son of Noahdiah Emmons &
Elizabeth Champion (Brainard) Emmons
m. Mindwell Mack 9 Dec 1799
at Middlefield, Mass.
children:
Monroe b. 11 Feb 1800
Noahdiah b. 5 July 1802 d. 15 Feb 1883
Eliza E b. 11 May 1804 d. 14 Jun 1882 m. John Cady
Laura Mack b. 3 July 1810 m. Augustus Frissell
Emily b. 2 June 1815 m. Lyman Payne
Mary b. 20 March 1823 m. James J Warren
...blacksmith; eldest of eight children; when a young man went to Middlefield, Mass. to learn to be blacksmith; after marriage returned to East Haddam, Ct. for two years then returned to Mass.; was a indefatigable worker, in 1819 erected a fine brick mansion on his farm on the Boston Albany Road where he lived until his death, the farm stayed in the family until 1901 and was then converted to a popular summer hotel called the "Shady Villa"; possessed a keen sense of humor; was one of the best known wags of Western Mass.; was present at the laying of the corner stone of Bunker Hill monument in Boston;
[The Emmons family genealogy: a record of the emigrant Thomas Emmons of Newport, Rhode Island, with many of his descendants from 1639 to 1905, Syracuse, N.Y.: Lyman Bros., 1985. pgs 42-43, avail on ancestry.com]
...Ichabod Emmons was a native of East Haddam, Connecticut, where he was born March 17, 1778. He became known as Major Emmons, the title being acquired by his connection with local militia. He was widely known for his witticisms on the floor of the state assembly, where he represented his town for a number of terms. Major Emmons died April 26, 1839. His wife Mindwell (Mack) Emmons, was born September 6, 1779, at Middlefield, Massachusetts and died June 23, 1862.
[Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts. New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1906, page 413]
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son of Noahdiah Emmons &
Elizabeth Champion (Brainard) Emmons
m. Mindwell Mack 9 Dec 1799
at Middlefield, Mass.
children:
Monroe b. 11 Feb 1800
Noahdiah b. 5 July 1802 d. 15 Feb 1883
Eliza E b. 11 May 1804 d. 14 Jun 1882 m. John Cady
Laura Mack b. 3 July 1810 m. Augustus Frissell
Emily b. 2 June 1815 m. Lyman Payne
Mary b. 20 March 1823 m. James J Warren
...blacksmith; eldest of eight children; when a young man went to Middlefield, Mass. to learn to be blacksmith; after marriage returned to East Haddam, Ct. for two years then returned to Mass.; was a indefatigable worker, in 1819 erected a fine brick mansion on his farm on the Boston Albany Road where he lived until his death, the farm stayed in the family until 1901 and was then converted to a popular summer hotel called the "Shady Villa"; possessed a keen sense of humor; was one of the best known wags of Western Mass.; was present at the laying of the corner stone of Bunker Hill monument in Boston;
[The Emmons family genealogy: a record of the emigrant Thomas Emmons of Newport, Rhode Island, with many of his descendants from 1639 to 1905, Syracuse, N.Y.: Lyman Bros., 1985. pgs 42-43, avail on ancestry.com]
...Ichabod Emmons was a native of East Haddam, Connecticut, where he was born March 17, 1778. He became known as Major Emmons, the title being acquired by his connection with local militia. He was widely known for his witticisms on the floor of the state assembly, where he represented his town for a number of terms. Major Emmons died April 26, 1839. His wife Mindwell (Mack) Emmons, was born September 6, 1779, at Middlefield, Massachusetts and died June 23, 1862.
[Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts. New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1906, page 413]
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Ichabod Emmons
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