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Emily married Calvin Sawday on 1 Jan 1830. Calvin was born on 6 Mar 1809; and died. [Group Sheet]

1. Burdet Wesley Sawday was born on 27 Jan 1832; and died.

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• Occupation: clothier
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• Residence: 1810, Greenfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
• Residence: Abt 1814, Hamilton, Madison, New York; after moving from Deerfield
• Residence: 1830, Hamilton, Madison, New York

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Many enterprising farmers joined the settlement begun by Messrs. Wells, Nash, Shields and Muir on the rich lands about the valley of the Chenango, eastern branch, and soon had productive farms under cultivation. Among them were Abijah Snow, Elijah, Zenas and Thomas Nash, Lucius Crane, James Williams and others. Ebenezer Colson came to this section as late as 1815, and spent the rest of his life here. Justus Shattuck came about 1814, and settled nearly half way between Earlville and Poolville, and set up the clothier trade, which business he continued for many years.
- History of Madison County, Chapter 9 Hamilton

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in Poolville Cemetery

Justus married Polly Robinson in Sep 1805 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. Polly (daughter of Jeremiah Robinson and Martha (Patty) Ford) was born on 14 Feb 1786 in Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; died on 29 Sep 1839 in Norwich, Chenango, New York; was buried in 1839 in Hamilton, Madison, New York. [Group Sheet]

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Poolville Cemetery

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He marched under Capt.Locke at the Lexington Alarm, and was present at the capture of Cornwallis. Appointed Captain in 1780. He commanded a company from the county of Hampshire in the revolutionary army, from July to November, 1781.

Capt. married Lucy Parker on 10 Nov 1772 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. Lucy (daughter of Nathaniel Parker and Eleanor Walker) was born on 30 Jan 1751 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 20 May 1834 in Hawley, Franklin, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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• Military: served in the Revolutionary War
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The place earliest used in town for a cemetery, so far as known, was the lot on the west side of the road, just north of Mrs. Rachel Shaw's, now occupied by C. W. Streeter as a pasture. Scarcely any race of these early burials, of which there were only a few, now remains. No headstones were erected. Another ancient cemetery lies on the east side of the road just south of the meeting-house.
This was in general use for perhaps twenty years, but was long since abandoned. The last interment here was that of Daniel Streeter, who suicided in 1855. Here were interred Jeremiah Robinson, who owned and operated the first corn mill in town, and his successor, Joseph Beals, the "Mountain Miller," and their families. These last named have been re-interred in the principal cemetery north of the meeting-house. In 1889, the writer witnessed the disinterment of the remains of Jeremiah Robinson, who died in 1824. Portions of the coffin still remained. One fragment bore his initials, J. R., formed by brass-headed nails driven into the wood, as was the custom in those days. Some 20 headstones bearing inscriptions still remain.--About twenty persons were buried in the pasture about half a mile north of Amos K. Griggs'. No headstones were erected, but the graves can still be distinctly traced. - History of the Town of Plainfield, p.56
March 22, 1790, "Voted that Simon Burroughs, Caleb White and Jeremiah Robinson be a committee to view the ground near Streeter's Saw-mill and Determine whether it be necessary to build a bridge over the Brook just above said mill or not." Later at the same meeting it was voted to build the bridge, which was probably one of the first in town. - History of the Town of Plainfield
Jeremiah was a Selectmen for Plainfield in 1791
It is believed that the grist mill, or "corn mill," as it was called, of Jeremiah Robinson, said to have been established in 1789, and the saw mill of Samuel Streeter, both on Mill brook, were the first mills of any kind established here, being mentioned in the records as early as 1791. In 1798 the grist mill was purchased by Joseph Beals, "the Mountain Miller," who managed the business until his death in 1813. - History of the Town of Plainfield, p.68
Jeremiah served in the Revolutionary War

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in Hilltop Cemetery, Row 20, Plot 18

Jeremiah married Martha (Patty) Ford on 27 May 1781 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Martha (daughter of Andrew Ford and Sarah Shaw) was born on 2 May 1755 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 12 Sep 1814 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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in Hilltop Cemetery, Row 20, Plot 18

