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1711 - 1785 (74 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Lieut. John NORTH was born on 13 May 1711 in Farmington, Connecticut (son of Nathaniel NORTH and Margaret HOLCOMB); died on 22 Oct 1785 in Goshen, Vermont. Notes:
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They removed in 1745 to Goshen. He served in he French and Indian Wars, and Oct. 31, 1760, the Colonial Assembly appointed him "lieutenant of the east company or train band in Goshen." He engaged in business, speculated largely in lands, and finally meeting with misfortune, died poor.
John married Esther STANLEY on 21 Feb 1739. Esther was born about 1698; died on 19 Nov 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Abijah NORTH was born on 19 Oct 1743 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 3 May 1785 in Bridport, Addison Co., Vermont.
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Generation: 2
3. | Margaret HOLCOMB was born about 1687; died on 27 May 1777. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: Daughter of Nathaniel Holcomb and Mary Bliss
Children:
- 1. Lieut. John NORTH was born on 13 May 1711 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 22 Oct 1785 in Goshen, Vermont.
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Generation: 3
4. | Thomas NORTH was born on 30 Jun 1649 (son of John NORTH and Hannah BIRD); died in 1712. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: Son of John North and Mary Bird
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After his marriage and the birth of two sons, Thomas North enlisted under Captain Henchman in King Philip's War. He was stationed with Connecticut troops in the vicinity of Boston in 1675, and was with the garrison at Hadley, Mass., in the summer of 1676. He was made freeman there Feb. 8, 1678, and received a grant of land for his military services in or near Northington, Now Avon, where he and Joseph Woodford were pioneer settlers. There he lived on the east side of the river near the old Marshall's tavern, "under the mountain" and north of the Hartford and Albany turnpike. He was a magistrate of the colony of Connecticut.
Thomas married Hannah NEWELL in 1669. Hannah (daughter of Thomas NEWELL and Rebecca OLMSTEAD) was born in 1656; was christened on 11 Apr 1658; died on 4 Nov 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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