Seth Dexter, Junior, a son of Seth Dexter, Senior, and his wife Elizabeth, was born in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He married Deborah Haskell on 24 July 1768 in Rochester. In 1770, Seth Dexter, Junior, settled his family in Pine Meadow (later called Windsor Locks), Hartford County, Connecticut, joined by his brother-in-law and life-long business partner Jabez Haskell. The two men operated a number of successful enterprises.
Ephraim Haskell and Seth Dexter, Senior, both of Rochester, purchased in 1769, for £340, 160 acres in Pine Meadow; the property included a saw mill. "This purchase by Haskell and Dexter was made for their sons, Seth Dexter, Jr., who, with his wife, Deborah Haskell, a daughter of Ephraim, came up here [Pine Meadow] in 1770, and Jabez Haskell, son of Ephraim..." (Jabez H. Hayden, Historical Sketches (Windsor Locks, Conn.: The Windsor Locks Journal, 1915), pp. 100-101. The author claimed to have the original deed, dated 20 February 1769.)
"In 1770 Mr. [Seth] Dexter [Senior] deeded his interest here [in Pine Meadow] to his son Seth, who was also a clothier, and who set up the first 'clothier's works' in this vicinity. He moved his family here Aug 17, 1770." (Henry R. Stiles, The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, vol. 1 (Hartford, Conn: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1891), footnote, pp. 500-501.)
The following are excerpts from The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, vol. 2, J. Hammond Trumbull, ed. (Boston: Edward L. Osgood, Publisher, 1886), pp. 562-66. The claim of Seth Dexter's military service cannot be corroborated.
"In 1769 Jabez Haskell and Seth Dexter, of Rochester, Mass., bought [the tract of land which comprises most of the present village of Windsor Locks and settled there]...When we come to the summer of 1776 we have nine families, —two Denslows, two Gaylords, Coye, Birge, Wing, Haskell, and Dexter. Tradition tells us that the head of each of these families, except Coye's, was at one time serving in the army...
"The first school-house was built about 1776, largely if not entirely by Jabez Haskell and Seth Dexter. It stood on the southeast corner of Elm and Centre streets, on Mr. Dexter's land; and they were probably the parties responsible for the support of the school...
"For many years woollen cloths were subjected to no finishing process after being taken from the loom. The first mill for cloth-dressing in this part of the country was set up here...Mr. Seth Dexter brought the art with him from the eastern part of Massachusetts, and set up his mill in 1770. Wool-carding by machinery possibly came in at the same time; this relieved the women's work, and gave them better rolls to spin than the hand-cards produced. Dexter's clothier works were run here about sixty years...
"Water-power was first used to run a saw-mill on Kettle Brook, which was being built, or rebuilt, by the Denslow family in 1742; at that date half of it was sold to Daniel Hayden, and afterward the other half was sold to his brother Isaac Hayden. About twenty years later, Daniel Hayden had failed, and in 1769 it passed into the hands of Haskell & Dexter, whose families operated it jointly three quarters of a century, when the Dexter family became sole owners, and they still continue it in operation...
"In 1784 Haskell & Dexter built a grist-mill below their saw-mill..."
Henry R. Stiles, The Histories and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, has additional mentions of Seth Dexter.
• "Funerals those days arrested the serious attention of all the community. Mr. Seth Dexter died in 1797. The distance from the burying-ground was so great that the remains were placed in a wagon and carried down Center street two miles below Mrs. Webb's to Pickett's, where the procession was met by men from Windsor, who took the remains on their shoulders; and, by frequent changes, the carriers bore him to his grave the remaining three miles" (p. 505).
• "Less than a hundred years ago Seth Dexter and wife of Pine Meadow (Windsor Locks) returned to Rochester, Mass., to visit their parents. She rode on a pillion behind him and carried her babe in her lap" (footnote, p. 894). A pillion is pad or cushion put behind a man's horse saddle chiefly as a seat for a woman.)
Notes
1790 U.S. Census, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut; p. 511. Line 32: Seth Dexter (10 persons in household).
Note: Jabez "Herskill" on line 25 (12 persons in household).
"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC8Z-N5X: accessed 30 Sep 2012), Seth Dexter and Deborah Haskell, 24 Jul 1768; citing reference, FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
The nine children of Seth and Deborah Haskell Dexter are identified in: William A. Warden and Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America (Worcester, Mass.: The Blanchford Press, 1905), pp. 59-60. This genealogy alternatively reports 18 Dec 1768 as the Dexter-Haskell marriage date.
There is some contradictory information about the date and place of birth: Seth Dexter, son of Seth Dexter and Eliza, born 26 Dec 1743, Harwich, Barnstable Co., Mass. ("Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6G-HRH: accessed 03 Oct 2012), Seth Dexter in entry for Seth Dexter, 26 Dec 1743; citing reference, FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2...) Harwich, roughly 40 miles east of Rochester, is not otherwise associated with the Dexter family.
