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712. LIEUT. EZRA,(6) son of Abner (5) (228), b. in Colchester, 5 Sept." 1754; m.
jn Great Barrington, Mass., 30 Apr l779, Mary Whiting, b. 11 Dec., 1758, dau.
of Lieut. Gamaliel Whiting • of Great Barrington, b. 17 Sept., 1727, and Anna.
Gillett, b. 18 Feb., 1738.
He d. in Great, Barrington, 29 Sept., 1833, aged 79; she died there 11 May,
1837, aged 78.
He removed to Great Barrington in 1771 and became, a prominent citizen; sus-
tained various offices and was long the principal deputy sheriff of the town. He
was an honest and straightforward man and highly respected.
During Shay's rebellion he was deputy sheriff and on one occasion the Shay's men"
attempted to capture and “Handle” him, but he escaped and they attacked
his house and threatened Mrs. Kellogg. They discharged a gun through the cur-
tains of a bed on which she was lying, setting them on fire, and through the walls
of the house. Some of these men were arrested and at their examination Dr.
Budd testified: I went down to Mr. Kellogg's house; Dunham and others had
their bayonets at Mrs. Kellogg's breast and swore they would kill her; I thought
Mrs. Kellogg would faint away.”
In his application for a pension, 1832, he stated sthat he was 77 years of age
born in Colchester, Conn., 5 Sept.,1754; res.-there and in Lebanon until 1771,
when be removed to Great Barrington. Belonged to a company of .Minute men
and marched in Apr. 1775, in Boston under Capt. King and served in the siege
until December. Early in 1776 was at Saratoga and vicinity protecting the in-
habitants from the hostile Tories and Indians who were constantly infesting the
Mowhawk Valley; latcr be was in Colonel Samuel Brewer's Reg. at Ticonderoga dur-
ing the remainder ·of' the year. About the middle of July, Gen. Burgoyne was ad-
vancing and he again volunteered under Colonel John Ashley to· go to Forts Ann and
Edward, but the American army retreated before the enemy to Stillwater. The
call for additional troops was so sudden and urgent that those of the volunteers
who had horses mounted them in order to reach the front as soon as possible. He
was in. the rear guard and the pressure was so great that he and others lost horses,
saddles and bridles, quite a privation in those days. Arriving in Stillwater the
company was permitted to return home, but had scarcely arrived there when they
were again ordered to march, at once to Bennington, at which place they arrived.
on the evening of the 16 Aug., 1777, the day on which the battle was fought. They
were detailed that night to guard the prisoners and the next day to bury the dead.
In Dec., 1777 he was detailed by his Capt., Goodrich, to guard, day and night,
Gideon Smith, who had been adjudged by the Committee of Safety, an enemy to his country.
Smith and some others we're banished.. Capt. Walter Pynchon,
Deputy Quartermaster at the post of Great Burrington, who had his office in Ezra's
house, appointed him, 1 Mar., 17811 an assistant in the department under him,
assigning him duties as "wagon conductor for the management of the numerous
transportation trains; also superintendent of cutting. weighing, packing and re-
packing vast quantities of beef which were furnished to the army. He continued in
the service until the end of the war.
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1754 - 1833 (79 years)