Ezra Pike (1761 - 1840)

Born 27 Mar 1761 in New Marlborough, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Garlick) Pike — married 18 Oct 1784 in Laneborough, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1840 at age 79 in Isle La Motte, Grand Isle, Vermont, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Pike Name Study.

Private Ezra Pike served with Hopkins' Regiment of Militia during the American Revolution.

Ezra Pike is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A089016.

Ezra Pike was born on 27 Mar 1761 at New Marlboro Massachusetts, ^[1] came from Hoosick, New York. He was among the first settlers of Grand Isle County, Vermont, clearing a farm on which he died at the age of about sixty eight [79]. He was a pensioner of the war of the Revolution and held many offices of trust in the town of Isle La Motte.

His father was an early settler of New Marlboro having removed in 1744 from Canterbury, Connecticut.

After returning home he married and took up residence in Alburgh, Vermont. A short period later he moved to Isle LaMotte, Vermont.

Ezra married (Polly) Mary Garlick on 18 Oct 1784 at Laneborough, Massachusetts. Mary was born 28 Feb 1768. His marriage to Mary Garlick, produced 13 children: Ezra, Reuben, Jesse, Jarvis, Jerod, Henry, Sally, Term, Lucy, Emeline, Mercy, Polly, and Anna.

In 1790, Ezra Pike resided in Duanesburgh, Albany, New York.^[2]

Ezra died at Isle La Motte in 1840. ^[3]

Military

Private Ezra Pike, born March 29, 1761 at New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay, died April 14, 1840 in Isle La Motte, Grand Isle, Vermont, and his wife Mary Garlick, born 28 Feb 1768, married 18 October 1784 in Grand Isle, Vermont, are honored for service: 1) CAPTS TALLMADGE, SHEPHERD & SCHERMERHORN 2) COLS HOPKINS & VAN RENSSELAER ^[4]

Ezra served in the Dutchess County, New York militia. He moved to Duanesburg, Albany County, New York, as did his father Jarvis Pike, and from that area joined the revolutionary army and served from 1778 to 1782.

Family

Children born to Mary & Ezra Pike in Duanesburgh, New York:

1. Emiline Pike, born 17 April 1790. Emeline married Job Babcock, born 18 May 1779 in Rhode Island, on 01 July 1805.
2. Ezra Pike, born @1792, died 02 Oct 1874 at age 82 in Isle la Motte, Vermont. Upon his death, his parents, Polly & Ezra Pike, were named and his birthplace was recorded as Quinailes, N.Y.

Sources

1. ↑ Pike Surname DNA Project : accessed 28 May 2018
2. ↑ United States 1790 Census. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: United States Census, 1790. FamilySearch, 2014.)
3. ↑ Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 19, 2021), "Record of Ezra Pike", Ancestor # A089016.

• Pike Surname DNA Project: Paternal Pedigree for Participant 63479 Johnathan Alexander PIKE, Generation #7: Name:Ezra PIKE, Spouse:(Polly) Mary GARLICK

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #22079930 (accessed 5 July 2022)
  Memorial page for Ezra Pike (27 Mar 1761-19 Apr 1840), citing North Cemetery, Isle la Motte, Grand Isle County, Vermont, USA

• Death: "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
  citing FHL microfilm: 27656; Record number: 3389;
  FamilySearch Record: V8ML-M8M (accessed 5 July 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 939K-YFZN-J
  Name: Ezra Pike; Death Date: 19 Apr 1840; Death Place: Isle La Motte, Vermont, United States; Birth Date: 1760; Age: 80; Event Type: Death; Event Type Orig: Death.

• Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790 : Ezra Pike, Albany County, New York, p. 24
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835
• U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
• 1790 United States Federal Census
• U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908
• [https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/13279862?h=594612 U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872
• U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872
• 1800 United States Federal Census

Acknowledgements

• Profile researched by Sara V Mosher, May 2018