Ephraim Haskell and Seth Dexter, Senior, both of Rochester, purchased in 1769, for £340, 160 acres in Pine Meadow; the property included a saw mill. "This purchase by Haskell and Dexter was made for their sons, Seth Dexter, Jr., who, with his wife, Deborah Haskell, a daughter of Ephraim, came up here [Pine Meadow] in 1770, and Jabez Haskell, son of Ephraim..." (Jabez H. Hayden, Historical Sketches (Windsor Locks, Conn.: The Windsor Locks Journal, 1915), pp. 100-101. The author claimed to have the original deed, dated 20 February 1769.)
"In 1770 Mr. [Seth] Dexter [Senior] deeded his interest here [in Pine Meadow] to his son Seth, who was also a clothier, and who set up the first 'clothier's works' in this vicinity. He moved his family here Aug 17, 1770." (Henry R. Stiles, The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, vol. 1 (Hartford, Conn: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1891), footnote, pp. 500-501.)
The following are excerpts from The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, vol. 2, J. Hammond Trumbull, ed. (Boston: Edward L. Osgood, Publisher, 1886), pp. 562-66. The claim of Seth Dexter's military service cannot be corroborated.
"In 1769 Jabez Haskell and Seth Dexter, of Rochester, Mass., bought [the tract of land which comprises most of the present village of Windsor Locks and settled there]...When we come to the summer of 1776 we have nine families, —two Denslows, two Gaylords, Coye, Birge, Wing, Haskell, and Dexter. Tradition tells us that the head of each of these families, except Coye's, was at one time serving in the army...
"The first school-house was built about 1776, largely if not entirely by Jabez Haskell and Seth Dexter. It stood on the southeast corner of Elm and Centre streets, on Mr. Dexter's land; and they were probably the parties responsible for the support of the school...
"For many years woollen cloths were subjected to no finishing process after being taken from the loom. The first mill for cloth-dressing in this part of the country was set up here...Mr. Seth Dexter brought the art with him from the eastern part of Massachusetts, and set up his mill in 1770. Wool-carding by machinery possibly came in at the same time; this relieved the women's work, and gave them better rolls to spin than the hand-cards produced. Dexter's clothier works were run here about sixty years...
"Water-power was first used to run a saw-mill on Kettle Brook, which was being built, or rebuilt, by the Denslow family in 1742; at that date half of it was sold to Daniel Hayden, and afterward the other half was sold to his brother Isaac Hayden. About twenty years later, Daniel Hayden had failed, and in 1769 it passed into the hands of Haskell & Dexter, whose families operated it jointly three quarters of a century, when the Dexter family became sole owners, and they still continue it in operation...
"In 1784 Haskell & Dexter built a grist-mill below their saw-mill..."
Henry R. Stiles, The Histories and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, has additional mentions of Seth Dexter.
• "Funerals those days arrested the serious attention of all the community. Mr. Seth Dexter died in 1797. The distance from the burying-ground was so great that the remains were placed in a wagon and carried down Center street two miles below Mrs. Webb's to Pickett's, where the procession was met by men from Windsor, who took the remains on their shoulders; and, by frequent changes, the carriers bore him to his grave the remaining three miles" (p. 505).
• "Less than a hundred years ago Seth Dexter and wife of Pine Meadow (Windsor Locks) returned to Rochester, Mass., to visit their parents. She rode on a pillion behind him and carried her babe in her lap" (footnote, p. 894). A pillion is pad or cushion put behind a man's horse saddle chiefly as a seat for a woman.)
Notes
1790 U.S. Census, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut; p. 511. Line 32: Seth Dexter (10 persons in household).
Note: Jabez "Herskill" on line 25 (12 persons in household).
"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC8Z-N5X: accessed 30 Sep 2012), Seth Dexter and Deborah Haskell, 24 Jul 1768; citing reference, FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
The nine children of Seth and Deborah Haskell Dexter are identified in: William A. Warden and Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America (Worcester, Mass.: The Blanchford Press, 1905), pp. 59-60. This genealogy alternatively reports 18 Dec 1768 as the Dexter-Haskell marriage date.
There is some contradictory information about the date and place of birth: Seth Dexter, son of Seth Dexter and Eliza, born 26 Dec 1743, Harwich, Barnstable Co., Mass. ("Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6G-HRH: accessed 03 Oct 2012), Seth Dexter in entry for Seth Dexter, 26 Dec 1743; citing reference, FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2...) Harwich, roughly 40 miles east of Rochester, is not otherwise associated with the Dexter family.
