Seth Holbrook (1748 - 1836)

Born 7 Mar 1748 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Dalrymple) Holbrook — married 24 Mar 1774 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1836 at age 88 in Georgetown, Madison County, New York

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Biography

Sergeant Seth Holbrook served with 13th Continental Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Seth Holbrook was born on 24 February 1752, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. He was the son of Isaac Holbrook (abt.1725-1756) and Mary (Armstrong) Holbrook (abt.1730-abt.1760).^[1]

Seth was four years old when his father died in New York. His guardians were Samuel Read, Jr., administrator of his father's estate, and his grandfather William Holbrook. ^[2]

Seth married Susannah (Dalrymple) Holbrook (abt.1754-abt.1797) on 24 May 1774 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.^[3]

Seth served in the American Revolution. He was a private in Captain Josiah Wood's company which marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775. He also served in Captain David Batchelor's company Colonel Joseph Read's regiment for three months in 1775. He served as a Sergeant in Captain David Batcheller's company in Colonel Nathan Tylers' regiment in 1780 for the alarm at Rhode Island.^[4]

The children of Seth & Susanna were Isaac, Seth, Susanna, Mary, David, Nathan, Lavina, Clarinda & Ira (the older children were born in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts and the younger ones in Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts.

Seth applied for a pension based on his Revolutionary War service. The family had relocated to Georgetown, Madison County, New York, however the pension records clearly state his Massachusetts service. His declaration was dated 8 October 1832, and he was aged 84. His declaration states the family lived in Colrain, Massachusetts until about 1820, when the moved to Milford, Otsego County, New York. They remained there about two years, then moved to Georgetown.^[5] He passed away 23 December 1836, in Georgetown, New York.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F42L-RSS : 10 November 2020), Isaac Holbrook in entry for Seth Holbrook, 24 Feb 1752; citing Birth, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009541.
2. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/rd/30211/30102-co1/682498064
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHD3-QZV : 10 November 2020), Seth Holbrook, 24 May 1774; citing Marriage, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011163.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War [database on-line]. Original data: Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Vol. 1-17. Boston, MA, USA: Wright & Potter Printing, 1896-1908. Vol 8 Page 87 Ancestry.com * Ancestry Sharing Link
5. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files; Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775 - ca. 1900 Pension Application S15173. https://www.fold3.com/image/23256963

See also:
Northbridge, Massachusetts in the Revolutionary War Period http://www.northbridgehistoricalsociety.com/rev-war-period.html

The American Revolution began 6 September 1774 in Worcester, Massachusetts! https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/02/the-true-start-of-the-american-revolution/

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