LIEUT. EZRA KELLOGG {712} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7f.8g>, son of Abner {228} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7f>, b. in Colchester, 5 Sept. 1754; m. in Great Barrington, Mass., 30 Apr. 1779, Mary Whiting, b. 11 Dec. 1758, dau. of Lieut. Gamaliel Whiting,^[1] of Great Barrington, b. 17 Sept. 1727, and Anna Gillett, b. 18 Feb. 1738.

He d. in Great Barrington, 29 Sept. 1833, aged 79; she d. there 11 May 1837, aged 78.

He rem. to Great Barrington in 1771 and became a prominent citizen; sustained various offices and was long the principal deputy sheriff of the town. He was an honest and straightforward man and highly respected.

During Shays' Rebellion he was deputy sheriff and on one occasion the "Shays' men" attempted to capture and "Handle" him, but he escaped and they attacked his house and threatened Mrs. Kellogg. They discharged a gun through the curtains of a bed on which she was lying, setting them on fire, and through the walls of the house. Some of these men were arrested and at their examination Dr. Budd testified: "I went down to Mr. Kellogg's house; Dunham and others had their bayonets at Mrs. Kellogg's breast, and swore they would kill her; I thought Mrs. Kellogg would faint away."

In his application for a pension, 1832, he stated that he was 77 years of age, born in Colchester, Conn., 5 Sept. 1754; res. there and in Lebanon until 1771, when he removed to Great Barrington. Belonged to a company of Minute men and marched in Apr. 1775, to Boston under Capt. King and served in the siege until December. Early in 1776 was at Saratoga and vicinity protecting the inhabitants from the hostile Tories and Indians who were constantly infesting the Mohawk Valley; later he was in Col. Samuel Brewer's Reg. at Ticonderoga during the remainder of the year. About the middle of July, Gen. Burgoyne was advancing and he again volunteered under Col. John Ashley to go to Forts Ann and Edward, but the American army retreated before the enemy to Stillwater. The call for additional troops was so sudden and urgent that those of the volunteers who had horses mounted them in order to reach the front as soon as possible. He was in the rear guard and the pressure was so great that he and others lost horses, saddles and bridles, quite a privation in those days. Arriving in Stillwater the company was permitted to return home, but had scarcely arrived there when they were again ordered to march, at once, to Bennington, at which place they arrived on the evening of the 16 Aug. 1777, the day on which the battle was fought. They were detailed that night to guard the prisoners and the next day to bury the dead. In Dec. 1777, he was detailed by his Capt., Goodrich, to guard, day and night, Gideon Smith, who had been adjudged, by the Committee of Safety, an enemy to his country. Smith and some others were banished. Capt. Walter Pynchon, Deputy Quartermaster at the post of Great Barrington, who had his office in Ezra's house, appointed him, 1 Mar. 1781, an assistant in the department under him, assigning him duties as "wagon conductor" for the management of the numerous transportation trains; also superintendent of cutting, weighing, packing and repacking vast quantities of beef which were furnished to the army. He continued in the service until the end of the war.

Children, b. in Great Barrington:

ANASTASIA LUKENS {2096} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7f.8g.9a>, b. 29 Feb. 1780; m. Mark Hopkins.

HENRY {2097} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7f.8g.9b>, b. 7 Feb. 1782; m.16 Apr. 1805, Lucy Riley; went to Western New York, with his brother-in-law, Mark Hopkins, and on his return, d. 15 Oct. 1805, in Albany, N. Y.; had no children.

FRANCES {2098} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7f.8g.9c>, b. 11 Apr. 1784; d. unm., 27 Apr. 1827.

BERNICE WHITING {2099} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7f.8g.9d>, b. 6 July 1786; m. Aaron Kellogg {1141} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6g.7h.8d.9d>, son of Col. Aaron Kellogg {385} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6g.7h.8d>.

MARY {2100} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7f.8g.9e>, b. 12 Nov. 1789; d. unm., 26 June 1872; admitted to Congregational Church in Great Barrington, 7 Nov. 1813.

SARAH {2101} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7f.8g.9f>, twin to Mary, b. 12 Nov. 1789; d. unm. 5 Sept. 1862; admitted to the church same day with her sister, Mary.

AUGUSTUS {2102} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7f.8g.9g>, b. 23 Sept. 1792; d. 14 Oct. 1793.

LYDIA ANN {2103} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7f.8g.9h>, b. 10 Oct. 1793; m. William Sherwood.

NANCY {2104} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7f.8g.9i>, b. 17 Oct. 1795; d. 13 Oct. 1796.

NANCY {2105} <1.2b.3a.4f.5f.6b.7f.8g.9j>, b. 21 Nov. 1798; d. unm., 2 Mar. 1877, aged 79.