Person:Ezekiel Andrus (1)

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Ezekiel Andrus, Sr.
m. 18 Mar 1742
  1. Ezekiel Andrus, Sr.1745 - 1828
m. 26 Jun 1782
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Name Ezekiel Andrus, Sr.
Gender Male
Birth? 28 Apr 1745 Southington, Hartford, Connecticut
Marriage 26 Jun 1782 Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Martha Munson
Death? 14 Mar 1828 Rutland, Jefferson, New York
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Biography

Ezekiel Andrus, Sr. was born in April 28, 1745 Southington, Hartford, Connecticut. Samuel and Sarah (Hubbard) Andrus were Ezekiel's parents. On June 26, 1792, he married Martha Munson, daughter of Reuben Munson, at ............. . He passed away on March 14, 1828 at Rutland, Jefferson, New York.


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Elon O. Andrus Genealogy at the Watertown, New York Library Ezekiel Andrus, Sr. resided first at Farmington and later in the adjoining town of Bristol or Burlington and afterwards they resided at Kinderhook, Columbia, New York. From Kinderhook they moved to Utica, New York, where Mrs. Andrus died on August 20, 1799. In the Spring of 1800, he moved the remainder of his family to what was then known as the Black River Country, New York, and took up a piece of land (144 Acre) bordering on what was later known as the Middle Road, Town of Rutland and here built his log cabin and was about the 5th family to settle in the town. Later when the Middle Road was laid out, he built a log house near the highway and in 1827, he built a frame house in its place where he lived to the time of his death, March 14, 1828. This property now belongs to the E. P Dodge Est. and is distinquished by a bronze marker by the roadside on which appears the name of EZEKIEL ANDRUS SETTLED IN 1800. LATER, IN 1941, ON THE SITE OF THE OLD LOG HOUSE, WAS BUILT A MARKER WITH THE STONES FROM THE OLD FIRE PLACE TO WHICH WAS ATTACHED A BRONZE TABLET LIKE THE ONE MENTIONED ABOVE.


Source Information: Ancestry.com. Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1600-2012 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgl-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 1 February 2013. Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1660-2012 about Ezekiel Andrews/Andrus. Name Ezekiel Andrews/ Andrus, Birth Date: 1745, Age at Death: 83, Death Date: 14 Mar 1828, Burial Place: Watertown, Jefferson, New York, USA. URL://WWW.FINDAGRAVE.COM/CGI-...

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