STODDARD FAMILY of Sullivan County, NH
Transcribed and contributed to Genealogy Trails by Janice Farnsworth - Farns10th@aol.com
Source: History of Charlestown, NH - Fort 4 by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson pub 1876,
Claremont, NH

p.19 Colonel John Stoddard b. Feb 17, 1682 grad. Harvard in 1701 practiced law in Northampton. Was a colonel of a regiment and Supt. of Defence, Judge of Probate, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and one of the governor's council. He d. while attdg General Court at Boston June 19, 1748. His death was a serious loss to the western frontiers of Massachusetts. His inventory was nearly f180,000 viz: real estate f18,238; personal estate, f17,194 and his gold watch, the 1st one had at Northampton was appraised at fl50.

The Fort 4 at Charlestown, NH is said to have been built under the direction of Col. John Stoddard of Northampton, MA who was for many years the principal military engineer on the Connecticut River Frontier and had, 20 yrs before superintended the building of the Blockhouse at Fort Dummer. Fort 4 was constructed in the manner of other fortifications of the time which were only intended to afford a defense against musketry. It covered, says Rev. Dr. Crosby (in his Annals of Charlestown) about ¾ of an acre. This would be abt the size of Fort Dummer. Within the enclosures were bldgs called province houses. These before being en-closed in the fort had been the houses of Capt. John Spafford, Capt. Phineas Stevens, Lieut Moses Willard Lieut Ephraim Wetherbe and John Hastings. (excerpt, Belknap, p.286)

p.276 John Adams son of John Q. Adams and his wife, Esther Jane (Taylor) Adams of Charlestown, NH. John Adams m. Lucy Stoddard and they resided at Topsfield, MA.

p.277 Simeon Albee b. 1760 son of Levi Albee (who was son of John Albee of Mendon, MA). Simeon Albee m. Rebecca Stoddard of Milford, MA. She b. Oct 7, 1767. He d. Oct 8, 1848. She d. Sep. 26, 1821 The had fifteen children, not listed.

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