Ebenezer Hitchcock (1762 - 1835)

Born 16 Dec 1762 in New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail Barnes — married 10 Apr 1783 in New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1835 at age 72 in Warsaw, Genesee, New York, United States

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Biography

Ebenezer was baptized Mar 7 1763 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. His parents were Ebenezer Hitchcock and Lettice Parker ^[1]

Ebenezer married Apr 10 1783 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Abigail Barnes. She was the daughter of Seth and Abigail (Mansfield) Barnes and was baptized Jul 31 1763 in North Haven, Connecticut ^[1]

Ebenezer and Abigail had the following children, baptized in New Haven, Connecticut ^[1]

1. Lucy, baptized Apr 1 1787
2. Sarah, baptized Apr 1 1787
3. Leverett, baptized Apr 6 1788
4. James, baptized May 23 1790

Ebenezer removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut ^[1]

In 1824, he moved to Warsaw, New York ^[1]

Ebenezer served as a private from New Haven, Connecticut during the Revolutionary War. He was granted a pension for his service. His original deposition is part of the Widows Pension file, # W7588, of his second wife, Lucy (Pratt) Hitchcock Griffith. In his deposition, Ebenezer stated that after the Revolutionary War he lived in New Haven, Connecticut for six or seven years; then in Northfield, Vermont for about seven or eight years; next in Granville, New York for about 17 years and lastly to Warsaw, Genesee County, New York for about 18 years and where he was still living at the time of his deposition which was given 6 Oct 1832.

Research Notes

Children currently linked to this couple do not match those listed in Jacobus New Haven, Connecticut source.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Families of New Haven: Vol. III, pg 761, Fam. 9 # 9-iv

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (New Haven Genealogical Magazine).

See also:

• 1800 US CENSUS, Census Place: Granville, Washington, New York; Series: M32; Roll: 26; Page: 274; Image: 267; Family History Library Film: 193714.

• 1810 US CENSUS, Census Place: Granville, Washington, New York; Roll: 30; Page: 430; Image: 00337; Family History Library Film: 0181384.

• 1820 US CENSUS, Census Place: Warsaw, Genesee, New York; Page: 307; NARA Roll: M33_72; Image: 168.

• 1830 US CENSUS, Census Place: Gainesville, Genesee, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 90; Page: 193; Family History Library Film: 0017150.

• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 12 February 2019), memorial page for Ebenezer Hitchcock (16 Dec 1762–27 Aug 1835), Find A Grave: Memorial #127300803, citing Warsaw Cemetery, Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Bill Rankin for creating WikiTree profile Hitchcock-817 through the import of James Rankin to Me.ged on Sep 10, 2013.