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Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

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Rufus Hamilton

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Thomas J. Watson, Jr. — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 50 
  • Father:
  • Ezra Hamilton 
  • Mother:
  • Lydia Barnes   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Apr 1757 
  • Birth Location:
  • Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Nov 1817 
  • Death Location:
  • Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Kingsbury
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Jun 1781 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Mary Hamilton (Ahnentafel No:25 )

  • Notes: 

  • The death of Rufus Hamilton is recorded in the Brookfield, Massachusetts, vital records and his grave can be found in the Brookfield Cemetery, died 07 NOV 1817, aged 60 years. However, there is also a death record for Rufus in the Fair Haven, Vermont, vital records that gives the same date of death and says he was buried in the Old West Street Cemetery. This later record is incorrect due and is a result of misreading the tombstone of Rufus's wife who was buried in Fair Haven. Her tombstone also gives Rufus's death date and age at which died but clearly states “who died Brookfield, Mass.”

• Sources for Rufus Hamilton

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A050245, gives Rufus's death date as 17 NOV 1817.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/23/2018).
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Brookfield, Vol. 1, p. 115, Birth record for Rufus Hamilton.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Brookfield, Vol. 1, p 495, Death record for Rufus Hamilton.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Brookfield, Vol. 1, p. 115, Birth record for daughter Polly Hamilton.
  • ⁶ Vermont: Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1700-2008, Death record for Rufus Hamilton who died at Brookfield, MA.
  • ⁷ Kittredge, Mabel T., The Kittredge Family in America, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc. (1936), 74.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 423.
  • ⁹ Temple, Josiah Howard, HIstory of North Brookfield, Massachusetts: Preceded by an Account of Old Quabaug, Indian and English . . ., Boston: The Town of North Brookfield [Rand Avery Company] (1887), 615.