Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)

Notes


4046. Zebulon Haskell

Zebulon Haskell was unmarried.


4052. Amos Haskell

Amos and Benjamin are listed as sons of Zebulon and Elizabeth by Ira Haskell in his "Chronicles of the Haskell Family", but they are not shown in the Gloucester Vital Records.


4056. Maria Haskell

Marion Haskell died young.


1543. William Ellery Haskell

Boston Patriot & Daily Chronicle
May 12, 1819
Died
At Gloucester, (W. Parish) suddenly, Mr. William Haskell, son of Deacon Zebulon H.


1549. Caleb Haskell

Caleb was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was on the Quebec Expedition with Gen. Benedict Arnold and in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He kept a daily diary. He was captured by the British and eventually exchanged.

Reference
Diary of Caleb Haskell
Haskell Journal: Issue 39, Winter 1995; Issue 40, Spring 1995; Issue 41, Fall 1995
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Caleb, of Newburyport, was a musician in Captain Moses Nowell's company, which marched to Cambridge on the alarm of April 19, 1775, service 4 day

He was a Fifer in Captain Ezra Lunt's company, Colonel Moses Little's regiment; muster roll dated August 1, 1775, enlisted May 2, 1775, service 13 weeks.

Reference
The Haskell Family in the Armed Forces, Volume 2
Editor: Peter P. Haskell, 2004
Page 63
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Revolutionary War Pension File #W19676

He enlisted May 5, 1775 and served in Captain Ezra Lunt's Massachusetts regiment until Sep. 10, 1775, when he volunteered to serve in Captain Samuel Ward's company to go to Quebec under Colonel Arnold and served until May 1776.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, while a resident of Newburyport, Mass.

Pension was suspended in 1819, as he was a member of state unit.

Widow pension for Ednah Hale Haskell executed August 7, 1838 while she was a resident of Newburyport.

Caleb died January 12, 1829

Caleb married Ednah Hale April 10, 1781


1551. Nathan Haskell


Nathan was a man of unusual intelligence, was for many years a Justice of the Peace, served as a town officer, a representative of the court in 1814, 1815 and 1817, and a deacon of the Congregational Church.

Source
Genealogical History of Deer Island Families
Series 2, Volume 15
by Benjamin Lake Noyes


Ebenezer Haskell

Ebenezer was a private in Captain John Dodge's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment; list of guards, enlisted July 18, 1778, discharged Dec. 16, 1778, service, 4 months 29 days, at Winter Hill.

Reference
The Haskell Family in the Armed Forces, Volume 2
Editor: Peter P. Haskell, 2004
Page 65
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Revolutionary War pension file 4721
Testimony given in 1840
Ebenezer was 78 years old.
He enlisted 1778 Massachusetts militia under:
Col. Terrier of Newburyport,
Captain John Dodge of Wenham
Lieutenant Richard Dodge
Orderly Sergeant Thomas Coles
He enlisted June 1778, under 16 years of age.
He went to Winter Hill near Boston, assigned to guard English and Hessian soldiers captured from Burgoyne's army.


4090. Dorcas Haskell

Dorcas Haskell was mentally defective.  She was unmarried.


4101. Lois Haskell

Lois Haskell was unmarried.


4103. Elijah Haskell Colonel

Elijah Haskell was unmarried.


4116. Daniel Noyes Haskell

Daniel Noyes Haskell was an editor of the Boston Transcript newspaper.  He was unmarried.

The following from Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography:  Daniel Noyes Haskell

HASKELL, Daniel Noyes, journalist, born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1 January, 1818; died in Boston, Massachusetts, 13 November, 1874. He was the son of a carriage-trimmer, and after receiving a good education engaged in business. He wrote constantly for the press, and in 1853 became editor of the "Boston Transcript," which post he held until his death. He took an active part in politics as a Whig, but was indifferent to official honors. Later be was a supporter of the liberal branch of the Whig party, and afterward became a Republican.