He was Sarah’s first husband. He was in the Revolutionary War on the Belchertown list. ®8“He settled in Belchertown, Mass, and appears to have lived at or near the residence of his father. He and his wife became members of the Church in that place, Nov 8, 1772, it being but three months before his decease...He was buried in the old burial place a short distance north of where he had lived. A slab of sand stone is there erected to his memory, but the inscription upon it is with difficulty traced. ®408 He was a communicant of the Congregational Church of Belchertown. “ Elijah Moody. He died (1773), He left five sons, Elijah, Hezekiah, Silas, Ezra and Benjamin.” ®1250 “The birth of their children are not recorded on the Belchertown records, but I have arranged the names in the order of age, set forth in the Will of their grandfather and from ascertaining the age of most of them at time of decease have been able to fix most of the dates. Silas, the youngest son, but one is supposed to have died in early life. He lived in Northampton, when a young man, but his subsequent history is not known. His signature is affixed to a paper, bearing date April 24, 1790, with the statement that he had received in full of the Executor what was given to him by Will of his grandfather. The same paper, contains also the signatures of the other brothers with a similar statement and bearing different dates.” ®408

He died aged 72. He was Sarah’s second husband and lived in Northampton when they married in 1778. ®687, ®408, ®627, ®1250