Nathaniel Stoddard (1705 - 1758)

Born 14 May 1705 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Garnet) Stoddard — married 25 Oct 1726 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1758 at age 53 in near Lake George, New York

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Biography

Nathaniel was born in Hingham, Massachusetts 14 May 1705, son of Jacob Stodder and Sarah Howard Stodder. ^[1][2]

He was a "Cooper" by trade. He resided on Main, near Hobart Street in Hingham.

On Oct. 25, 1726, he married Abigail Garnet at Boston.^[3][2]

Children:^[2]

1. Nathaniel, born May 8, 1727
2. Abigail, born March 2, 1728-29
3. Deborah, born May 2, 1731, died unmarried. 26 Sept. 1811, aged 80 yrs.
4. Daniel, born June 22, 1735.
5. Sarah, born June 3, 1739, died 27 March, 1758.
6. Olive,

In 1856, he sold his home.^[2]

"...at the age of fifty-one years sold his home place and joined Captain Ebenezer Beal's company in Colonel Benjamin Lincoln's regiment which responded on August 15, 1757, to the request for militia to go to the relief of Fort William in the French and Indian War. He re-enlisted in Captain Edward Ward's company in Colonel Joseph Williams' regiment early in 1758, and was engaged in the fighting at Lake George under General Abercombie [sic] in July of that year."^[4]

Nathaniel died 10 August 1758 aged 53 at Lake George, New York while on a British campaign in the French and Indian War. The use of the word "died" in the record, rather than "killed" indicates that he was not a combat casualty, but was probably the victim of smallpox, which was prevalent among the troops."^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogical Dictionary of New Englands First Settlers (Arriving Prior to May, 1692), Vol.4. p.202. Publication date: 1862 Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and company Author: Savage, James, 1784-1873, https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic04savarich/page/202/mode/2up
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas T Bouvé; Edward Tracy Bouvé; John Davis Long; Walter Lincoln Bouvé; Francis Henry Lincoln; George Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles Winfield Scott Seymour; Hingham (Mass.). (1893). Pub. by the town. Vol III, p.194-195
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-KSP4 : 29 November 2018)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Nathaniel Stoddard – Revolutionary Soldier, by Thomas J. Abernathy, published in the Perry Maine 1818-1968 Sesquicentennial Historical Souvenir Book. Grandson of this Nathaniel Stodder of this profile was the grandfather of the Nathaniel that is the subject of the book.