Ezekiel Kellogg

EZEKIAL KELLOGG / 1697 - 1778

Was a weaver in 1720, a trader in 1731; resided in Hadley and New Salem, MA. Became prosperous. Traded with local Indians. Served as soldier in the French and Indian War in Col. Williams' Regiment; served for ten days, travelled 44 miles during siege of Fort William Henry. In the Indian War he commanded a company against the Indians; had charge of the fort in New Salem, built for protection of the families of the settlers.

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Ezekiel Kellogg passed away, aged 80, in 1778 in Hadley (Hampshire County), Massachusetts. Ezekiel Kellogg is interred at the Old Hadley Cemetery in Hadley (Hampshire County), Massachusetts. Among immediate family interred at the Old Hadley Cemetery are -- 1.) mother Sarah (Boltwood) Kellogg / 1672 - 1726,, 2.) wife Elizabeth (Partridge) Kellogg / 1701 - ????, 3.) daughter Elizabeth Kellogg / 1724 - 1726, 4.) daughter Mariah Kellogg / 1726 - 1726, 5.) son Giles Crouch Kellogg / 1733 - 1793