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Rev. Ebenezer Devotion

Male about 1684 - 1741  (~ 57 years)


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  • Name Ebenezer Devotion 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Birth about 1684  Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 19 October 1684  First Church, Roxbury Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 11 April 1741  Suffield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Ebenezer was 1710-1741] the third minister of Suffield, ordained 28 Jun 1710 and serving until his death in 1741. His salary was £80 per year and a dwelling house.

      Epitaph: " Here lies the body of Rev.. Ebenezer Devotion late minister of the Gospel of this town, who died April the 11th, 1741 in the 31st year of his ministry at 57. He was a man of sound judgement, great Stability of mind, singular Modesty and Humility, a True Friend and Faithful Minister, steady in his attendance upon the Alter, close and pungent in his preaching and very exemplary in his life, a Pattern of Industry and Resignation and of all Christian Graces, as while living he was greatly beloved so his death was very much lamented."
    Person ID I11488  Schirado
    Last Modified 3 December 2001 

    Father John Devotion,   b. about 1659, Boston, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct-Feb 1732, Suffield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Hannah Pond,   b. 27 September 1660, Dedham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage about 1681  [2
    Family ID F8137  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family/Spouse 1 Hannah Breck,   b. 17 February 1688, Dorchester, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 March 1719, Suffield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage 4 October 1710  Suffield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Hannah Devotion,   b. 24 April 1716, Suffield, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1805, Suffield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F8145  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family/Spouse 2 Naomi Taylor,   b. 30 March 1695, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 August 1739, Suffield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 4 June 1720  Suffield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F34581  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family/Spouse 3 Sarah Hobart 
    Marriage 27 October 1740  Suffield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F34582  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S25] Roxbury Vital Records.

    2. [S587] John William Linzee, (1913, Boston).


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