Ebenezer Hartshorn III (1749 - 1828)

Born 16 Oct 1749 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Darling) Hartshorn — married 6 Jul 1772 in Sturbridge,Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1828 at age 78 in Lunenberg, Essex, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Ebenezer was the son of Ebenezer Hartshorn and Rebekha Colburn. He married Lydia a daughter of Enoch Darling and Lois Thompson.

After his parents died he was appointed guardian to Job Buckmaster (husband of his mother's sister, Sarah).

"He was only three years old when his father died. He was sent to live with his mother's sister and her husband and they became his legal guardians. He and his wife Lydia moved from Bellingham, Massachusetts to Wrenthram, Massachusetts in 1773. He served in the Revolutionary War as a private and served in the Wrentham company of Captain John Boyd and marched as a "Minute Man" on 19 April 1775 during the alarm. Later was a sergeant in Captain Perez Cushings' company, in Colonel Craft's artillery regiment from November 1, 1776 to May 8" ( Derick Sibley Hartshorn, III, The Hartshorn Families in America)

• 1789 - Bought land and moved his family to Guilhall, Vermont
• 1791 he took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Vermont
• 1793 he sold his land in Guildhall and moved his family to Lunenburg, Essex, Vermont,
• Served in town Office for many years
• 1796 built a Grist Mill
• Occupation - Farmer and Blacksmith

He may be buried in the Lunenburg Corners Cemetery, Lunenburg, Vermont. Head Stone was not located. Many headstones were broken or face down and sunk into the ground. https://www.findagrave/com/memorial/247995844

Sources

• Primary Source - Derick Sibley Hartshorn, III, The Hartshorn Families in America, (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD; 1997).

See Also:

• American Geneological-Biographical Index (AGBI)
• BIRTH - "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-8SQ : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Hartshorn, 16 Oct 1749; citing DEDHAM,NORFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874254 IT 3.
• MARRIAGE INTENTION - "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH48-54B : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Hartshorn and Lydia Darling, 22 Jun 1772; citing Marriage Notice, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 757,003.
• MARRIAGE - "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH9G-CZ2 : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Hartshorn and Lydia Darling, 22 Jun 1772; citing Marriage Notice, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 757,003.
• United States Census 1790, Guildhall, Essex, Vermont -"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-G3T : accessed 23 June 2018), Ebenezer Hartshorn, Guildhall, Orange, Vermont, United States; citing p. 199, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 12; FHL microfilm 568,152.
• United States Census 1800, Lunenburg, Essex, Vermont - "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRQ-VHM : accessed 23 June 2018), Ebenr Hartshorn, Lunenburgh, Essex, Vermont, United States; citing p. 392, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 51; FHL microfilm 218,688.
• United States Census 1810, Lunenburg, Franklin, Vermont - "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLM-WML : accessed 23 June 2018), Ebenezer Hartshorn, Lunenburg, Franklin, Vermont, United States; citing p. 241A, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 64; FHL microfilm 218,668.
• MILITARY -"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK1-Y9WC : 18 March 2018), Ebenezer Hartshorn, 1775.