Family Group Sheet

FATHER Jacob Bixby

Birth28 Jul 1754Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marriage14 Oct 1773Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Martha Hardy
Residence2 Aug 1790Reading, Windsor, Vermont
Residence1800Reading, Windsor, Vermont
Death26 Aug 1831Reading, Vermont
Property
Military
Biography

MOTHER Martha Hardy

BirthAbt 1754
Marriage14 Oct 1773Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Jacob Bixby
Death5 Aug 1837Reading, Vermont

CHILDREN

Jacob Bixby
BirthAug 1775
Marriage4 Dec 1800Mary "Polly" Beaverstock
Death18 May 1827Bridgewater, Windsor, Vermont
Lorin Bixby
Birth1786
Marriage27 Oct 1816Reading, Vermont - Sally Carlton
Death11 Feb 1849Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont
Polly Bixby
Birth1779
Marriage5 Dec 1811Reading, Windsor, Vermont - James Robinson
Residence1849Reading, Windsor, Vermont
Death21 Mar 1856Reading, Windsor, Vermont
Jonathan Bixby
BirthAbt 1778
Death7 Jun 1849
BurialBridgewater, Windsor, Vermont
Sally Bixby
BirthAbt 1783Plymouth, Vermont
Marriage10 Jan 1816Plymouth, Vermont - Jonathan Ackley
Death6 Mar 1878Guilford, Vermont
Martha Bixby
BirthAbt 1774
Baptism26 Mar 1775Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death1776
Martha "Patty" Bixby
BirthAbt 1780
Marriage16 Mar 1800Reading, Windsor, Vermont - Samuel Jones
Death29 Nov 1865Cavendish, Windsor, Vermont
Matilda Bixby
Birth1797Reading, Vermont
Marriage18 Jan 1821Reading, Vermont - Samuel W. Hawkins
Residence1850Harmon, Lee, Illinois
Death1870Monroe, Iowa
Biography

Notes

Property

Jacob Bixby and Levi Bixby (likely his brother)were of Wilton on 4 February 1783 when they sold property in Westford,Massachusetts to Abel Boynton of Westford.[1][1] MassachusettsLand Records, Middlesex County, 88:475On 13 January 1785, Jacob Bixby of Wilton, forpayment of £20, purchased a 50-acre house lot in Reading, lot fourteen in thefirst range of house lots, from Andrew Spear.[1][1] VermontLand Records, Town of Reading, 2:2042:204, 4:262, 4:253, 6:236 Reading Vermont deed index – there are some forJacobhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLR-R98J-X?i=17&cat=227509deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/227509?availability=Family%20History%20LibraryJacob acquired additional property ultimately occupyinga 100-acre lot. Jacob and his son Lorin engaged in transactions in 1826 to sellthis property to Zebina Curtis.[1][1] VermontLand Records, Town of Reading, 2:204, 11:347, 11:348 

Military

Jacob Bixby served in theRevolution. In 1849, his daughter Patty applied for back payments that er nowdeceased mother might have been eligible for as a widow. On 28 December 1849,Patty Jones aged sixty-nine years and resident of Cavendish, Vermont, wife ofSamuel Jones, provided a statement. She was a daughter of Jacob and MarthaBixby and her father served from Westford, Massachusetts during the Revolution.He enlisted or was drafted and was out for several months at times. He wascalled a Minute Man. He was at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was at the captureof Burgoyne. He had one nine-month period of service, and she was told that histotal service was about two years. While he was away, her mother lived with hergrandfather Hale. One of the officers her father served with was her uncleEphraim Hale. She further reported she had three brothers, Jacob Jonathan, andLorin, and the oldest if living would be 73 years old. She had four sisters,Martha who died at 18 months old who would have been 75 if living, Polly nowthe widow of James Robinson of Reading, Sally the wife of Jonathan Ackley ofGuilford, Vermont, and Matilda who is supposed to be dead as nothing has beenheard from her for many years. Only three of the children were in 1849 known tobe living: Patty, Polly, and Sally. Her parents were married on 14 October 1773by the Rev. Willard Hall. Her father died at Reading on 26 August 1831 and hermother died at Reading on 5 August 1837. A pension was allowed at the rate of$32.86 per annum from 26 August 1831 to 5 August 1837.[1][1] U. S.Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Case W23602

Biography

https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00bixb/page/n261/mode/2up followed children start herehttps://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00bixb/page/452/mode/2up?q=beaverstock 

Biography

A little here on Matilda Bixbyhttps://archive.org/details/historyofcountie00warn/page/806/mode/2up

Endnotes

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3. Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Reading, Windsor, Vermont; Series: M637; Roll: 12; Page: 36; Family History Library Film: 0568152.

4. Ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1800; Census Place: Reading, Windsor, Vermont; Series: M32; Roll: 52; Page: 326; Image: 319; Family History Library Film: 218689.

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8. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).

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14. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

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16. Ancestry.com, Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870.

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18. Ancestry.com, Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870.

19. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: Harmon, Lee, Illinois; Roll: 116; Page: 127a.