The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
NameSERGEANT Ebenezer MOODY 
®656, ®610, ®2175, ®2176, ®675, ®810, ®903, ®687, ®408, ®8, ®2177, ®2178, ®627, ®2179, ®2180, ®2181, ®733
®656, ®610, ®2175, ®2176, ®675, ®810, ®903, ®687, ®408, ®8, ®2177, ®2178, ®627, ®2179, ®2180, ®2181, ®733Birth10 Sep 1744, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®656, ®610, ®2182, ®2183, ®408, ®627, ®8, ®610, ®2184, ®2185
Death23 Jun 1833, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®656, ®610, ®2186, ®2187, ®627, ®2188, ®610, ®687, ®2189
Memoage 88
Burialaft 23 Jun 1833, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®2190, ®702, ®408, ®2191, ®2192
MemoOld South Hadley Burial Ground A V 3
OccupationLandholder & Manufacturer of Shoes ®408
FlagsRevolutionary War Service
FatherEbenezer MOODY JR. (1707-1789)
MotherJoanna WARNER (1709-1772)
Misc. Notes
Ebenezer was a Sergeant in the Massachusetts Army during the Revolutionary War. ®610 He served in Lieutenant Martin Wate’s company, Colonel Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge’s 25th Regiment for four days on an expedition to the “Northern department.” The company marched to “New Providence” (probably now Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts ®2193) on an alarm at Bennington on 17 August 1777. ®2194, ®610 He lived in South Hadley when they married in 1779. ®687 The children of Ebenezer and Lois (Smith) Moody were all born in South Hadley. ®2195In 1790 Ebenezer and Lois lived with two men over 16, four boys under 16, and 1 female in South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. ®675 In 1800 the family consisted of Ebenezer and Lois, both over 45, 1 boy under 10, 1 boy 10-15 and 2 men 16-25 years of age. ®733 In 1810 the family of Ebenezer and Lois, both over 45 years of age, had one son 16-26, and one daughter under 10 in South Hadley. Massachusetts. ®810 in 1820 Ebenezer and Lois, both over age 45, lived with one man 16-26, one man 26-45, and one woman 16-26 in South Hadley. Three of them are engaged in agriculture. ®2178 He cannot be located on the 1830 Census, as he was a widower probably living with one of his children’s families. He was 88 years old when he died in 1832. ®706 “He died 23 Jun 1833, aged 88 y & 9 mos. in South Hadley.” ®408 “Serj. Ebenezer Moody, settled at time of marriage in South Hadley, Mass. He received by Will part of the homestead and estate of his uncle Dea. Daniel Moody, the same being confirmed to him after decease of the latter. (Prob[ate] Rec[ords] Hamp[shire] Co[unty], Mass.) The house he built and occupied till his decease is on a rise of ground about forty rods south-west of the bridge in ‘Moody Corner’. It is on the west side of the road and directly opposite the curve which the same now forms, the road there formally [sic] having passed in a south-west direction to the meeting house in South Hadley. He received also by Will, the homestead, which his father owned in Belchertown, and by purchases made at various times, was a large landholder. His attention, however, was chiefly given to the manufacture of shoes, the leather for which was tanned by himself. His business in the respect was extensive and prosperously conducted. He early received the title of Serjeant in the Militia and when a young man was drafted ‘to do eight months service in the Continental Army’, but was discharged by payment of fifteen pounds sterling. He was a man of great energy of character, and scrupulously exact in all matters of business, which habits continued with him till extreme old age. In town matters he occasionally advised. He and his wife were members of the Church in South Hadley in 1785. In absence of earlier records the time of their admission is unknown. Both were buried in the grave yard at South Hadley with memento of the place. The baptisms of part of their children are noted on the church records, but I copy the record of the family.” ®408 He died 1833-88 years=ca1745. ®73, ®2196
Spouses
Birth19 Nov 1749, Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ®2202, ®2203, ®2204, ®2205, ®2206
MemoOld South Hadley Burial Grounds A V 3
FatherDaniel SMITH SR. (1716-1800)
MotherAbigail SACKET (ca1722-1797)
Misc. Notes
She was the wife of Eben‘r Moody and lived in Belchertown when they married. ®687 She died at age 72 in 1822. ®706 ®627 “During the last years of her life, his wife was afflicted with a rheumatic affection [sic] and for fourteen years was nearly helpless. Of this disease, she died.” ®408 ”She was a niece of Dea. Joseph Smith of Belchertown, Mass., first cousin to Dea. Amas Smith of the same place, to Rev. Eli Smith of Hollis, N.H., to Rev. John Smith, Prof of Soc. Lit. & Theol. in Sem. at Banor [sic], Me. to Rev. Ethan Smith, author to ‘Key on Revelation’, etc. also to Dea. Jacob Smith of Hadley, Mass.” ®408
“As a relict of the Revolutionary Struggle, it may here be recorded that when the Battle was fought on Bunker Hill, Lois Smith in the absence of her brother in the War was tending to the culture of the garden and through a distant about 80 miles from the scene of Conflict was apprized [sic] of the battle by a ‘Rumbling noise’ conveyed along the ground. The news was thus telegraphed nearly two days before published accounts were received in that place. Her brother, Daniel was in the American Army to whom Gen. Burgoyne surrendered and she herself, saw part of his army when on their way through Belchertown to Boston, as prisoners of war.” ®408
“As a relict of the Revolutionary Struggle, it may here be recorded that when the Battle was fought on Bunker Hill, Lois Smith in the absence of her brother in the War was tending to the culture of the garden and through a distant about 80 miles from the scene of Conflict was apprized [sic] of the battle by a ‘Rumbling noise’ conveyed along the ground. The news was thus telegraphed nearly two days before published accounts were received in that place. Her brother, Daniel was in the American Army to whom Gen. Burgoyne surrendered and she herself, saw part of his army when on their way through Belchertown to Boston, as prisoners of war.” ®408