Zophar Mack (1743 - 1824)

Born 7 Feb 1743 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut

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Died 16 Apr 1824 at age 81 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Sergeant Zophar Mack served with New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.

Zophar Mack, son of Ebenezer and Abigail (Davis) Mack, was born on 7 Feb. 1743 at Lyme, New London, Connecticut. ^[1][2][3]

He married Phebe Miller, daughter of Nichodemus and Phebe (Huntley) Miller, ^{[4] [5]}

Zophar served in the New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution where he attained the rank of Sergeant. He served under Capt. Samuel Canfield and Col. Benjamin Bellows.^[6]

Zophar died on 16 April 1824^[2] at Lyme and was buried at Old Stone Church Burial Ground, East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.^[7] His memorial has links to those of family members.^[8]

His will was dated 13 April 1824 and names "wife Hepsibah", son Abijah of Canada, daughter, Phebe Huntley wife of Martin Huntley, and Clary Beckwith widow of Ezra Beckwith. ^[2]

Children of Zophar and Phebe

1. Abijah.
2. Phebe Mack b. c. 1766 married (1) Martin Huntley married (2) Reuben Huntley
3. Clary married Ezra Beckwith.^[9]

Zophar's name was recorded variously as Zopher, Sophar, even Sophia, although part of the different forms may have been transcription errors.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77G-WLX : 3 December 2014), Ebenezer Mack in entry for Sophia Or Zophar Mack, 07 Feb 1743
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Martin, Sophia Smith. Mack Genealogy. The Descendants of John Mack of Lyme, Conn., with appendix containing genealogy of allied families, etc.. Page 28, 32.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77G-WL6 : 3 December 2014), Sophia Or Zophar Mack, 07 Feb 1743; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
4. ↑ Virgil W. Huntley. John Huntley, Immigrant of Boston & Roxbury, Massachusetts and Lyme, Connecticut 1647-1977 and some of his Descendants. Books I, II, III. 1978, 1993, 1996. Vol. 1. p. 74. Material from the books used with written permission of the author. Collection of Phil Smith.
5. ↑ The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002). Volume Lyme, 1, Pg 55; Volume 6, Pg 78; Pg. 117 Ebenezer, [s. John, Jr. & Love], b. Feb. 24, 1716 : Ebenezer, Jr., m. Abigail Den[n]is", Dec. 23, 1736 (*Handwritten correction in original, Dennis is deleted, changed to Davis)
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 1, 2018), "Record of Zophar Mack", Ancestor # A212827.
7. ↑ Zophai Mack Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
8. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 22131634 Zophar Mack
9. ↑ United States Census, 1790. ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-25137-22501-13?cc=1803959 : 14 May 2015), Connecticut, New London; image 61 of 101; citing NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Child, Hamilton. Gazetteer of Cheshire County, NH 1736-1885. Publication: 1885, Syracuse, NY, digitized by Internet Archive, contributed by Allen Co., Public Library Genealogy Center; https://archive.org/details/gazetteerofchesh00chil 4 JUL 2017 Time: 19:48:37
• Hurd, Duane Hamilton. History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire (J.W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1886)