- For an extremely comprehensive life sketch, see http://www.josephsmithsr.com/lucymack/getperson.php?personID=I19686
John Mack
BIRTH 6 Mar 1653
Inverness, Highland, Scotland
DEATH 24 Feb 1721 (aged 67)
Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL
Old Fox Farm Cemetery
East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
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Born in Mar 1652/3. Died in Feb 1720/21. Married Sarah Bagley 5 Apr 1681 in Salisbury MA. Their child: Jonathan Mack.
"Mack Genealogy, The Descendants Of John Mack Of Lyme, Connecticiut" written by Mrs. Sophia (Smith) Martin of Hartford, Connecticut & published in 1903 states John Mack was said to have immigrated to America from Inverness, Scotland in 1669. She states his DOB was 6 Mar 1653 and his DOD was 24 Feb 1721 (Gregorian calendar). She has a copy of John's will in her book and he had the will drawn up and he signed it on 5 Jan 1721. He married Sarah Bagley in Boston, Mass. on 5 Apr 1681 and they had 12 children.
John Mack was born March 6, 1653 at Inverness, Highland County, Scotland to John Mackgahye and Lady Marian McDonald. The Macks were of the landed gentry and yeomanry of Great Britain. John traveled from London, England to Boston Harbor in 1669 at the age of sixteen. His reason for coming was possibly due to religious persecution in Scotland at that time. It is thought that he shortened his name and probably served an indenture or an appren
Briefly: Born in Mar 1652/3. Died in Feb 1720/21. Married Sarah Bagley 5 Apr 1681 in Salisbury MA. Their child: Jonathan Mack.
"Mack Genealogy, The Descendants Of John Mack Of Lyme, Connecticiut" written by Mrs. Sophia (Smith) Martin of Hartford, Connecticut & published in 1903 states John Mack was said to have immigrated to America from Inverness, Scotland in 1669. She states his DOB was 6 Mar 1653 and his DOD was 24 Feb 1721 (Gregorian calendar). She has a copy of John's will in her book and he had the will drawn up and he signed it on 5 Jan 1721. He married Sarah Bagley in Boston, Mass. on 5 Apr 1681 and they had 12 children.
MACK
If we should ask what emigrant from Great Britain to this country has had among his countless descendants the largest number of Middlefield citizens, the answer would probably be John Mack of Lyme, Conn., who came from Iverness, Scotland, in 1669. From no fewer than five of his twelve children came pioneer families, may of which were permanent residents of prominence in Mid. For the great bulki of details regarding this family the reader is referred to the two volumes of the Mack Genealogy compiled by the late Mrs. Sophia (Smith) Martin, a native of Middlefield, but this important family can not be passed over without mention of the elementary facts, and such other material as may be of general interest.
That one may easily grasp the connections and relations of the various families of this sturdy tree of the Macks there is given, on page 531, a chart showing whence came the earlier generations of the various descendants which have been among our citizens. This means that practically all the descendants indicated in the following summary are Mack descendants and more or less closely related; descendants of Matthew Smith, who lived on the old farm on Windsor Street; of Calvin Smith on the Cottrell farm and his sons in Smith Hollow and elsewhere; of Erastus Ingham and his line, of Walter Pease and Romeo Alderman; of various Macks, Emmonses, Churches, and Roots; of Abel and Anson Cheeseman, of Amasa Graves, of Pain Loveland, Lewis and Worcester Taylor, of William Leonard, of Edwin S. McElwain.
Elisha Mack (Josiah, John), son of Josiah and Abigail (Peterson) Mack, was b. Hebron, Conn. 5-25-1728; d. Mid. 5-24-1783; m. Hebron 3-1-1750, Mary ELLIS, b. Plymouth, 9-27-1733; d. Mid. 6-25-1819. She m. 2nd 1-25-1787, Ebenezer SELDEN.
He inherited a portion of his father's farm and dwelling where he lived for over twenty-five years. About 1776 he followed his son David to Middlefield where he settled on lot 17 III Div. Becket, later known as the farm of Milton and Charels Combs.
Elisha Mack became a prominent citizen among the residents in the "North-east Corner" of Becket and was chosen selectman in 1780 and surveyor in 1782. His name heads the list of signers of the Pet. Inc. in 1781. He served on a committee to find the center of the town and on a committee to procure preaching.
His career was brought to a sudden and violent end when he was gored to death by an ox in May, 1783. That he was a worthy man and a good father is shown by the tribute of affection paid him by his son, David, who attributed his own success to his father's careful training of him.
He was a soldier in the Rev. War and had the title of Ensign.
Children who grew to maturity:
David, b. 12-10-1750 (See Fam. 1).
Abigail, b. 8-17-1756, m. David TARBOX.
Elisha, b. 5-13-1759 (See Fam. 3).
Mary, b. 6-2-1761, m. Abel CHEESEMAN.
Warren, b. 6-16-1763 (See Fam. 4).
Sarah, b. 7-6-1767, m. Oliver BLUSH.
Lydia, b. 6-12-1773. m. Stephen WOOD. They lived at the farm of Elisha Mack Sr. before moving to Salem, N.Y. before 1816.
John, b. Mid. 4-27-1779, m. Sarah RICHARDS. Lived in Plainfield.