Seth Dexter, Junior, a son of Seth Dexter, Senior, and his wife Elizabeth, was born in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He married Deborah Haskell on 24 July 1768 in Rochester. In 1770, Seth Dexter, Junior, settled his family in Pine Meadow (later called Windsor Locks), Hartford County, Connecticut, joined by his brother-in-law and life-long business partner Jabez Haskell. The two men operated a number of successful enterprises.
Ephraim Haskell and Seth Dexter, Senior, both of Rochester, purchased in 1769, for £340, 160 acres in Pine Meadow; the property included a saw mill. "This purchase by Haskell and Dexter was made for their sons, Seth Dexter, Jr., who, with his wife, Deborah Haskell, a daughter of Ephraim, came up here [Pine Meadow] in 1770, and Jabez Haskell, son of Ephraim..." (Jabez H. Hayden, Historical Sketches (Windsor Locks, Conn.: The Windsor Locks Journal, 1915), pp. 100-101. The author claimed to have the original deed, dated 20 February 1769.)
"In 1770 Mr. [Seth] Dexter [Senior] deeded his interest here [in Pine Meadow] to his son Seth, who was also a clothier, and who set up the first 'clothier's works' in this vicinity. He moved his family here Aug 17, 1770." (Henry R. Stiles, The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, vol. 1 (Hartford, Conn: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1891), footnote, pp. 500-501.)
The following are excerpts from The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, vol. 2, J. Hammond Trumbull, ed. (Boston: Edward L. Osgood, Publisher, 1886), pp. 562-66. The claim of Seth Dexter's military service cannot be corroborated.
"In 1769 Jabez Haskell and Seth Dexter, of Rochester, Mass., bought [the tract of land which comprises most of the present village of Windsor Locks and settled there]...When we come to the summer of 1776 we have nine families, —two Denslows, two Gaylords, Coye, Birge, Wing, Haskell, and Dexter. Tradition tells us that the head of each of these families, except Coye's, was at one time serving in the army...
"The first school-house was built about 1776, largely if not entirely by Jabez Haskell and Seth Dexter. It stood on the southeast corner of Elm and Centre streets, on Mr. Dexter's land; and they were probably the parties responsible for the support of the school...
"For many years woollen cloths were subjected to no finishing process after being taken from the loom. The first mill for cloth-dressing in this part of the country was set up here...Mr. Seth Dexter brought the art with him from the eastern part of Massachusetts, and set up his mill in 1770. Wool-carding by machinery possibly came in at the same time; this relieved the women's work, and gave them better rolls to spin than the hand-cards produced. Dexter's clothier works were run here about sixty years...
"Water-power was first used to run a saw-mill on Kettle Brook, which was being built, or rebuilt, by the Denslow family in 1742; at that date half of it was sold to Daniel Hayden, and afterward the other half was sold to his brother Isaac Hayden. About twenty years later, Daniel Hayden had failed, and in 1769 it passed into the hands of Haskell & Dexter, whose families operated it jointly three quarters of a century, when the Dexter family became sole owners, and they still continue it in operation...
"In 1784 Haskell & Dexter built a grist-mill below their saw-mill..."
Henry R. Stiles, The Histories and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, has additional mentions of Seth Dexter.
• "Funerals those days arrested the serious attention of all the community. Mr. Seth Dexter died in 1797. The distance from the burying-ground was so great that the remains were placed in a wagon and carried down Center street two miles below Mrs. Webb's to Pickett's, where the procession was met by men from Windsor, who took the remains on their shoulders; and, by frequent changes, the carriers bore him to his grave the remaining three miles" (p. 505).
• "Less than a hundred years ago Seth Dexter and wife of Pine Meadow (Windsor Locks) returned to Rochester, Mass., to visit their parents. She rode on a pillion behind him and carried her babe in her lap" (footnote, p. 894). A pillion is pad or cushion put behind a man's horse saddle chiefly as a seat for a woman.)
Notes
1790 U.S. Census, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut; p. 511. Line 32: Seth Dexter (10 persons in household).
Note: Jabez "Herskill" on line 25 (12 persons in household).
"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC8Z-N5X: accessed 30 Sep 2012), Seth Dexter and Deborah Haskell, 24 Jul 1768; citing reference, FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
The nine children of Seth and Deborah Haskell Dexter are identified in: William A. Warden and Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America (Worcester, Mass.: The Blanchford Press, 1905), pp. 59-60. This genealogy alternatively reports 18 Dec 1768 as the Dexter-Haskell marriage date.
There is some contradictory information about the date and place of birth: Seth Dexter, son of Seth Dexter and Eliza, born 26 Dec 1743, Harwich, Barnstable Co., Mass. ("Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6G-HRH: accessed 03 Oct 2012), Seth Dexter in entry for Seth Dexter, 26 Dec 1743; citing reference, FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2...) Harwich, roughly 40 miles east of Rochester, is not otherwise associated with the Dexter family.
