Ebenezer Russ (abt. 1728 - 1801)

Born about 1728 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut, New England

Ancestors

Husband of Zerviah (Warner) Russ — married 30 Nov 1757 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut

Died 30 Oct 1801 at about age 73 in Monson, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Ebenezer Russ, son of Joseph Russ and Priscilla Mooar,^[1] was born about 1728, in Ashford, Connecticut.^[2]

He married Nov 30 1757 in Mansfield, Connecticut, Zerviah Warner (d/o Elisha) ^[2]

At the Mansfield Congregational Church, in Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut.^[3]

Ebenezer Russ and wife owned the covenant Oct 2 1763.

Zerviah Russ, wife of Ebenezer was admitted to the church Apr 8, 1764.

The family relocated to Monson, Massachusetts in 1774.^[4]

Children:

1. Ebenezer Russ, born 23 Aug 1761; died 17 Nov 1762 in Mansfield, Connecticut
2. Unnamed Russ, born and died 3 May 1765.^[5]
3. Ebenezer Russ, born 18 May 1766.^[5]
4. Zerviah Russ, born 18 May 1768.^[5]
5. Olive Russ, born 5 Nov 1771.^[5]
6. Elisha Russ, born about 1773^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ marked as uncertain because there is no birth record
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Russ, Herbert M. Russ Family Genealogy. Typescript, 1974. (Unsourced) Download here
3. ↑ Connecticut Church Records Index. Mansfield First Congregational Church 1710-1892. Conn. State Library, 1967.
4. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Hampden County, 23:344, 32:60, 32:61
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. "MANSFIELD. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
6. ↑ Monson Vital Records, volume 1, Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/61879/512/74626366

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVQ-V3J5 : 10 September 2021), Ebenezer Russ, ; Burial, Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States of America, North Main Street Cemetery; citing record ID 8803235, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.