (EDT))

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG5-D9V : 9 February 2018), Moses Porter in entry for Moses Porter, 14 Oct 1799; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889.