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PURDY, Solomon (d. 1819 West Rutland) 1 WHIPPLE MILLS WATKINS SHERWOOD ROBERTS
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PURDY, Solomon (d. 1819 West Rutland) 1 WHIPPLE MILLS WATKINS SHERWOOD ROBERTS
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{"page_1": " he m ist bared (Mead\nRoberts wed y Wrght\nПовей\n\n\nPURDX, SOLOMON\n( Benjamin,\nDaniel and Phebe (Horton) Purdy\nFeby 1749-50\nMarried: Hop Wd Wid Of DANiel • be d, between 1176-1777\n٢٨٥ ٧٩٩ ٠٥٢٦\n1750 and died 19 Sept 1837\nburied in Pleasant St. Cemetery,\nWest Rutland,\nDied: 28 Mar 1819 aged 70 yrs, buried in Pleasant St. Cem.,\nWest Rutland, Vt.\nRes:\nWest Rutland,\ncnilaren:\na, boy ist wise\n1. Lois b.\n1769: m. Col. Moses Watkins\nShe died 8 July 1840 aged 71 yrs;\nhe\ndied in 1812\n• ( Vol. 2 pe 156 of West Parish Cong.\nHe has no tombstone.\nCh'h Records)\n2. Sarah b. 23 Nov 1774,\nRutland, Vt.; m. Ethan A.\nSherwood\n8 Oct 1796 in Rutlend\nBy and wife\n3. Solomon b.\nBackus\n25 July 1779, Rutland,\nVt.; m.\nNancy\nbom Withametoun, Mao\n4. JOHN b.\n10 Jan 1781, Rutland, Vt.; m. Charlotte\nDenison 25 Aug 1803\n5. Mills b. 10 Sept 1788: d. 6 Nov 1813 in Plattsburg, N.Y.\n6. Arland Pleasant st\nd-31 July 1803 ae, âgra 3 mo\nNOTES:\nPurchased land\nin Rutland, Vt.\nfrom James Mead as ea\nearly as 1778;\nwas a Freeman of Rutland.\nVt. in\n1783.\nHe and his wife joined the West Parish Congregational church\nWest Rutland\nHis Will was\nadmitted to probate and from the Inventory of\nhis estate,\nit would appear that he was well off.\nnames his widow Hepzibah and sons Solomon, Jr. and John;\ndaughters\nSarah Sherwood and Lois Watkins.\nsigned\n22\nThe will was\nMarch 1819 and admitted for probate proceedure\nin April 1819.\nThere is no\ndoubt but Solomon was a\nson of Benjamin and\nfor in the Bible\nRecords of John Peter\nRoberts of\nRoberts was a son og Gen.\nChristopher and\nMary Purdy was a daughter of Benjamin and Deborah (Smith)\nTHIS 15 LOIS (ARIS)\nNoY LOA(PeRDY)\n(Smith) Purdy and a sister of Solomon.\nAs for the surname of Keptibah- she may or maynot have been\na \"Roberts\".\nIf she was a \"Roberts\" then there would have\nbeen a double relationship here.\nRevolutionary War Service:\nSolomon Furdy appears on a payroll of Capt. Simeon Wright's and the\nthe united reates\nwarrens Regu. o1 NLL101a 1n\nthe service of this\nfrom 7th of Nov 1778 and ending the\n13th both days included- served 7 days. ( Ref: Vt. Rev.\nWar Rolls\n97);\nalso served 7 days as Sergt in Capt.\nSimeon Wrights Co. of Militia,\nCol. Gideon Warren's Regt\nfor a scout to the Lake against Crown Point and then to piconderore\nthe last of March\n1780( Same Ref. pg 154);\nalso served 30 days in Capt. Nathaniel Blanchard's Co. of Militia in Col.\nEbenezer\nAllen's Regt.\nfor an\nAlarm\nloormencing the 12th of Oct.\n1780 and ending the 12 Nov.\nfellowing. ( Same Ref. pg 300.\nRefs:\nWest Parish Cong.\nChih Records Book 1 pgs 134 and 135\nRutland City Records Vol. 1\nRutland\nBut and ps 337 Probate Court, Rutland,\nRutland,\nLand Deeds Vol.\nSolomon, n "}
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2026-07-15 20:51:19
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People: Ethan Allen | Towns: West Rutland
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