HEARSEY/HERSEY
Obadiah was a son of Joseph Hersey & Mary Reed.
He was married on 17 Apr 1777 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts to Naomi Reed.
They had 9 children:
. Luther Hersey (1778 - 1828)
+ sp: Polly Harnden
. Polly Hersey (1780 - 1780)
. Polly Hersey (1782 - 1827)
+ sp: Jacob Harnden
. Delpha Hersey (1783 - 1800)
. Rebeckah Hersey (1785)
. Galen Hersey (1786)
+ sp: Polly Johnson
. Jeremiah Hersey (1789)
. Olive Hersey (1792)
. James Hersey (1795)
Obadiah was a lumberman and furnished the white oak planking for "Old Ironsides", the frigate U.S.S. Constitution. The trees were cut near his home in Northville, "east of there toward the edge of Bear Meadow". He took them to Hobart's Mill to be sawed into planks.
Obadiah served as a Private in Lt. Benjamin Bates' Company and marched on an Alarm from Abington, Massachusetts to Tiverton, Rhode Island on 30 Jul 1780. He served for 11 days and was discharged on 9 Aug 1780.
Obadiah was having dinner at the home of the Shaws at 499 Adams Street in Abington on 2 Aug 1811 and choked to death on a piece of meat.
Obadiah was a son of Joseph Hersey & Mary Reed.
He was married on 17 Apr 1777 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts to Naomi Reed.
They had 9 children:
. Luther Hersey (1778 - 1828)
+ sp: Polly Harnden
. Polly Hersey (1780 - 1780)
. Polly Hersey (1782 - 1827)
+ sp: Jacob Harnden
. Delpha Hersey (1783 - 1800)
. Rebeckah Hersey (1785)
. Galen Hersey (1786)
+ sp: Polly Johnson
. Jeremiah Hersey (1789)
. Olive Hersey (1792)
. James Hersey (1795)
Obadiah was a lumberman and furnished the white oak planking for "Old Ironsides", the frigate U.S.S. Constitution. The trees were cut near his home in Northville, "east of there toward the edge of Bear Meadow". He took them to Hobart's Mill to be sawed into planks.
Obadiah served as a Private in Lt. Benjamin Bates' Company and marched on an Alarm from Abington, Massachusetts to Tiverton, Rhode Island on 30 Jul 1780. He served for 11 days and was discharged on 9 Aug 1780.
Obadiah was having dinner at the home of the Shaws at 499 Adams Street in Abington on 2 Aug 1811 and choked to death on a piece of meat.
HEARSEY/HERSEY
Obadiah was a son of Joseph Hersey & Mary Reed.
He was married on 17 Apr 1777 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts to Naomi Reed.
They had 9 children:
. Luther Hersey (1778 - 1828)
+ sp: Polly Harnden
. Polly Hersey (1780 - 1780)
. Polly Hersey (1782 - 1827)
+ sp: Jacob Harnden
. Delpha Hersey (1783 - 1800)
. Rebeckah Hersey (1785)
. Galen Hersey (1786)
+ sp: Polly Johnson
. Jeremiah Hersey (1789)
. Olive Hersey (1792)
. James Hersey (1795)
Obadiah was a lumberman and furnished the white oak planking for "Old Ironsides", the frigate U.S.S. Constitution. The trees were cut near his home in Northville, "east of there toward the edge of Bear Meadow". He took them to Hobart's Mill to be sawed into planks.
Obadiah served as a Private in Lt. Benjamin Bates' Company and marched on an Alarm from Abington, Massachusetts to Tiverton, Rhode Island on 30 Jul 1780. He served for 11 days and was discharged on 9 Aug 1780.
Obadiah was having dinner at the home of the Shaws at 499 Adams Street in Abington on 2 Aug 1811 and choked to death on a piece of meat.
Obadiah was a son of Joseph Hersey & Mary Reed.
He was married on 17 Apr 1777 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts to Naomi Reed.
They had 9 children:
. Luther Hersey (1778 - 1828)
+ sp: Polly Harnden
. Polly Hersey (1780 - 1780)
. Polly Hersey (1782 - 1827)
+ sp: Jacob Harnden
. Delpha Hersey (1783 - 1800)
. Rebeckah Hersey (1785)
. Galen Hersey (1786)
+ sp: Polly Johnson
. Jeremiah Hersey (1789)
. Olive Hersey (1792)
. James Hersey (1795)
Obadiah was a lumberman and furnished the white oak planking for "Old Ironsides", the frigate U.S.S. Constitution. The trees were cut near his home in Northville, "east of there toward the edge of Bear Meadow". He took them to Hobart's Mill to be sawed into planks.
Obadiah served as a Private in Lt. Benjamin Bates' Company and marched on an Alarm from Abington, Massachusetts to Tiverton, Rhode Island on 30 Jul 1780. He served for 11 days and was discharged on 9 Aug 1780.
Obadiah was having dinner at the home of the Shaws at 499 Adams Street in Abington on 2 Aug 1811 and choked to death on a piece of meat.
Inscription
OBADIAH HERSEY
died Aug. 1, 1810;
aged 55 years.
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NAOMI,
his wife
died Aug. 24, 1836;
aged 84 years
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JAMES,
their son
died Oct. 22, 1859;
AE.64yrs. 9mos. & 22days.
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Gravesite Details
Gravestone disagrees with newspaper account of death date.
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