Son of Jacob Ford & Mary Mann. One of many "Connecticut Nutmeggers" that had migrated from Colchester, Connecticut to Williamstown Massachusetts. He is the husband of Eunice Bridges (m. JAN 27, 1780 in Colcheter, CT 1st Federated Congressional Church) and the father of 10 children. Revolutionary War soldier of Latimer's regiment - Connecticut Millitia. Meanwhile , in around 1808, he had become a Deacon of the First Congregational Church in Williamstown MA. — Bio written by Melinda L. Alderman
CHILDREN:
Ira Ford 1787 - 1841
Eunice Ford Northam 1780 - 1817
Amasa Ford 1784 - 1814 (m. Lydia Kennedy (married March 18, 1806 1st Congregational Church Williamstown MA )
DR. Zelotus Ford 1802 - 1847
Samuel Ford 1792 - 1796
*Justin Ford 1800 - 1875 PROBATE RECORD EXISTS
Anna Ford Bridges (m. Samuel Bridges)1790 - 1818
Russell Ford 1782 - 1833
Zadoc Ford JR. 1795 - 1796
Anson Ford 1797 - 1825 ( m.Marcia Tallmadge?) *********************************
Siblings: Jacob Ford Jr., Benjamin Ford, Mary Ford, Rachel (Ford) Chamberlain, Abijah Ford, Benoni Ford, Daniel Ford and Elijah Ford
Possible ephitat: Revelation 14:13, ESV: "And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!" ******************************************
PROBATE: Hsaid Court. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire st. To all persons interested in the estate vf ZADOCK' FORD, t of Williamstown, in said County, deieused, either as heirs at late, or otherwise, GREETING. WHEREAS tn instrument, purporting to be the last will and testament of tho said deceased, ha been prevented to me, tho subscriber, Jude of the Probate of wills, ir. for the said County of Berkshire, for probsle, by Justin Ford, the Executor therein stn eJ. 5o. are, therefore, hereby cited to appear before me, at a Court of Probate, to bo holden st Lanesborough, in and for said County, on the second Tuesday of July next, at one o'clock in tho afternoon, to ahew cause (if any you have) either for or against the same. And the said Juvtin Ford is ordered to serve this citation, by giving personal noli thereof to alt persons concerned, living and being in vaiA County , fourteen days at least previous to said Court: and to notify all others interested lliere-ia, by publishing a true copy hereof m the Piltsli. Id Sun, printed at Pittsfield, in sai.I County, three weeks successively, the firvt publication to be at least fourteen days before tlie And to make due return hereof. with his doings herein. Gircn under my hundat Lenox, the second day of June, .1. U . 1835. J WILLIAM P. WALKER. A true copy. Alt'sf. HENRY W. BISHOP, Reg'r. ( PITTSFIELD SUN 04 June 1885 pg. 3) NOTE: Pittsfield, MA replaced Lenox,MA as the Berkshire county seat in the 1860s. ************************************
FORD, ZADOCK Ancestor #: A040986 dar.org
Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 12-28-1745 HEBRON HARTFORD CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 4-23-1835 WILLIAMSTOWN BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, PP 7, 504, 508, 509
Service Description: 1) CAPT ELIPHALET BULKLEY, LEX ALARM;
2) CAPT JOHN SKINNER, COL JONATHAN LATIMER, MILITIA
CHILDREN:
Ira Ford 1787 - 1841
Eunice Ford Northam 1780 - 1817
Amasa Ford 1784 - 1814 (m. Lydia Kennedy (married March 18, 1806 1st Congregational Church Williamstown MA )
DR. Zelotus Ford 1802 - 1847
Samuel Ford 1792 - 1796
*Justin Ford 1800 - 1875 PROBATE RECORD EXISTS
Anna Ford Bridges (m. Samuel Bridges)1790 - 1818
Russell Ford 1782 - 1833
Zadoc Ford JR. 1795 - 1796
Anson Ford 1797 - 1825 ( m.Marcia Tallmadge?) *********************************
Siblings: Jacob Ford Jr., Benjamin Ford, Mary Ford, Rachel (Ford) Chamberlain, Abijah Ford, Benoni Ford, Daniel Ford and Elijah Ford
Possible ephitat: Revelation 14:13, ESV: "And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!" ******************************************
