Ebenezer Jolls

Birth: 28 JAN 1747  Bristol, Bristol Co, Rhode Island Name Var:  Joles Marriage:  17 APR 1769  Warren, Bristol Co, Rhode Island Birth of Son:  23 MAY 1770 Name:  Gardner Jolls Birth of Son:  09 JUL 1771 Name:  Sylvester Jolls Birth of Daughter:  03 JUN 1774 Name:  Abigail Jolls 1777 Military Census:  Barrington, Bristol Co, Rhode Island Note:  Aged 16-50 and able to bear arms. Birth of Son:  27 SEP 1777 Name:  Samuel Wheaton Jolls Place:  Genessee Co, New York 1790 Census:  Stephen Town, Albany, New York Note:  3 Free White Males > 16; 2 Free White Males < 16; 3 Free White Females Death:  12 MAR 1829 Place:  Bethany, New York Click here to see parents:  Thomas Jolls and Mehitable Ormsbee

When Ebenezer Jolls, in 1777, had his property confiscated, because he was a Tory, and was banished from the State of Rhode Island, he with his 14 year old son, Gardner, chose the route to Canada along the Mohawk river to the Niagara frontier. While in Steventown, N.Y., young Gardner met Clarissa Stevens, a young Mohawk Indian girl, ward of Abel Stevens. The Mohawks were friendly to the English. In their long tedious trek across New York State, ten children were born, the first in Albany, the last in Penn Yan. None had the benefit of much, if any, schooling.
 

Mary Wheaton
Birth: ABT 1747  Warren, Bristol Co, Rhode Island Name Var:  Molly parents are unknown

Return to Smith Home Page
Return to Genealogy Home Page