Amos Rathbone

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• The information for Amos Rathbun is from Fine, Paul Alan, A River of Many Streams - The Ascendants and Descendants of Harry Anacker and Kathryn Allen. Minnetonka, MN: RR Donnelly & Company, 2013, page 130.
• Amos served in the French & Indian War in Captain John Baldwin’s and Captain Daniel Cone’s companies in the Connecticut regiments of Colonel Avery and Colonel Trumbull.
• During the Revolutionary War, Amos Rathbun was the captain of the First Richmond Company of Colonel Benjamin Simond’s Second Berkshire Regiment.

AMOS RATHBUN, born Jan. 25, 1738, at Stonington, Conn., and married about 1761 Martha Robinson, born Sept. 28, 1745, daughter of Edward and Martha Robinson. Amos served in the French and Indian War under Captains John Baldwin and Daniel Cone, in the Connecticut regiments of Colonels Christopher Avery and Jonathan Trumbull. He moved from Stonington to Richmond, Mass., about 1765, and at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War was named captain of the First Richmond Company in Colonel Benjamin Simonds' Second Berkshire Regiment. He joined the Shaker Society in 1780, and remained a Shaker for the rest of his life, His wife refused to join the Society, and went to live with their oldest son, Amos Rathbun Jr. She died on May 17, 1788, of consumption. Amos Sr. became a teaching elder of the Shakers and died July 24, 1817, in the Shaker Village at Hancock, Mass.

CHILDREN:
AMOS, born Jan. 31, 1762; married Mary Williams.
MARTHA, born about 1764; married (1) John Baker; (2) Malachi Sanford In 1788.
HEPSEBY, born about 1766; married Stephen Grummond.
CONTENT, born about 1768; married Judah R. Spencer In October 1788.
MARY, born about 1770; married Ezra Sanford.
JOSHUA, born April 26, 1773; married Diadama Crippen.
ANNA, born about 1775; married Augustus Chidsey Feb. 12, 1794.
EDWARD, born June 10, 1776; married Anna Fuller.
LUCY, born about 1779; married Dyer Carver.

The Rathbone Genealogy, 1898, by John C. Cooley, p. 568:

AMOS6 RATHBONE (Joshua5. John4, John3. John2.  Richard1), born in Stonington, Conn., Jan. 25, 1738; married Martha Robinson, daughter of Edward R; she died May 17, 1788 (book 4, p. 408, Pittsfield records). Amos Rathbone, as shown by Pittsfield records, purchased large tracts of land in the province of Massachusetts Bay. In 1787, he joined the Shaker Society at West Pittsfield, Mass., becoming an Elder, holding that position at the time of his death. July 24, 1817. He was a pious and good man.

Letter of Ira R. Lawson, relative to Amos Rathbone and others who were members of the Shaker Society of West Pittsfield, Mass.: "Friend J. C. Cooley, yours of the 16th inst. received in due time and also the letter addressed to the Elder. After a long time I am able to give some answers to your questions. Amos Rathbone, died July 24, 1817. There is no record of his children living with us. Think they all died elsewhere, Daniel, his brother, was the father of Lucy Rathbone, who died in this Society, Oct. 5, 1861, at the age of 75 years. Steuben Langworthy's father name was Simon, his mother a Robins. Amos had a sister that married Ezekiel Goodrich, she came to this Society in its early days. Her name was Unice I do not find the date of her death. Trusting the above will be satisfactory to you, I remain, yours truly, IRA R. LAWSON."

Children:

1. Amos, b. Jan. 31, 1761, in Richmond, Mass.; m. Mary Williams.

2. Patty, b. 1763; m. John Baker.

3. Edward, b. Oct. 16, 1765: m. Ann Fuller.

4. Anna, b. 1767; m. Augustus Chitzey.

5. Content, b. 1769; m. Judah R. Spencer.

6. Mary, b. 1771; m. Ezra Sandford.

7. Joshua, b. 1773; m. Diadama Crippin.

8. Lucy, b. 1775; m. Dyer Carver.

9. Hepseby, b. 1777: m. Stephen Grummond.* Reference: [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82542566/amos-rathbone Find A Grave Memorial] - [https://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''May 13 2023, 19:13:02 UTC''

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Birth-Certified True Copy of Document recorded in Office of Town Clerk,
Stonington, CT. (have)

m. Martha Robinson.