Individual Details

John Connable

(1749 - August 26, 1813)

John Connable was born in 1749 probably in Bernardston. He was a soldier in the American Revolution. He married Amey Edwards then Sarah Dewey and had several children. His will names his children and makes son Joseph executor. John is buried in the Old Cemetery of Bernardston his headstone inscribed with 'Death is a sweet sonorous sound To those who have salvation found, It wafts them to the courts of bliss, Where all is joy and happiness'.

Events

Birth1749Bernardston, British America
MarriageJanuary 20, 1780Guilford, Cumberland, Vermont, United States - Amey Edwards
Widow1784
MarriageNovember 5, 1786Leyden, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States - Sarah Dewey
Census1790Leyden, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Widow1806
WillMarch 4, 1808Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Census1810Bernardston, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
DeathAugust 26, 1813Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
ProbateSeptember 28, 1813Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
BurialOld Cemetery, Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
MilitaryAmerican Revolution

Families

SpouseSarah Dewey (1770 - 1806)
ChildElizabeth Connable (1790 - 1844)
ChildLeydia Connable (1795 - 1854)
ChildLucy Connable (1799 - 1874)
ChildJohn Connable (1803 - 1839)
ChildSamuel Connable (1805 - 1890)
SpouseAmey Edwards (1760 - 1784)
ChildJoseph Connable (1782 - 1849)
FatherSamuel Connable (1717 - 1796)
MotherMary English (1715 - 1791)
SiblingSamuel Connable (1743 - 1794)
SiblingMary Connable (1747 - 1821)
SiblingRebecca Connable (1755 - 1816)
SiblingElizabeth Connable (1757 - 1821)

Notes

Burial

Inscription on his headstsone: Death is a sweet sonorous sound To those who have salvation found, It wafts them to the courts of bliss, Where all is joy and happiness.

Military

From the book History of the Town of Bernardston: It is likely that he served as ensign in the Revolution. From the DAR lineage book: in the expedition to the northward under Capt. Joseph Stebbins and Col. David Wells, 1777

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, Provo, UT, 2013, 1870 and Prior, individual card image 1275 of 3555 John Connable m. Amey Edwards on 20 Jan 1780 in Guilford Vermont.

2. Ancestry.com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, Provo, UT, 2013, 1870 and prior individual card image 1271 of 3555, John Connable m. Sarah Dewey on 29 Nov 1786 in Guilford, Vermont, USA.

3. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2011, Leyden Town Records, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths page 182 image 94 of 426 top right.

4. Ancestry.com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, Provo, UT, 2013, 1870 and prior individual card image 3214 of 3556 Dewey, Sarah marriage 5 Nov 1786.

5. United States Census 1790 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication M637, Washington, D.C., FHL 0568144, Digital Folder 005157136, Image 00341 (1 of 2).

6. Connable, Edwards Joseph. Genealogical memoir of the Cunnabell, Conable Or Connable family, Jackson, Mich., Daily Citizen Book Printing House, 1886, Volume 1 page 56 John's will with children listed.

7. Connable, Edwards Joseph. Genealogical memoir of the Cunnabell, Conable Or Connable family, Jackson, Mich., Daily Citizen Book Printing House, 1886, Volume 1 page 56 John's will with children listed.

8. Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census U.S. Census, Population Schedule, NARA Microfilm Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; 2010, Year: 1810; Census Place: Bernardston, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 19; Page: 195; Image: 00205; Family History Library Film: 0205627.

9. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2011, Bernardston Births, Marriages and Death page 54 image 28 of 233 Deaths.

10. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Franklin County Probate Files, Ca. 1812-1915 Massachusetts. Probate Court.

11. Connable, Edwards Joseph. Genealogical memoir of the Cunnabell, Conable Or Connable family, Jackson, Mich., Daily Citizen Book Printing House, 1886, Volume 1 page 56 John's will with children listed.

12. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .

13. Connable, Edwards Joseph. Genealogical memoir of the Cunnabell, Conable Or Connable family, Jackson, Mich., Daily Citizen Book Printing House, 1886, Volume 1 page 55 John Cunnabell and his descendants.

14. Kellogg, Lucy Jane (Cutler). History of the Town of Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts. 1736-1900: With Genealogies. Greenfield, Mass.: Press of E.A. Hall and co., 1902, Page 356.

15. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; 2016, Lineage Book NSDAR Volume 100, 1913, p 113 No. 99363.