Elijah
Hastings
Born in Hatfield, Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Hopestill Hastings
and Lydia (Frary) Smith
Brother of
Seth Hastings Sr and Tabitha (Hastings) Bordwell
Husband of
Jerusha (Billings) Hastings
— married
1782 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Elijah Hastings
Died
at age 50
in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Sep 2019
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Biography
Lieutenant Elijah Hastings served with Hampshire County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Elijah Hastings was a soldier during the Revolutionary War, serving as a Private in Lt. Eli Parker's detachment of Minutemen, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. [1] [2]
Elijah Hastings was born on June 6, 1753 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Bay, son of Hopestill Hastings (1718–1766) and Lydia Frary (~1722–>1773).
Elijah (28) and Jerusha Billings (18) were married in 1782 in Amherst, Hampshire.
Jerusha was born on November 3, 1763 in Amherst, Hampshire. She was the daughter of John Billings and Jerusha (Waite) Billings.
Their son was Elijah Hastings (1798– ).
Elijah died on October 4, 1803 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, aged 50.
He was buried in West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
- ↑ >Carpenter, Edward. The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts (Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, Mass., 1896); p. 80
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 September 2019), memorial page for Lieut Elijah Hastings (6 Jun 1753–4 Oct 1803), Find A Grave Memorial no. 51912777, citing West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by the moo (contributor 46834101)
- "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ7-VFS : 9 February 2018), Elijah Hastings and Jerusha Billings, Apr 1782; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 186,126, 1,286,127.
- Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896-1908) Vol. 7, p. 467
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