Deacon
John
Call
Sr.
Born in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Call
and Abigail (Sprague) Barrett
Brother of
Abigail (Call) Dike, Samuel Call, Joseph Call, James Call, Mary Call, Martha (Call) Holden, Nathan Call, Ebenezer Call, Joseph Call and Benjamin Call
Husband of
Lucy (Chaffee) Call
— married
1 Jan 1761 (to 16 Dec 1797) in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut
Husband of
Martha (Safford) Call
— married
6 Dec 1798 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Descendants 
Father of
John Call, Elizabeth (Call) Randall, Stephen Call, Stephen Call, Eunice Call, Levi Call, Lucy (Call) Barrows, Abigail Call, Levi Call, Isaac Call, Eunice (Call) Nims and Joel Call
Died
at age 68
in Colrain, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jan 2009
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Biography
Private John Call Sr. served with Hampshire County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
John Call Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A018347.
John Call was born on 16 April 1739 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel Call and Abigail Sprague.[1] John passed away 14 April 1808, possibly in Colerain, Franklin, Massachusetts. His burial site is unknown.[2] (Alternate death year 1821.)
He married Martha Safford in about 1762 in Oxford.
In 1800 John was living in Colrain, Hampshire, Massachusetts.[3]
John Call was a patriot for Massachusetts in the American Revolution. Served with rank of private for Captains Lawrence Kemp (Hampshire County, Massachusetts Militia), Hugh McClallen and Colonels Leonard, Field and Wells. [4]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJJ-Z7X : 13 July 2016), John Call, 16 Apr 1739; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 71058049
- ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH51-PZZ : accessed 7 December 2016), John Call, Colrain, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 968, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 15; FHL microfilm 205,614.
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 25 July 2020), "Record of John Call", Ancestor # A018347.
- Call, Simeon, GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF CALL FAMILY. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 30, 32.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
James (Wolfe) Burgardt
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Charles Suggs :
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~0.78%
Bobbi (Burkett) Hillhouse :
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~0.78%
M Curtis :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Angela Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CU5678934 [compare]
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~0.39%
Joel Dennison :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Tim Varney :
23andMe, GEDmatch PS2393416 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FQ5995415 [compare], Ancestry member tim_varney
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Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
Call-103 and Call-5 appear to represent the same person because: same birth date and place; same parent; both married to Lucy Chafee
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by Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
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