Vitals
| Birth | 1729 Farmington, Hartford, CT |
| Death | 25 Jul 1804 (age 75) Windsor, Windsor, VT |
| Burial | Old South Church Cemetery; Windsor, Windsor, VT |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Marriage
| Spouse | Elizabeth MILLER |
| Date | 5 Jul 1751 (age 22) |
| Place | Farmington, Hartford, CT |
Children
| Ebenezer HOISINGTON (23 Sep 1752 - 10 Mar 1839) |
| Elisha HOISINGTON (bet 1753 and 1754 - 14 Jan 1827) |
| Rhoda HOISINGTON (12 Dec 1755 - 20 Mar 1820) |
| Capt. Elias HOISINGTON (10 Jan 1758 - 15 Jan 1810) |
| Hannah Henrietta HOISINGTON (19 Sep 1759 or 9 Sep 1759 - 5 Jan 1843) |
| Orange HOISINGTON (8 Feb 1765 - 4 Jun 1839) |
| Nathaniel HOISINGTON (bet 1766 and 1767 - Aug 1848) |
| Abisha HOISINGTON (9 Jan 1769 - 12 Mar 1859) |
| Aaron HOISINGTON (1770 - 1834) |
Notes
Description:
"In personal appearance he was not less than 6 feet tall, solidly built, weighing not less than 200 pounds, light complexion, light eyes, light or golden hair. "
Military 1755 (age 26):
"Ebenezer Hoisington enlisted Sept. 14, 1755 in Capt. Eldad Lewis' 4th Co. Col. Elisah Chancey's 4th Regt. Conn Troups. disch Nov. 24, 55. Was in the Expedition against Crown Point and Ticonderoga. "
Residence 1767 (age 38) , , VT
Religion 1768 (age 39)
One of the founders of Old South Church in Windsor and a signer of the covenant; Windsor, Windsor, VT
"He was one of the founders of the Congregational Church at Windsor but apparently none too orthodox since he was admonished by that Church on several occasions once for 'allowing fighting in his house'."
Residence 1771 (age 42) West Windsor, Windsor, VT2
From History of West Windsor:'At the March 12, 1771, [sic] meeting the proprietors 'Voted to Chuse a new Committee to Lay out this town Voted that Ebenezer Hoisington Benjamin Wait and Ebenezer Curtis Shall be the Committee to Lay out Said Town...Voted that this Committee shall Lay out Said Land according to the directions given to the former Committee, in December AD 1767...''
'With the change in jurisdiction from New Hampshire to New York deeds needed to be reconveyed to their owners, this occurred in November, 1772, who were as follows: Caleb Benjamin, Jeremiah Bishop, Samuel Patrick, Joesph Woodruff, Benjamin Bishop, Levi Stevens, Samuel Seers, Peter Levens, Isaiah Burk, Ebenezer Curtis, Solomon Burk, Samuel Root, Watts Hubbard, George Sto(w)e, Andrew Blant, Lazarus Bannister, John Benjamin, Samuel Chase, Rev. James Wellman, Dudley Chase, Phineas Dean, Benjamin Wait, Ebenezer Hoisington, Captain William Dean, Elnathan Storey, Hezekiah Thompson,...'
Elected bef 1776 (age 47) deer reefer; Windsor, Windsor, VT 3
Misc 1776 (age 47)
On Tax List; Windsor, Windsor, VT 4. His tax was listed as 27 pounds 1 shilling, 1 pound 7 shillings
Elected 1776/77 (age 47)
A member of the Cumberland County Committee of Safety; , Cumberland (later Windsor), VT 5,6,7,8 He is also believed to be one of the drafters of the original constitution for the State of Vermont. However, no record was kept of that meeting.
'Ebenezer figures prominently as one of the 'ten founders of Vermont' in Henry Steele Wardner, The Birthplace of Vermont' (New York, 1927)' (p.50 Vermont Genealogy, April 1996)
From Wardner's book "The Birthplace of Vermont":"Ebenezer Hoisington was a dogged, stubborn hill-farmer and carpenter who lived out on what was later known as the Russell Farm. He might have been termed a 'granger'. Seldom elected to any town office, he did his duty as he saw it, was a strict member of the Congregational Church, was rarely if ever complained of for over-indulgence in liqour, but was sometimes lacking in control of his temper. He was illiterate to the extent of being uncertain of the way to spell his own name, was a Whig of the Whigs, and had definite ideas of the sort of democratic government he wished to live under. Although his election with Ebenezer Curtis as a county committee-man to succeed Thomas Cooper and Captain Dean probably meant at the moment nothing more than a community belief in rotation in office, it nevertheless afforded Ebenezer Hoisington the opportunity of his modest career and put him in a position which he loved. His name has been given no prominence by Vermont historians. ...Yet, as will appear in this history, Ebenezer Hoisington was a factor of importance in shaping the destiny of the New Hampshire Grants." [i.e., Vermont]. (p. 275)From "Revolutionary Outlaws" by Michael A. Bellesiles 12:"To ensure that the northeast counties learned of its constitution, New York's Provincial Congress sent copies with orders to hold an election. Most town meetings which considered the matter rejected New York's authority. Ebenezer Hoisington, Windsor's county committee representative, left no doubt as to the feelings of his town: '[ I ] Do now in behalf of sd town Enter my protest against any proceeding under the State of New York either directly or indirectly.' Refusing to conduct New York's elections, Jacob Bayley of Newbury informed the New York council that 'the people before they saw the constitution, were not willing to trouble themselves about a separation from the state of New York, but now almost to a man they are violent for it.' Bayley decided that the new constitution posed a greater threat to his way of life than the 'heads of the Green [Mountain] men.' The Allens could not have asked for a better inducement to support their independent state. By June 1777 only nine Cumber1and County towns remained undecided or loyal to New York."
Misc 1777 (age 48)
Appointed Commissioner of Sequestration for the Windsor Committee; , Windsor, VT 9
Misc 1786 (age 57)
Shown on school tax list; Windsor, Windsor, VT 10. His tax was listed as 85 pounds 0 shillings; 1 pound 4 shillings
Census 1790 (age 61) , Windsor, VT
1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 4 females 2) 4 males over 16, 1 male under 16, 6 females
Elected 22 May 1797 (age 68)
Moderator; Windsor, Windsor, VT 11
Burial:
His tombstone reads:
In Memory of'
Mr. Ebenr Hors-
inton, who Died
Jan. 25th, 1804
Aged, 75 years
'Blessed are the Dead____
___________________
Sources
- Henry Steele Wardner (New York, 1927). The Birthplace of Vermont. p.275.
- Mary Beardsley Fenn. Parish and Town the History of West Windsor.
- Windsor VT Town Records, researched by Harriette Jensen and Linda Farnsworth. <00513.jpg>.
- Ibid. <00514.jpg>.
- General Conventions, New Hamphire Grants. State of Vermont, 1875. Vol. 1.
- Vermont Genealogy. April 1996,. p.55.
- Henry Steele Wardner (New York, 1927). The Birthplace of Vermont.
- Original document in the Vermont State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier VT.
- Ibid. Account slips for sale of property of Tories and expenses incurred.
- Windsor VT Town Records, researched by Harriette Jensen and Linda Farnsworth. <00521.jpg>.
- Ibid. <00600.jpg>.
- Michael A. Bellesiles. Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence on the Early American Frontier. Charlottesville, VA: Univ. Press of Virginia, 1993.
Unless otherwise indicated in the text, data is from "Hoisingtons in America" by Harry Hoisington, privately published 1935 and on file at NEHGS, Boston.