LIEUT. JOSEPH KELLOGG {17} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c>, son of Martin {7} <1.2b.3a.4f>, bap. in Great Leighs, England, 1 Apr. 1626; m. 9 Oct. 1649 in Hadley, Mass., Joanna (poss.) Foote, dau. of Nathaniel Foote and Elizabeth Deming, b. 1 April 1628 in Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England, although Foote family histories do not mention her. She d. in Hadley, Mass., 14 Sept. 1666. He m. (2) Abigail Martha Terry, b. in Windsor, Conn., 21 Sept. 1646, dau. of Stephen Terry, [1] b. in Stockton, Wiltshire, England, 25 Aug. 1608, and Jane Hardy.
He d. between 27 June, 1707, when his will was dated and 4 Feb. 1708 when it was proved, or in another report 27 June 1708, in Hadley, Mass.; she d. between 29 May 1717, when her will was dated, and 31 Oct. 1726, when it was proved.
It is not known in what year he came to America. He was in Farmington, Conn., in 1651, where he was an early settler and served several terms as selectman. He and his wife were "joined" to the church, 9 Oct. 1653.
His home lot, consisting of four acres, was purchased from John Andrews, from whom he also bought a twelve-acre lot of plowing land curiously called "Nod Land". He sold this property in Feb. 1655, and removed, about 1657, to Boston, where "Joseph Kelog, weaver, late of Farmington, in the colony of Connecticut, now of Boston," bought from Peter Oliver and his wife, 16 Oct. 1659, "their dwelling-house, fronting to the street leading to Roxbury, for one hundred and forty pounds starling." Joseph Kelog and Joanna, his wife, mortgaged the same premises, 18 Nov. 1659, to Sergt. Thomas Clarke, to secure the payment of one hundred pounds to be paid "in good wheate, pork and pease at merchants' currant price".
They sold the same premises to John Witherden, 13 June 1661. This land (now covered, in part, by the Advertiser Building on Washington Street), which Joseph bought for seven hundred dollars in 1659, is one of the most valuable parcels of land in Boston, being worth more than one hundred dollars per square foot ca. 1900.
He removed from Boston to Hadley and was one of the proprietors. In 1661, the town made an agreement with him to keep the ferry between Hadley and Northampton, [2] and he built his house on a small "home lot" which had been reserved by the town for a "Ferry lot".
In January 1675, a committee appointed by the Court made an agreement with him. He was to have a boat for horses and a canoe for persons, and to receive for man and horse, 8 d. in wheat or other pay, or 6 d. in money; for single persons, 3 d., and when more than one, 2 d. each. On Lecture days, people passing to and from Lecture, if six or more went over together, were to pay 1 d. each. Troopers, passing to and from trooping exercises, were to pay only 3 d. for man and horse. He was also granted liberty to entertain travelers.
The Court, 1 June 1677, ordered that "Joseph Kellogg, ferryman of Hadley, be paid forty pounds for loss of his team impressed for the country's service and with reference to his ferriage of souldjers".
In 1687, another agreement was made with him, and he was allowed to take double price after dark until 9 o'clock. At later hours, and in storms and floods, those who would cross must agree with the ferryman. Others might not carry over persons within fifty rods of the ferry place, except men to their day-labor. He and his son, John, and grandson, James Kellogg, kept this ferry until 1758 - almost a century; and Stephen Goodman, who married a daughter of James Kellogg, kept it still later, and from him it received its last name, "Goodman's Ferry".
He was selectman in Hadley, 1665, '74, '77, '79, '81, '85, '92. In 1686, he was on the committee "to consider the method that may be best for laying out of the common lands." In the division that followed, he and his sons, John, Edward and Nathaniel, received grants of land on the "Highway which runs down to Foot's Folly from New Swamp." He was on the committee for the purchase, from the Indians, of Swampfield. From Swampfield (for which the Indians received £26) have been formed, in whole or in part, the towns of Sunderland, Montague and Leverett.
He was a member of the school committee in 1686, and opposed taking the management of the Hopkins School [3] from the committee. After a sharp contest, the committee succeeded in having the management of the school retained in their hands.
