Person:Ebenezer Crittenden (5)

m. 11 Mar 1745
  1. Sarah Crittenden1746 -
  2. Patience Crittenden1749 -
  3. Ichabod Crittenden1751 - 1825
  4. William Summer Crittenden1754 - 1842
  5. Hannah Crittenden1756 -
  6. Daniel Crittenden1758 -
  7. Diadama Crittenden1760 -
  8. Elizabeth Crittenden1762 -
  9. Ebenezer Crittenden1765 - 1845
  10. Lucy Crittenden1767 -
  1. Roxanna Crittenden1796 - 1887
Facts and Events
Name Ebenezer Crittenden
Gender Male
Birth[1] 14 Jan 1765 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Marriage to Anna Ingersoll
Death[2] 15 Jun 1845 Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York, United States
Burial[2] Cincinnatus Cemetery, Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York, United States

Notes

  • 1786/87 - participated in Shays's Rebellion in Western MA
  • tried with Daniel Shays and several others and sentenced to death, which was commuted by Gov. John Hancock ; shortly afterward, he left for the "west"
  • 1793 - first settler in Cincinnatus, Cortland, NY
References
  1. Middletown Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    2:92.

    CRITTENDEN, Ebenezer, s. Ich[abo]d & Sarah, b. Jan. 14, 1765

  2. 2.0 2.1 30952457, in Find A Grave
    includes headstone photo, last accessed Jun 2025.
  3.   "History of Willett, New York", in Child, Hamilton. Gazetteer and business directory of Cortland County, N.Y., for 1869. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1987).

    "He had married at Binghamton and as is indicative of the determined character of the pioneers of the county, he took his wife and one child, embarked with their little all in a frail boat or canoe and with the aid of oars and setting pole, finally reached their destination in safety, with no other shelter than the blue dome of heaven and exposed to whatever elements were destined to overtake them.

    Arrived at his land, Mr. CRITTENDEN cut some crotched sticks, set them upright, and with the further aid of some poles and their bed clothing, made a tent in which they lived until he could complete a sort of log house. This was constructed in the following manner: he cut sufficient logs for the sides and gable ends of the cabin, getting them small enough to enable him to handle them single-handed. These he laid up in the usual manner, and then set up two pairs of rafters, one at each end of the cabin. Reaching from one to the other of these were placed a few poles, upon which he laid the rough shingles that he was able to split out with his axe, fastening them in their places with wooden pegs. In the absence of a grist mill, he hollowed out the top of a stump, rigged up a spring pole, and thus made the family corn meal. His gun furnished the necessary meat and the Otselic his drink. So life was begun by the pioneers of Willet."