Nathaniel Kellogg

• BIRTH 8 Oct 1669
• DEATH 30 Oct 1750 (aged 81)
• BURIAL West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 76560477 Photos by Sirius Change

Sequentially, Nathaniel Kellogg was the eleventh of twenty children born to Lt. Joseph Kellogg (1626 - 1708), "The Ferryman of Hadley". More specifically, Nathaniel Kellogg was the second of eleven children born to Lt. Kellogg and his second wife, Abigail Martha Terry (1646 - ????). Nathaniel Kellogg was named in memory of a short lived older sibling who was born in October 1654 to Lt. Kellogg and his first wife, Joanna Foote (1628 - 1666). Nathaniel Kellogg was born on October 8, 1669 in Hadley (Hampshire County), Massachusetts. [2]

Nathaniel Kellogg married Sarah Boltwood (1672 - 1726), daughter of Sergeant Samuel Boltwood and Sarah (Lewis) Boltwood of Deerfield, on June 28, 1692 in Hadley, Massachusetts. Less tan a year after they wed, Nathaniel Kellogg "was in Deerfield 6 June 1693 when the town was attacked by the Indians; he escaped and alarmed the town". [2]

Nathaniel and Sarah (Boltwood) Kellogg were parents to nine children, all of whom were born in Hadley -- 1.) Nathaniel Kellogg / born September 22, 1693, 2.) Ebenezer Kellogg / born May 31, 1695, 3.) Ezekiel Kellogg / 1697 - 1788, 4.) Samuel Kellogg / born April 4, 1699, 5.) Sarah (Kellogg) Dickinson / 1701 - 1743, 6.) Abigail Kellogg / born March 19, 1703, 7.) Mary Kellogg / born March 9, 1706, 8.) Ephraim Kellogg / born August 2, 1709, and 9.) Experience Kellogg. [2]

Nathaniel Kellogg "was one of the largest taxpayers in Hadley; Lieutenant in the militia; selectman of Hadley in 1717, 1721, 1727, and 1737. He (illegible) to the Third Precinct of Hadley (now Amherst), and was one of the original members of the church there, 7 November, 1733." [2] He passed away, aged 81, on October 30, 1750 in Amherst (Hampshire County), Massachusetts. Nathaniel Kellogg is interred at West Cemetery in Amherst, Massachusetts. [1]

Parents
Lieut Joseph Kellogg 1626–1708
Abigail Martha Terry Kellogg 1646–1726

Spouse
Sarah Boltwood Kellogg 1672–1726 (m. 1692)

Siblings
Stephen Kellogg 1668–1722
Abigail Kellogg Smith1671–1742
Elizabeth Kellogg Nash 1673–1750
Prudence Kellogg Merrell1675–1747
Ebenezer Kellogg 1677–1746
Jonathan Kelloggn1679–1771
Joseph Kellogg 1684–1724

Half Siblings
Elizabeth Kellogg 1651–1651
Joseph Kellogg 1653–1683
Nathaniel Kellogg 1654–1654
John Kellogg 1656–1723
Martin Kellogg 1658–1732
Edward Kellogg 1660–1730
Samuel Kellogg 1662–1717
Joanna Kellogg Smith 1664–1727
Sarah Kellogg Ashley 1666–1729

Children
Nathaniel Kellogg 1693–1770
Ezekiel Kellogg 1697 – unknown
Sarah Kellogg Dickinson 1701–1743
Mary Kellogg Crouch 1706–1788
Ephraim Kellogg 1709–1777

Notes

Immediate family interred at West Cemetery include -- 1.) daughter Sarah (Kellogg) Dickinson / 1701 - 1743, 2.) son in law Deacon Ebenezer Dickinson / 1696 - 1780, 3.) grandson Joseph Dickinson / 1731 - 1804, 4.) grand daughter Mary (Dickinson) Dickinson / 1737 - 1801, 5.) grand daughter Experience Dickinson / 1741 - 1770, 6.) son Ephraim Kellogg 1708 - 1777, 7.) daughter in law Dorothy (Hawley) Kellogg / 1723 - 1812, 8.) grandson Martin Kellogg / 1744 - 1827

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76560477/nathaniel-kellogg

Source

[2] "The Kellogg Family In The Old World & The New", page 43 by Timothy Hopkins