veteran of the Revolutionary War
NOTE The book "History of Easton" records that Ziba died on August 10, 1843. This is probably in error, as that is the date his wife Amy is recorded to have died. A photo of the stone is needed.
Ziba was a son of Ephraim Randell & Mary Blake. He was born in Easton, Bristol county, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Ziba married Mary Gay on September 16, 1784. They had children:
Macy born January 19, 1785
she died February 5, 1865
Rebecca born 1787
died September 19, 1805
Ziba became a widow when Mary died in 1791.
Ziba married Amy (French) Pratt on May 29, 1792. Amy was the widow of Barney Pratt, of Bridgewater
Ziba is referenced to in the book "A Biographical History of Robert Randall and His Descendants, 1608-1909" by William L. Chaffin, Grafton Press, 1909, on page 62. He wrote:
He bought in 1790 eleven acres on the north side of Canton Street, North Easton, built a house and lived there until he died. He was a farmer, but from 1802 to 1816 managed a sawmill, of which he was a half-owner, at the so-called Picker Place. He was a Revolutionary soldier, enlisting in 1777 at the age of seventeen years in Capt. Ebenezer Dean's company of Col. Carpenter's regiment, for Rhode Island service; also in 1778 for six weeks in Capt. Icabod Leonard's company of the same regiment; and he marched, in 1780, in Capt. Seth Pratt's company of Col. James Williams' regiment in the "Tiverton Alarm," whence after six or eight days, they returned, covered with dust, but not with glory, having encountered no Redcoats. His remains after his death were buried in the Ferguson Cemetery at the Foot of Picker Lane. Strong and handsome slate gravestones were placed over the graves of himself and two wives, but mean scoundrels with an infernal vandalism impossible to understand, have done their worst to smash these stones into fragments, as well as the gravestones of the Ferguson family. The writer of this genealogy did his best in 1886 to collect these fragments and decipher the inscriptions upon them. Ziba Randall had one hobby which has been of great service to the present writer, viz., that of keeping a record of all deaths that came under his notice, mainly those of Easton, Stoughton, and Sharon. There are over 850 names and dates in this record, ranging from 1792 to 1835, a copy of this list being in the hands of the writer.
NOTE The book "History of Easton" records that Ziba died on August 10, 1843. This is probably in error, as that is the date his wife Amy is recorded to have died. A photo of the stone is needed.
Ziba was a son of Ephraim Randell & Mary Blake. He was born in Easton, Bristol county, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Ziba married Mary Gay on September 16, 1784. They had children:
Macy born January 19, 1785
she died February 5, 1865
Rebecca born 1787
died September 19, 1805
Ziba became a widow when Mary died in 1791.
Ziba married Amy (French) Pratt on May 29, 1792. Amy was the widow of Barney Pratt, of Bridgewater
Ziba is referenced to in the book "A Biographical History of Robert Randall and His Descendants, 1608-1909" by William L. Chaffin, Grafton Press, 1909, on page 62. He wrote:
He bought in 1790 eleven acres on the north side of Canton Street, North Easton, built a house and lived there until he died. He was a farmer, but from 1802 to 1816 managed a sawmill, of which he was a half-owner, at the so-called Picker Place. He was a Revolutionary soldier, enlisting in 1777 at the age of seventeen years in Capt. Ebenezer Dean's company of Col. Carpenter's regiment, for Rhode Island service; also in 1778 for six weeks in Capt. Icabod Leonard's company of the same regiment; and he marched, in 1780, in Capt. Seth Pratt's company of Col. James Williams' regiment in the "Tiverton Alarm," whence after six or eight days, they returned, covered with dust, but not with glory, having encountered no Redcoats. His remains after his death were buried in the Ferguson Cemetery at the Foot of Picker Lane. Strong and handsome slate gravestones were placed over the graves of himself and two wives, but mean scoundrels with an infernal vandalism impossible to understand, have done their worst to smash these stones into fragments, as well as the gravestones of the Ferguson family. The writer of this genealogy did his best in 1886 to collect these fragments and decipher the inscriptions upon them. Ziba Randall had one hobby which has been of great service to the present writer, viz., that of keeping a record of all deaths that came under his notice, mainly those of Easton, Stoughton, and Sharon. There are over 850 names and dates in this record, ranging from 1792 to 1835, a copy of this list being in the hands of the writer.
veteran of the Revolutionary War
NOTE The book "History of Easton" records that Ziba died on August 10, 1843. This is probably in error, as that is the date his wife Amy is recorded to have died. A photo of the stone is needed.
