The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
Birth14 Dec 1768, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®1064, ®1065, ®1066, ®816, ®1067
Death23 Oct 1806, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®706, ®408, ®627, ®1035, ®1068, ®73, ®1069
Burialaft 23 Oct 1806, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®1070, ®408, ®703
MemoOld South Hadley Burial Ground A V 6
FlagsAmherst, Massachusetts, Hancock County, Georgia
FatherNathan DICKINSON (1735-1825)
MotherEsther FOWLER (ca1740-1803)
Misc. Notes
Her maiden name was Dickinson. ®408It was the second marriage for both she and Captain Daniel Moody. She was the widow Dickinson from Amherst when she and Daniel married. ®687 ®408 Thankful was received into the Church at South Hadley by letter from the church in Amherst in 1804. ®408 She died at age 39. ®706, ®408, ®627 She died at age 37 years. ®1071
Research
Esther Dickinson, widow of Judah? ®8
Spouses
Birth17 Jan 1755, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®656, ®408, ®1036, ®657, ®1037, ®1038, ®1039
Death27 Apr 1828, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®1040, ®1041, ®1042, ®73, ®1043
Burialaft 27 Apr 1828, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®1044, ®1045, ®73
MemoOld South Hadley Burial Grounds Grave A V 5
OccupationFarmer and Miller ®408
Cause of deathFever ®408
FlagsRevolutionary War Service, South Hadley, Massachusetts, Vital Records-State
FatherSERGEANT Joseph MOODY Sr. (1712-1803)
MotherSarah KELLOGG (1714-1782)
Misc. Notes
All Joseph and Sarah’s children were born in Hadley, but recorded in South Hadley. ®673
He was a Corporal in Captain Oliver Lyman’s Company, of Colonel Nicholas Dike’s Regiment during the Revolutionary War. He was from Granby at the time of his marriage to Abigail Nash in 1789. ®656 On the 2 August 1790 US Census Daniel Moody’s family of 3 men 16 and older, 2 boys under 16, and 2 females live in South Hadley. Daniel and Abigail’s first child Daniel Jr. was born 28 March 1790, so another family of 2 men 16 and over, and 1 boy under 16, and one female lived with them. This number and sex fits his widowed father Joseph and his brother Seth, Seth’s wife and their three girls. ®1046 On the 1800 US Census he and Abigail live in their own home in South Hadley with their four sons, a man 16 to 25 years old and a woman 26 to 44 years of age. ®733 Abigail died on 4 June 1802. He was the executor of the will of his brother Noah in 1812. ®1 On the 1820 US Census he is 65 years old and lives in South Hadley with his third wife, Rebecah, age 52, one girl and one boy under 10 and one girl age 10 to 16. ®1047He was married three times. ®687 He died of a fever at age 73. ®408 Daniel made his will on 26 April 1828, the day before he died, naming wife Rebecca; sons Spencer and Cotton (to have the homestead, gristmill, and sawmill, and to be executors); and son Anson (debts to testator to be discharged). The will was proved on 12 August 1828. ®1048

“He settled in ‘Moody Corner’ in South Hadley on part of the homestead of his uncle Deacon Daniel Moody, receiving the same by Will [The Will was proved in May 1792]. He was a farmer, also a miller. He was a person of great firmness of character and a highly respected citizen. He was owner of large real estate, his taxable property in 1793 being exceeded by only one person in the town. In 1795, he received the commission of Captain in a Company of Cavalry in the First Brigade, Fourth Division of the Militia, having previously held the offices of Serjeant, Cornet, and Lieutenant. He resigned his commission in April of 1801...Mr. Moody became a member of the Church in South Hadley, Mass. in July 1819. His wife Rebecca was received by letter from the church in Hinsdale in 1811. His wife Thankful by letter from the church in Amherst in 1804.” ®408
Research
Birthday 1755 or 1757? ®73
Family ID4881
Marriage28 Mar 1805, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®656, ®1072, ®1073, ®1074
Marr MemoIntentions published 24 Mar 1805
ChildrenPhilip (1806-1806)
Misc. Notes
He was from Amherst. He died on 4 August 1800, age 35. ®408
Misc. Notes
He was Esther's first husband. ®656, ®656
Family ID6859
Marriage10 Nov 1791 ®408
Last Modified 26 Dec 2014Created 9 Mar 2018 using Reunion v12.0 for Macintosh
Created 1 April 2018 by David L. Moody

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