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He was probably the Samuel Shattuck who was a proprietor of Petersham at its first incorporation, (Wilson's Ad-dress, pp. 15, 88.) He afterwards settled in Deerfield (Mass). His eldest son served a campaign in the French war; and on his return brought home the small pox, and gave it to both his parents. The mother and son recovered, but the father died. So far as the information contained in this volume shows, the name of Shattuck, among the descendants of Dr. Philip, his grandfather, has been preserved only in the line of this Samuel. In the other branches it appears to have become extinct. - Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, by Lemuel Shattuck (1855)

Samuel married Sarah Clesson on 4 Dec 1740 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Clesson and Hannah Arms) was born on 10 Jan 1722 in Northhampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died about 1785 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Nathaniel married Eleanor Walker on 6 Dec 1733 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Eleanor was born on 11 Mar 1719 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 6 May 1776 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Josiah married Anna Barton. Anna and died. [Group Sheet]

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Andrew was admitted to the Abington Church in 1741. He was elected to several town offices: Fence Viewer 11 Mar 1745, Leather Sealer 10 Mar 1746, Field Driver 6 Mar 1749. He was paid by the town Treasurer for killing various pests in 1741,1742,1754 and 1765. He had no colonial or Revolutionary service in Massachusetts according to the records, but four of his sons served in the Revolution. Andrew was a yeoman and cordwainer; he may have established the tannery which located on the Ford side of the Southern grant. He inherited his father’s sawmill and received property from his father and grandfather,Andrew Ford. He bought land in Abington from Ebenezer Hunt in 1754 and sold land there to his relatives and neighbors. 1751-1777. It is not certain exactly where he lived in Abington. Two facts were known; first he never lived in his father’s house at 770 Washington Street, which he sold to Joshua Howe in 1760; his house was burned in 1757. Cyrus Nash reports on the latter. “ A child of Andrew Ford’s great great great grandchild of Andrew Ford, the first settler in this place from Weymouth. This child (?) burnt in a house of Mr. Andrew Ford’s which took fire by the children. After found that the house was on fire (Mr. Ford and his wife was absent at the time) the children run out of the house and left a child asleep in the cradle.” Evidently because “he had his house burnt in Nov. last” Andrew was allowed by the vote of the town, 30 May 1758 to draw his rates (taxes) out of the treasury and was paid 2.14, 7.1 by the town treasure, 13 Sept 1758. This house may have been the one at 50 Adams Street, originally owned by Hezekiah Ford;it was remembered only by the site of the cellar hole when Cyrus Nash was writing in the early 1800s. Andrew was placed in the West Abington settlement by Eldridge Payn in his 1896 map. Andrew and Sarah sold 59 acres with buildings in this area to Micha and John Hunt in 1777, Sept 1, when he was called yeoman of Plantation no. 5. He lived in the area organized as the district of Plainfield in 1785. He bought and sold land, according to the Hampshire County Deeds. Andrew and Sarah together with their children Andrew Jr. and his wife, Sarah, Elijah and Solomon Ford and Martha Robinson were original members of the First Church of Plainfield, 31 Aug 1786. Andrew may have built Ford’s Mill mentioned in Hampshire County Deeds, Books 2 page 152, 1788, when some of his sons deeded a share in it to Jeremiah Robinson. - The Descendants of Andrew Ford of Weymouth, Massachusetts

Andrew married Sarah Shaw on 25 Nov 1742 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John Shaw and Sarah Burrell) was born in 1724 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died in Jan 1791 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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He was a physician, and resided in Boston from 1708 to 1715. He afterwards removed to Watertown, and assumed the medical practice of his father, where he d. in the full vigor of life. May 19, 1729, age 42 y. 2 m. 13 d. He m. in Boston, Oct. 12, 1708, Mary Ladd of that town. His first 3 or 4 children were born in Boston, and were baptized in the Brattle Street Church, of which the parents were members. - Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, by Lemuel Shattuck (1855)

