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Eldad Spofford was born January 2, 1745 in Bradford (now Groveland), MA. His parents were David Spafford and Hannah Cheney Spafford. The family moved west to Townsend, MA, where Eldad married Lucy Spalding in 1768. The couple moved to Temple, NH, where they were the parents of thirteen children: Lydia (1769), Jesse (1771), Eliphalet (1773), Henry (1775), Lucy (1777), Hannah (1779), Sarah (1780), Isaac (1782), Betsey ( 1784), Milly (1786), Daniel (1788), Artemas (1791), and Earl (1793).
In October 1776 Eldad joined eight other men from Temple to serve for 23 days at Fort Ticonderoga with Captain J. Heald's company, Col. Bellows' Regiment, responding to a call from Gen. Gates. Upon his return he served in Captain Francis Towne’s Company, Col. David Gilman Regiment, from December 5, 1776, until March 15, 1777, for additional service at Ticonderoga.
Eldad returned to Temple for the duration of his life. On November 29, 1796, his son, Eliphalet, married Sarah (Sally) Russell, daughter of patriot Nathaniel Russell, from neighboring Lyndeborough, NH. They are ancestors of the author.
Eldad Spofford died January 6, 1809. He is buried in the Temple Village Cemetery. After his death, his widow, Lucy Spofford, was remarried to Deacon Putnam of Wilton, NH.
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