Ebenezer Moody and Editha (Day?)

Ebenezer Moody was born 23 October 1675 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts to Samuel Moody and Sarah Deming. Ebenezer married Editha --. Editha was born about 1682, according to the age on her gravestone. Editha's parentage is a point of speculation. Note that numerous Internet sources give her name as Editha Owen but I have yet to see any solid evidence to back this up. Plinius Moody in his family history (written around 100 years after Editha's death) of the Moody family presented circumstantial evidence that Editha was a Kellogg. This stems from family traditions that Editha was a Kellogg and an old chest supposed to have been passed down in the family bearing the initials EK. He could not, however, fit Editha into any of the Kellogg families in the area: He noted that a Joseph Kellogg was having children at the right time and place but that Editha was not mentioned in his will, though she was alive at the time. There is a Samuel Kellogg who married Sarah Day, daughter of Robert Day and wife Editha Stebbins. If she is a Kellogg, she could have been named after her maternal grandmother. However, Sarah (Day) Kellogg died in 1677, according to Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, Genealogies of Connecticut Families (from the NEHGR), vol. 1, Genealogies of Hadley Massachusetts Families, etc. Assuming the age on Editha's gravestone is accurate, she could not be Sarah (Day) Kellogg's daughter. Barbour shows Editha not as a Kellogg, but as the daughter of John Day, another child of Robert and Editha (Stebbins) Day. In the Western Massachusetts in 1790 sketch for Joseph Moody, it states, "Given that 'Editha' is a very rare name in the area, it seems likely that Editha's maiden name was Day, and that the Old chest came through the family of Joseph Moody's wife Sarah Kellogg. Knowing of Barbour's expertise, he must have had a good reason for claiming that John Day had a daughter named Editha who married Ebenezer Moody." Jacobus in Hale, House, and Related Families does not list an Editha amongst the children of John but does open up a potential explanation for Barbour's decision to include Editha as John Day's daughter. John Day's will implies that there were three daughters (Sarah and "either of her sisters"). As for Editha's mother, it is even harder to say. John Day had two wives, Sarah Butler and Mary Gaylord (see the entry for Robert Day in Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F). Barbour did not include Mary as one of John's wives and assigned Editha as the daughter of Sarah, probably by default. Jacobus did include Mary as a wife and assigned only one daughter (Sarah) to Sarah and the other two (Mary and an unnamed daughter) to Mary. If the unnamed daughter is Editha and Jacobus was correct in his assignment, that implies that Editha was the daughter of Mary (Gaylord) Day. Unfortunately, however, Jacobus did not offer a rationale for their choice of mother. Given Barbour and Jacobus' expertise, I have very tentatively placed Editha as the daughter of John and Mary (Gaylord) Day but, due to the lack of rationale, I am not certain of this placement. Ebenezer was a proprietor of the first division of lands in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts in 1719-20. He founded Moody Corner, a hamlet in South Hadley, on lands where his son Joseph later lived. Ebenezer was called Captain Ebenezer Moody, implying that he had likely served in the militia. He was the moderator of the first Town Meeting in South Hadley on 12 March 1733. He was also "appointed to advise in regard to the bigness of the pews" (see Plinius Moody) in 1733. Also in 1733, he was the chairman of the committee who settled Rev. Grindal Rowson (and was among those who opposed the minister's removal years later). According to Plinius Moody, his house burned about 1744 and he (and presumably Editha) went to live with his son Daniel. Plinius Moody also states that Ebenezer built and tended a grist mill, despite others' opinion that there would never be enough inhabitants in the area to support it. The mill, however, seems to have been a success. Editha died 19 August 1757 in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts and Ebenezer died a few months later on 11 November 1757 in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Ebenezer's will was dated 22 March 1757 and proved 14 February 1758. Ebenezer and Editha were originally buried in the Old South Hadley Burial Ground, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. The bodies buried in that burial ground, including those of Ebenezer and Editha, were later relocated to Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, where the Moodys' gravestones can now be found.

