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Vitals

Birth	23 Sep 1752 , Hartford, CT 1
Death	10 Mar 1839 (age 86) Windsor, Windsor, VT 7
Burial	Old South Church Cemetery; Windsor, Windsor, VT 7,8
Occupation

 

Marriage 1

Spouse	Sarah CURRIER
Date	Date Unknown
Place

 

Children

Auntau HOISINGTON ( - 23 Jul 1772)

 

Marriage 2

Spouse	Sarah 'Sally' WILLIAMS
Date	Date Unknown
Place

 

Children

Unknown HOISINGTON ( - 23 Jul 1779)

Notes

Birth:

Almon Kidder & the Barbour Index give Farmington as his birthplace but there was no Farmington record.

Military:

The following is on the cover of Ebenezer Hoisington's pension application:

Vermont 972
Ebenezer Hoisington
of Windsor in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Grant of the regt. commanded
by Col. Warner in the (unreadable)
for 11 months 4 days.

State of Vermont Revolutionary War Rolls, p.260:

"A Pay Roll of Capt. John Marcy's Company in Maj. Benj. Wait's Detachment that marched in the alarm when the Indians came to Royalton.

Windsor, Oct. 16 1780

Name: Lt. Eben' Hoisington
Commencing: Oct 16
Days: 8
Per Day: 3.7
When discharged: Oct. 24
Miles: 114
Total: 3.6.8

Note: Orange Hoisington served in this company also.

Misc 1786

Shown on school tax list; Windsor, Windsor, VT 9

27 pounds 10 shillings, 0 pounds 8 shillings.

Census 1790 (age 38) , Windsor, VT 2

Ebenr Hosington,,1,1,,2,,1,1,,1,,

Election 1786:

At the first town meeting in 1786, he was elected to the following town position: ' Ebenezer Hoisington Jr., and Samuel Fletcher, deer reefs'

1790 Census:

Two Ebenezer Hoisingtons were listed in Windsor:

1)1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 4 females
2) 4 males over 16, 1 male under 16, 6 females

'If he had children by her their names are not known. The Vermont Census of 1790 gives Ebenezer Hoisington as Head of a family of 2 males under 16, 1 over 16 and 4 females.

By Windsor Town Clerk record 'Ebenezer Hoisington Russell adopted son of Ebenezer Hoisington, Jr. and Sarah, his wife b. at Windsor Nov. 4, 1795, recorded June 15 1802 at the request of said Ebenezer Hoisington' [Note: this was Nathaniel's stepson]

In 1810 Census for VT, Ebenezer is listed at Windsor WDSR624. 3

Misc 15 Sep 1814 (age 61)

Ebenezer was a signer of a petition to separate Windsor into two towns.; Windsor, Windsor, VT 4

In 1820 an Ebenezer Hoisington headed a family of 1 male under 10, 1 to 16, 1 to 26, 1 to 45; 1 female under 10, 3 to 16, 1 over 45.

1830 VT census index:

Hoisington, Ebenezer II
State: VT
County: Windsor Co.
Location: Windsor
Year 1830
Page #092

Pension 25 Jul 1832 (age 79)

Applied for a military pension; Windsor, Windsor, VT5,6

From 'Vermont Pensioners 1835'

County: Windsor Co.
Name: Ebenezer Hoisington
Rank: Private
Annual Allowance: 37 09
Sums Received: 92 72
Description of service: New Hampshire militia
When placed on the pension roll: Oct 23, 1832.
Commencement of pension: March 4, 1831
Age: 81
Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks.: -

Note: Ebenezer had the rank of Lt. on a pay roll in 1780.

County: Windsor Co.
Name: Ebenezer Hoisington
Rank: Private
Annual Allowance: 37 09
Sums Received: 92 72
Description of service: New Hampshire militia
When placed on the pension roll: Oct 23, 1832.
Commencement of pension: March 4, 1831 1 AGE 81
Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks.: -

Death date from tombstone picture taken by Bonnie Dannenberg, May 31 1998.

Sources

1. West Avon Congregational Church records.
2. 1790 Census Hartford Co. CT.
3. 1810 Census Windsor Co. VT.
4. Original document in the Vermont State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier VT.
5. Pension application for Ebenezer Hoisington, Jr.
6. "Vermont Pensioners, 1835" database. ancestry.com.
7. Vermont Vital Records film F-30267 Rec ID 21428. Transcribed by Harriette Jensen 042904. Vermont Vital Records Center, Middlesex VT.
8. Photograph by Bonnie Dannenberg.
9. Windsor VT Town Records, researched by Harriette Jensen and Linda Farnsworth. <00521.jpg>.
10. Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files, transcribed by Virgil D. White. National Historical Publishing Co. GS973.34/W58

Unless otherwise indicated in the text, data is from "Hoisingtons in America" by Harry Hoisington, privately published 1935 and on file at NEHGS, Boston.