He married Sophia Houghton on August 30, 1789 in Keene, New Hampshire. They were married by the Reverend Aaron Hall.
Sophia was born December 31, 1771 in Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. She was the daughter of Israel Houghton and Alice Campbell. In Voices from Colonial America Scott Auden and Alan Taylor quote from Abner Sanger's account of what happened after the fight at Lexington and Concord
Keane town is in an uproar. They want a muster. I go to Baker's, Dorman's, Williams office, Wadsworth's, and to his shop, old Gideon Ellis', then to Israel Houghton', then set out home ... I meet El above the Bellows's house going to hear the news. The night is fair and clear.
Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire was settled after 1736 and was a fort protecting Massachusetts during the French and Indian Wars. It was called Upper Ashuelot. When New Hampshire separated from Massachusetts in 1741 it became Keene, New Hampshire.
During King George's War, the village was attacked and burned.
Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1749 and dissolved in 1938. It was renamed from Quabbin in 1754 .