Ebenezer and Editha’s children are: Jonathan Moody, born 13 Jan 1703 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, died 3 Apr 1703 (according to Boltwood). Mary Moody, born 28 Dec 1705 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, married Nehemiah Dickinson (b. 6 Nov 1702 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts to Nehemiah and Mehitable Dickinson, d. 20 Mar 1776 (according to Judd)) in 1730 (according to Boltwood), died 15 Nov 1787 (according to Judd and Boltwood). Ebenezer Moody, born 22 Feb 1707 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, married 1) Joanna Warner (b. 22 Sep 1705 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts to Eleazer and Hester (Taylor) Warner, d. 14 Nov 1772) 2 Feb 1739 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts and 2) Anna -- (widow of -- Chapin (according to Boltwood), mentioned in Ebenezer's will), lived in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, will dated 24 June 1785 and proved 6 May 1789, died 16 Apr 1789 in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, buried with Joanna at Coleman Dark Corner Cemetery (Rural Cemetery), Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Sarah Moody, perhaps born 13 January 1709 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (date according to her extracted birth record but her death record and her son Ebenezer stated that she died on her birthday, 23 Dec 1708; perhaps the birth record was transcribed incorrectly as a birth date, when it may have been a christening date, making 23 Dec 1708 her birth date and 13 Jan 1709 her christening), married Chileab Smith (b. 1 Jun 1708 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts to Preserved Smith and Mary Smith, operated a grist mill, owned a shop, selectman in Ashfield in 1762 and 1765, began conducting religious meetings in Ashfield in spring of 1753, became a Baptist, along with a number of his family, 2 Jul 1761 (he and his son Ebenezer taking a prominent role as pioneers of the Baptist faith in Ashfield), experienced great persecutions and sought to relieve the persecutions against the Baptists at Ashfield, arrested on false charges in 1771 and tried by a judge who was opposed to Chileab and the Baptists but was ultimately acquitted by a higher court, led a group who split from the rest of the church led by son Ebenezer in 1787, ordained with his son Enos in 1789 “as elders and leaders in the church" and organized a new Baptist congregation (Ebenezer's group were reconciled and admitted into this church in 1798), m. 2) widow Rebecca (--) Butler 3 Jan 1792 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, d. 19 Aug 1800 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, said to have been buried in the oldest burying ground in Ashfield but no gravestone exists) 28 Jan 1732 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, moved with her family to Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts (originally called Huntstown) in 1750 (where Chileab was counted as the third settler in that town), entered into a covenant, along with Chileab and several of their children, "to keep up the Worship of God, and to walk up to farther light as they should require it" 25 Oct 1753, fled with her family back to older settlements in 1754 during the French and Indian War ("A middle-aged woman, the mother of the present Chileab Smith [this would have been Sarah, as this was Chileab Jr.], traveled ten miles on foot before they encamped for the night." (Ellis Genealogy)) but returned later and her husband built a fort on his land for the town's safety, likely (but not certainly) became a Baptist along with much of her family, died 23 December 1789 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. Joseph Moody, born 13 Jan 1711/2 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, married Sarah Kellogg (b. 8 Jan 1714 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts to Joseph and Abigail (Smith) Kellogg, d. Jun 1782), a sergeant in the militia (and was likely one of those who marched toward Fort William Henry in 1757, following the fort's surrender, and returned when it was learned that the French and Indians had returned to Canada), a carpenter, joiner, and mill wright, a large land holder, a selectman of South Hadley in 1774 (and was served in this office when the district meeting voted that selectman would provide bayonets for the minute men), moderator of the district meeting in 1774 and 1775 (which established a Committee of Correspondence), selected as one of the delegates of the County Congress at Northampton in 1774, appointed to a committee to "promote Peace...quiet tumults...prevent and suppress all uprisings, tumults" on 7 Mar 1775 and to the Committee of Inspection Respective Consumption of British Goods on 28 Nov 1775, elected to the Committee of Correspondence on 14 Mar 1776 and as chairman on 11 Feb 1777, appears on a list of communicants in 1785 under Rev. Joel Hays, resided in South Hadley in 1790, died 15 Sep 1803 in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, buried with Sarah in the Old South Hadley Burial Ground, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (both later relocated to Evergreen Cemetery). Daniel Moody, born about 1716, married Mercy Morgan (b. abt. 1713, d. 7 Nov 1786) 19 Oct 1744 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, a deacon, died 20 April 1792, buried with Mercy in the Old South Hadley Burial Ground, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (both later relocated to Evergreen Cemetery). While I could not find a birth record for a Daniel in this family, Familysearch.org extracted records show Ebenezer and Editha having a son Samuell on 12 Mar 1715 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. As Daniel's gravestone shows him being about the right age to be this child, there may easily have been a transcription error with the indexer or transcriber entering Samuell, instead of Daniell - I would need to obtain and see original record, if there is one extant, to see if the name is Samuel or Daniel. However, a Daniel is mentioned in Ebenezer's will, while a Samuel is not. The 1715 date is probably Daniel's birth date. Josiah Moody, born about 1721, married 1) Rebecca White (b. abt. 1723, d. 17 Sep 1751) 17 Jan 1745 (according to Boltwood), 2) Dorcas Lyman (b. abt. 1728 to John and Abigail (Mosely) Lyman, m. 1) Noah Clapp, d. 16 Nov 1762) 21 Sep 1753 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, and 3) Sarah -- (b. abt. 1728, m. 1) Matthew Clark, d. 11 Mar 1810), died 7 Feb 1794, buried with Rebecca, Dorcas, and Sarah in the Old South Hadley Burial Ground, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (all later relocated to Evergreen Cemetery). Editha Moody, married Joseph White 23 Oct 1746 (according to Boltwood). Miriam Moody, born about 1723, married Reuben Smith (b. 2 Apr 1721 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts to Joseph and Sarah Smith, m. 2) Sibil Worthington 16 Feb 1770 (according to Judd), d. 6 Aug 1798) banns published 9 Dec 1748 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (marriage 19 Jan 1749, according to Judd), died 16 or 20 Feb 1770 in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, buried with Reuben in the Old South Hadley Burial Ground, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (both later relocated to Evergreen Cemetery).

Sources: 

New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch; citing FHL microfilms 186,152, 363,889, 886,783, and 1,059,951. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 14,766, 186,128, 186,152, 363,889. "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch; citing Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference p116; FHL microfilm 1,862,889. "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch; citing p 52 r 98, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,416. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch; citing Marriage, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 186,152. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Probate Records, 1660-1916; Index, 1660-1971; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Hampshire County); Probate Place: Hampshire, Massachusetts, Notes: Probate Records, Vol 8-9, 1753-1761. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts. Death notices, Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA), 6 Sep 1800, p. 2. Year: 1790; Census Place: South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 259; Image: 295; Family History Library Film: 0568144. Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Moody, Plinius, The Moody Family, or Records of the Descendants of Mr. John Moody of Hartford, Connecticut, 1856, organized and recorded By Theodore L. Moody And Maxine Bull Moody, Nov 1991. Boltwood, Lucius Manlius, Genealogies of Hadley Families: Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst, and Granby, Amherst, MA: Metcalf & Company, 1862, pgs. 100-101. Judd, Sylvester, History of Hadley, Springfield, MA: H. R. Huntting & Company, 1905. Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Vol. 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910, p. 857. Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Vol. 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910, pgs. 2162-3. Smith, Chileab, An Answer to Many Slanderous Reports Cast on the Baptists at Ashfield, Norwich, CT: Robertsons and Trumbull, 1774. Ellis, Erastus Ranney, Biographical sketches of Richard Ellis, the first settler of Ashfield, Mass., and his descendants, Detroit, MI: W. Graham, 1888. Probate Record, Case Number 99-58. From Hampshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1660-1889. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives and the Hampshire County Court. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org), https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1653/r/1044357110 Gravestones of Ebenezer and Editha Moody, Joseph and Sarah (Kellogg) Moody, Josiah, Rebecca (White), Dorcas (Lyman), and Sarah (--) Moody (wife of Josiah), and Reuben and Miriam (Moody) Smith, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Gravestone of Ebenezer and Joanna (Warner) Moody, Coleman Dark Corner Cemetery (Rural Cemetery), Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts.   Records related to the Ebenezer and Editha (Day?) Moody family but not copied below due to copyright considerations: Jacobus, Donald Lines, Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001, pgs. 509-513. Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1977, p. 210. A preview of this book can be found at Google Books. Sketch for Joseph Moody; Western Massachusetts Families in 1790. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012. (From various authors, Helen S. Ullmann, FASG, ed.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB475/i/14094//0

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Town Records

Name:    Ebenez <Moody> Gender:    Male Christening Place:    HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Birth Date:    23 Oct 1675 Father's Name:    Samll Moody Mother's Name:    Sarah Moody Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQH-MGS : 10 February 2018), Ebenez , 23 Oct 1675; citing , p 7; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Chilleab <Smith> Gender:    Male Christening Place:    HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Birth Date:    21 May 1708 Father's Name:    Preserved Smith Mother's Name:    Mary Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ4-1PJ : 4 December 2014), Chilleab , 21 May 1708; citing , p 5; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Jonathan <Moody> Gender:    Male Christening Place:    HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Birth Date:    13 Jan 1703 Father's Name:    Ebinezer Moody Mother's Name:    Editha Moody Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQH-QYJ : 10 February 2018), Jonathan , 13 Jan 1703; citing , p 7; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Mary <Moody> Gender:    Female Christening Place:    HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Birth Date:    28 Dec 1705 Father's Name:    Ebinezer Moody Mother's Name:    Editha Moody Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ4-J6X : 10 February 2018), Mary , 28 Dec 1705; citing , p 7; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Nehemiah Dickinson Gender:    Male Birth Date:    06 Nov 1702 Birthplace:    AMHERST,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS Father's Name:    Nehemiah Dickinson Mother's Name:    Mehitable Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5W-SVG : 10 February 2018), Nehemiah Dickinson, 06 Nov 1702; citing AMHERST,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,128. Name:    Ebz. <Moody> Gender:    Male Christening Place:    HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Birth Date:    22 Feb 1707 Father's Name:    Ebinezer Moody Mother's Name:    Editha Moody Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQH-MG7 : 10 February 2018), Ebz. , 22 Feb 1707; citing , p 7; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Johannah Warnar Gender:    Female Birth Date:    22 Sep 1705 Birthplace:    , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Father's Name:    Eliezer Warnar Mother's Name:    Hester Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG5-2BZ : 9 February 2018), Johannah Warnar, 22 Sep 1705; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889. Name:    Sarah <Moody> Gender:    Female Christening Place:    HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Birth Date:    13 Jan 1709 Father's Name:    Ebinezer Moody Mother's Name:    Editha Moody Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ4-J6J : 4 December 2014), Sarah , 13 Jan 1709; citing , p 7; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Joseph <Moody> Gender:    Male Christening Place:    HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Birth Date:    13 Jan 1712 Father's Name:    Ebinezer Moody Mother's Name:    Editha Moody Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQH-MGH : 10 February 2018), Joseph , 13 Jan 1712; citing , p 7; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Samuell Moody Gender:    Male Birth Date:    12 Mar 1715 Birthplace:    , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Father's Name:    Ebinezer Moody Mother's Name:    Editha Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHGP-WBG : 9 February 2018), Samuell Moody, 12 Mar 1715; citing , HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 363,889. Name:    Ruben <Smith> Gender:    Male Christening Place:    HADLEY, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS Birth Date:    02 Apr 1721 Father's Name:    Joseph Smith Mother's Name:    Sarah Source: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQH-746 : 10 February 2018), Ruben , 02 Apr 1721; citing , p 24; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Ebenezer Moodey Spouse's Name:    Joanna Warner Event Date:    02 Feb 1739 Event Place:    Hadley,Hampshire,Massachusetts Source: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHN-CVH : 9 February 2018), Ebenezer Moodey and Joanna Warner, 02 Feb 1739; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 14,766, 186,152, 363,889. Name:    Chiliab Smith Spouse's Name:    Sarah Moodey Event Date:    28 Jan 1732 Event Place:    Hadley,Hampshire,Massachusetts Source: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHN-36V : 4 December 2014), Chiliab Smith and Sarah Moodey, 28 Jan 1732; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 14,766, 186,152, 363,889. Name:    Josiah Moody Event Type:    Marriage Event Date:    21 Sep 1753 Event Place:    Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Gender:    Male Spouse's Name:    Dorcas Clap Spouse's Gender:    Female Source: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSR-5YB : 10 February 2018), Josiah Moody and Dorcas Clap, 21 Sep 1753; citing Marriage, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Reuben Smith Event Type:    Marriage Event Date:    09 Dec 1748 Event Place:    Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Gender:    Male Spouse's Name:    Miriam Moody Spouse's Gender:    Female Source: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSR-5X7 : 10 February 2018), Reuben Smith and Miriam Moody, 09 Dec 1748; citing Marriage, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 186,152. Name:    Ebenezer Moody Gender:    Male Death Date:    16 Apr 1789 Death Place:    Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts Age:    83 Birth Date:    1706 Source: "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM9-XZZ : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Moody, 16 Apr 1789; citing Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference p116; FHL microfilm 1,862,889. Name:    Danl. Moody Event Type:    Marriage Event Date:    19 Oct 1744 Event Place:    Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Gender:    Male Spouse's Name:    Mercy Morgan Source: "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPNR-Q5S : 9 February 2018), Danl. Moody and Mercy Morgan, 19 Oct 1744; citing p 52 r 98, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,416. Town: Ashfield Surname: Smith Chileab [dup. entered by deposition, Sr., "third settler in Ashfield in 1751. He was the most noted man in Ashfield," s. Preserved; s. Preserved; s. Rev. Henry], father of Chileab, June 1, 1708, in Hadley. Chileab, father of Chileab, Aug. 19, 1800, in A. [a. 92 y. 3 m., C.R.2.] Sarah, w. Chileab [for] "57 years & Eleven Months," Dec. 23, 1789, "her Birthday," a. 81, C.R.2. Source: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Name:    Chileab Smith Birth Date:    1 Jun 1708 Birth Place:    Hadley Source:    Vital Records of Ashfield Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Name:    Chileab Smith Death Date:    19 Aug 1800 Burial Place:    Ashfield Source:    Ashfield Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Name:    Ebenezer Moodey Event Type:    Death Death Date:    11 Nov 1757 Death Place:    South Hadley, Massachusetts Name:    Editha Moodey Event Type:    Death Death Date:    19 Aug 1757 Death Place:    South Hadley, Massachusetts Spouse Name:    Ebenezar Moodey Name:    Mr Joseph Moody Event Type:    Death Death Date:    14 Sep 1803 Death Place:    South Hadley, Massachusetts Name:    Miriam Smith Event Type:    Death Death Date:    16 Feb 1770 Death Place:    South Hadley, Massachusetts Father Name:    Reuben Smith Mother Name:    Miriam Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Probate Records

