> Posted on: Chautauqua Co. NY Bios Forum > Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/ChautauquaBios?read=341 > > Surname: SMITH, ELLIS, SHEPARDSON, HARVEY > ------------------------- > > SMITH, EBENEZER--Born at South Hadley, Mass., Oct. 4, 1734. Died in Stockton, > Chautauqua County, N. Y., July 6, 1824. Grave in Stockton Cemetery. He > became a soldier in the French and Indian war, helping to build a fort > near his father's house to serve as a refuge in times of attack by the > Indians. Enlisted as private, Sept. 23, 1777, under Capt. Enoch Chapin, > Col. Elisha Porter's Reg't. Discharged Sept. 29, 1777. Later served in > expedition to the Northern Department, marching 120 miles. Married Remember > Ellis, July 1, 1750. Married Lucy Shepardson in 1796, who died 1808. Married > Esther Harvey in 1809, who died in 1814. He was a Baptist minister, was > ordained at the age of 19 and preached for seventy-two years. > > Soldiers of the Revolution > > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >