REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN
Elijah Bruce is the only person buried in this cemetery. His Bruce line is: Elijah-5, Artemas-4, Abijah-3, Roger-2, Thomas-1 Bruce.
Local Marlborough Vt History:
"BRUCE, Elijah (s. of Artemus) m. Abigail, b. April 11, 1763, dau. of Nathaniel Whitney of Grafton, Mass., and came to Newfane in the fall of 1781. He was a soldier in the American Revolution and in the Bennington battle, 1777. He removed to Marlborough in the early part of the 19th century and d. with the small pox, May 16, 1835. He was buried alone in a pasture, where his grave has since been surrounded with a wall by his descendants. She d. July 13, 1847.
Children:
Mansfield, b. April 11, 1781;
Joseph-Whitney, b. Nov. 19, 1782;
Preserved, b. June 28 1784;
Elijah, Jr.;
Catherine, m. (1) Joshua Phillips, who enlisted in the U. S. Army of 1812, and was shot in battle near Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and she m. (2) Benjamin Medcalf of Wilmington;
Lucy, m. Josiah Parks;
Martha, m. James Kelsey, s. of Seymour;
Cency, m. Alfred Dunklee,s. of Joseph of Brattleboro;
Nancy, m. John Robins, and d. July 15, 1820, age 23;
Emory, d. March 4, 1837, age 38;
Eli, m. Lucy, dau. of Amos Stearns;
Orison;
Abigail Whitney, b. April 2, 1806, m. Nehemiah-Willis Fisher, s. of Deacon Nehemiah."
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Excerpt from: "CENTENNIAL PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER HISTORICAL FACTS AND INCIDENTS RELATING TO NEWFANE, The County Seat of Windham County, Vermont"
"Artemas Bruce came September 22, 1776. He built the first saw mill in this part of the town, of which we find any authentic record, on the brook just south of his house. Of his family we find but little reliable information. Yet it would seem that there were at least three sons; Ephraim, Artemas Jr., and Elijah, from the latter of whom Mansfield Bruce, the Baptist divine, is a descendant. Samuel, a son of Ephraim, a carpenter by trade, built a dam and first occupied the privilege, where now stands F. O. Burditt's cabinet shop, about 1820. He rented a portion of the shop to a clothier."
Elijah Bruce is the only person buried in this cemetery. His Bruce line is: Elijah-5, Artemas-4, Abijah-3, Roger-2, Thomas-1 Bruce.
Local Marlborough Vt History:
"BRUCE, Elijah (s. of Artemus) m. Abigail, b. April 11, 1763, dau. of Nathaniel Whitney of Grafton, Mass., and came to Newfane in the fall of 1781. He was a soldier in the American Revolution and in the Bennington battle, 1777. He removed to Marlborough in the early part of the 19th century and d. with the small pox, May 16, 1835. He was buried alone in a pasture, where his grave has since been surrounded with a wall by his descendants. She d. July 13, 1847.
Children:
Mansfield, b. April 11, 1781;
Joseph-Whitney, b. Nov. 19, 1782;
Preserved, b. June 28 1784;
Elijah, Jr.;
Catherine, m. (1) Joshua Phillips, who enlisted in the U. S. Army of 1812, and was shot in battle near Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and she m. (2) Benjamin Medcalf of Wilmington;
Lucy, m. Josiah Parks;
Martha, m. James Kelsey, s. of Seymour;
Cency, m. Alfred Dunklee,s. of Joseph of Brattleboro;
Nancy, m. John Robins, and d. July 15, 1820, age 23;
Emory, d. March 4, 1837, age 38;
Eli, m. Lucy, dau. of Amos Stearns;
Orison;
Abigail Whitney, b. April 2, 1806, m. Nehemiah-Willis Fisher, s. of Deacon Nehemiah."
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Excerpt from: "CENTENNIAL PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER HISTORICAL FACTS AND INCIDENTS RELATING TO NEWFANE, The County Seat of Windham County, Vermont"
"Artemas Bruce came September 22, 1776. He built the first saw mill in this part of the town, of which we find any authentic record, on the brook just south of his house. Of his family we find but little reliable information. Yet it would seem that there were at least three sons; Ephraim, Artemas Jr., and Elijah, from the latter of whom Mansfield Bruce, the Baptist divine, is a descendant. Samuel, a son of Ephraim, a carpenter by trade, built a dam and first occupied the privilege, where now stands F. O. Burditt's cabinet shop, about 1820. He rented a portion of the shop to a clothier."
REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN
Elijah Bruce is the only person buried in this cemetery. His Bruce line is: Elijah-5, Artemas-4, Abijah-3, Roger-2, Thomas-1 Bruce.