Will of Ebenezer Moody (for a larger view, right click on the image and select "Open image in new tab"): Source: Probate Records, 1660-1916; Index, 1660-1971; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Hampshire County); Probate Place: Hampshire, Massachusetts, Notes: Probate Records, Vol 8-9, 1753-1761. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts. Click to view the probate record of: Ebenezer Moody (son of Ebenezer and Editha)

Newspapers

Source: Death notices, Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA), 6 Sep 1800, p. 2.

Plinius Moody's The Moody Family

CAPT. EBENEZER MOODY, son of Samuel Moodie of Hadley, Mass, b. 23 Oct 1675 in Hadley, md. abt. 1702 to EDITHA KELLOGG 67. (I have been unable to obtain the record of this marriage or to ascertain of a certainty to what branch of the Kellogg family she belonged. Her Christian name was Editha and the testimony among her descendants, some of whom till the present time, in one unbroken line, occupied the same homestead on which they settled and even the same house in which she and her husband died, is undisputed, that her maiden name was Kellogg. She was b. 1683 as appears from her age recorded on her gravestone.) Besides, an ancient chest, which from the curious carved work upon it was evidently designed as part of the marriage dower, is still carefully preserved; this bears deeply engraved upon it the letters E.K. and the family in whose possession it is said, that `Capt. Daniel Moody', who died in 1828 used to say that the chest belonged to his grandmother whose name was Kellogg before marriage. To this may be added the fact that a old account book in my possession which belonged to her son, Ebenezer show by the number of charges against the Kellogg name compared with the amount against others, that there was an intimacy between the families. So also, among many things of the kind, the following, taken from the `Proprietors Book'; March 18, 1728-9 voted that they grant Liberty to Capt. Ebenezer Moody to join his first choice or division of land lying on Bachelders River up to Nathll Kellogg, Senr his first choice" "upon condition that sd Ebenezer Moody grant a high way through his first choice", etc. In my own mind scarcely a doubt remains that she was a Kellogg and yet it would be pleasing to be able to state more definitely respecting her. It is beyond dispute, that her son Joseph married into the Kellogg family, of this fact too, I have found no public record except as preserved among his descendants, and there are many omissions in the Hadley records of a similar kind, as elsewhere. With this the matter might rest were it not that the Probate Records of Lieut. Joseph Kellogg's estate who seems to have been about the only one of the name in this vicinity having children of a corresponding age, mentions no Editha. Samuel Kellogg of Hatfield, however, according to records of the `Day Family,' 24 Nov 1664 a grand daughter of Robert Day and his wife Editha (Stebbins). She having died Sep 19, 1677; he md. Sarah Root, now as no children are recorded of this marriage, and as his estate did not go to Probate, it is quite possible that of this second marriage there may have been a child, named Editha, being the name of the grandmother and thus supplying the defect. Yet we would not affirm. As the older brother John, married at Guilford, Conn. Perhaps she was of the Kellogg family in vicinity at Norwalk, Conn. Ebenezer Moody remained on the homestead in Hadley, somewhat above twenty years after marriage or until the planting of the Colony on the south side of Holyoke, at a place then called the South Precinct of Hadley. He was proprietor of the first division of lands there in 1719-20 also shared in the subsequent divisions. His land on the south side of Mt. Holyoke as appears from the 'Proprietors Book' was assigned thus: Homelot: 9 acres, 24 rods, 7 feet Meadow: 4 acres 92 rods 1st choice in 5000 acre divis 22 acres 141 rods 2nd choice in 5000 acre divis 22 acres 141 rods 1st choice in 5000 acre divis 18 acres 47 rods 2nd choice in 4000 acre divis (Homelot)12 acres 76 rods allowing 120 rods for a rood (Meadow) 5 acres- 134 rods 1st choice in 3000 acre divis (Homelot) 11acres 65 rods (Meadow) 2 acres 52 rods 2nd choice in 3000 acre divis 13 acres 117 rods 1st choice in 2500 acre divis 11acres 70 rods laid out to his heirs 2nd choice in 2500 acre divis 11 acres 70 rods Total = 143 acres 69 rods 7 feet By purchases made of the proprietors this amount was considerably increased.(The terms `Homelot', `Meadow', etc. must be understood as designating what fell to him as his share of a Homelot, etc. Many of the proprietors did not settle upon the land, thus named, but exchanged property with others. The country was then a wilderness, and the divisions being made regularly, it not infrequently happened that one's `Homelot' or `Meadow' would fall to him where a settlement would not be practicable.) Though peculiarly exposed to attacks from the Indians in that Mountain with only a narrow pass where it abuts upon the Connecticut River and a distance of a full seven miles separate them from the Parent Colony, he left the uncomfortable estate he then occupied, which he soon after gave to his eldest son, and with a few others began the settlement of what is now called South Hadley. His house was here built in June of 1729 and it is recorded on the Town Book in Hadley that `Ebenezer Smith was accidentally killed at the raising. (This Ebenezer Smith was a brother of Chileab Smith who married Sarah Moody, daughter of Captain Ebenezer Moody) He was the father and founder of the Hamlet in South Hadley, called `Moody-Corner' which name, the village still bears. (Being in the north-east corner of the then inhabited part of the town and settled entirely by his descendants with the exception of one family, it was thus named. On account of it's proximity to a part since set off from South Hadley and incorporated in the town of Granby many mistakes have occurred in print giving the Village a wrong position. (see Nash Family, etc.) It lies wholly in South Hadley.) His house stood a few feet from the fork of the roads at the foot of the hill and the South side; it was unfortunately burned about the year 1744 as appears from the account book of Dr. Richard Crouch at that time practicing physician in Hadley. Tradition affirms that a female servant perished in the flames. He removed and lived with his son Daniel who together about the time, built a large dwelling, well deserving, the name Mansion, on the south side of Bachelders Brook. The house is yet standing being on the brow of the hill south-west from the bridge. It is one of the largest, and excepting the first meeting house which has since been converted into a dwelling, one of the oldest houses in South Hadley. It is still in good repair and in nothing changed from the ancient form exception of a wing running west, the old lean to having been removed about 1826. He built and tended a grist mill the same being the first mill of the kind on the south side of Mt. Holyoke in that Precinct. This he did contrary to the opinion of some who at that time affirmed `there would never be inhabitants enough in the Precinct to support a mill! (Unlike the prediction was the result. Rebuilt twice afterwards by his descendants it was the mill for the inhabitants of the place in a large circuit till 1848 when it was converted into a paper mill, which has since been destroyed by fire.) And it is worthy of note that his house which he carefully located on a north and south line had its main front door opening towards the mill it being the center of business while another door was built in the end adjoining the road which might perhaps the better to accommodate visitors. He was Moderator of the first Town Meeting, held in that Precinct (March 12, 1733) and was ever a prominent actor in matters pertaining to the town, especially to that precinct and parish. He held the office of Captain in the Militia, which in those perilous times was responsible trust, but the date of his commission has not been found. During the first years of residence there, he with others of the settlers attended worship on the Sabbath in Hadley, a distant from 7 to 9 miles. The journey was performed on horseback generally, though sometimes on foot. The family starting in their every day apparel would stop at `Fort River Bridge' a little out from the center of the town and having changed their dusty garments, would pass the short distance remaining clad in their best attire. As they were exposed to attacks from the Indians, the families went armed and marshaled under leaders. It was indeed the Church Militant. In 1733, a meeting house, without a steeple or bell, yet sufficiently commodious for the inhabitants, who could then meet at the sound of the conch (The shell was blown a long while by John Lane who was paid for his services, it being a part of his duties as Sexton to convene the people. The same shell is yet preserved in the town as an ancient relic) and who worshipped after the Puritan faith. Ebenezer Moody was appointed to advise in regard to the bigness of the pews and Aug 10th of the same year he was appointed chairman of the committee who acted in the settlement of Rev. Grindal Rowson Oct 3, 1733. (Rev. Grindal Rowson was a grandson of Edward Rowson, Secretary of Colony of Massachusetts Bay from 1650 to 1686) It was one of the first acts of this committee to secure by vote of the precinct a grant of land for the use of the ministry on condition that a "good orthodox minister" should be settled among them; this land was at time of his settlement assigned to Mr. Rowson. Years after when different persons had voted his removal, we find the name of Ebenezer Moody at the head of a protest with the names of fourteen others among whom were his two Nephews John and Samuel Moody, his Nephew Joseph Kellogg, and his son in law, Nehemiah Dickinson and at their request it was inserted on record that they dissent from the above vote concerning Mr. Rowson. Whatever, the dislike these measures it seems were more dissent that of the men who to prevent his preaching forcibly ejected him from the meeting house. At the age of 72, Capt. Ebenezer Moody began to dispose of his large estate. The farm in Hadley where he had formally lived, he made over to his son, Ebenezer. The deed is in my possession. It bears date, "Feb 3rd 1748" and conveys all and singular, my housing, buildings, orchards and lands, both meadow lands, homelot lands, or woodlands, etc. that are lying or being situated within the bounds of the first Precinct of Hadley excepting only my meadow lands in Hoconumfield and one woodlot in the commons before sold. A similar deed given the same day and year to his son David transmitted in another branch of the family conveys all and singular my right of lands on which I now live in the second Precinct of Hadley that layeth on the south side of Bachelders River with the dwelling house thereon saving only to myself and wife suitable & convenient house room & seller room during our lives, all so one third part of my Crank lot in sd precinct so called, allso one third part of that parcel of land called the Great Meadow lot, allso the whole of my first half in the four thousand acres division in sd precinct and after my decd one third part of my grist mill & right to the stream." (Hampshire SS. Springfield, Aug. 27, 1760. Received and recorded in book No 2, page 356 & Examined per Edward Pynchon, Regr) Being now in the 82d year of his age, he disposed of the remainder of his property in form as follows. "The 22d day of March 1757 In the name of God: Amen. I Ebenezer Moodey of South Hadley in the County of Hampshire in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England being sick and weak in body out of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God therefor, calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die to make and ordain this my last Will & Testament. That is to say: Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul to the hands of God that gave it and my body, I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent and Christian burial at the discression of my Executor not doubting that at the Resurrection I shall receive it, the same again by the mighty Power of God. And as touching my worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this world, I give, demise & dispose of the same in the following manner & form. My just debts and funeral charges to be first paid, I give and bequeath unto Editha my well beloved wife one third part of my personal Estate to be at her dispose forever, and the use and improvement of one third part of my Real Estate during the term of her natural life; two drafts or parcels of land thereinafter given to my sons Joseph and Josiah and a piece of land to Daniel, my son & my right in undivided lands only excepted & of which my wife is to have no part. I give and bequeath to my son Ebenezer, twelve shillings, which with what he hath already received is his part. I give to my sons Joseph, Daniel & Josiah all my right in common or undivided lands lying in South Hadley to be equally divided among them: and furthermore, I give to my said sons all my personal estate except what I have already given to my wife as aforesaid and the movables or utensils belonging to the house and cash or security for money & also I give to my sons Joseph & Josiah the two drafts or parcels of land which I laid out in the 3000 acre division to be equally divided between them two & also, I give to my son Daniel a lot or parcel of land which I bought of Moses White. I give to my daughters Mary & Sarah each of them four pounds, I give to my daughters Editha & Miriam – each of them two pounds thirteen shillings & sixpence. The rest of my estate both money and movables, I give to my children Joseph, Daniel, Mary, Sarah, Editha, and Miriam to be equally divided among them and I do Will and appoint my sons Joseph and Daniel Executors of this my last Will & Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow all other Testaments or Wills by me in any ways before made ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date before written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced & declared by the sd Ebenezer Moodey to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us subscribers who also subscribed in his presence. James Patrick Ebenezer Morgan Daniel Nash." The above Will was proved Feb 14, 1758, and is recorded in the Probate Records for Hampshire County at Northampton, Mass. CAPT. EBENEZER MOODY, d. 11 Nov 1757, aged 82. MRS. EDITHA MOODY, d. 19 Aug 1757, aged 74. His wife for whom he had made provision in the above Will, it appears did not survive him. They were buried in the grave yard at South Hadley, a short distance, west of the gate where slabs of re- sand-stone are erected to their memory, inscriptions plainly legible. This is the oldest grave of the descendants of Mr. John Moodie and excepting of his wife, and of the wife of his brother Samuel, it is the oldest grave of the name, I have found with memento of the place. The births of their children are on the Hadley Records ending with Daniel. As he removed to the South Precinct, the dates of the rest were not recorded, but from inscriptions on grave stones where the rest were buried, I have been able to restore the years of their births respectively." Source: Moody, Plinius, The Moody Family, or Records of the Descendants of Mr. John Moody of Hartford, Connecticut, 1856, organized and recorded By Theodore L. Moody And Maxine Bull Moody, Nov 1991.

