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Pvt Hezekiah Tracy

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Pvt Hezekiah Tracy Veteran

Birth
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
11 Jul 1827 (aged 81)
Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
Plot
Plot 25
Memorial ID
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Son of Joseph TRACY 1712 – 1780 and Mary FULLER 1713 – 1788

"Hezekiah, son of Joseph Tracy, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, April 5, 1746. and was the founder of the family in Vermont, settling at Shelburne about 1780. He served twenty-one days from October 12, 1780, as a private in Captain John Stark, company of militia. Colonel Ira Allen's regiment, and received two pounds, two shillings and eight pence. He was also a private for six days in an alarm in October, 1781, in Captain Zadock Ernest's company in the same regiment, and received seventeen shillings, and he again served all day in the same company at an alarm about May i, 1783, and received four shillings. These facts are draw from the records. He held numerous local offices.

He was three times married : to Eunice Rood, to the widow Sarah Peck, and to the widow Hannah Hull. He was the father of 15 children all by his first wife. "

TRACY, HEZEKIAH DAR Ancestor
Service: VERMONT    Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 4-5-1746    NORWICH NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 7-14-1837     SHELBURNE CHITTENDEN CO VERMONT
Service Source: GOODRICH, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR, PP 287-288
Service Description: 1)  CAPT STARK, COL ALLEN
Residence   1) City: SHELBURNE - County: RUTLAND CO - State: VERMONT 
Spouse
 
  1)EUNICE ROOD  
  2)SARAH PECK  
  3)HANNAH X HULL  

Burial here per family records in the Shelburne West Cemetery. He is buried in what was called the West Cemetery and is now referred to as the Webb Cemetery on Shelburne Farms.

Note headstone and VT death record gives death date as 1827 while DAR record has 1837.

Hezekiah Tracy in the Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908
Name: Hezekiah Tracy
Birth Date: abt 1745
Death Date: 11 Jul 1827
Death Place: Shelburne, Vermont, USA
Death Age: 82

The Epitaph at the bottom of the stone is from an old hymn. It reads:
"Uncertain life; How soon it flies!
Dream of and hour, how short our bloom!
Like spring's gay verdure, now we rise,
Cut down ere night to fill the tomb. "
Courtesy findagrave member Vicky Wiemer Tracy (#46944421)
Son of Joseph TRACY 1712 – 1780 and Mary FULLER 1713 – 1788

"Hezekiah, son of Joseph Tracy, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, April 5, 1746. and was the founder of the family in Vermont, settling at Shelburne about 1780. He served twenty-one days from October 12, 1780, as a private in Captain John Stark, company of militia. Colonel Ira Allen's regiment, and received two pounds, two shillings and eight pence. He was also a private for six days in an alarm in October, 1781, in Captain Zadock Ernest's company in the same regiment, and received seventeen shillings, and he again served all day in the same company at an alarm about May i, 1783, and received four shillings. These facts are draw from the records. He held numerous local offices.

He was three times married : to Eunice Rood, to the widow Sarah Peck, and to the widow Hannah Hull. He was the father of 15 children all by his first wife. "

TRACY, HEZEKIAH DAR Ancestor
Service: VERMONT    Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 4-5-1746    NORWICH NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 7-14-1837     SHELBURNE CHITTENDEN CO VERMONT
Service Source: GOODRICH, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR, PP 287-288
Service Description: 1)  CAPT STARK, COL ALLEN
Residence   1) City: SHELBURNE - County: RUTLAND CO - State: VERMONT 
Spouse
 
  1)EUNICE ROOD  
  2)SARAH PECK  
  3)HANNAH X HULL  

Burial here per family records in the Shelburne West Cemetery. He is buried in what was called the West Cemetery and is now referred to as the Webb Cemetery on Shelburne Farms.

Note headstone and VT death record gives death date as 1827 while DAR record has 1837.

Hezekiah Tracy in the Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908
Name: Hezekiah Tracy
Birth Date: abt 1745
Death Date: 11 Jul 1827
Death Place: Shelburne, Vermont, USA
Death Age: 82

The Epitaph at the bottom of the stone is from an old hymn. It reads:
"Uncertain life; How soon it flies!
Dream of and hour, how short our bloom!
Like spring's gay verdure, now we rise,
Cut down ere night to fill the tomb. "
Courtesy findagrave member Vicky Wiemer Tracy (#46944421)

Inscription

In memory of Hezekiah Tracy who died the 11th of July 1827 in the 82nd year of his age



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  • Created by: janicet
  • Added: May 6, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89672272/hezekiah-tracy: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Hezekiah Tracy (5 Apr 1746–11 Jul 1827), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89672272, citing Webb-West Cemetery, Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by janicet (contributor 47361005).