Local Marlborough Vt History:
"BRUCE, Elijah (s. of Artemus) m. Abigail, b. April 11, 1763, dau. of Nathaniel Whitney of Grafton, Mass., and came to Newfane in the fall of 1781. He was a soldier in the American Revolution and in the Bennington battle, 1777. He removed to Marlborough in the early part of the 19th century and d. with the small pox, May 16, 1835. He was buried alone in a pasture, where his grave has since been surrounded with a wall by his descendants. She d. July 13, 1847.
Children:
Mansfield, b. April 11, 1781;
Joseph-Whitney, b. Nov. 19, 1782;
Preserved, b. June 28 1784;
Elijah, Jr.;
Catherine, m. (1) Joshua Phillips, who enlisted in the U. S. Army of 1812, and was shot in battle near Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and she m. (2) Benjamin Medcalf of Wilmington;
Lucy, m. Josiah Parks;
Martha, m. James Kelsey, s. of Seymour;
Cency, m. Alfred Dunklee,s. of Joseph of Brattleboro;
Nancy, m. John Robins, and d. July 15, 1820, age 23;
Emory, d. March 4, 1837, age 38;
Eli, m. Lucy, dau. of Amos Stearns;
Orison;
Abigail Whitney, b. April 2, 1806, m. Nehemiah-Willis Fisher, s. of Deacon Nehemiah."
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Excerpt from: "CENTENNIAL PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER HISTORICAL FACTS AND INCIDENTS RELATING TO NEWFANE, The County Seat of Windham County, Vermont"
"Artemas Bruce came September 22, 1776. He built the first saw mill in this part of the town, of which we find any authentic record, on the brook just south of his house. Of his family we find but little reliable information. Yet it would seem that there were at least three sons; Ephraim, Artemas Jr., and Elijah, from the latter of whom Mansfield Bruce, the Baptist divine, is a descendant. Samuel, a son of Ephraim, a carpenter by trade, built a dam and first occupied the privilege, where now stands F. O. Burditt's cabinet shop, about 1820. He rented a portion of the shop to a clothier."
Elijah Bruce is the only person buried in this cemetery. His Bruce line is: Elijah-5, Artemas-4, Abijah-3, Roger-2, Thomas-1 Bruce.
Local Marlborough Vt History:
"BRUCE, Elijah (s. of Artemus) m. Abigail, b. April 11, 1763, dau. of Nathaniel Whitney of Grafton, Mass., and came to Newfane in the fall of 1781. He was a soldier in the American Revolution and in the Bennington battle, 1777. He removed to Marlborough in the early part of the 19th century and d. with the small pox, May 16, 1835. He was buried alone in a pasture, where his grave has since been surrounded with a wall by his descendants. She d. July 13, 1847.
Children:
Mansfield, b. April 11, 1781;
Joseph-Whitney, b. Nov. 19, 1782;
Preserved, b. June 28 1784;
Elijah, Jr.;
Catherine, m. (1) Joshua Phillips, who enlisted in the U. S. Army of 1812, and was shot in battle near Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and she m. (2) Benjamin Medcalf of Wilmington;
Lucy, m. Josiah Parks;
Martha, m. James Kelsey, s. of Seymour;
Cency, m. Alfred Dunklee,s. of Joseph of Brattleboro;
Nancy, m. John Robins, and d. July 15, 1820, age 23;
Emory, d. March 4, 1837, age 38;
Eli, m. Lucy, dau. of Amos Stearns;
Orison;
Abigail Whitney, b. April 2, 1806, m. Nehemiah-Willis Fisher, s. of Deacon Nehemiah."
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Excerpt from: "CENTENNIAL PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER HISTORICAL FACTS AND INCIDENTS RELATING TO NEWFANE, The County Seat of Windham County, Vermont"
"Artemas Bruce came September 22, 1776. He built the first saw mill in this part of the town, of which we find any authentic record, on the brook just south of his house. Of his family we find but little reliable information. Yet it would seem that there were at least three sons; Ephraim, Artemas Jr., and Elijah, from the latter of whom Mansfield Bruce, the Baptist divine, is a descendant. Samuel, a son of Ephraim, a carpenter by trade, built a dam and first occupied the privilege, where now stands F. O. Burditt's cabinet shop, about 1820. He rented a portion of the shop to a clothier."
Inscription
ELIJAH
BRUCE
CPL
CONTINENTAL LINE
REV WAR
JAN 20 1760
MAY 18 1835
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The headstone here was erected 1976 to replace the original stone.
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