Boltwood's Genealogies of Hadley Families

MOODY, Sarah, wid. of Dea. John of Hartford, d. in Hadley, 1671. 1. MOODY, Samuel, supposed to have been the only child of Dea. John Moody of Hartford, and grandson of George Moody of Moulton, Suffolk Co., Eng., d. Sept. 22, 1689. He m. Sarah, dau. of John Deming of Wethersfield, Ct. She d. Sept. 29, 1717. Children— Sarah, m. Dec. 23, 1680, John Kellogg, and d. Sept. 19, 1689: John, b. July 24, 1661, settled in Hartford, Ct., and d. Nov. 5, 1732, ae. 71; Hannah, h. March 5, 1663, d. unm. Jan. 6, 1713; Mary, m. (1) June 30, 1689, Alexander Panton; (2) June 29, 1689, James Munn; Samuel, h. Nov. 28, 1670; Ehenezer, h. Oct. 23, 1675. 2. Samuel, s. of Samuel, (1) d. Nov. 10, 1744, ae. 82. He m. Sept. 5,. 1700, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Lane of Suffield, Ct. She was alive in Jan. 1758. Children— Samuel, b. Sept. 10. 1672 ; John, h. Sept. 10, 1672; Nathan, b. June 27, 1706; Jonathan, b. June 2, 1708; David, b. Dec. 3, 1711; Sarah, b. May 30, 1717, d. May 22, 1719 : Sarah, b. Sept. 29, 1720. 3. Ebenezer, s. of Samuel, (1) d. Nov. 11, 1757, ae. 82. He m. Editha, who d. Aug. 19, 1757, in 75th yr. Children— Jonathan, b. Jan. 13, 1703, d. April 3, 1703; Mary, b. Dec. 28, 1705, m. 1730, Nehemiah Dickinson of Granby, and d. Nov. 15, 1787; Ebenezer, b. Feb. 22, 1707; Sarah, h. Jan. 13, 1709; Joseph, b. Jan. 13, 1712; Daniel, b. March 12, 1715, d. s. p., in So. H., April 20, 1792. He m. 1744, Mercy Morgan of Springfield. She d. Nov. 6, [7 ?] 1786, ae. 73; Josiah, b. 1721; Editha, m. Oct. 23, 1746, Joseph White: Miriam, m. Jan. 19, 1748, Reuben Smith. ... 8. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer, (3) rem. to Belchertown, and d. 1789. He m. (1) Feb. 1, 1739, Joanna Warner of Belchertown. She d. Nov. 14, 1772; (2) Wid. Anna Chapin. Children— Elijah, b. Sept. 7, 1739, m. 1762, Elijah Wheeler, and d. 1773; Joanna, b. 1742, m. David Warriner, Jr. of Wilbraham; Ebenezer, b.'1743, d. young; Ebenezer, h. Sept. 10, 1744, m. Lois Smith, and d. in So. H., June 23, 1833, ae. 88; Jerusha, b. 1747, d. unm. 1775; Matthew, b. 1749, d. unm. 1779. 9. Joseph, s. of Ebenezer, (3) So. Had., d. Sept. 15, 1803, in 92d yr. He m. Sarah Kellogg, who d. June, 1782. in 69th yr. Children — Joseph, b. Feb. 2, 1738, d. Jan. 5, 1757 ; Lois, b. Oct. 29, 1740, d. Feb. 29, 1741 ; Noah, b. March 29, 1742 ; Eunice, b. Dec 23, 1746, d. 1746 ; Silence, b. May, 1748, d. 1749; Seth, b. Jan. 16, 1750, d. 1752; Seth, b. Sept. 28, 1752 ; Daniel, b. Jan. 17, 1755. 10. Josiah, s. of Ebenezer, (3) So. Had., m. (1) Jan. 17, 1745, Rebecca White, who d. Sept. 15, 1751, ae. 27; (2) Dorcas, wid. of Noah Clapp of Nh. She d. Nov. 16, 1762, ae. 34; (3) Sarah, wid. of Matthew Clark. She d. March 11, 1810, ae. 82. Children— Eliphaz, b. Nov. 23, 1745, d. May 15, 1752; Josiah, b. Aug. 7, 1748; Rebecca, b. July 21 , 1750, d. Sept. 6, 1758; Dorcas, b. Aug. 8, 1754; Mercy, b. Oct. 18, 1756; Sarah, b. July 16, 1764; Eliphaz, b. Sept. 20, J766 ; Sylvester, b. May 20, 1771. Source: Boltwood, Lucius Manlius, Genealogies of Hadley Families: Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst, and Granby, Amherst, MA: Metcalf & Company, 1862, pgs. 100-101.

Judd's History of Hadley

Pages 37-8: DICKINSON 32. Nehemiah, s. of Nehemiah, (16) Gr., d. March 20, 1776, ae. 73. M. June 4, 1730, Mary Moody, who d. Nov. 15, 1787. Children — Nehemiah, b. Aug. 10, 1731, d. Oct. 25, 1799; Mary, b. Oct. 19, 1732, d. 1752; Joseph, b. Sept. 13, 1734, d. March 28, 1736; Azubah, b. Sept. 7, 1736, m. 1757, Josiah Snow, Jr.; Joseph, b. Dec. 15, 1738, m. Susanna, dau. of Samuel Church, and d. Nov. 2, 1817, ae. 78; Editha, b. Feb. 21, 1742; Mehitable, b. Jan. 13, 1745, d. Aug. 25, 1748; Mehitable, b. Oct. 28, 1749. Page 90: LYMAN, John, b. in Nh., Oct. 2, 1693, s. of John, d. Jan. 3, 1783. He m. (i) 1718, Abigail, dau. of Joseph Mosely of Westfield and Glastenbury, Ct. He m. (2) Feb. 15, 1753, Theoda, wid. of Isaac Sheldon of Hartford. She d. 1763. Children — Zadoc, b. 1719; Mindwell, b. July 29, 1721, m. Ebenezer Pomeroy, 3d; John, b. Oct. 7, 1723, res. in Nh., and d. Nov. 4, 1797, ae. 74, m. Hannah Strong; Abigail, h. abt. 1725, burnt to death in the house Dec. 8, 1742; Dorcas, b. abt. 1727, m. (i) Noah Clapp; (2) 1753, Josiah Moody of S. H.; Sarah, b. abt. 1730, m. Dec. 30, 1756, Supply Clapp; Hannah, b. abt. 1733, burnt to death Dec. 8, 1742; Elinor, b. Oct. 29, 1735, m. (i) Dec. 19, 1759, Stephen Pomeroy; (2) Sept. 13, 1775, Oliver Morton; Caleb, bapt. July 2, 1738, rem. to Cazenovia, N. Y., m. 1763, Mehitable Strong. Page 563: SMITH... 7. Reuben, s. of Joseph, (2) So. Had. He m. (i) Jan. 19, 1749, Miriam Moody, who d. Feb. 16, 1770; (2) Sibil, wid. of Elijah Smith of Belchertown, and dau. of Daniel Worthington of Colchester, Ct. Children — Jonathan, b. Oct. 16, 1749; Reuben, b. March i, 1752, d. 1759; Abigail, h. March i, 1754; Miriam, b. Aug. 31, 1756; Reuben, b. Feb. 21, 1759; Persis, b. July 24, 1761; Selah, b. May 21, 1764. Source: Judd, Sylvester, History of Hadley, Springfield, MA: H. R. Huntting & Company, 1905.

