Lt. Joseph Kellogg

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GEN: See Historical Document. NOTE Lt. Joseph and Joanna Kellogg\0=\0:Joseph KELLOGG - bap. Apr. 1, 1626 Great Leighs, NOTE England; d. before Feb. 4, 1708, probably at Hadley, MA. Son of Martin KELLOGG a NOTE nd Prudence BIRD and grandson of Phillippe KELLOGG. At Farmington, CT in 1651 an NOTE d joined church there with his wife Oct. 9, 1653. Moved about 1657 to Boston, MA NOTE where he purchased property Oct. 16, 1659. Sold Boston property Jun. 13, 1661 a NOTE nd moved to Hadley. Agreed to keep ferry between Hadley and Northampton in 1661, NOTE which he, son John, and grandson James operated until 1758. The Court at Hadley NOTE formalized fares and conditions for the ferry in Jan. 1675, Jun. 1677, and in 1 NOTE 687. He was selectman a number of times, and served on various town committees. NOTE Joseph was named Sgt. of the military company ('train band') Mar. 1663, Ens. in NOTE the Foot Company May 9, 1678, and Lt. of the same company Oct. 7, 1678. He serve NOTE d as Lt. under Capt. Aaron Cook, Jr. until 1692. Was in charge of the Hadley tro NOTE ops at the Turners' Falls Fight on May 18, 1676. His will dated Jun. 27, 1707 an NOTE d proved Feb. 4, 1708, contains considerable details on his estate and family, a NOTE nd includes his testimony of faith. Joseph married first, probably in England, a NOTE nd second May 9, 1667 Abigail TERRY ( b. Sep. 21, 1646, Windsor, CT; d. by Oct. NOTE 31, 1726, Hadley, MA), daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth. Abigail's will, dated NOTE May 29, 1717, names the 8 surviving children born to her and Joseph, beginning w NOTE ith Stephen (b. Apr. 9, 1668).\0=\0:**************\0=\0:It was in about 1650 that three NOTE brothers Joseph, Daniel and Samuel, who were great-great-grandsons of Nicholas, NOTE came to America and settled in Connecticut. Joseph and Samuel eventually resettl NOTE ed in Massachusetts, but Daniel remained in Connecticut. From there they spread NOTE on into the rest of New England and the United States.\0=\0:*******************\0=\0:LIE NOTE UT. JOSEPH, son of Martin, baptised in Great Leighs, England, 1 Apr., 1626; marr NOTE ied (1) probably in England, Joanna Foote. She died in Hadley, Mass., 14 Se NOTE ptember, 1666.\0=\0:He married (2) Abigail Terry, born in Windsor, Conn., 21 Septem NOTE ber, 1646, daughter of Stephen Terry, born in Stockton, Wiltshire, England, 25 A NOTE ugust, 1608, and Elizabeth _______.\0=\0:He died between 27 June, 1707 when his will NOTE was dated and 4 February, 1708, when it was proved; she died between 29 May, 17 NOTE 17, when her will was dated, and 31 October, 1726, when it was proved.\0=\0:It is no NOTE t known in what year he came to America. He was in Farmington, Conn., in 1651, w NOTE here he was an early settler and served several terms as selectman. He and his w NOTE ife were "joined" to the church, 9 Oct., 1653.\0=\0:He removed to Boston about 1657. NOTE \0=\0:He removed from Boston to Hadley, Mass. and was one of the proprietors. In 166 NOTE 1, the town make an agreement with him to keep the ferry between Hadley and Nort NOTE hampton. The crossing received the name "Kellogg's Ferry" until 1758 when the pr NOTE oprietorship passed to Stephen Goodman, who married a daughter of James Kellogg, NOTE great-grandson of Joseph, and became known as "Goodman's Ferry."