Job Alvord (1729 - 1789)

Born 1729 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 30 Jan 1789 at about age 60 in South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA

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Captain Job Alvord served with Hampshire County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Job Alvord is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A002110.

Job Alvord is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 103153
Rank: Captain

Captain in Col. William Shepard's Continental Army regiment, and later in Col. Seth Murray's Hampshire County Massachusetts Militia regiment during the Revolution. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Job Alvord was born in 1729, in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was the ninth child of John Alvord and Dorcas Lyman.

Per the Alvord genealogy, Job Alvord and Thomas Goodman were appointed fence-viewers at So. Hadley in 1753.

Job Alvord served in the British cause in the French & Indian war 1755-59, in 1757 as ensign under Capt. John Burk, and was appointed lieutenant in 1759. He was present at the surrender of Ft. Wm. Henry.

Job Alvord of So. Hadley constructed a new boat landing about two miles up the river at the foot of Willimansett Rapids. In 1760-61 he built a house near the country road and a wharf on the river and was licensed to keep an inn in 1761. His solitary house at Willamanset was standing in 1860 and it was two miles from inhabitants north and south. There was much business at this landing and Alvord's house did not lack customers.

He married 5 Jan 1762 Rebecca Smith [b. 25 Mar 1740 @ S. Hadley, Massachusetts, daughter of Samuel & Lydia (Smith) Smith; d. 19 Jan 1832] ^[4],^[5]. They had 2 children:

1. Justin Alvord, b. 30 Nov 1763; married 1) 1788 Jerusha Wait; 2) about 1804 Lois Chapin; d. 21 Oct 1852
2. Lucina Alvord, b. 20 Oct 1771; married Solomon Lyman; 1 child who died at birth

Also per the Alvord genealogy, "May 3, 1763, Job Alvord of Springfield, in consideration of ten pounds," conveyed "to Azariah Alvord of Springfield one moity or half part in common & undivided land in one messuage, viz. : one mansion house, barn, & four acres of land lying at a place called Willamanseep in Springfield.

Job Alvord served the American cause in the Revolutionary War: Alvord, Job, Captain, Col. William Shepard's Reg., Continental Army, pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Mar. 1, 1779. Reported a supernumerary Mar. 1, (also given Apr. 1,) 1779. Also muster roll dated Camp at Valley Forge, May 1, 1778. Also muster rolls for Oct., Nov., and Dec. 1778 and Mar. and Apr., 1779, dated Providence. Also Col. Seth Murray's Hampshire Co. Reg. Enlisted July 4, 1780, dis. Oct. 10, 1780; service, 3mo. 15 days; enlistment 3 months. Company raised to re-enforce Continental Army. (Mass. Soldiers in Rev.)

When Job Alvord was serving his country in the [American] Revolutionary War, his wife wrote to him to bring her some green tea, — of which old ladies were very fond. He replied that good green tea cost $16 a pound.

Job Alvord died 30 Jan 1789 at South Hadley, Massachusetts, of small pox, and was buried in the night. His grave is in Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ^[6]. [Note: The banner panel of this online memorial site presents death date 20 Feb 1789, whereas the depicted grave marker (which is somewhat eroded) may read 30 Jan 1789, which coincides with the Alvord genealogy.]

His son Justin was administrator of his estate.

Sources

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJL-SK3 : 3 May 2022), Job Alvord, 1762.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJV-7RJ : 3 May 2022), Job Alvord, 1762.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #92170232

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2022-09-12), "Record of Job Alvord", Ancestor # A002110.

• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord an Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass. (1908), no. 67: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/45/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/66/mode/1up

• Heitman, Francis Bernard. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution (W.H. Lowdermilk & Co., Washington, DC, 1893); p. 70

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 1, p. 210

Profile History

WikiTree profile Alvord-61 created through the import of Travis Family Tree.ged on Jun 22, 2011 by Roger Travis.