Ezekiel RANSOM

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 01 Oct 1744, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Was active in the Patriot's cause
• Residence: Lived at Shelburne Falls, Mass, during his active life.

Notes:

It is not very clear what pursuit he followed during his early manhood, but was probably a farmer and general trader. The records show that his father gave him land which he sold to his bothers when he moved to Massachusetts, or afterwards. He went with his family to Shelburn Falls, Mass., a short time previous to the outbreak of the Revolutionary war, probably about 1770. He did not serve in the army during the war, being 53 years of age when it began. But he sent 6 sons, Ezekiel, Hazael, John, Newton, Calvin and Jabez, all of them mere youths at the time of their enlistment, but became sturdy soldiers in the Massachusetts Continental Line. The family records speak of Newton as a devoted patriot in the cause of American liberty, and as a very pious and exemplary man in all the relations of his daily life. His descendants at the close of the war scattered to make new homes for themselves in Vermont and Eastern New York, and in course of time many of them emigrated to Michigan and other Wester States, where they became actively interested in the social and political affairs of the communities in which they lived. Newton at the time of his death was with his son Luther, then a practicing physician at Halifax, VT., and is buried in the grave yard at that place.

Name:
Inscription

In Memory of
Mr Newton Ransom
Who died may 31 1796
in the 75th year of his age

Newton married Sarah JONES on 02 Sep 1742 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA. Sarah was born about 1724 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 16 Jun 1804 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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died at Shelburn June 10 1804
Mrs. Sarah Ransom wife of Mr Newton Ransom
AE 84
Death thou hast conquered me
I by thy death am slain
But Christ my Lord hath died for me
And I shall rise again

Notes:

Robert of Colchester undoubtedly led an industrious life and was largely engaged in the acquisition of wealth, though it would probably do him an injustice to say that he did not divide his time impartially between treasures of the heavenly and earthly sort, for his interest manifested in the affairs of the Colchester Society indicates that he did not overlook the spiritual concerns of the good people with whom his fortunes were cast. His daily duties and exemplary life, as commemorated by local and family records, mark him as an interesting character. He and Alice reared a large family, 7 boys and 4 girls, and all them, so far as the history of their careers has been preserved, seem to have achieved success in their varied lives, and their share of honors in public stations.

Robert died supposed on the old farm near Colchester.

Robert married Alice NEWTON before 1709. Alice (daughter of James NEWTON and Mary HUBBELL) was born on 28 Feb 1686 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On her father's side, Alice was lineally descended from Richard Smith, the first settler in Narragansett Country, through his daughter Joan, who married Thomas Newton, father of James. It is not improbable that James Newton moved from Fairfield, taking with him his daughter Alice when she was quite young, and at North Kingston, where they settled, she first met Robert, her future husband, and that they became playmates and companions from that time. The date of Alice's death and place of burial are unknown. From the fact, however, that she did not join him in the deeds to his sons, distributing his estate, nor in other conveyances of real estate executed by him for many years previous to his death, it is to be inferred that Robert survived his wife a considerable period. The Newtons had a family burying ground and it is not unlikely that Alice was laid to rest there among her kindred. That Robert, when he passed away was buried by her side, and the graves either left unmarked, or headstones, if erected, have long since crumbled to dust by the wasting touch of time.

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The record of Joshua's life and career is obscure and involved in much uncertainty. It is obvious from a close review of the Plymouth records that he was a man active in affairs, having numerous land deals, indicating that he was a general trade and property man. After his second marriage his relations to his children seem to have been mainly restricted to John, the son, by his wife, Susanna, and gave him the home at Plympton previous to his death. It seems quite likely that Robert and Mary, the children by Mary Gifford, remained in Rhode Island after their mother's death in their uncle's (Yelverton0Gifford) family, where they were reared.[gifford.ged]

Ancestral File Number: 3GN5-KQ

Joshua married Mercy GIFFORD on 26 Feb 1686 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Mass.. Mercy (daughter of John GIFFORD and Elishua CROWELL) was born on 09 Oct 1669 in Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Oct 1689 in North Kingston, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Freeman: Between 18 Mar 1689 and 1690, Fairfield Town Records, Book B., pg 89
• Residence: 1703, Removed to Kingston, Rhode Island
• Residence: 1713, Removed to Colchester, CT
• Residence: May 1713, Deputy (Colchester)
• Residence: May 1716, Capt., first company, Colchester

Notes:

James was the founder of the Colchester, Conn., family.

Facts:

Deputy of Colchester:
May 1713
May and October 1714
May 1715
May and October 1716
May and October 1717
May and October 1718
May and October 1719
May 1720
May and October 1721
May and October 1722
October 1723

James married Mary HUBBELL on 24 Apr 1681 in Fairfield, CT. Mary (daughter of Richard HUBBELL and Elizabeth MEIGS) was born about 1661 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]