The Rathbone Genealogy, 1898, by John C. Cooley, pp.483-484
DEACON DANIEL RATHBONE, born Richmond, Berkshire Co.. Mass.(should be Stonington, New London, Connecticut), Feb. 27, 1731; married Sarah Higbee, the eldest daughter of Higbee, and Sarah Canda, May 4, 1758, at Middletown, Conn.: she was born March 24, 1739. He died at Rock City, now Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Jan. 17. 1823, aged 91 years, 10 months and 21 days; she died Aug. 5, 1855. Her sister Lois married Rev. Josiah Grady a Presbyterian minister. Abigail, who died in early woman-hood and brother Zachius. He was in the clothing business in Sheffield, Prov. of Massachusetts Bay, also at Great Barrington. Mass. in 1760, where he carried on the cloth dressing business; his works were on the Greene river, about one mile west of the village. In 1760 he was also engaged in the clothier business at Stonington, Conn. Was moderator at town meeting of Great Barrington, March 30, 1766. He resided at Richmond, Berkshire Co., Mass., until all his children were grown up except Mercy Lois, who died in infancy and then moved to Milton or Rock City, as it is usually called in Saratoga Co., N. Y., where his two sons Daniel and Valentine had preceded him and from that time forward he and his wife lived with their son Valentine and were very kindly cared for by him. This removal was somewhere not far from the year 1804. From his letters and other writings which have been preserved it appears he had a fair education for those days and was a man of considerable influence. He was a deacon in the Baptist church, an occasional preacher, but only to fill vacancies. He was never settled over a congregation. It appears also that he was a thrifty man, having money and lands which he disposed of in his old age in the way of loans and gifts, among his children. The only weak point so far as known in his history is the fact that about 1780 he was carried away by the Shaker delusion, joined the Shaker community, seven miles distant from him, at New Lebanon, N. Y., at the head of which was Ann Lee or Mother Anne, as she was called, the founder of the sect. He did not, however, remove from his farm, and three years later, having discovered his mistake and become disgusted with the society, he with his family withdrew from it, and he published a full account of their delusion. He and his wife both died at Milton at advanced ages, as the preceding figures show and their graves in the village graveyard are marked by properly carved headstones. A number of their children and grandchildren also died at Milton and lie buried near them.
This history was learned mainly in 1877 from Mrs. Abigail Beecher, the survivor of the 13 children and who died in 1879: aged almost 100 years, and in part from memorandum letters and papers left by Solomon Rathbone, one of the deceased sons. and part from other authentic sources. This brief history of Daniel Rathhone was prepared by Hon. George W. Rathbone, son of Solomon, the son of Daniel.
Children:
1. Daniel Rathbone. b. Feb. 27, 1759: m. Ann Redington, March 7, 1789.
2. Sarah. b. at Great Barrington. Mass., Aug. 29. 1760: m. Joseph Main in Richmond, Mass.
3. Lois. b. Aug. 6. 1762: d. unm. May 4. 1787.
4. Philander. b. Jan. 24. 1764, at Great Barrington, Mass.
5. Valentine. b. March 17. 1768; m. Lou Ridington. Feb. 13. 1769.
6. Huldah. b. March 6, 1766; m. Samuel Whittlesey, Oct, 1787.
7. Ruby. b. Dec. 29. 1769: m. Jonas Allen.
8. John Zacheus. b. in Richmond, Berkshire Co.. town of Lee, Dec. 21, 1771.
9. Lydia. b. Feb. 28, 1774: m. Silas Wood.
10. William. b. March 7. 1776; m. Irena Niles.
11. Solomon. b. May 21, 1778; m. Lucy A. Beebe.
12. Abigail. b. Nov. 14, 1779: m. Hopestill Beecher.
13. Mercy Lois. b. Dec. 19, 1786; d. Aug. 30, 1787.
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Rathbun, Daniel.List of men who marched from Pittsfield to Williamstown
Sept. 13, 1776, under command of Capt. William Francis, by order of the
General, and were dismissed Sept. 21, 1776; service, 3 days; also, Private,
Capt. Aaron Rowley's co., Col. John Brown's detachment of militia; entered
service June 30, 1777; discharged July 21, 1777, near Fort Ann; service, 22
days; detachment raised in Berkshire Co. for service at Fort Ann on an alarm
at Ticonderoga; also, Capt. Peter Porter's detachment, Gen. Fellows's
(Berkshire Co.) brigade; entered service July 1, 1778; discharged Oct. 31, 1778;
service, 4 mos., under Gen. Stark at Albany; detachment raised for 6 months.
