Capt Ebenezer Faxon
American
Ebenezer Faxon was a member of the notable Hobart and Faxon families of Braintree, Massachusetts. - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Father Pvt Thomas Faxon
- Brother: Thomas Faxon
- Son: Elihu Faxon
Ebenezer Faxon was a member of the notable Hobart and Faxon families of Braintree, Massachusetts. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1749/12/12 | Elizabeth Hobart Faxon, wife of Thomas Faxon, gives birth to a son, Ebenezer Faxon, in Braintree, Province of Massachusetts. | Born | Town of Braintree, MA | Massachusetts | |||
| 1772/01/06 | Ebenezer Faxon movee to West Hartford, Connecticut, and establishes a pottery, using clay from the community of Elmwood. | Work | |||||
| 1775/04/19 | Ebenezer Faxon serves as a member of Captain Abraham Sedgewick's Lexington Alarm. | Patriot soldier | Battles of Lexington and Concord | ||||
| 1776/02/08 | Eleanor Whitman, the daughter of John Whitman and Abigail Pantry, marries Ebenezer Faxon. | Groom | |||||
| 1777/11/00 | Capt Ebenezer Faxon and friends plant a grove of 13 elms (lost), one for each colony, at New Britain Avenue (then called South Street) and South Quaker Lane (East Street) as a lasting monument to British General Johnny Burgoyne's defeat at Saratoga. | Benefactor | West Hartford, CT | Connecticut | |||
| 1779/00/00 | Continental army quartermaster buys tow cloth, a mixture of wool and linen, from Ebenezer Faxon, for soldiers stationed at a Patriot campsite on Albany Avenue up Talcott Mountain. Some of the original fireplaces remain. | Work | West Hartford, CT | Connecticut | |||
| 1781/06/00 | Capt Ebenezer Faxon watches the parade of General Rochambeau's troops along South Street (now New Britain Avenue). Faxon's homestead was near New Britain Avenue (then called South Street) and South Quaker Lane (East Street). | Life | Sarah Whitman Hooker House | West Hartford, CT | Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route | ||
| 1811/01/11 | Ebenezer Faxon dies. Captain Ebenezer Faxon is buried at North Cemetery in West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. | Died | North Cemetery, West Hartford | West Hartford, CT |
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