Individual Details

Biography

Early Vermont Settlers – but just for wifehttps://www.americanancestors.org/databases/early-vermont-settlers-1700-1784/RecordDisplay?volumeId=53657&pageName=3&rId=1423831925This is all the Lovejoy genealogy has – there maybe a probate to look forhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/10394/images/dvm_GenMono000232-00067-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=121&rcstate=dvm_GenMono000232-00067-1%3A432%2C740%2C560%2C772%3B770%2C750%2C900%2C779 has some war servicehttps://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7466/?name=nehemiah_lovejoy&count=50The record of the children born at Sharon is in the Ballard documentation folder.

Property

On 25 March in the secondyear of American independence, Nehemiah Lovejoy of Sharon, in consideration offorty pounds, quitclaimed to Larkin Hunter all his right to the hundred-acrelot of Richard Lovejoy the original grantee. On 21 June 1781, Nehemiah Lovejoypurchased forty acres for fourteen shillings, six pence in a tax sale, aproperty that was in the original right of John Nelson.[1] On 27 May 1788, NehemiahLovejoy and his wife Thankful of Sharon, in consideration of £25, conveyed toThomas Foster of Foster, Rhode Island fifty acres in Sharon. On 17 March 1792,Nehemiah conveyed fifty acres to Joel Doubleday for payment of £10.[2] On 6 April 1837, thedower thirds from the estate of Nehemiah Lovejoy were set to widow Sally. On 3August 1864, Freeman Holt administrator of the estate of Nehemiah Lovejoyobtained license to sell any of the real estate from the estate that had notpreviously been administered including the reversion of the dower of the widowSally Lovejoy now deceased.[3]  Sharon deeds – and there are earlier onesSharon Vermont deeds to look at – 1:36 WilliamLovejoy to Larkin Hunter, 1:37 Nehemiah Lovejoy to Larkin Hunter, 1:61 RichardLovejoy to William Lovejoy, 1:62 William Lovejoy to Daniel Lovejoy, 2:86William Lovejoy to Andrew Lovejoy, 2:22 Daniel Lovejoy to Asel Spalding, 2:119William Lovejoy to Benjamin Spalding – and many others – here is the index –need to go through them – there are some for John Lovejoy alsohttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSL1-537J-Q?i=93&cat=46183deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/46183?availability=Family%20History%20Library 1:37 – Nehemiah quitclaims to Larkin Hunter hisright to the lot of Richard Lovejoyhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSL1-537X-W?i=179&cat=46183 3:93, Nehemiah and Thankful to Thomas Foster3:1271:56 Nehemiah buys from Wright Spalding9:507 – Nehemiah selling – but seems like amortgage or rental thing – skip it9:526 – Sally’s dower survey; 14:979:526 – 6 April 1837, Sally dowerhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C377-Z6TS?i=280&cat=4618314:97 – the same dower information but in 1861 solikely related to the reversion of the dowerhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-N3CG-Z92D-W?i=430&cat=4618314:286 – Sally license to sell the reversion ofthe dower – Freeman Holt is the administratorhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-N3CG-Z9L5-M?i=527&cat=46183 11:214, 11:547, 11:551, 11:557 – these must be theson Nehemiahhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-N3CL-P9SK-8?i=134&cat=46183 Deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/46183?availability=Family%20History%20Library[1] VermontLand Records, Town of Sharon, 1:37, 1:56[2] VermontLand Records, Town of Sharon, 3:93, 3:127[3] VermontLand Records, Town of Sharon, 9:526, 14:286

Military

Nehemiah Lovejoy servedfrom Windsor County, Vermont in the company of Capt. Joseph Parkhurst from 9August to 15 August 1781. He was also credited with two days service in thecompany of Capt. Ebenezer Parkhurst in October 1781. Larkin Hunter was Sergeantin the latter company.[1] [1] Goodrich,The Rolls of Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, p 192, p 441; FHL Film #007939337, image 192, image 283