Early in the history of New England, Military Companies or "train bands" were formed to protect the settlers. As early as 16 May 1661, Hadley voted there should be a training. The County Court approved the choice of Joseph Kellogg as Sergeant of the Company, Mar. 1663. The General Court of Massachusetts appointed him, 9 May 1678, Ensign in the Foot Company in Hadley, and 7 Oct., of the same year, Lieutenant in the same company. He served in that office until 1692, his military service thus extending over twenty-nine consecutive years. That he received no further promotion may be accounted for by the fact that Aaron Cook, Jr., who was appointed Captain when Lieut. Joseph was made Ensign, held that office thirty-five years, or until 1713.
He sustained his part in the struggle of the settlers against the Indians, and was in command, as Sergeant, of the Hadley troops at the famous "Turners' Falls" fight, 18 May 1676, which broke the power of the river tribes.
In 1661, when he settled in Hadley, his estate was assessed at £100, and at the time of his death his personal estate, alone, was inventoried at about "400, and he had previously given various sums to his children.
He was the father of twenty children (fourteen of whom reached maturity), and well exemplifies the Biblical signification of his name "He Shall Add". He seems to have been energetic, of a strong, sturdy character, an affectionate husband and father, and to have borne a creditable part in the struggles of the early settlers.
His wife, Abigail, in 1673, was among those presented by the jury at the March Court of Hampshire, as persons of small estate, who "use to wear silk contrary to law." She was acquitted, but this attempt to enforce the sumptuary laws against her show that her husband's estate was below the £200 needed to allow her to wear "gold or silver lace, gold or silver buttons, bone lace above 2 s. per yard, or silk hoods or scarfs," which the good men of that period looked upon as extravagance in dress.
His will was proved in the Hampshire County Probate Court in Northampton, 10 Feb. 1778: [4]
The will of Abigail Kellogg, dated 29 May 1717; proved 31 Oct. 1726, mentions children Stephen, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Jonathan, Joseph, Abigail Smith, Elizabeth Nash, and Prudence Merrill.
Children (by first wife):
ELIZABETH {22} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6a>, b. in Farmington, 5 Mar. 1651; d. young.
JOSEPH {23} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6b>, b. 11 Aug. 1653; d. between 1682 and 1684; in Mar. 1682, he was fined ten shillings for breach of Sabbath, "having travelled till midnight in the night before the Sabbath".
NATHANIEL {24} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6c>, bap. 29 Oct. 1654; d. young.
JOHN {25} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d>, bap. 29 Dec. 1656; m. (1) Sarah Moody; (2) Ruth ---.
MARTIN {26} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6e>, b. in Boston, 22 Nov. 1658; m. (1) Anna Hinsdale; (2) Mrs. Sarah (Dickinson) Lane; (3) Mrs. Sarah (Huxley) Smith.
EDWARD {27} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6f>, b. in Boston, 1 Oct. 1660; m. Dorothy ---.
SAMUEL {28} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6g>, b. in Hadley, 28 Sept. 1662; m. Sarah Merrill.
JOANNA {29} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6h>, b. in Hadley, 8 Dec. 1664; m. Deacon John Smith.
SARAH {30} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6i>, b. in Hadley, 27 Aug. 1666; m. Samuel Ashley.
Children (by second wife, born in Hadley):
STEPHEN {31} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j>, b. 9 Apr. 1668; m. Lydia Belden.
NATHANIEL {32} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6k>, b. 8 Oct. 1669; m. Sarah Boltwood.
ABIGAIL {33} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6l>, b. 9 Oct. 1671; m. Jonathan Smith.
ELIZABETH {34} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6m>, b. 9 Oct. 1673; m. Lieut. John Nash.
PRUDENCE {35} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6n>, b. 14 Oct. 1675; m. Deacon Abraham Merrill.
EBENEZER {36} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6o>, b. 22 Nov. 1677; m. Mabel Butler.
JONATHAN {37} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6p>, b. 25 Dec. 1679; m. Ann Newton.
DANIEL {38} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6q>, b. 22 Mar. 1682; d. 5 July 1684.
JOSEPH {39} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6r>, b. 12 May 1684; m. 5 July 1710, Elizabeth Colton, b. 5 Apr. 1686, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Colton of Springfield; lived in Hatfield; d. 9 Sept. 1724; had no children. On his gravestone, in Hatfield, he is called "A Worthy Gentleman". She m. (2) Joseph Billings, of Hatfield, b. 15 Nov. 1700, son of Samuel Billings and Rebecca Miller.
DANIEL {40} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6s>, b. 10 June 1686; d. young.
EPHRAIM {41} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6t>, b. 2 Jan. 1687; d. young.