DEACON DANIEL RATHBONE, born Richmond, Berkshire Co.. Mass.(should be Stonington, New London, Connecticut), Feb. 27, 1731; married Sarah Higbee, the eldest daughter of Higbee, and Sarah Canda, May 4, 1758, at Middletown, Conn.: she was born March 24, 1739. He died at Rock City, now Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Jan. 17. 1823, aged 91 years, 10 months and 21 days; she died Aug. 5, 1855. Her sister Lois married Rev. Josiah Grady a Presbyterian minister. Abigail, who died in early woman-hood and brother Zachius. He was in the clothing business in Sheffield, Prov. of Massachusetts Bay, also at Great Barrington. Mass. in 1760, where he carried on the cloth dressing business; his works were on the Greene river, about one mile west of the village. In 1760 he was also engaged in the clothier business at Stonington, Conn. Was moderator at town meeting of Great Barrington, March 30, 1766. He resided at Richmond, Berkshire Co., Mass., until all his children were grown up except Mercy Lois, who died in infancy and then moved to Milton or Rock City, as it is usually called in Saratoga Co., N. Y., where his two sons Daniel and Valentine had preceded him and from that time forward he and his wife lived with their son Valentine and were very kindly cared for by him. This removal was somewhere not far from the year 1804. From his letters and other writings which have been preserved it appears he had a fair education for those days and was a man of considerable influence. He was a deacon in the Baptist church, an occasional preacher, but only to fill vacancies. He was never settled over a congregation. It appears also that he was a thrifty man, having money and lands which he disposed of in his old age in the way of loans and gifts, among his children. The only weak point so far as known in his history is the fact that about 1780 he was carried away by the Shaker delusion, joined the Shaker community, seven miles distant from him, at New Lebanon, N. Y., at the head of which was Ann Lee or Mother Anne, as she was called, the founder of the sect. He did not, however, remove from his farm, and three years later, having discovered his mistake and become disgusted with the society, he with his family withdrew from it, and he published a full account of their delusion. He and his wife both died at Milton at advanced ages, as the preceding figures show and their graves in the village graveyard are marked by properly carved headstones. A number of their children and grandchildren also died at Milton and lie buried near them.
This history was learned mainly in 1877 from Mrs. Abigail Beecher, the survivor of the 13 children and who died in 1879: aged almost 100 years, and in part from memorandum letters and papers left by Solomon Rathbone, one of the deceased sons. and part from other authentic sources. This brief history of Daniel Rathhone was prepared by Hon. George W. Rathbone, son of Solomon, the son of Daniel.
Children:
1. Daniel Rathbone. b. Feb. 27, 1759: m. Ann Redington, March 7, 1789.
2. Sarah. b. at Great Barrington. Mass., Aug. 29. 1760: m. Joseph Main in Richmond, Mass.
3. Lois. b. Aug. 6. 1762: d. unm. May 4. 1787.
4. Philander. b. Jan. 24. 1764, at Great Barrington, Mass.
5. Valentine. b. March 17. 1768; m. Lou Ridington. Feb. 13. 1769.
6. Huldah. b. March 6, 1766; m. Samuel Whittlesey, Oct, 1787.
7. Ruby. b. Dec. 29. 1769: m. Jonas Allen.
8. John Zacheus. b. in Richmond, Berkshire Co.. town of Lee, Dec. 21, 1771.
9. Lydia. b. Feb. 28, 1774: m. Silas Wood.
10. William. b. March 7. 1776; m. Irena Niles.
11. Solomon. b. May 21, 1778; m. Lucy A. Beebe.
12. Abigail. b. Nov. 14, 1779: m. Hopestill Beecher.
13. Mercy Lois. b. Dec. 19, 1786; d. Aug. 30, 1787.
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Rathbun, Daniel.List of men who marched from Pittsfield to Williamstown
Sept. 13, 1776, under command of Capt. William Francis, by order of the
General, and were dismissed Sept. 21, 1776; service, 3 days; also, Private,
Capt. Aaron Rowley's co., Col. John Brown's detachment of militia; entered
service June 30, 1777; discharged July 21, 1777, near Fort Ann; service, 22
days; detachment raised in Berkshire Co. for service at Fort Ann on an alarm
at Ticonderoga; also, Capt. Peter Porter's detachment, Gen. Fellows's
(Berkshire Co.) brigade; entered service July 1, 1778; discharged Oct. 31, 1778;
service, 4 mos., under Gen. Stark at Albany; detachment raised for 6 months.
