EBENEZER KELLOGG {36} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6o>, son of Lieut. Joseph {17} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c>, b. in Hadley, 22 Nov. 1677; m. in Colchester, 6 July 1706, Mabel Butler, b. 1682, dau. of Daniel Butler, of Hartford.
She d. 3 Sept. 1742; he d. 22 Aug., 1746.
He rem. to Colchester, Conn., where he had been accepted as an inhabitant of the town and received a grant of a home lot, 16 Mar. 1703-04.
His will, 19 Sept. 1745, proved 3 June 1746, bequeaths all his real estate to his only son, Ebenezer, to whom he also bequeathed "his Negro Caesar, [1] only with this condition that if Caesar is a mind to choose a new master then my will is that my son Ebenezer shall sell him to such a master as ye s'd Cresar shall choose." Tradition says that Caesar, who d. 8 Aug. 1774, aged 55, remained with his young master, and died from drinking cold water after mowing. He also mentions in his will daughters, Mary Merrill and Prudence Roberts, also granddaughters, Abigail Gillette and Elizabeth Roberts, whose mothers were dead.
Children:
ABIGAIL {166} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6o.7a>, b. 25 June 1707; m. --- Gillette.
EBENEZER {167} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6o.7b>, b. 30 Jan. 1710; m. Abigail Rowley.
ELIZABETH {168} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6o.7c>, b. 25 Sept. 1712; m. --- Roberts.
MARY {169} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6o.7d>, b. 3 June 1715; m. 9 Nov. 1738, Timothy Merrill, son of Nathaniel Merrill.
PRUDENCE {170} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6o.7e>, b. 24 Dec. 1717; m. 6 May 1736, William Roberts, Jr.