EPHRAIM KELLOGG {425} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8a>, son of Deacon Silas {125} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i>, b. in Sheffield, 5 Oct. 1740; m. in West Hartford, Conn., 22 Oct. 1765, Ruth Hosmer, b. 20 Sept. 1744, dau. of Thomas Hosmer, of West Hartford, and Susannah Steel. She was descended from Stephen Hosmer, Valentine Prentice and Gov. William Bradford, of the Mayflower.

She d. 25 Jan. 1818, aged 74; he d. 11 Feb. 1819, aged 79; gravestones at Sheffield.

They res. on the farm in Sheffield, afterward occupied by his son, Elisha; held many public offices in Sheffield, among them that of selectman from 1776-92. He served in the army at the time of Burgoyne's surrender and left home on that occasion in harvest time. It is related that help was so scarce, that out of a large crop, his family secured hardly enough to live upon during the following year.

His will, dated 22 Nov. 1818, mentions all the children named below.

Children (born in Sheffield):

VINA {1280} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8a.9a>, b. 11 Feb. 1767; m. Sineus Dibble.

ESTHER {1281} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8a.9b>, b. 29 Oct. 1768; m. (pub. 24 Oct. 1790}, Oliver Porter; res. in Paris, N. Y.; had no children.

HOSMER {1282} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8a.9c>, b. 25 Aug. 1770; m. Amy Cowles.

SARAH {1283} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8a.9d>, b. 23 July 1772; m. Hosea Bill.

POLLY {1284} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8a.9e>, b. 10 Aug. 1775; d. 8 Aug. 1778.

EPHRAIM {1285} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8a.9f>, b. 19 Nov. 1776; m. Jane Ashley.

MARY (POLLY) {1286} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8a.9g>, b. 20 Jan. 1779; m. Edmund B. Fellows of Westport, N. Y.

ELISHA {1287} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8a.9h>, b. 19 Aug. 1781; m. Jane Saxton.

URANIA {1288} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8a.9i>, b. 19 Nov. 1783; m. Amos Bacon.

DONNE {1289} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6j.7i.8a.9j>, b. 2 Jan. 1787; m. Aurora Curtis.