\0=\0:Early in the NOTE history of New England, Military Companies or "train bands" were formed to prote NOTE ct the settlers. As early as 16 May, 1661, Hadley voted there should be a traini NOTE ng. The County Court approved the choice of Joseph Kellogg as Sergeant of the Co NOTE mpany, March, 1663. The General Court of Massachusetts appointed him, 9 May, 167 NOTE 8, Ensign in the Foot Company in Hadley, and 7 October, of the same year, Lieute NOTE nant in the same company. He served in that office until 1692, his military ser NOTE vice thus extending over twenty-nine consecutive years.\0=\0:He sustained his part i NOTE n the struggle of the settlers against the Indians, and was in command, as Serge NOTE ant, of the Hadley troops at the famous "Turner's Falls" fight, 18 May, 1676, wh NOTE ich broke the power of the river tribes.\0=\0:He was the father of twenty children ( NOTE fourteen of whome reached maturity), and well exemplifies the Biblical significa NOTE tion of his name "He Shall Add."\0=\0:Children by first wife.\0=\0:ELIZABETH, born in Fa NOTE rmington, 5 March, 1651; died young.\0=\0:JOSEPH, born 11 August, 1653; died betwee NOTE n 1682 and 1684; in March, 1682 he was fined ten shillings for breach of Sabbat NOTE h, "having travelled till midnight in the night before the Sabbath."\0=\0:NATHANIEL, NOTE born 29 October, 1654; died young.\0=\0:JOHN, baptised 29 December, 1656; married NOTE (1) Sarah Moody; (2) Ruth ________.\0=\0:MARTIN, born in Boston, 22 November, 1658; NOTE married (1) Anna Hinsdale; (2) Mrs. Sarah (Dickinson) Lane; (3) Mrs. Sarah (Hux NOTE ley) Smith.\0=\0:EDWARD, born in Boston, 1 October, 1660; married Dorothy ________.\0= NOTE \0:SAMUEL, born in Hadley, 28 September, 1662; married Sarah Merrill.\0=\0:JOANNA, bo NOTE rn in Hadley, 8 December, 1664; married Deacon John Smith.\0=\0:SARAH, born in Had NOTE ley, 27 August, 1666; married Samuel Ashley.\0=\0:Children by second wife, bron in NOTE Hadley.\0=\0:STEPHEN, born 9 April, 1668; married Lydia Belden.\0=\0:NATHANIEL, born 8 NOTE October, 1669; married Sarah Boltwood.\0=\0:ABIGAIL, born 9 October, 1671; marrie NOTE d Jonathan Smith.\0=\0:ELIZABETH, bron 9 October, 1673; married Lieut. John Nash.\0=\0: NOTE PRUDENCE, born 14 October, 1675; married Deacon Abraham Merrill.\0=\0:EBENEZER, bor NOTE n 22 November, 1677; married Mabel Butler.\0=\0:JONATHAN, born 25 December, 1679; NOTE married Ann Newton.\0=\0:DANIEL, bron 22 March, 1682; died 5 July, 1684;\0=\0:JOSEPH, NOTE born 12 May, 1684; married 5 July, 1710, Elizabeth Colton, born 5 April, 1686, NOTE daughter Thomas and Sarah Colton, of Springfield; lived in Hatfield; died 9 Sept NOTE ember, 1724; had no children. On his gravestone, in Hatfield, he is called "A W NOTE orthy Gentleman." She m. (2) Joseph Billings, of Hatfield, bron 15 November, 17 NOTE 00, son of Samuel Billings and Rebecca Miller.\0=\0:DANIEL, born 10 June, 1686; died NOTE young.\0=\0:EPHRAIM, born 2 January, 1687; died young.\0=\0:

Joseph married Joanna Foote, daughter of Nathaniel Foote and Elizabeth Deming, about 1649 in Mass. (Joanna Foote was born about 1626 in England and died on 14 Sep 1666 in Hadley, Mass..)

Joseph next married Abigail Terry, daughter of Stephen Terry and Elizabeth, about 1667. (Abigail Terry was born on 21 Sep 1646 and died before 31 Oct 1726.)