Miriam married Asa Hedge on 31 May 1780. Asa and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ichabod has a lengthy biography in Warden, p.49. He was a blacksmith by trade and was in the French and Indian War. He was at the taking of old Fort Ticonderoga, when all the men in line on both sides of him were shot down, and his clothes were riddled with bullets, but none happened to draw blood. He and his brother, Samuel, were taken prisoners by the Indians, at one time, who started with them for Canada. As they camped one night, the Indians fell asleep and were killed by Ichabod and Samuel. They found it nearly impossible to travel through the woods or to obtain food and had to kill and eat a dog that was with them.

Ichabod was elected selectman of Athol in 1768, and at the alarm at Lexington he led a company of minutemen from that town. He was afterward Captain of a company in the field in Col. Doolittle's regiment. He moved to Hardwick in 1780 and was selectman there in 1781-82, 1785; elected Representative, 1782-83. He was an active promoter of Shays Rebellion in 1786, but afterward made his peace with the government.

Ichabod + Abigail. was born on 21 Jul 1742; died on 7 Apr 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Samuel was one of the earliest settlers of Athol but many of them were troubled by the Indians and Samuel returned to Hardwick. He sold lands from 1743-1759 and the documents listed his residence as Paquong (Athol). (Warden, p.33).

Samuel married Mary Clark on 18 May 1732 in By Rev. Timothy Ruggles/Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA. Mary was born on 18 Mar 1714 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Warden states: He moved to Rochester with his father where he died in 1732.
"Benjamin was a farmer and sold land in 1693 to Moses Barlow, in 1699 to John Hammond, in 1723 to Edward Winslow, in 1715 to John Corning. All of this land was inherited from his father."
When he died his estate was valued at 1047 pounds. At the father's death James Dexter was made guardian of the two young children, Seth and Joanna.

Benjamin's will is reprinted in Warden, p.20-22.

Benjamin married Sarah Vincent Arnold on 17 Jul 1695 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Sarah (daughter of Rev. Samuel Arnold and Sarah Holmes) was born about 1674 in Of Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA; died in 1784 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]