Joseph Kellogg

  General Notes:

GEN: Joseph Kellogg GEN: He was the son of Martin and Sarah (Dickinson / Lane). The mother was not captured, but the father and four children were GEN: carried away, a fifth child killed. GEN: Joseph was twelve and seems to have unusual experiences, for he says "I travelled two & fro amongst the French and Indians" GEN: learning "the French language as well as those of all the tribes of Indians I traded with, and Mohawks, & had got into a very GEN: good way of business: So as to get Considerable of monies ... & handsomely to support myself & was under no restraint at all." GEN: He was perhaps the first New Englander to see the Mississippi River. In 1715 he returned. Always thereafter his skills were GEN: called on. He died in 1756 at Schenectady while on the expedition against Oswego. GEN: His brother Martin Kellogg returned as did the youngest sister Rebecca. Joanna Kellog, aged 11 in 1704, married an Indian at GEN: Caughnawaga. There is a record of her visiting her brother Martin in CT.

Joseph married Rachel Devotion.