Person:Melatiah Nye (1)

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Sergeant Melatiah Nye
b.21 Apr 1734 Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
d.4 Aug 1794 Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 13 Jan 1719/20
  1. Elizabeth Nye1720 - 1749
  2. Sergeant Melatiah Nye1734 - 1794
Spouse and Children
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m. 8 Mar 1757
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Sergeant Melatiah Nye
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 21 Apr 1734 Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 8 Mar 1757 Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United Statesto Hannah Hubbard
Death[1][2] 4 Aug 1794 Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[4] Old Eastbury Cemetery, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 182—Meletiah Nye, in Nye, George Hyatt; R. Glen (Robert Glen) Nye; Frank E. (Frank Eugene) Best; and Luther Bertram Nye. A Genealogy of the Nye Family. (Cleveland, Ohio: Nye Family of America Association, 1907-1967)
    1:131.

    "182—Meletiah Nye (Ebenezer41, Caleb7, Benjamin1), born at Tolland, Conn., April 21, 1734. He married March 8, 1757, Hannah Hubbard, and resided in Glastonbury, Conn. In the Lexington Alarm he was First Sergeant in the company from Glastonbury. He served for many years on church and school committees and taught the North school several years. He was killed by lightning August 4. 1794. His tombstone bears the following inscription:

    Sacred to the memory
    of
    Mr. Meletiah Nye
    The agreeable consort
    of
    Mrs. Hannah Nye,
    Who was killed by lightning
    Aug. 4, A. D. 1794.
    in the 61st year of his age.

    God sends his lightning from the sky
    And calls us suddenly to die
    My fiends attend the solemn call
    As you must die and so must all."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 4. Capt. David4 Hubbard, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Hubbard Family of Glastonbury, Conn. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jan 1951)
    27:51.

    "Hannah (Hubbard) … m. at Tolland, Conn., 8 Mar. 1757, Meletiah Nye, b. abt. 1733, d. at Glastonbury (Eastbury), 4 Aug. 1794 In 6lst yr. (g.s.)."

  3. ↑ Tolland Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    107.

    "Nye, … Mallitiah, s. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 21, 1734 [1:54]"

  4. ↑ Maletiah Nye, in Find A Grave.

    This burial is not documented in the Hale Collection.

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