The Rathbone Genealogy, 1898, by John C. Cooley, pp.483-484
DEACON DANIEL RATHBONE, born Richmond, Berkshire Co.. Mass.(should be Stonington, New London, Connecticut), Feb. 27, 1731; married Sarah Higbee, the eldest daughter of Higbee, and Sarah Canda, May 4, 1758, at Middletown, Conn.: she was born March 24, 1739. He died at Rock City, now Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Jan. 17. 1823, aged 91 years, 10 months and 21 days; she died Aug. 5, 1855. Her sister Lois married Rev. Josiah Grady a Presbyterian minister. Abigail, who died in early woman-hood and brother Zachius. He was in the clothing business in Sheffield, Prov. of Massachusetts Bay, also at Great Barrington. Mass. in 1760, where he carried on the cloth dressing business; his works were on the Greene river, about one mile west of the village. In 1760 he was also engaged in the clothier business at Stonington, Conn. Was moderator at town meeting of Great Barrington, March 30, 1766. He resided at Richmond, Berkshire Co., Mass., until all his children were grown up except Mercy Lois, who died in infancy and then moved to Milton or Rock City, as it is usually called in Saratoga Co., N. Y., where his two sons Daniel and Valentine had preceded him and from that time forward he and his wife lived with their son Valentine and were very kindly cared for by him. This removal was somewhere not far from the year 1804. From his letters and other writings which have been preserved it appears he had a fair education for those days and was a man of considerable influence. He was a deacon in the Baptist church, an occasional preacher, but only to fill vacancies. He was never settled over a congregation. It appears also that he was a thrifty man, having money and lands which he disposed of in his old age in the way of loans and gifts, among his children. The only weak point so far as known in his history is the fact that about 1780 he was carried away by the Shaker delusion, joined the Shaker community, seven miles distant from him, at New Lebanon, N. Y., at the head of which was Ann Lee or Mother Anne, as she was called, the founder of the sect. He did not, however, remove from his farm, and three years later, having discovered his mistake and become disgusted with the society, he with his family withdrew from it, and he published a full account of their delusion. He and his wife both died at Milton at advanced ages, as the preceding figures show and their graves in the village graveyard are marked by properly carved headstones. A number of their children and grandchildren also died at Milton and lie buried near them.
This history was learned mainly in 1877 from Mrs. Abigail Beecher, the survivor of the 13 children and who died in 1879: aged almost 100 years, and in part from memorandum letters and papers left by Solomon Rathbone, one of the deceased sons. and part from other authentic sources. This brief history of Daniel Rathhone was prepared by Hon. George W. Rathbone, son of Solomon, the son of Daniel.
Children:
1. Daniel Rathbone. b. Feb. 27, 1759: m. Ann Redington, March 7, 1789.
2. Sarah. b. at Great Barrington. Mass., Aug. 29. 1760: m. Joseph Main in Richmond, Mass.
3. Lois. b. Aug. 6. 1762: d. unm. May 4. 1787.
4. Philander. b. Jan. 24. 1764, at Great Barrington, Mass.
5. Valentine. b. March 17. 1768; m. Lou Ridington. Feb. 13. 1769.
6. Huldah. b. March 6, 1766; m. Samuel Whittlesey, Oct, 1787.
7. Ruby. b. Dec. 29. 1769: m. Jonas Allen.
8. John Zacheus. b. in Richmond, Berkshire Co.. town of Lee, Dec. 21, 1771.
9. Lydia. b. Feb. 28, 1774: m. Silas Wood.
10. William. b. March 7. 1776; m. Irena Niles.
11. Solomon. b. May 21, 1778; m. Lucy A. Beebe.
12. Abigail. b. Nov. 14, 1779: m. Hopestill Beecher.
13. Mercy Lois. b. Dec. 19, 1786; d. Aug. 30, 1787.
Military Service, Revolutionary War:
MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
Volume 12
page 977
Rathbun, Daniel.List of men who marched from Pittsfield to Williamstown
Sept. 13, 1776, under command of Capt. William Francis, by order of the
General, and were dismissed Sept. 21, 1776; service, 3 days; also, Private,
Capt. Aaron Rowley's co., Col. John Brown's detachment of militia; entered
service June 30, 1777; discharged July 21, 1777, near Fort Ann; service, 22
days; detachment raised in Berkshire Co. for service at Fort Ann on an alarm
at Ticonderoga; also, Capt. Peter Porter's detachment, Gen. Fellows's
(Berkshire Co.) brigade; entered service July 1, 1778; discharged Oct. 31, 1778;
service, 4 mos., under Gen. Stark at Albany; detachment raised for 6 months.