Ziba was a son of Ephraim Randell & Mary Blake. He was born in Easton, Bristol county, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Ziba married Mary Gay on September 16, 1784. They had children:
Macy born January 19, 1785
she died February 5, 1865
Rebecca born 1787
died September 19, 1805
Ziba became a widow when Mary died in 1791.
Ziba married Amy (French) Pratt on May 29, 1792. Amy was the widow of Barney Pratt, of Bridgewater
Ziba is referenced to in the book "A Biographical History of Robert Randall and His Descendants, 1608-1909" by William L. Chaffin, Grafton Press, 1909, on page 62. He wrote:
He bought in 1790 eleven acres on the north side of Canton Street, North Easton, built a house and lived there until he died. He was a farmer, but from 1802 to 1816 managed a sawmill, of which he was a half-owner, at the so-called Picker Place. He was a Revolutionary soldier, enlisting in 1777 at the age of seventeen years in Capt. Ebenezer Dean's company of Col. Carpenter's regiment, for Rhode Island service; also in 1778 for six weeks in Capt. Icabod Leonard's company of the same regiment; and he marched, in 1780, in Capt. Seth Pratt's company of Col. James Williams' regiment in the "Tiverton Alarm," whence after six or eight days, they returned, covered with dust, but not with glory, having encountered no Redcoats. His remains after his death were buried in the Ferguson Cemetery at the Foot of Picker Lane. Strong and handsome slate gravestones were placed over the graves of himself and two wives, but mean scoundrels with an infernal vandalism impossible to understand, have done their worst to smash these stones into fragments, as well as the gravestones of the Ferguson family. The writer of this genealogy did his best in 1886 to collect these fragments and decipher the inscriptions upon them. Ziba Randall had one hobby which has been of great service to the present writer, viz., that of keeping a record of all deaths that came under his notice, mainly those of Easton, Stoughton, and Sharon. There are over 850 names and dates in this record, ranging from 1792 to 1835, a copy of this list being in the hands of the writer.
NOTE The book "History of Easton" records that Ziba died on August 10, 1843. This is probably in error, as that is the date his wife Amy is recorded to have died. A photo of the stone is needed.
Ziba was a son of Ephraim Randell & Mary Blake. He was born in Easton, Bristol county, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Ziba married Mary Gay on September 16, 1784. They had children:
Macy born January 19, 1785
she died February 5, 1865
Rebecca born 1787
died September 19, 1805
Ziba became a widow when Mary died in 1791.
Ziba married Amy (French) Pratt on May 29, 1792. Amy was the widow of Barney Pratt, of Bridgewater
Ziba is referenced to in the book "A Biographical History of Robert Randall and His Descendants, 1608-1909" by William L. Chaffin, Grafton Press, 1909, on page 62. He wrote:
He bought in 1790 eleven acres on the north side of Canton Street, North Easton, built a house and lived there until he died. He was a farmer, but from 1802 to 1816 managed a sawmill, of which he was a half-owner, at the so-called Picker Place. He was a Revolutionary soldier, enlisting in 1777 at the age of seventeen years in Capt. Ebenezer Dean's company of Col. Carpenter's regiment, for Rhode Island service; also in 1778 for six weeks in Capt. Icabod Leonard's company of the same regiment; and he marched, in 1780, in Capt. Seth Pratt's company of Col. James Williams' regiment in the "Tiverton Alarm," whence after six or eight days, they returned, covered with dust, but not with glory, having encountered no Redcoats. His remains after his death were buried in the Ferguson Cemetery at the Foot of Picker Lane. Strong and handsome slate gravestones were placed over the graves of himself and two wives, but mean scoundrels with an infernal vandalism impossible to understand, have done their worst to smash these stones into fragments, as well as the gravestones of the Ferguson family. The writer of this genealogy did his best in 1886 to collect these fragments and decipher the inscriptions upon them. Ziba Randall had one hobby which has been of great service to the present writer, viz., that of keeping a record of all deaths that came under his notice, mainly those of Easton, Stoughton, and Sharon. There are over 850 names and dates in this record, ranging from 1792 to 1835, a copy of this list being in the hands of the writer.
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