FAMILY 1
David Mack, son of Elisha and Mary (Ellis) Mack, was b. Hebron, Conn. 12-10-1750; d. Mid. 3-24-1845; m. 4-24-1774, Mary TALCOTT, b. Hebron 9-21-1757; d. Mid. 7-11-1827. Making his first purchase of land in Mid. in 1773, he cleared two acres the next year and sowed them to wheat and built a log cabin to which he brought his wife and baby in the spring of 1775. How he was leader in the movement to organize the town of Mid., becoming one of its first selectmen, and its first merchant, a maker of potash, a pillar in the church and a man of considerable wealth and influence noted for his integrity and generosity, has all been told in the foregoing chapters. His long and useful life and his earnest Christian character won for him the title of "The Faithful Steward."
He was a soldier in the Rev. War.
Children:
Mary, b. Hebron, Conn. 11-17-1774, m. Ebenezer EMMONS.
Lois, b .Mid. 3-14-1776, m. Jacob ROBBINS.
David, b. Mid. 2-17-1778 (See Fam. 2).
Mindwell, b. Mid. 9-6-1779, m. Ichabod EMMONS.
John Talcott, b. Mid. 8-23-1781. Lived some years at the home of his grandfather but later moved to Hinsdale and became a tavern keeper.
Elisha, b. Mid. 5-26-1783. Moved to Salem, Mass. where he was Judge of Police Court many years.
Anna, b. Mid. 12-18-1784, m. 1st Isaac CLARK, m. 2nd Joseph EGGLESTON.
Phebe, b. 6-30-1786, m. Uriah CHURCH.
Zilpa, b. 2-3-1788, m. Azariah SMITH.
Lucy, b. Mid. 2-19-1790, m. Selden SPENCER.
Hannah, b. 10-29-1791, m. Geo. W. McELWAIN.
Abigail, b. 6-20-1793, m. William ELDER.
Laura, b. 6-4-1795, m. Solomon ROOT. She was a life long resident of Mid.
FAMILY 2
David Mack, son of David and Mary (Talcott) Mack, was b. Mid. 2-17-1778; d. Amherst, 9-9-1854; m. 3-2-1803, Independence PEASE, b. 8-25-1776; d. 4-13-1809. He bought the farm next to his father's previously owned by Josiah Leonard and Bildad Kibbe, and erected a new house on the Parsonage Lot on the site of Leonard's dwelling. He followed his father keeping the first store in Mid., located a short distance south of his house. This was moved to the Center where Edmund P. Morgan became a partner, the store then belonging to the firm of Mack and Morgan.
David Mack Jr., also known as General Mack, was town clerk, 1807-31, and represented the town in the Genearl Court 1821-24. He moved to Amherst about 1834. He was for 18 years a Trustee of Amherst College, and for several years a member of the Prudential Committee.
He was a man of great decision of character, a devoted Christian and liberal in his benefactions. Fro, 1840-48 he enaged in the manufacture of ladies hats, in a shop built by him on the site of the Cook block. He kept a general store at the Center in 1844.
He was a member of the General Court for Amherst, a state Senator at Boston and a member of the Governor's Council. In the war of 1812 he commanded the militia around Boston and thus acquired the title "General" by which he was afterward known.
FAMILY 3
Elisha Mack, son of Elisha and Mary (Ellis) Mack, was b. Hebron, Conn. 5-13-1759; d. Lenox, 12-7 or 29- 1850; m. 6-30-1781 Mrs. Sarah (BLOSSOM) HOWES, dau. Thomas and Thankful (Paddock) Blosson of Yarmouth.
He came to Mid. with his father in 1776, being a lad of seventeen. In 1791 he bought the farm on Johnnycake Hill, (Lot 19, III Div. Becket) formerly owned by Benjamin Blish, where he lived for many years, in the house later owned by Lansing Ferguson.
He was active in local affairs serving as selectman from 1793 to 1798, and for three years on the School Committee. In 1801 he joined the Cong. Ch., from which he was given a letter of dismission in 1823 to the church in Lenox, where he spent the rest of his life.
He was a soldier in the Rev. War, and had the title of Captain.
Children, b. Mid.:
Sally, b. 9-22-1782, m. Russell LITTLE. Lived in Peru and Lenox.
Elisha, b. 9-26-1784, m. Sarah HAYWARD. Was a wholesale produce dealer and pork packer. Lived in Windsor, Mass. and Watervliet, N.Y.
Amos, b. 6-12-1786, m. Betsy INGHAM.
Thankful, b. 4-1-1790, m. Royal COOPER.
Charlotte, b. 11-24-1792, m. Amos CONE.
Laura, b. 9-1-1795, d. unm. before 1865.
Josiah, b. 6-15-1798, m. Maria WARD.
FAMILY 4
Warren Mack, son of Elisha and Mary (Ellis) Mack, was b. 6-16-1763; d. 7-3-1843; m. 1st Sophia LARABEE, 2nd, Polly _____. He was a soldier in the Rev. War.
After his father's death he became head of the household. In 1789 he sold the farm to his brother, David, and moved to Pittsfield, where at least one of his children was born.
By 1810 he had moved to Warren, N.Y. Later he made his home at Jordanville, N.Y., where he spent the rest of his life.
His tombstone is found in Jordanville, N.Y. cemetery and beside it that of his wife Polly, who d. 11-26-1823, age 59.
The Warren-Mack homestead is two miles north-east of Jordanville.
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1653 - 1721 (67 år)
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