Cutter's Genealogical and Personal Memoirs

Volume 2: (III) Eleazer, son of John Warner, was born November 13, 1662, and died May 8, 1729. He married, May 27, 1689, Hester Taylor, who died December 28, 1748, aged eighty-two, daughter of John Taylor. Children: 1. Hester, born August 3, 1692; married, May 23, 1716, Samuel Smith, of Sunderland. 2. Eleazer, born July 29, 1694. 3 Stephen, born November 3, 1698; mentioned below. 4. Marah, born October 30, 1699. 5. Joanna, born September 22, 1706; married Ebenezer Moody. 6. Ruth, born about 1712; died unmarried August 16, 1755, aged forty three. Source: Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Vol. 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910, p. 857. Volume 4: (XIV) John (3), son of John (2) and Mindwell (Pomeroy) Lyman, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, October 12, 1693, died November 9, 1797. He was of Hockanum, Massachusetts, and lived many years on the plains, so called, where all of his children were born. He was called Captain John Lyman, but the character of his military service is not known, although it is probable that he took part in some of the Indian wars which began soon after 1700, during Queen Anne's reign and afterward. On the night of December 8-9, 1747, his house was destroyed and with it two of his children were burned to death. This misfortune is said to have been one of the reasons which impelled him to remove to Hockanum, where he made large purchases of land and where he spent the remaining years of his life. Captain John Lyman married (first) in 1718, Abigail Mosely, of Westfield, Massachusetts, who died November 9, 1750. He married (second) Theoda Sheldon, widow, whose family name was Hunt. Captain Lyman had nine children, all born in Northampton and of his first marriage: I. Zadoc, born 1719, see forward. 2. Mindwell, 1721, died October 9, 1797: married Ebenezer Pomeroy. 3. John, October 7, 1723; married Hannah Strong. 4. Abigail, 1725 ; was burned to death. 5. Dorcas, 1727; married (first) Noah Clapp ; (second) Josiah Moody. 6. Sarah, 1730: married Supply Clapp. 7. Hannah, 1733. burned to death. 8. Eleanor, 1735; married (first) Stephen Pomeroy, (second) Oliver Morton. 9. Caleb, June 21, 1738; married, 1763, Mehitable Strong and removed to New York province. Source: Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Vol. 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910, pgs. 2162-3.

1790 Federal Census

Name:    Joseph Moody Home in 1790 (City, County, State):    South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:    1 Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:    3 Free White Persons - Females:    5 Number of Household Members:    9 Source: Year: 1790; Census Place: South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 259; Image: 295; Family History Library Film: 0568144. Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Gravestones

Gravestone of Ebenezer Moody, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Click here to view photo by the moo, findagrave.com). Inscription: "In Memory of Capt EBENEZER MOOD[EY who] Died No[vember] Ye 11th 1757 [in ye] 82nd year of his Age Know then this truth Enough for man to know Virtue alone is Hapiness bleow" Gravestone of Editha (Day?) Moody, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Click here to view photo by the moo, findagrave.com). Inscription: "In Memory of Mrs EDITHA Wife of Capt. EBENEZER MOODEY, died August ye 19th 1757 in her 75th year Hope Humbly then With Trembling Pinions Soar, wait ye Great Teacher Death & God Adore" Gravestone of Joseph Moody, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (photo credit: James Bianco, findagrave.com): Gravestone of Sarah (Kellogg) Moody, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (photo credit: James Bianco, findagrave.com): Gravestone of Daniel Moody, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Click here to view photo by the moo, findagrave.com). Inscription: "Sacred Memory of Den. Daniel Moody Who Died April 20th 1792 In the 76 year of His Age Death's terror is the mountain faith removes Believe, and look with triumph on the tomb" Gravestone of Mercy (Morgan) Moody, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Click here to view photo by the moo, findagrave.com). Inscription: "In Memory of Mrs. Mercy wife of Deacn. Daniel Moody Who died Nov 7, 1786 In the 73 year of her Age Life is uncertain death is sure, sin is the wound & Christ the cure" Gravestone of Josiah Moody, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Click here to view photo by the moo, findagrave.com). Inscription: "In memory of Mr, Josiah Moodey: Who Died Feb 7th, 1794. In the 73d, Year of His Age. Death is a Debt, To Nature due: I paid the Debt, and so must you." Gravestone of Mrs. Sarah Moody (wife of Josiah), Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (photo credit: James Bianco, findagrave.com): Gravestone of Rebecca (White) Moody, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Click here to view photo by the moo, findagrave.com). Inscription: "Mrs. Rebekah the Wife of Mr. Josiah Moody Died Sept. 17, 1751 In ye 28 Year of her Age Eliphas Moody son To the above said Died May 15: 1752 in ye 7 Year of his Age." Gravestone of Dorcas (Lyman) Moody, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Click here to view photo by the moo, findagrave.com). Inscription: "Mrs. Dorcas The Wife of Mr Josiah Moody Died Nov. 16 1762 Aged 34 Blest door of Bliss to wery Saints Thou art Grim Death Become Secure as in a Cabinet Their Dust is in the tombe." Gravestone of Reuben Smith, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (photo credit: S.A. Smith IV, findagrave.com): Gravestone of Miriam (Moody) Smith, Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (photo credit: S.A. Smith IV, findagrave.com): Gravestone of Ebenezer and Joanna (Warner) Moody, Coleman Dark Corner Cemetery (Rural Cemetery), Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts (photo credit: Linda L (#48423540), findagrave.com):

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