Dr. married Mary Ladd on 12 Oct 1708 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Ezekiel Ladd and Mary Folsom) was born on 17 Jan 1690 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts,; died in 1791 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Joseph married Hannah Arms. Hannah and died. [Group Sheet]

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Nathaniel married Lydia Nutting on 14 Jan 1713 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Lydia was born on 3 Jun 1686 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 8 May 1776 in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Andrew received property from his father, 1720 (Plymouth County deeds, vol. 16, p. 9), and land, housing, farm equipment by his father’s will, proved in 1725. He was appointed executor by his brother Hezekiah’s will, 27 Nov. 1721, and was named guardian of Hezekiah’s minor children, Hezekiah and Ruth, in 1723. He built two houses in Abington (Historical Society of Old Abington). The first one, at the present site of lOll Washington Street, was probably built after his purchase of the Woodward grant, 1706/7. His son Jacob lived and died in this house. About 1800 Jacob’s son Benjamin sold it to Capt. Richard Vining, who built another house there in 1815. Andrew’s second house, located at 770 Washington Street, was “new” about 1735. A house stands there today; the back part of dark stained shingle, with central chimney, is the original; it faces south. It was sold in 1760 by Andrew Ford IV to Joshua Howe (Plymouth County deeds, vol. 48, p. 194). A sign attached to the front of the house erroneously states that it was erected before 1700.
Andrew was called “Ensign” in the Abington records, 23 April 1728. He and his wife Mercy were on the first list of First Church members, 1724. He was on the committee to get the meeting house finished, 24 Dec. 1728, and on the committee, 1 March 1731, which made up the accounts regarding the finishing of the meeting house. Ten years later he was moderator of a meeting which was primarily concerned with the question of repairing the old meeting house or building a new one.
He was also active in civic affairs. He was elected Highway Surveyor three times, 4 March 1723, 1 March 1725, I March 1731. Twice he served on a committee to provide a schoolmaster for the town, 26 Nov. 1729, the first in Abington, and again 30 Dec. 1730. On 23 April 1728 he was trustee for a £60,000 loan to the town. On 8 Jan. 1730 he served on a committee to meet with Hingham, Hull, Scituate, Hanover, Weymouth and Braintree committees in an attempt to have this district create a new county. On 5 Dec. 1734 he was moderator of a town meeting to provide for the care of an indigent; and on 31 May 1736 moderator of a meeting concerned with the continuation of the same case. On 22 May 1738 he was moderator of a meeting on a petition to have the old “Colony Line” re-surveyed correctly; and on 31 March 1741 moderator of a regular Town Meeting. Andrew bought land in 1706/7 from Joseph and Isaac Poole (Plymouth County deeds, vol. 7, p. 208). This deed mentioned land of “ye sd John fford,” probably a clerical error as “Andrew” is the only previously-mentioned Ford. In 1724 Andrew bought land from William Reed; he sold property in 1740 to James Nash, in 1742 to Abraham Josselyn, in 1744 to Joseph Stoddard, in 1749 to Woodbridge Brown (Plymouth County deeds, passim.).
His will was written 12 June 1749 and proved 4 June 1750. He bequeathed to “beloved wife Allice” the privilege of living in the best room of either of his houses, also food supplies and firewood. His son Jacob received the northerly half of his farm, except for the sawmill. His son Andrew received the southern half of the farm and the sawmill. His daughter Hester Porter received thirty acres of land and her children, money. The children of his daughter Mercy Richards and of his daughter Mary Reed, also received money. Witnesses were: Samuel Brown, Ebenezer Bate, Jr., Mercy Brown. His sons Jacob and Andrew were named executors when the will was proved in 1750 (plymouth County Probate, vol. 12, p. 146, 147). - Descendants of Andrew Ford of Weymouth, Massachusetts

Buried:
in Mt. Vernon Cemetery

Andrew married Mercy Reed on 27 Nov 1706 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of William Reed and Esther Tomson) was born about 1682 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 4 Feb 1738 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts; was buried in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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John married Sarah Burrell. Sarah and died. [Group Sheet]

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