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Amos Emerson, (I), was born on 12 DEC 1738 to Elizabeth (Page) & Timothy Emerson 1705-1776, at Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Timothy & Elizabeth were married in Haverhill on 15 DEC 1731.[1]
Children of Elizabeth (Page) & Timothy Emerson:
[Rachel, b. 27 AUG 1732; married 06 DEC 1753 Evan Jones.
Timothy, b. 08 JUL 1734; died young.
Day, b. 02 JAN 1736-1777; PVT., served in the Revolution. KIA. Fathered children.
Amos, (I), b. 12 DEC 1738; (my ancestor), CPT., served in the Revolution.
Timothy, b. 29 JAN 1740-1818; 1LT., served in the Revolution.
Thomas, bapt. 02 AUG 1741.
Abraham, b. 02 JAN 1743; SGT., served in the Revolution.
Hannah, bapt. 27 MAR 1743, (twin with Abraham).
Jonathon, b. 25 DEC 1744-1785; 1LT., served in the Revolution.
Esther, bapt. 03 FEB 1745, (twin with Jonathon).
Moses, b. 05 FEB 1746; CPT., served in the Revolution.
Ruth, bapt. 04 OCT 1747.
Elizabeth, b. 26 FEB 1752; married Timothy Kendall of Litchfield, NH.][2]
Amos Emerson, (I) married Susanna Morse on 18 NOV 1762 at Chester, Rockingham County, NH.[3] Amos was serving on the Chester, NH Committee of Safety at the start of the Revolution and entered service as a 2LT. on 25 APR 1775, in the 10th Company of the Third Regiment NH Infantry.[4] Amos was at the Battle of Bunker Hill and was promoted to captain on 07 NOV 1776.[5] Amos was then in Colonel Cilley’s Regiment in February of 1777; and after the war received a pension from the government dating 07 APR 1818.[6]Amos, (I), died in 1823 and was buried in Hill Cemetery, (Village Cemetery), Candia, Rockingham County, NH.
[Children of Susanna Morse & Amos Emerson, (I):
Mary, b. 08 FEB 1764.
Jonathan, b. 03 MAR 1768.
Amos, (II), b. 02 AUG 1770, (my 5th great grandfather).
[Dr. Amos Emerson, (III), MD., married Sarah (Lloyd) Emerson on 19 NOV 1823 at Greece, Monroe County, NY.
Children of Sarah (Lloyd) & Dr. Amos Emerson, (III), MD.:
Eleanore Augusta, b. 30 AUG 1833 (my 3rd great grandmother) d. 26 MAY 1863, 10 days after giving birth to my maternal 2nd great grandfather, Augustus Emerson Babcock.
[9] Babcock, A. Emerson. “Isaiah Babcock, Sr. and His Descendants.” New York: Eaton & Mains, 1903., p. 25.
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