Erastus
Hathaway
Born in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Simeon Hathaway
and Deborah (Austin) Hathaway
Brother of
Deborah (Hathaway) Belknap, Simeon Hathaway, Shadrach Hathaway, Lucy Hathaway, Levi Hathaway, Abraham Hathaway, Alfred Hathaway, Elizabeth (Hathaway) Brush, Joshua Hathaway, Nathan Hathaway, Silas Hathaway and Hannah (Hathaway) Haynes
Husband of
Anna (Warner) Hathaway
— married
6 Jun 1784 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Austin Hathaway, Austin Hathaway, Louisa (Hathaway) Butterfield, Rhoda Hathaway, Austin Hathaway, Isaac Tichenor Hathaway, Erastus Hathaway, Benjamin Hathaway, Anthony Hathaway, Rebecca (Hathaway) Warner, Harry Hathaway and John Hathaway
Died
at age 86
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Oct 2014
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Biography
Private Erastus Hathaway served with Col. Samuel Herrick's Regiment, Vermont Republic Militia during the American Revolution.
Erastus Hathaway is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A053011.
Erastus Hathaway was born on 27 Aug 1758 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. He was a son of Simeon Hathaway and Deborah (Austin) Hathaway.[1][2]
Erastus was a soldier of the American Revolution. He was with the Green Mountain Boys at the Battle of Bennington.[3][4] On 21 Jul 1778 he entered service under Captain John Warner in Lieutenant Colonel Herrick's Regiment of Rangers, Vermont Militia.[5]
About 1782, he married Anna Warner at Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, [1] and by 1786, they made their home in Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont. The Hathaways had ten children:[4][1]
- Austin (1786-1869), m. Esther Gove[3]
- Lovisa (1788-1872)
- Rhodah
- Isaac Tichenor (1795-1880)
- Erastus (1796-1854
- Benjamin (1797-1800)
- Anthony (1798-1863)
- Rebekah (1798-1886
- Harry (1801-1865)
- John, b. 1807
By 1800 the Hathaways were still living at Whiting, Addison, Vermont.[6] Then by 1810 they had settled at Swanton, Franklin, Vermont,[7] where Erastus remained for his lifetime.
Erastus Hathaway passed away on 21 Sep 1844 at Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont. He was buried at Woods Hill Cemetery, also in Swanton, Vermont.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FamilySearch 27JD-W4G
- ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74G-32Q : 7 January 2020), Erastus Hathaway, 1758.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 1 Nov 2023), "Record of Erastus Hathaway", Ancestor # A053011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Find A Grave: Memorial #86876025 Ens Erastus Hathaway
- ↑ Service Record of Erastus Hathaway
- ↑ "United States Census, 1800", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRQ-XZC : Fri Oct 06 17:53:41 UTC 2023), Entry for Erastus Hathway, 1800.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1820", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLG-G5Z : Thu Oct 05 21:21:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Erastus Hathaway, 1820.
See also:
- "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M4WQ-6X5 : accessed 2015-02-04), entry for Erastus HATHAWAY.
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #745388
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