PROBATE: Hsaid Court. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire st. To all persons interested in the estate vf ZADOCK' FORD, t of Williamstown, in said County, deieused, either as heirs at late, or otherwise, GREETING. WHEREAS tn instrument, purporting to be the last will and testament of tho said deceased, ha been prevented to me, tho subscriber, Jude of the Probate of wills, ir. for the said County of Berkshire, for probsle, by Justin Ford, the Executor therein stn eJ. 5o. are, therefore, hereby cited to appear before me, at a Court of Probate, to bo holden st Lanesborough, in and for said County, on the second Tuesday of July next, at one o'clock in tho afternoon, to ahew cause (if any you have) either for or against the same. And the said Juvtin Ford is ordered to serve this citation, by giving personal noli thereof to alt persons concerned, living and being in vaiA County , fourteen days at least previous to said Court: and to notify all others interested lliere-ia, by publishing a true copy hereof m the Piltsli. Id Sun, printed at Pittsfield, in sai.I County, three weeks successively, the firvt publication to be at least fourteen days before tlie And to make due return hereof. with his doings herein. Gircn under my hundat Lenox, the second day of June, .1. U . 1835. J WILLIAM P. WALKER. A true copy. Alt'sf. HENRY W. BISHOP, Reg'r. ( PITTSFIELD SUN 04 June 1885 pg. 3) NOTE: Pittsfield, MA replaced Lenox,MA as the Berkshire county seat in the 1860s. ************************************
FORD, ZADOCK Ancestor #: A040986 dar.org
Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 12-28-1745 HEBRON HARTFORD CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 4-23-1835 WILLIAMSTOWN BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, PP 7, 504, 508, 509
Service Description: 1) CAPT ELIPHALET BULKLEY, LEX ALARM;
2) CAPT JOHN SKINNER, COL JONATHAN LATIMER, MILITIA
Son of Jacob Ford & Mary Mann. One of many "Connecticut Nutmeggers" that had migrated from Colchester, Connecticut to Williamstown Massachusetts. He is the husband of Eunice Bridges (m. JAN 27, 1780 in Colcheter, CT 1st Federated Congressional Church) and the father of 10 children. Revolutionary War soldier of Latimer's regiment - Connecticut Millitia. Meanwhile , in around 1808, he had become a Deacon of the First Congregational Church in Williamstown MA. — Bio written by Melinda L. Alderman
CHILDREN:
Ira Ford 1787 - 1841
Eunice Ford Northam 1780 - 1817
Amasa Ford 1784 - 1814 (m. Lydia Kennedy (married March 18, 1806 1st Congregational Church Williamstown MA )
DR. Zelotus Ford 1802 - 1847
Samuel Ford 1792 - 1796
*Justin Ford 1800 - 1875 PROBATE RECORD EXISTS
Anna Ford Bridges (m. Samuel Bridges)1790 - 1818
Russell Ford 1782 - 1833
Zadoc Ford JR. 1795 - 1796
Anson Ford 1797 - 1825 ( m.Marcia Tallmadge?) *********************************
Siblings: Jacob Ford Jr., Benjamin Ford, Mary Ford, Rachel (Ford) Chamberlain, Abijah Ford, Benoni Ford, Daniel Ford and Elijah Ford
Possible ephitat: Revelation 14:13, ESV: "And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!" ******************************************
PROBATE: Hsaid Court. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire st. To all persons interested in the estate vf ZADOCK' FORD, t of Williamstown, in said County, deieused, either as heirs at late, or otherwise, GREETING. WHEREAS tn instrument, purporting to be the last will and testament of tho said deceased, ha been prevented to me, tho subscriber, Jude of the Probate of wills, ir. for the said County of Berkshire, for probsle, by Justin Ford, the Executor therein stn eJ. 5o. are, therefore, hereby cited to appear before me, at a Court of Probate, to bo holden st Lanesborough, in and for said County, on the second Tuesday of July next, at one o'clock in tho afternoon, to ahew cause (if any you have) either for or against the same. And the said Juvtin Ford is ordered to serve this citation, by giving personal noli thereof to alt persons concerned, living and being in vaiA County , fourteen days at least previous to said Court: and to notify all others interested lliere-ia, by publishing a true copy hereof m the Piltsli. Id Sun, printed at Pittsfield, in sai.I County, three weeks successively, the firvt publication to be at least fourteen days before tlie And to make due return hereof. with his doings herein. Gircn under my hundat Lenox, the second day of June, .1. U . 