William Shattuck[1]
1747 - 1810 (62 years)
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Name William Shattuck Born 31 Aug 1747 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
Gender Male _UID 497035DC0220400CB24EA4F68B393DBA8DF9 Died 1810 West, , Ontario, Canada Person ID I2311 Strong History Last Modified 6 Jan 2018
Father Samuel Shattuck, b. 29 May 1716, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 29 Dec 1760, Montague City, Franklin, Massachusetts (Age 44 years) Mother Sarah Clesson, b. 10 Jan 1722, Northhampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts , d. Abt 1785, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts (Age 62 years) Married 4 Dec 1740 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts [2, 3, 4] Family ID F653 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lydia Allis, d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 14 Jan 2020 Family ID F996 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - He was a blacksmith, and lived successively in Ashfield, Mass., Halifax and Guilford, Vt., Hinsdale, N. H., and Dummerston, Yt. From the latter place he removed in 1795 to Romulus, Seneca Co.,N. Y. While resident in Guilford he was Senior Major of a regiment of Militia, of which Timothy Church was Colonel and Henry Edwards, Junior Major, raised by the state of New York for the protection of her rights in the long contested and exciting controversy with New Hampshire in relation to the jurisdiction over the territory now comprising Vermont. In the civil war that followed they were captured by the "New-States men," under Col. Ethan Allen, imprisoned at Bennington, and their property confiscated. In March, 1786, an act was passed by the legislature of New York, granting Major Shattuck and others a township of land eight miles square on Chenango River, (now Bainbridge) as a remuneration for their losses and sufferings. Of this grant 3,200 acres were assigned to Mr. Shattuck for his portion. (Doc. Hist, of New York,Yol. IV., pp. 1014 to 1018.) As early as 1791 or 2, he obtained from the government of Canada West a grant of land, but, not complying with the settling duties, it became forfeited. About 1809 or 10 he petitioned for a renewal of the original title, and while his petition was pending he made a tour of exploration through Ohio and Kentucky, when he wrote to his family the last letter they ever received from him. It is said that he returned to Canada to ascertain the result of his petition, and that he was there accidentally thrown from a horse and killed, in 1810. - Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, by Lemuel Shattuck (1855)
William and Lydia had 5 children; Eliphalet, Sophia, Phylinda, William, and Geo Clinton. 4 more childrend died in infancy or early childhood.
- He was a blacksmith, and lived successively in Ashfield, Mass., Halifax and Guilford, Vt., Hinsdale, N. H., and Dummerston, Yt. From the latter place he removed in 1795 to Romulus, Seneca Co.,N. Y. While resident in Guilford he was Senior Major of a regiment of Militia, of which Timothy Church was Colonel and Henry Edwards, Junior Major, raised by the state of New York for the protection of her rights in the long contested and exciting controversy with New Hampshire in relation to the jurisdiction over the territory now comprising Vermont. In the civil war that followed they were captured by the "New-States men," under Col. Ethan Allen, imprisoned at Bennington, and their property confiscated. In March, 1786, an act was passed by the legislature of New York, granting Major Shattuck and others a township of land eight miles square on Chenango River, (now Bainbridge) as a remuneration for their losses and sufferings. Of this grant 3,200 acres were assigned to Mr. Shattuck for his portion. (Doc. Hist, of New York,Yol. IV., pp. 1014 to 1018.) As early as 1791 or 2, he obtained from the government of Canada West a grant of land, but, not complying with the settling duties, it became forfeited. About 1809 or 10 he petitioned for a renewal of the original title, and while his petition was pending he made a tour of exploration through Ohio and Kentucky, when he wrote to his family the last letter they ever received from him. It is said that he returned to Canada to ascertain the result of his petition, and that he was there accidentally thrown from a horse and killed, in 1810. - Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, by Lemuel Shattuck (1855)
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Sources - [S12] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees.
- [S158] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1716; Birth city: Watertown; Birth state: MA.
Birth date: 29 May 1716 Birth place: Watertown, Middlesex, MA Death date: 29 December 1760 Death place: Montague, MA Marriage date: 4 December 1740 Marriage place: - [S542] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1383.003; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 8; Submitter Code: .
Birth date: 1722 Birth place: MA Marriage date: 1740 Marriage place: - [S317] Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, Page 107.
- [S12] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees.