General Notes

REFN: 2174
[lillief.ged]
Was married inNorwich, Connecticut. Moved north to the New Hampshire Gra
nt s.  IN 1774 Amos and their 13 year old son Solomon left Connect
ic ut to go north and build a home for the family.  They decided upon a cl
ear ing in the small town of Salisbury.  Together they built a cabin lar
ge eno ugh for teh whold family.  They were finished with teh cabin by t
he spri ng of 1775, but they still needed to clear land to plant whe
at so teh fami ly would have bread the next winter.  While they were doi
ng this, a lar ge maple twisted and pinned Amos to the ground, killing h
im instantly. Fra ntically, Solomon chopped the tree aaway and freed his f
ather's body.  Th en he ran all the way to Middlebury to the home of Benja
min Smalley.  Smal ley and his two sons, Imri and Alfred, went with solom
on to the Salisbu ry clearing and they brought Amos's body back to the Mid
dlebury Burial pl ot where Smalley's two daughters were buried.