1835. J WILLIAM P. WALKER. A true copy. Alt'sf. HENRY W. BISHOP, Reg'r. ( PITTSFIELD SUN 04 June 1885 pg. 3) NOTE: Pittsfield, MA replaced Lenox,MA as the Berkshire county seat in the 1860s. ************************************
FORD, ZADOCK Ancestor #: A040986 dar.org
Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 12-28-1745 HEBRON HARTFORD CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 4-23-1835 WILLIAMSTOWN BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, PP 7, 504, 508, 509
Service Description: 1) CAPT ELIPHALET BULKLEY, LEX ALARM;
2) CAPT JOHN SKINNER, COL JONATHAN LATIMER, MILITIA
CHILDREN:
Ira Ford 1787 - 1841
Eunice Ford Northam 1780 - 1817
Amasa Ford 1784 - 1814 (m. Lydia Kennedy (married March 18, 1806 1st Congregational Church Williamstown MA )
DR. Zelotus Ford 1802 - 1847
Samuel Ford 1792 - 1796
*Justin Ford 1800 - 1875 PROBATE RECORD EXISTS
Anna Ford Bridges (m. Samuel Bridges)1790 - 1818
Russell Ford 1782 - 1833
Zadoc Ford JR. 1795 - 1796
Anson Ford 1797 - 1825 ( m.Marcia Tallmadge?) *********************************
Siblings: Jacob Ford Jr., Benjamin Ford, Mary Ford, Rachel (Ford) Chamberlain, Abijah Ford, Benoni Ford, Daniel Ford and Elijah Ford
Possible ephitat: Revelation 14:13, ESV: "And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!" ******************************************
PROBATE: Hsaid Court. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire st. To all persons interested in the estate vf ZADOCK' FORD, t of Williamstown, in said County, deieused, either as heirs at late, or otherwise, GREETING. WHEREAS tn instrument, purporting to be the last will and testament of tho said deceased, ha been prevented to me, tho subscriber, Jude of the Probate of wills, ir. for the said County of Berkshire, for probsle, by Justin Ford, the Executor therein stn eJ. 5o. are, therefore, hereby cited to appear before me, at a Court of Probate, to bo holden st Lanesborough, in and for said County, on the second Tuesday of July next, at one o'clock in tho afternoon, to ahew cause (if any you have) either for or against the same. And the said Juvtin Ford is ordered to serve this citation, by giving personal noli thereof to alt persons concerned, living and being in vaiA County , fourteen days at least previous to said Court: and to notify all others interested lliere-ia, by publishing a true copy hereof m the Piltsli. Id Sun, printed at Pittsfield, in sai.I County, three weeks successively, the firvt publication to be at least fourteen days before tlie And to make due return hereof. with his doings herein. Gircn under my hundat Lenox, the second day of June, .1. U . 1835. J WILLIAM P. WALKER. A true copy. Alt'sf. HENRY W. BISHOP, Reg'r. ( PITTSFIELD SUN 04 June 1885 pg. 3) NOTE: Pittsfield, MA replaced Lenox,MA as the Berkshire county seat in the 1860s. ************************************
FORD, ZADOCK Ancestor #: A040986 dar.org
Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 12-28-1745 HEBRON HARTFORD CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 4-23-1835 WILLIAMSTOWN BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, PP 7, 504, 508, 509
Service Description: 1) CAPT ELIPHALET BULKLEY, LEX ALARM;
2) CAPT JOHN SKINNER, COL JONATHAN LATIMER, MILITIA
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Epithtat "Blessed are the dead" then two more illegible words second line also illegible part of it chipped at bottom of stone. Possible ephitat from Bible Revelations 14:13
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