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Stoddard Family

 

David Stoddard was born in Newton, Massachusetts on November 27, 1726. He was the son of Eliezer Stoddard.

Eliezer (married Alice Coburn),
Lemuel
David (1754, married Sarah French)
Abigail (married Shadrach Herrick),
Samuel (1767)
Asa (1770)
Joseph (1771)

They moved to Chesterfield, New Hampshire about 1767.

David was a soldier in the revolution, third sergeant in the summer of 1775, in Captain Jacob Hind's company, Colonel James Reid's regiment. The Chesterfield historian states that he was in the battle of Bennington, and died on the way home from the army.


 
     
 

David Stoddard was born in 1754 in Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts.

He married Sarah French. Sarah was born on February 20, 1757 in Dudley. She was the daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth French and

Sarah and David's children included:


Luther Stoddard
Alpheus Stoddard
Charles Stoddard
Ardad Stoddard
Lydia Stoddard (1782, married Isaac Davis, son of Jonathan Davis),
David L. Stoddard (1777, married Susannah Davis, daughter of Jonathan Davis),
Lucy Stoddard 
Jesse Stoddard (1779),
Abel Stoddard (1796)
Eliezer Stoddard (1794, married Sally Davis daughter of Jonathan Davis),
Sally Stoddard

David died on May 1, 1838 in Chesterfield, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

Sarah died on Mar. 12, 1844 in Chesterfield, NH. 

 

 
     
     
 

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In early New England towns policy was set by a board of 3 to 5 selectmen. They oversaw public responsibilities such as the policing, roads, and fences.

from Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York: A Record by William Richard Cutter

David [Stoddard], son of Eliezer Stoddard, was born in Newton, Massachusetts, November 27, 1726. He came to Chesterfield, New Hampshire, about 1767. . .David was a soldier in the revolution, third sergeant in the summer of 1775 in Captain Jacob Hind’s company, Colonel James Reid's regiment, and was paid four dollars for a coat. The Chesterfield historian states that he was in the battle of Bennington, and died on the way home from the army. He may have volunteered in a company of which no payroll has been saved, of a company that asked no pay. (See New Hamp. State Papers, vol. xiv, pages 84 and I99). He was selectman of Chesterfield in I771-72.

He married Joanna.
Children:
1. Eliezer (named for his grandfather), married, in 1778, Alice Coburn; he was also a soldier in the revolution.
2. Lemuel, mentioned below.
3. David [Stoddard], born 1754; married Sarah French.
4. Abigail, married Shadrach Herrick; died March 26, 1835.
5. Samuel, May 11 1767.
6. Asa, August 27, 1770.
7. Joseph, December 30, 1771.

 
     
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