"[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported.
We have a right to it, derived from our Maker.
But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us,
at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood."
-- John Adams, 1765
Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1749 and dissolved in 1938. It was renamed from Quabbin in 1754 .
Quabbin was also called Quaker Plain and Narragansett. Quabbin is now under the Quabbin reservoir.
Captain Jeremiah Powers, II was born on February 21, 1733 in Quabbin, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. His parents were Jeremiah Powers and Hannah Fiske.
Jeremiah enlisted in the Revolution at the age of 16. After that he was a surveyor.
He married Elizabeth (Betty) Cooley on May 4, 1755. Betty was born on January 7, 1734/35 in Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Her father was Nicholas, Benjamin or Gideon Cooley.
Jeremiah and Betty's children included:
Dolly Powers Colton (March 19, 1756, married David Colton),
Elizabeth Powers (November 2, 1757, died age 16),
Prudence Powers Lampon (married John Lampon),
Jeremiah Powers, III (February 14, 1760, married Lydia Haskell and Mary Ray),
Dr. Charles Powers (February 1, 1762, married Silence Rogers), Joab Powers (1764),
Achsah Powers Thayer (1766, married John Thayer),
Gardner Powers (1771),
Reverend George W. Powers,
Major Justus Power (February 26, 1774, married Lucy Carpenter),
Richard Montgomery Powers (December 26, 1775, married Polly Carpenter), and
George Washington Powers (1778, married Deborah Howard).
In 1772, Paul Chase, a 3 year old orphan came to live with the Jeremiah Powers family.
They were original settlers at Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont in 1792.
Jeremiah died in June 2, 1801 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. Elizabeth died August 17, 1823. They are buried at the Old Congregational Cemetery in Pittsford, Vermont.
Old Style Calendar
Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.
In 1662 Hampshire County, Massachusetts was formed from the western section of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Parts of the original county became Hampden, Franklin, Berkshire and Worcester Counties.
TheAmerican Revolutionary War(1775–1783) was between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the 13 colonies which became the newly formed United States.
