Boltwood, Robert

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LUCIEN C. WARNER, M.D., LL.D. & MRS. JOSEPHINE GENUNG NICHOLS, The Descendants of Andrew Warner (NEW HAVEN, CONN., THE TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TAYLOR CO., 1919).

Robert' Boltwood, a native of Essex County, England, came to America before 1648, when his name first appears in the
Connecticut records. He *settled in the east part of Wethersfield, in the part now included in Glastonbury, and received a
grant of a pond with a quantity of land adjacent thereto, which he purchased from the Indian chief, Peckharen. He was made
freeman May 20, 1658, and the following year was one of the "engagers" who removed to Hadley, Massachusetts, and became
one of the original proprietors of that settlement. His home lot of eight acres was located on the west side of Main Street
of Hadley, the fourth in order from the north limits of the settlement.

He died in Hadley April 6, 1684, and his wife Mary, whose parentage is unknown, died there May 14, 1687. In Hadley
Robert Boltwood was a sergeant in the militia, held many civil offices, was a farmer and ran the corn mill from 1677 until
his death. Robert' and Mary Boltwood had five children : Samuel2 ; Sarah', m. (I) Isaac' Warner of Hatfield (see number
8) ; Lydia2, m. April 2, 1674, John Warner of Springfield; Martha', m. Daniel2 Warner; and Mary', m. October 24, 1667,
James Beebe. Samuel2 Boltwood was a soldier stationed at Deerfield at the time of the fearful Indian attack upon the settlement,
February 29, 1704, and was killed in the encounter. When the news of the attack reached Hadley, his sons, Samuel, Robert,
and Eleazer, knowing that their father was involved, joined the troop and rode rapidly to the relief of Deerfield. The father and
three sons were all engaged in the desperate fight on Deerfield meadows for the recovery of the captive inhabitants. In the
same band were four other grandsons of Robert Boltwood, Johns, Ebenezer', and Samuel' Warner (sons of Daniel2 and
Martha (Boltwood) Warner), and Daniel' (son of Isaac2 and Sarah (Boltwood) Warner).
Robert Boltwood of Hadley, in his will dated 19 Jan. 1682, proved at Springfield 3o Sept. 1684, provides as follows (among
other items) :

"Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Sarah wife to Isaac Warner ten pounds. Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Martha wife to Danll
Warner fifteene pounds. Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Lydia wife to John Warner fifteen pounds Item I do give & bequeath to my
daughter Mary deceased her three children five pounds apiece. Item- to my loveing son Sarnu Boltwood-five pounds. Item-al the rest-I bequeath
to my Loveing wife. Son Samuel Boltwood Executor."

(Hampshire Probate, Northampton, 2:18.)

Family/Spouse: unknown, Mary. Mary died on 14 May 1687 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Warner, Lieutenant Daniel on 1 Apr 1674. Daniel (son of Warner, Andrew and Warner, Mrs Andrew) was born in 1640; died on 30 Apr 1692 in Hatfield, Mass. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Esther married Harvey, Samuel on 26 Jun 1707 in Hatfield, Hampshire Co. MA. Samuel (son of Harvey, William and Harvey, Mrs William) was born in 1674 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1764 in Montague. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age: 67

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Died:
Age: 66

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Died:
Age: 24

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Died:
Age: 72

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Died:
Age: 84

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Died:
Age: 1

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"History of Montague: a Puritan Town"

"In 1757, that difficult and delicate task of seating the meetinghouse was entrusted to a committee of nine, divided
into three sets or subcommittees. Each set was to seat the house by themselves in the first instance, and
then compare notes, the committee as a whole to adjust the differences. We may imagine the fancied slights and
heartburnings which the committee's work produced, however wisely they acted; Mrs. Samuel Harvey, perhaps,
complaining because she had been assigned a seat inferior to that given Mrs. Lieut. Clapp, and others making
similar criticisms without end. Too poor to buy a bell, the people voted to hire Lieut. Clapp's "conk" shell to
be blown as a "sygnall on the Sabbath day," and it was afterwards purchased by the town for one pound and ten
shillings. It exists to-day, a treasured relic, in the hands of Deacon Richard Clapp.

Samuel married Bodman, Lydia on 2 Dec 1736 in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia (daughter of Bodman, Joseph) was born on 30 Jul 1707 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died in in Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Anna on 9 Oct 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elisha married Huntington, Zurviah on 26 Dec 1753 in Lebanon, Conn. Zurviah was born on 23 Jul 1727; died on 3 Jan 1801 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Emmons, Sarah on 27 Dec 1753 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Phelps, Sarah on 26 Mar 1767 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA. Sarah was born in in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Inscription:
In Memory of Capt Moses Harvey, who died Jany 17th, 1795 in the 72nd. year of his age. "All these, my four sons, died in 3 months and 2 days. Not any of my family left except my wife and one daughter to lament the loss."

Buried:
Old South Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Esther. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Smith, Sarah on 19 Apr 1759 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1776, Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH

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History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1886, 1073 pgs.
.

CAPT. EBNEZER HARVEY was of Northfield, Mass, in 1758, having come to that town from Sunderland. He appears to have removed from Northfield to Winchester, and from that town to Chesterfield. September 17, 1772 he purchased of Elkanah Day,, of this town, a part of house-lots Nos. 5 and 6, in the tenth and eleventh ranges. This land was near the common at the Centre village, which was mentioned in the deed as having been conveyed to the town. In JUne 1777, he was sentenced by
the "court of inquiry" at Keene to be confined to the limits of his farm and to pay a fine for alleged hostility to the American cause.
He appears also to have been a zealous partisan of Vermont in the controversy about the "New Hampshire Grants." He was selectman in 1783 and 1803; representative in 1785. He was the first postmaster in Chesterfield commissioned by the United States, holding the office from 1802 to 1810.

One of his sons, RUFUS HARVEY SR., lived and died in Chesterfield. For many years he (Rufus) was a deputy sheriff for the county of Cheshire.

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New Hampshire Sentinel, 4 SEP 1802:
"A Post Office is established at Chesterfield, N.H. and Ebenezer Harvey, jun. appointed Post Master"

New Hampshire Sentinel, 21 JUL 1804:
"Came into the inclosure of the Subscriber, about the tenth of May, a dark red yearling steer calf -- The owner is requested to pay the cost of keeping and advertising, and tak him away. Ebenezer Harvey, jun. Chesterfield, July 1, 180"

Massachusetts Spy, 8 Dec 1785:
"All persons indebted to the estate of SAMUEL KING, State of New-Hampshire, deceased, are hereby requested to mak an immediate payment; and all to whom said estate is indebted are desired to bring in their accounts in order for settlement. Ebenezer Harvey, Ex'r. Chesterfield, Nov. 10th, 1785"

Ebenezer married Wright, twin Lucy on 25 Feb 1768 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Lucy (daughter of Wright, Azariah and Wright, Elisabeth, daughter of Wright, Azariah) was born on 29 Oct 1740 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died after 1790 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married JANES, Sarah on 28 Feb 1759 in Northfield, Franklin Co., Ma. Sarah (daughter of Janes, Johnathan) was born in 1740 in Northfield, MA?; died on 12 Nov 1764 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]