Maj. Gen. Ebenezer Mattoon

1755 - 1843  (88 years)

• Name	Ebenezer Mattoon
  Prefix	Maj. Gen.
  Birth	19 Aug 1755	North Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Baptism	24 Aug 1755  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [2]
  Death	11 Sep 1843	Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Burial	West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I18228	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer Mattoon,   b. 21 Dec 1720, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Mother	Dorothy Smith,   b. 23 Feb 1729   d. 3 Jun 1756 (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	1747  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F11153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Dickinson,   b. 10 Mar 1758, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts d. 30 Jul 1835, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	7 Jul 1779  [3, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Dickinson Mattoon,   b. 4 Apr 1780   d. 25 Feb 1842 (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F11131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  "MATTOON, Ebenezer, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in North Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., on August 19, 1755; attended the common schools and received private instruction; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1776; served in the Revolutionary Army and attained the rank of major; taught school and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1781 and 1794; justice of the peace 1782-1796; served in the State senate in 1795 and 1796; served from the rank of captain to that of major general of the Fourth Division, State militia; appointed sheriff of Hampshire County in 1796 and served twenty years; elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel Lyman; reelected to the Seventh Congress and served from February 2, 1801, to March 3, 1803; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1812; major general of Massachusetts Militia 1799-1816; adjutant general of the State militia 1816-1818; became totally blind in 1818 and retired from active public life; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1820; died in Amherst, Mass., September 11, 1843; interment in West Cemetery." [Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress] Maj. Gen. Ebenezer Mattoon and his wife Mary Dickinson were cousins four different ways: Third cousins through shared descent from Philip Smith (1632-1685) and Rebecca Foote (d. 1701); Third cousins once removed through shared descent from Nathaniel Dickinson (1601-1676) and his wife Ann (d. 1671), via descent to Ebenezer through their son John (1624-1676) and descent to Mary through their son Nehemiah (1643-1723); Fourth cousins through shared descent from Nathaniel and Ann Dickinson (see above), via descent to Ebenezer through their son John (see above) and descent to Mary via their son Joseph (1630-1675); And fourth cousins through shared descent from Nathaniel and Ann Dickinson (see above), via descent to Ebenezer through their son John (see above) and descent to Mary through their son Nathaniel (1627-1710). Put another way, Ebenezer and Mary's daughter Mary Dickinson Mattoon was a direct descendant of four of the sons of Nathaniel (1601-1676) and Ann (d. 1671) Dickinson: John Dickinson (1624-1676) great-great-great grandfather: father's mother's mother's mother's father Joseph Dickinson (1630-1675) great-great-great grandfather: mother's father's father's father's father Nathaniel Dickinson (1627-1710) great-great-great grandfather: mother's father's mother's mother's father Nehemiah Dickinson (1643-1723) great-great-grandfather: mother's mother's father's father

  
  

• Sources

  [S2439] Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. [S2430] The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass. by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight. New York: John F. Trow, 1874. [S2451] History of Hadley: Including the Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Massachusetts by Sylvester Judd, Lucius Manlius Boltwood, and George Sheldon. Hadley, Massachusetts: H. R. Hunting, 1905. [S2440] Mary Mattoon and Her Hero of the Revolution by Alice M. Walker. Amherst, Massachusetts, 1902. [S2440] Mary Mattoon and Her Hero of the Revolution by Alice M. Walker. Amherst, Massachusetts, 1902., says 8 Jul.