DEACON DANIEL RATHBONE, born Richmond, Berkshire Co.. Mass.(should be Stonington, New London, Connecticut), Feb. 27, 1731; married Sarah Higbee, the eldest daughter of Higbee, and Sarah Canda, May 4, 1758, at Middletown, Conn.: she was born March 24, 1739. He died at Rock City, now Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Jan. 17. 1823, aged 91 years, 10 months and 21 days; she died Aug. 5, 1855. Her sister Lois married Rev. Josiah Grady a Presbyterian minister. Abigail, who died in early woman-hood and brother Zachius. He was in the clothing business in Sheffield, Prov. of Massachusetts Bay, also at Great Barrington. Mass. in 1760, where he carried on the cloth dressing business; his works were on the Greene river, about one mile west of the village. In 1760 he was also engaged in the clothier business at Stonington, Conn. Was moderator at town meeting of Great Barrington, March 30, 1766. He resided at Richmond, Berkshire Co., Mass., until all his children were grown up except Mercy Lois, who died in infancy and then moved to Milton or Rock City, as it is usually called in Saratoga Co., N. Y., where his two sons Daniel and Valentine had preceded him and from that time forward he and his wife lived with their son Valentine and were very kindly cared for by him. This removal was somewhere not far from the year 1804. From his letters and other writings which have been preserved it appears he had a fair education for those days and was a man of considerable influence. He was a deacon in the Baptist church, an occasional preacher, but only to fill vacancies. He was never settled over a congregation. It appears also that he was a thrifty man, having money and lands which he disposed of in his old age in the way of loans and gifts, among his children. The only weak point so far as known in his history is the fact that about 1780 he was carried away by the Shaker delusion, joined the Shaker community, seven miles distant from him, at New Lebanon, N. Y., at the head of which was Ann Lee or Mother Anne, as she was called, the founder of the sect. He did not, however, remove from his farm, and three years later, having discovered his mistake and become disgusted with the society, he with his family withdrew from it, and he published a full account of their delusion. He and his wife both died at Milton at advanced ages, as the preceding figures show and their graves in the village graveyard are marked by properly carved headstones. A number of their children and grandchildren also died at Milton and lie buried near them.
This history was learned mainly in 1877 from Mrs. Abigail Beecher, the survivor of the 13 children and who died in 1879: aged almost 100 years, and in part from memorandum letters and papers left by Solomon Rathbone, one of the deceased sons. and part from other authentic sources. This brief history of Daniel Rathhone was prepared by Hon. George W. Rathbone, son of Solomon, the son of Daniel.
Children:
1. Daniel Rathbone. b. Feb. 27, 1759: m. Ann Redington, March 7, 1789.
2. Sarah. b. at Great Barrington. Mass., Aug. 29. 1760: m. Joseph Main in Richmond, Mass.
3. Lois. b. Aug. 6. 1762: d. unm. May 4. 1787.
4. Philander. b. Jan. 24. 1764, at Great Barrington, Mass.
5. Valentine. b. March 17. 1768; m. Lou Ridington. Feb. 13. 1769.
6. Huldah. b. March 6, 1766; m. Samuel Whittlesey, Oct, 1787.
7. Ruby. b. Dec. 29. 1769: m. Jonas Allen.
8. John Zacheus. b. in Richmond, Berkshire Co.. town of Lee, Dec. 21, 1771.
9. Lydia. b. Feb. 28, 1774: m. Silas Wood.
10. William. b. March 7. 1776; m. Irena Niles.
11. Solomon. b. May 21, 1778; m. Lucy A. Beebe.
12. Abigail. b. Nov. 14, 1779: m. Hopestill Beecher.
13. Mercy Lois. b. Dec. 19, 1786; d. Aug. 30, 1787.
Military Service, Revolutionary War:
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Volume 12
page 977
Rathbun, Daniel.List of men who marched from Pittsfield to Williamstown
Sept. 13, 1776, under command of Capt. William Francis, by order of the
General, and were dismissed Sept. 21, 1776; service, 3 days; also, Private,
Capt. Aaron Rowley's co., Col. John Brown's detachment of militia; entered
service June 30, 1777; discharged July 21, 1777, near Fort Ann; service, 22
days; detachment raised in Berkshire Co. for service at Fort Ann on an alarm
at Ticonderoga; also, Capt. Peter Porter's detachment, Gen. Fellows's
(Berkshire Co.) brigade; entered service July 1, 1778; discharged Oct. 31, 1778;
service, 4 mos., under Gen. Stark at Albany; detachment raised for 6 months.
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