Private Hezekiah Weeks

Abt 1739 - 1819  (~ 80 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Hezekiah Weeks
  Title	Private
  Born	Abt 1739
  Gender	Male
  Census	1790
  		1790 Weeks. 1790 Weeks. Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts, two households.
  Census	1800
  		1800 Weeks. 1800 Census, Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Page 151. Four separate households.
  Census	1810
  		1810 Weeks. Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Six separate housholds.
  Military Service	Continental Army, American Revolution
  	He was a private under Captain Daniel Pomeroy.
  		DAR Pg 725 Weeks. DAR Patriot Index, 1968 (second printing, original 1967) by National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Page 725.
  		Hezekiah Weeks Service. Massachusetts Soldiers And Sailors Of The Revolutionary War Volume 15, published by the Wright and Potter Printing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1896. Page 791.
  Occupation	On 21 Feb 1755 he was alone, both his parents being dead. As "a minor, over 14 years of age," he chose as his guardian, Eliphalet Gay, who made his living making shoes and other leather goods. One of his sureties was Samuel Shuttlesworth, of Dedham, a blacksmith. He was bound as an apprentice to a blacksmith (most likely Shuttlesworth), from whose service he ran away the same year, and went to Norwich, in the western part of Massachusetts, where he settled on 500 or 600 acres of land on the Westfield river. He was a blacksmith and farmer. He was a useful and respected citizen.
  		Hezekiah Weeks Footstone. Front door footstone located at the cellar hole of Hezekiah weeks in Norwich,ma. inscribed "1795 H.W."
  Library Book: Geo Weekes	038-0026
  		Hezekiah Weeks Geo: Weekes: genealogy of the family of George Weekes, of Dorchester, Mass. Pg38-39.
  Died	22 Apr 1819	Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Buried	Norwich Bridge Cemetery, Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
  	He was originally interred at the Indian Hollow Cemetery in Huntington, Massachusetts. The cemetery was destroyed in 1939 to make way for the Knightville Dam. Tombstones and a shovel of dirt from each grave were reinterred in Norwich Bridge Cemetery.
  		Hezikiah Weeks Headstone Hezikiah Weeks Headstone
  Siblings	5 siblings
  1. Mary Weeks,   b. 10 May 1714
  2. Martha Weeks,   b. 23 Feb 1715
  3. Subbiah Weeks,   b. 5 Jan 1717, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
  4. Elizabeth Weeks,   b. 9 Nov 1731
  5. Lemuel Weeks,   b. 25 Oct 1733
  Person ID	I829	Nagel
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	William Weeks,   b. 23 Mar 1688, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. Abt 1755, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mrs Mary Weeks,   b. Abt 1690, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F1254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Cole,   c. 4 Jun 1744, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Hampshire County, Massachusetts
  Married	31 Mar 1763	Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [1]
  		Weeks-Cole Marriage. Church records transcribed from originals June 21, 1784 to preserve original records in poor condition.
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Weeks, Sr,   b. Abt 1758, Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Mar 1843, Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 85 years)  [Birth] + 2. William Weeks,   b. 1766, Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 28 Oct 1846, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 80 years)  [Birth] + 3. Cynthia Mary Weeks,   b. 1770, Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 1808  (Age 38 years)  [Birth]   4. Ruth Weeks,   b. 1773, Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 1800  (Age 27 years)  [Birth] + 5. Lemuel Weeks,   b. 21 May 1777, Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 1 Dec 1850  (Age 73 years)  [Birth]   6. Barber Weeks,   b. 26 Jul 1779, Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 1803, Bethany, Genesee, New York  (Age 23 years)  [Birth]   7. Ebenezer Weeks,   b. 1781, Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 1856  (Age 75 years)  [Birth] + 8. Eunice Weeks,   b. 1785, Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 1856  (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2014
  Family ID	F309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 31 Mar 1763 - Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts Died - 22 Apr 1819 - Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts Buried - - Norwich Bridge Cemetery, Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S119] Vital Records Of Kingston Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (New England Genealogical Society, Boston Massachusetts, 1911), Pg 194 and 301. Ruth's Name is mis-spelled "Coke"