Ebenezer married Deborah CHANDLER on 25 Oct 1733. Deborah (daughter of Henry CHANDLER and Lydia ABBOTT) was born on 9 Jul 1709; died on 23 Aug 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 11 May 1651

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"On the 6th of October following the Rev. Dr. Williams preached a sermon in which he gave Captain Colton a very extraordinary character, as having been a man eminently useful in his day, especially in the Indian wars, and as a man of eminent piety."

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Captain married Hannah BLISS on 17 Dec 1691 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA. Hannah (daughter of Lawrence BLISS and Lydia WRIGHT) was born on 26 May 1665 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 6 Nov 1737; was buried in Longmeadow Cemetery, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Henry + Lydia ABBOTT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: 1657
• Death: 17 Dec 1699

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George Colton, known in the record by the title of Quartermaster, from whom descended all of the Coltons in this country so far as known, is said to have come from a town in England called Sunnoncofield. Came first to Windsor, married Deborah Gardner of Hartford, and was one of the first settlers in that part of Springfield called Longmeadow.

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For seventeen years, he was one of the Selectman, having first been chosen in 1657. In 1669 he was chosen Deputy to the General Court, to which office he was twice re-elected, sitting in 1671 with Captain William Davis, a son-in-law of William Pynchon and a non-resident......From the frequency that he was called to perform public duties it is evident that he was an influential citizen.

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George married Deborah GARDNER about 1645 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Deborah (daughter of John GARDNER and Mary UNKNOWN) was born in 1624 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 5 Sep 1689 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lawrence married Lydia WRIGHT on 25 Oct 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Lydia (daughter of Deacon Deacon Samuel WRIGHT and Margaret STRATTON) died on 17 Dec 1699. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: 13 Feb 1699

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