History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ^^fySamuaiSati»^ fhit qJ, /c^/J^;-!_. Photo, by Hardie & Schadee. ^S/lji^ o^-J^^r^2^ Deacon Eleazar Porter is descended from one of the oldestfamilies of New EnglauJ. Samuel Porter, who came to Hadley with the first settlers in 1659,was one of the kings justices. His son Samuel was the first malechild born in Hadlej, held the office of justice of the peace, wasjudge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1711, and was a large land-holder and of other es
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ^^fySamuaiSati»^ fhit qJ, /c^/J^;-!_. Photo, by Hardie & Schadee. ^S/lji^ o^-J^^r^2^ Deacon Eleazar Porter is descended from one of the oldestfamilies of New EnglauJ. Samuel Porter, who came to Hadley with the first settlers in 1659,was one of the kings justices. His son Samuel was the first malechild born in Hadlej, held the office of justice of the peace, wasjudge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1711, and was a large land-holder and of other estates. His son Eleazar was a justice of thepeace, and was one of the judges of the Court of Common Pieas from1727 to 1757. Eleazar, son of the latter, was born Jan, 27, 1728, graduated fromYale College in 1748, and was a justice of the peace in 1779. He wasjudge of Probate in same year, and one of the judges of the first courtafter the Revolution, which consisted of himself, Timothy Donaldson,of Brimfield, John Bliss, of Wilbraham, and Samuel Mather, of West-field. He was commissioned in 1777. His second wife, whom hemarried Sept. 17, 17fil, was Susanna, daughter of Rev. Jonat
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