Gen. Ebenezer Mattoon^[1]

1755 - 1843  (88 years)

• Name	Ebenezer Mattoon
  		Gen. Ebenezer Hadley (1755-1843) Excerpt from Genealogies of Hadley families, Lucius M. Boltwood, (Northampton, Mass.: Metcalf & Co., 1862).
  		Amherst City Record for Nathaniel Dickinson Family [Plate 3] Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Descendents of Joseph Dickinson [2d. gen.] (Noah and Mary [6th gen.]; Jonathan and Mary; Simeon and Chloe [7th gen.]; Seth and Naomi).
  Title	Gen.
  Born	19 Aug 1755	North Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Graduation	1776	Dartmouth College, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire
  Died	11 Sep 1843	Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Buried	West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  		Findagrave memorial for Gen. Ebenezer Mattoon D 36289645 Photographed
  Notes	MATTOON, Ebenezer, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in North Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., on August 19, 1755; attended the common schools and received private instruction; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1776; served in the Revolutionary Army and attained the rank of major; taught school and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1781 and 1794; justice of the peace 1782-1796; served in the State senate in 1795 and 1796; served from the rank of captain to that of major general of the Fourth Division, State militia; appointed sheriff of Hampshire County in 1796 and served twenty years; elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel Lyman; reelected to the Seventh Congress and served from February 2, 1801, to March 3, 1803; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1812; major general of Massachusetts Militia 1799-1816; adjutant general of the State militia 1816-1818; became totally blind in 1818 and retired from active public life; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1820; died in Amherst, Mass., September 11, 1843; interment in West Cemetery. [2]
  Person ID	I21808	Dickinson
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family	Mary Dickinson,   b. 1758, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 30 Jul 1835, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years)
  Married	7 Jul 1779	Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Mary Dickinson Mattoon,   b. 4 Apr 1780, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts  [Birth]   2. Ebenezer Mattoon,   b. 29 Sep 1781, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 28 Jul 1868, Illinois  (Age 86 years)  [Birth]   3. Noah Dickinson Mattoon,   b. 19 Sep 1783, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts  [Birth]   4. Dorothy Mattoon,   b. 25 Jun 1785, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Feb 1820  (Age 34 years)  [Birth]   5. Fanny Mattoon,   b. Sep 1787, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 28 Jan 1790, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 2 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F6778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Aug 1755 - North Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts Graduation - 1776 - Dartmouth College, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire Died - 11 Sep 1843 - Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts Buried - - West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories		Public Service
  		Veterans: War for Independence

  
  

• Sources

  [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), " Ebenezer Mattoon" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Mattoon. [S207263] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office 20xx), online., "MATTOON, Ebenezer, (1755 - 1843)" at http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000259.