Ephraim Haskell and Seth Dexter, Senior, both of Rochester, purchased in 1769, for £340, 160 acres in Pine Meadow; the property included a saw mill. "This purchase by Haskell and Dexter was made for their sons, Seth Dexter, Jr., who, with his wife, Deborah Haskell, a daughter of Ephraim, came up here [Pine Meadow] in 1770, and Jabez Haskell, son of Ephraim..." (Jabez H. Hayden, Historical Sketches (Windsor Locks, Conn.: The Windsor Locks Journal, 1915), pp. 100-101. The author claimed to have the original deed, dated 20 February 1769.)
"In 1770 Mr. [Seth] Dexter [Senior] deeded his interest here [in Pine Meadow] to his son Seth, who was also a clothier, and who set up the first 'clothier's works' in this vicinity. He moved his family here Aug 17, 1770." (Henry R. Stiles, The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, vol. 1 (Hartford, Conn: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1891), footnote, pp. 500-501.)
The following are excerpts from The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, vol. 2, J. Hammond Trumbull, ed. (Boston: Edward L. Osgood, Publisher, 1886), pp. 562-66. The claim of Seth Dexter's military service cannot be corroborated.
"In 1769 Jabez Haskell and Seth Dexter, of Rochester, Mass., bought [the tract of land which comprises most of the present village of Windsor Locks and settled there]...When we come to the summer of 1776 we have nine families, —two Denslows, two Gaylords, Coye, Birge, Wing, Haskell, and Dexter. Tradition tells us that the head of each of these families, except Coye's, was at one time serving in the army...
"The first school-house was built about 1776, largely if not entirely by Jabez Haskell and Seth Dexter. It stood on the southeast corner of Elm and Centre streets, on Mr. Dexter's land; and they were probably the parties responsible for the support of the school...
"For many years woollen cloths were subjected to no finishing process after being taken from the loom. The first mill for cloth-dressing in this part of the country was set up here...Mr. Seth Dexter brought the art with him from the eastern part of Massachusetts, and set up his mill in 1770. Wool-carding by machinery possibly came in at the same time; this relieved the women's work, and gave them better rolls to spin than the hand-cards produced. Dexter's clothier works were run here about sixty years...
"Water-power was first used to run a saw-mill on Kettle Brook, which was being built, or rebuilt, by the Denslow family in 1742; at that date half of it was sold to Daniel Hayden, and afterward the other half was sold to his brother Isaac Hayden. About twenty years later, Daniel Hayden had failed, and in 1769 it passed into the hands of Haskell & Dexter, whose families operated it jointly three quarters of a century, when the Dexter family became sole owners, and they still continue it in operation...
"In 1784 Haskell & Dexter built a grist-mill below their saw-mill..."
Henry R. Stiles, The Histories and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, has additional mentions of Seth Dexter.
• "Funerals those days arrested the serious attention of all the community. Mr. Seth Dexter died in 1797. The distance from the burying-ground was so great that the remains were placed in a wagon and carried down Center street two miles below Mrs. Webb's to Pickett's, where the procession was met by men from Windsor, who took the remains on their shoulders; and, by frequent changes, the carriers bore him to his grave the remaining three miles" (p. 505).
• "Less than a hundred years ago Seth Dexter and wife of Pine Meadow (Windsor Locks) returned to Rochester, Mass., to visit their parents. She rode on a pillion behind him and carried her babe in her lap" (footnote, p. 894). A pillion is pad or cushion put behind a man's horse saddle chiefly as a seat for a woman.)
Notes
1790 U.S. Census, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut; p. 511. Line 32: Seth Dexter (10 persons in household).
Note: Jabez "Herskill" on line 25 (12 persons in household).
"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC8Z-N5X: accessed 30 Sep 2012), Seth Dexter and Deborah Haskell, 24 Jul 1768; citing reference, FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
The nine children of Seth and Deborah Haskell Dexter are identified in: William A. Warden and Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America (Worcester, Mass.: The Blanchford Press, 1905), pp. 59-60. This genealogy alternatively reports 18 Dec 1768 as the Dexter-Haskell marriage date.
There is some contradictory information about the date and place of birth: Seth Dexter, son of Seth Dexter and Eliza, born 26 Dec 1743, Harwich, Barnstable Co., Mass. ("Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6G-HRH: accessed 03 Oct 2012), Seth Dexter in entry for Seth Dexter, 26 Dec 1743; citing reference, FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2...) Harwich, roughly 40 miles east of Rochester, is not otherwise associated with the Dexter family.
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This Monument is
erected Sacred to
the memory of
Mr. Seth Dexter
...
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Remainder of inscription now effaced; reportedly once indicated that Seth Dexter died at age 53.
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