John Macomber^[1]

1760 - 1841  (81 years)

• Name	John Macomber
  Born	18 May 1760	Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Oct 1841	Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont
  Buried	Osgood Hill Cemetery, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont   [2]
  Person ID	I24	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	John Macomber,   b. 20 Jun 1719, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Mother	Abigail Padelford,   b. 1723, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 15 Aug 1793, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years)
  Married	1755	Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F45	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Mary "Polly" Dean,   b. 23 Mar 1767, Taunton, Massachusetts ,   d. 29 Nov 1823, Westford, Vermont  (Age 56 years)
  Married	25 Aug 1785
  Children	+ 1. Calvin Dean Macomber,   b. 7 Jun 1786, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts ,   d. 3 Oct 1829, Oakham, Massachusetts  (Age 43 years) + 2. Betsey Macomber,   b. 3 Sep 1788, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts ,   d. 13 Feb 1864, Westford, Vermont  (Age 75 years)   3. Mary Macomber,   b. 16 Aug 1790, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Jan 1848  (Age 57 years) + 4. Abigail Godfrey Macomber,   b. 17 Jun 1792, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 Aug 1883  (Age 91 years)   5. Harriet Macomber,   b. 11 Feb 1795, Oakham, Massachusetts   6. Luther Macomber,   b. 11 Nov 1796, Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts + 7. John Jarvis Macomber,   b. 11 Nov 1796, Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 13 Feb 1878, Oakham, Massachusetts  (Age 81 years)   8. Lydia Macomber,   b. 11 Dec 1798, Oakham, Massachusetts ,   d. 11 Sep 1815  (Age 16 years)   9. Pliny Macomber,   b. 13 Oct 1800, Oakham, Massachusetts ,   d. 11 Dec 1815  (Age 15 years)   10. Lewis Macomber,   b. 2 Jun 1803, Oakham, Massachusetts ,   d. 25 May 1825, Millidgeville, Georgia  (Age 21 years)   11. Philip Macomber,   b. 15 Oct 1805, Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 13 Dec 1813  (Age 8 years) + 12. Luther Macomber,   b. 13 Dec 1808, Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 12 Jan 1901, Newark, New Jersey  (Age 92 years)   13. Sumner Macomber,   b. 17 Jun 1811, Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. New Hampshire
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Betsey Robinson,   b. Abt 1789,   d. 13 Feb 1864  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Married	8 Dec 1825	Westford, Vermont
  Family ID	F3823	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 18 May 1760 - Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Married - 8 Dec 1825 - Westford, Vermont Died - 11 Oct 1841 - Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont Buried - - Osgood Hill Cemetery, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Barb Destromp submission (8 May 2007)
  		Barb Destromp submission (8 May 2007)

  
  

• Notes

  Revolutionary War record found in Newberry Library Mass records of soldiers and sailors Vol X_III Boston 1905 in the M's. Second Corporal and served directly under Lafayette. Statement dated Boston Sept 11, 1777. Signed by said Macumber and others belonging to Col Crafts regt. declaring their refusal to leave Boston unless their bounty, or wages, or both, were made equivalent to those allowed the soldiers of the continental train of artillery. Also, Matross, Capt. William Todds 6th Co. Col Thomas Crafts (Artillery) regt. service from time of enlistment to October 1, 1777, 4 months 15 days. John is known to have served a longer time. Record might be found in Taunton, Providence, or Washington. John coaxed his young brother (16) into the Revolution. The boy was killed in the first battle. The father was so mad, he only willed him $1.00. He bought a bible with the dollar. "(We know that John Macumber married Polly Dean of Rhode Island, they got Dean money anyway)" Said to have been made deaf in the war. Lived in Taunton, Oakham, Massachusetts, and Westford, Vermont. 1790 Massachusetts Census of Taunton Town pages 56-58 lists Samuel Padleford, John Dean, Abigail Dean, Joseph Dean, Noah Dean, Abiel Dean, Luther Dean, Henry Macomber, Phillip Dean, Benjamin Dean, Solomon Padleford, Edward Padleford, Edward Padleford Jr., Phillip Padleford among others as neighbors. United with the Congregational Church in Westford, Vermont in 1821. Vermont pensioners of 1835: County: Chittenden Co. Name: John Macomber Rank: Sergeant Annual Allowance: 96.00 Sums Received: 1,525.83 Description of service: Rhode Island continental line When placed on the pension roll: July 27, 1818 Commencement of pension: April 13, 1818 Age: 74 Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks.: Transferred from Worcester co., Massachusetts, March 4, 1820. ---------- References: "Anna Olivia Sawyer notes", March 1916, p 7. Eugene Sawyer notes. "Macomber Genealogy", 1908, Everett S. Stackpole, p 15, 24-25.

  
  

• Sources

  [S53] The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol 150, Page 9. Mrs. Helene E. Dunn Jackson. DAR ID Number: 149027 Born in Newark, N. J. Wife of William A. Jackson. Descendant of John Macomber, Alexander Crawford, Capt. John Crawford and James Henderson, as follows: 1. Edwin Monterey Dunn (1847-89) m. 1874 Charlotte Amanda Macomber (1843-1903). 2. Luther Macomber (1808-1901) m. 1833 Eliza Crawford (1807-86). 3. John Macomber m. 1785 Mary Dean (1767-1823); Samuel Crawford (1760-1841) m. 1793 Huldah Burdin (1775-1867). 4. John Crawford m. 1st 1759 Rachel Henderson (1739-73). 5. Alexander Crawford m. 1735 Elizabeth – (1712-74); James Henderson m. 1736 Sarah Harper (d. 1751). [p.9] John Macomber (1760-1841) served as private in Capt. Joshua Wilbore's company, Col. Ebenezer Francis' regiment, Massachusetts troops. He was born in Taunton, Mass.; died in Westford, Vt. Alexander Crawford (1710-93) served as private in Capt. Ephraim Hartwell's company of guards, Massachusetts troops. He was born in Ireland; died in Rutland, Mass. John Crawford (1739-1824) commanded a company in Col. Jonathan Warner's Massachusetts regiment, which marched on the Lexington Alarm; re-enlisted, 1777, and served several other enlistments. He was born in Rutland; died in Oakham, Mass. Also No. 139393. James Henderson served as private from Rutland, Mass., on the Alarm List, 1775. He died in Rutland, Mass. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 19291599).