Amos Porter Sr (1742 - 1807)

Born 24 Nov 1742 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Bradstreet) Porter — married 24 Jan 1764 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1807 at age 64 in Lower Salem, Washington, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Amos Porter was born in 1742 a son of Joseph Porter and Mary Dorman

In 1764 Amos married Anne Bradstreet ^[1] (daughter of Simon and Anna (Flint) Bradstreet).

Amos and Anne had five children; Lydia, Anna, Amos, Jonathan and Simon.

In the year 1783, Amos Porter, Sr. sold his home in Danvers, under such circumstances that I conclude it was for the purpose of becoming a shareholder in the Ohio Company, because his son appears as a shareholder at, but nineteen years of age when he went with the Forty-eight to make the settlement at Marietta, Ohio ^[2]

After two years Amos Jr spent in this work and clearing the forest in the new land, Amos Porter returned of foot from Marietta to Boston to assure his father's family that all was ready for their migration to the Northwest Territory, Amos Porter, Sr,. His wife, Anne Bradstreet, with their family, proceeding in that or the following year on their journey westward. Upon reaching Western Pennsylvania the outbreak of the Indian War detained them for four years during which time those settlers who had already arrived at Marietta were confined in Campus Nartius.

In the year 1795 we find Amos Porter, Sr., his wife and family on their farm twelve miles from Marietta without a neighbor to the north of them across the entire state of Ohio, to Lake Erie. To the township which they thus first settled and to the village which sprang up near by they gave the name of "Salem".

He served in the American Revolution^[3]

Private Amos Porter Sr served with Essex County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Amos Porter Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A090931.

Porter, Amos Ancestor #: A090931 ^[4]

Service: Massachusetts Rank(s): Private

Birth: 11-24-1742 Danvers, Essex, Co., Massachusetts

Death: 1807 Salem, Washington, Ohio

Service Source: MA Soldiers & Sailors, Vol. 12, P 578

Service Description: 1) Captain Samuel Sprague, Lexington Alarm 2) Town of Chelsea

Marched on Alarm. Enlist April 19,1775 Discharged May 16, 1775

He passed away in 1807 at the age of 64 ^[5] and is buried in the Porter Family Cemetery, Washington County, Ohio. Memorial in

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Record
2. ↑ Settling in Ohio
3. ↑ Rev War Service
4. ↑ DAR Patriot A090931 (web link on the DAR sticker)
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #73419019 Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio

• Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts Births to 1850, 24 Nov 1742 Parents Mary and Joseph, Original data: Vital Records of Danvers, MA to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, MA, USA: The Essex Institute, 1909. (card)

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Danvers Vital Record Transcripts, Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). pg 647/915 (shareable view)

• History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio, and representative citizens, by Andrews, Martin Register, 1842- 4n; Hathaway, Seymour J, Publication date 1902

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War (Images Online), Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol 12 Soldiers and Sailors , Original data: Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Vol. 1-17. Boston, MA, USA: Wright & Potter Printing, 1896-1908. pg 578/1017 (shareable view)

• DAR Memorial Mound Cemetery, "To the Memory of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Washington County, Ohio, Whose Graves Are Unknown. Erected by Marietta Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1927." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_Cemetery_(Marietta,_Ohio)

• The Porter family : proceedings at the reunion of the descendants of John Porter of Danvers, held at Danvers, Mass., July 17th, 1895, by Descendants of John Porter, Publication date 1897

• DAR: Amos Porter Memorial, Marietta, Washington, Ohio, An Honorary Placement in Marietta, Ohio