Ebenezer Everett

Ebenezer Everett, born about 1722 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut, died 24 July 1810 in Sharon, Connecticut, age 88 years; married about 1748 in Connecticut, Lucy Moulton, born about 1728, died 28 September 1813 in Sharon, Connecticut, age 85

In his early years, he lived at Hebron, Connecticut, and moved to Sharon, Connecticut in 1745, where he lived in that part of the town which was set off in 1800 as the parish of Ellsworth. He and Lucy were among the original members of the church organized 15 March 1802 in the new parish. Their sons and daughters married and settled within one and a half miles of the

The town records show that as a householder in Sharon in 1776, Ebenezer enlisted in a company of minutemen under Capt. Caleb

In Ellsworth churchyard stands a monument which reads:

Ebenezer Everett, died July 24, 1810, age 88. Lucy Moulton, his wife, died Sept. 28, 1813, aged 85. 'Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.' They came from Hebron in 1745, and were ancestors of the numerous Everitt family of Sharon. Of nine children, eight settled within one and a half miles of the paternal residence. Their youngest and last surviving child died in 1854, one hundred and nine years after they came to Sharon. This monument is erected as a tribute of respect by their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Children were: Lucy, Isiah, Ebenezer (or Ebe), Eliphalet, Olive, Mehitable, Sylvia, Lois, and Irene.

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See also: Ebenezer Everett. Says he had a daughter named Lucy (also a wife named Lucy).