Rev. Edward Hackett Otis

1766 - 1852  (86 years)

• Name	Edward Hackett Otis  [1]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	6 Apr 1766	Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1820	Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, USA   [3]
  		1820 U.S. census, Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, USA p. 917
  Census	1850	Henry Co., Illinois, USA   [4]
  		1850 U.S. census, Henry Co., Illinois, USA p. 121A
  Military	private in CT troops, under Captain Lord And Colonel Star
  Death	6 Jun 1852	Biglow Mills, Laporte Co., Indiana, USA   [2]
  Burial	Buchanan, Berrien Co., Michigan, USA   [5]
  		Headstone of Edward Otis
  Notes	"Edward died at the age of eighty-six years, when on one of his trips his horse fell and so injured him that he died as a result. He spent his last years with his son, Merrill. Rice Harding writes, in December, 1908: "I am the only living relative who knows where he was buried, and I have a permit to remove the remains and shall do so in the spring, as he is buried in a neglected graveyard. I shall remove him to my lot in Buchanan, [Michigan]." According to family tradition, like the other brothers, he is said to have vowed vengeance against the English, and made oath to kill as many as he could. With this end in view, he tried to enter the Revolutionary Army, but being only twelve years old, was not allowed to do so, and only got in as a driver of a baggage team, seizing, however, occasion as he could to use a gun against the foe. At sixteen he was regularly enlisted, and at the conclusion of peace, mustered out. According to the records of the US Pension office, on Mar. 25, 1833, while living at Salt Creek, OH, he made application for pension, which was granted, for eleven months active service as a private in the Connecticut troops. It appears that he enlisted from Lyme, and served under Captain Lord and Colonel Stare. At one time he was wounded and carried off the field, but after recovery, re-enlisted and served until the war closed. He then went to live with his grandfather in Lyme, CT, but eventually moved to Vermont, where he settled at Onion River. In 1810 he left Vermont and went to Ohio, where he already had numerous relatives, settled near Sandyville, Tuscarawas Co., and continued preaching. For a great many years he was a missionary and Baptist preacher, going from place to place preaching to the scattered faithful, being the first minister of that description in Ohio. In 1823 he moved to Holmes Co., OH; went to Henry Co., IL in 1837 and to La Porte Co., IN in 1851. When he was seventy-five years old he rode on horseback twelve hundred miles on a trip to Illinois, thence returning to Ohio, then to his old home in Vermont, and back again to Ohio." (Otis, Otis Family in America) [6]
  Person ID	I2400	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree | Bret's lineage
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Stephen Otis,   b. 14 May 1738, Barrington, New Hampshire, Colonial America d. 29 Dec 1776, Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Lois Hackett Edgerton,   b. 13 May 1745, Connecticut, USA d. Bef 1768, Connecticut, USA (Age 22 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1759	Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, USA   [7]
  	Address: New Haven Second Church Lyme, Connecticut
  Family ID	F972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Merrill,   b. 15 Jun 1771   d. 1822, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, USA (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1787	Orange Co., Vermont, USA   [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Lois Otis,   b. 6 May 1788, New Hampshire, USA d. 7 Dec 1828, Stark Co., Ohio, USA (Age 40 years) + 2. Ezekiel Otis,   b. 20 Aug 1790, Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont, USA d. 12 Apr 1855 (Age 64 years) + 3. Jesse Otis,   b. 11 Aug 1793, Vermont, USA d. 1 May 1856, Dalton, Wayne Co., Ohio, USA (Age 62 years)   4. Phoebe Otis,   b. 6 Jul 1795, Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Mary Otis,   b. 31 Mar 1797, Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont, USA d. 4 Dec 1865, Buchanan, Berrien Co., Michigan, USA (Age 68 years) + 6. Merrill Otis,   b. 31 Mar 1800, Vermont, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Edward John Otis,   b. 6 Jun 1802, Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont, USA d. 18 Nov 1851, Henry Co., Illinois, USA (Age 49 years)   8. Marilla Otis,   b. 17 Oct 1805   d. Abt 1834 (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F970	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 6 Apr 1766 - Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, USA Marriage - 1 Jun 1787 - Orange Co., Vermont, USA Census - 1820 - Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, USA Census - 1850 - Henry Co., Illinois, USA Death - 6 Jun 1852 - Biglow Mills, Laporte Co., Indiana, USA Burial - - Buchanan, Berrien Co., Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S850] Ancestry File v4.19, (FamilySearch), 16 Aug 2012, entry for Mary MERRILL. [S573] Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne, compiler and editor, Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana, (Clearfield Company, Inc.), 282. [S137] Ancestry.com, 1820 U.S. census, 15 Jan 2014, p. 917 (stamped). [S138] Ancestry.com, 1850 U.S. census, 15 Jan 2014, p. 121 (stamped). [S748] Find A Grave, (Find A Grave, Inc.), 7 Nov 2011, entry for gravestone of Rev. Edward Hackett Otis (1766-1852). [S398] William A. Otis, A Memoir of the Otis Family, (no publisher), p. 175. [S682] Connecticut Marriages to 1800, (Ancestry.com), 9 Dec 2008, entry for Stephen Otis and Lois Edgerton's 1759 marriage; citing Early Connecticut Marriages: Third Book, Lyme, New Haven Second Church, p. 136.