Prince Haskell

1758 - 1841  (82 years)

• Name	Prince Haskell  [1, 2]
  Birth	26 Apr 1758	Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Mar 1841	Peru, Huron, Ohio   [2, 4]
  Burial	Hester Cemetery, Norwalk, Huron, Ohio   [2, 5]
  Person ID	I904	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Haskell,   b. 26 Feb 1732, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 16 Jul 1821, Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Lydia Foster,   b. 13 Apr 1736, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 7 Jul 1776, Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 40 years)
  Intentions	3 Apr 1757	Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2, 6]
  Marriage	Aft 3 Apr 1757	Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2, 6]
  Family ID	F817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leah Wilder,   b. 13 Jun 1762, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 3 May 1848, Peru, Huron, Ohio (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1781	Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 4, 7]
  Children	1. Edward Wilder Haskell,   b. 5 Jun 1782, Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 1 Jun 1785, Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 2 years)   2. Deborah Haskell,   b. 18 Mar 1784, Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 16 Apr 1822, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont (Age 38 years)   3. Harriet Haskell,   b. 9 Jun 1786, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont d. 23 Jul 1854, Peru, Huron, Ohio (Age 68 years)   4. Prince Haskell, Jr.,   b. 2 May 1788, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont d. 16 Jun 1849, Peru, Huron, Ohio (Age 61 years)   5. Edward Wilder Haskell,   b. 29 Sep 1789, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont d. 21 Feb 1826, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont (Age 36 years)   6. Nathaniel Haskell,   b. 30 Oct 1792, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont d. 30 Sep 1871, Loudonville, Ashland, Ohio (Age 78 years)   7. Michael Haskell,   b. 30 Nov 1793, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont d. 13 Jan 1881, Jefferson, Jefferson, Wisconsin (Age 87 years)   8. Lewis Foster Haskell,   b. 15 Aug 1796, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont d. 23 Apr 1797, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont (Age 0 years)   9. Polly Haskell,   b. 6 Feb 1798, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont d. 2 Sep 1818, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont (Age 20 years)   10. Adeline Haskell,   b. 29 Aug 1801, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont d. 1 Mar 1872, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois (Age 70 years)   11. Mariah Powers Haskell,   b. 14 Jun 1805, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont d. 30 Jan 1886, Bronson Township, Huron, Ohio (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F824	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  A personal narrative of Edward Wilder Haskell, Jr. Haskell Journal, Issue 1, 1898 Edwards grandfathers Prince Haskell and Timothy Newton were captured by the Indians at the time Royaltown was burned. Timothy Newton escaped, Prince Haskell was exchanged after ?. _____ Revolutionary War pension file, Prince and Leah Wilder Haskell file 7651 Enlisted May 1, 1775, Worcester county, Mass., Capt. Hazelton's company as a drummer, Col. Fellows' regiment, of the Mass. troops for eight months. Stationed at Roxburg until after the battle of Bunker Hill, then to Dorchester, served to Jan. 1776, requested to serve 1 added month and agreed.. Returned home. In 1776 answered call for 4 months to march to Ticonderoga, serving in place of Deacon Paige, served as drummer until December, then returned home. In August 1777, at the alarm of Bennington battle, Capt. Timothy Paige of Hardwick called for volunteers on horseback to Bennington. He went and returned to Hardwick, recieved 10 days pay., Immediately there was a call to go west to stop the British from going down North River, enlisted for 3 months as drummer, Capt. Crawford's company, Col Cushing's regiment. He was present to see General NBurgoyne surrender at Saratoga. Family bible included in pension file Per family bible, Prince and Leah arrived in Barnard, Vermont February 11, 1785

  
  

• Sources

  [S43666] Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S27353] Genealogy of Roger Haskell of Salem, Massachusetts to November 1925, (Compiled by George L. Randall for the Haskell Family Association. 1926.). [S26740] Family Bible record, Prince Haskell and Leah Wilder, (Found in Revolutionary War pension file 7651). [S58061] Cemetery index, Hester Cemetery, Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, (Find-a-Grave). [S43723] Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. [S42296] Revolutionary War pension file, Prince and Leah Wilder Haskell, (File 7651).