Capt. Ebenezer Alexander1

#29760, (17 October 1684 - )

Family

Mehitabel Buck b. 1684, d. 1767
Children 1.Elias Alexander2 (1710 - )
 2.Ebenezer Alexander Jr.2 (1714 - 1788)
 3.Anne Alexander+1 (1720 - )
 4.Simeon Alexander2 (1722 - 1801)
 5.Thomas Alexander2 (1727 - 1801)
"Captain Ebenezer Alexander known as the "Fighting Deacon" of Northfield, Massachusetts; b. 17th October, 1684; d. 22d January, 1768. Lived previously at Wethersfield, and Coventry, Connecticut; he filled many important offices in the town of Northfield, Massachusetts, saw much service in Father Rasle's War, serving as Ensign under Capt. Thomas Welles and as Lieutenant under the famous Capt. Benjamin Wright; 9th March, 1744-1745, he was commissioned Lieutenant in the expedition against Cape Breton; was at the capture of Louisburg, 17th June, when Sir William Pepperelll gave him a Captain's Commission, 13th July. In 1746 he served under Governor Shirley in the expedition for the reduction of Canada; in 1748 although then sixty-four years old he was a leader of a company ranging the woods in the search of Indians; was Deacon in Northfield for forty years; m. 10th October, 1709, Mehitabel Buck, of Wethersfield, b. 1684; d. 6th March, 1767, dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Churchill) Buck."2 
Birth*17 October 1684He was born on 17 October 1684 at Northampton, Massachusetts Bay ColonyG.1 
Marriage*10 October 1709He married Mehitabel Buck, daughter of Henry Buck and Elizabeth Churchill, on 10 October 1709 at Wethersfield, Connecticut Colony.3,2 

Citations

  1. [S1020] Provo, UT and Oxford, MA, Massachusetts Town and Vital Records: Northampton 1620/1650–1893/1988, unknown repository, unknown repository address, p. 24, imgs. 458 and 605/2680. Ebenezer, son of John and Sarah Alexander, b. 17 Oct 1684. Hereinafter cited as Mass. Town and Vital Records: Northampton.
  2. [S1021] George Norbury Mackenzie, editor, Colonial Families of the United States of America, Seven Volumes (New York and Boston: The Grafton Press, 1907 et al), VI: 19-20.
  3. [S2515] R R Hinman, "Records of Wethersfield, Connecticut", New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vols. 15 - 17 (1861-1863): XV:243. Ebenezer Alexander and Mehetabel [sic] Buck, dau. of Henry, marr. 10 Oct 1709; son Elias b. 25 Jul 1710.