 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Captain Ephraim Deuel
In the 1861 census for St. Armand there's also a John Duel, with an indicated birth date of
around 1815. He could be a brother to Henry, with the name repeated in your great-
grandfather, you never know. Taber "Duval" is also listed for Stanbridge, Missisquoi, but he is
born in the US, of English origin, and an Anglican, so the other references I've seen to him as
Taber Dewel is probably correct, given the location.
The Ephraim Divoll of Lancaster, MA that I was looking at doesn't seem to match up. There
were some things I liked about him, he was Puritan and his brother Manasseh served in the
Crown Point expedition in 1759 (they were quartered at Half Moon, of all places). His
grandfather John Divoll was killed in the Indian raid on Lancaster during King Philip's War in
1676. John Divoll's sister-in-law, Mary Rowlandson, described his death and wrote the most
famous narrative of Indian captivity, where she, John's wife Hannah, and Ephraim's father
William remained in captivity until ransomed 11 months later.
Mary Rowlandson's father was John White, whose descendants are traced in a 3-volume
genealogy of this family. There were quite a few Divolls who went to VT, but I don't see any
who use "Duel" etc. and none who match the Ephraim in South Hero or Philipsburg. This
John Divoll could be a son of William1 Devol (who was in Braintree in 1643), he would have
been about the right age, etc.
Anyway, it's interesting how some of the little threads tie together. The immigrant ancestor of
Rachel (Denton) Deuel --- the wife of Jonathan Deuel and an ancestor of Jay Clarence Deuel
--- was Richard Denton, who in 1638 became the first minister at the First Church of Christ
in Wethersfield, CT, where I have spent many a Sunday morning (I'm not quite old enough to
remember him personally). And the husband of Mary Rowlandson, Joseph --- a great-uncle of
Ephraim Divoll of Lancaster --- was a minister at the same church in 1677.
Richard Gifford
February 14, 2002
Chapter 3.1 - Ephraim Up Close
around 1815. He could be a brother to Henry, with the name repeated in your great-
grandfather, you never know. Taber "Duval" is also listed for Stanbridge, Missisquoi, but he is
born in the US, of English origin, and an Anglican, so the other references I've seen to him as
Taber Dewel is probably correct, given the location.
The Ephraim Divoll of Lancaster, MA that I was looking at doesn't seem to match up. There
were some things I liked about him, he was Puritan and his brother Manasseh served in the
Crown Point expedition in 1759 (they were quartered at Half Moon, of all places). His
grandfather John Divoll was killed in the Indian raid on Lancaster during King Philip's War in
1676. John Divoll's sister-in-law, Mary Rowlandson, described his death and wrote the most
famous narrative of Indian captivity, where she, John's wife Hannah, and Ephraim's father
William remained in captivity until ransomed 11 months later.
Mary Rowlandson's father was John White, whose descendants are traced in a 3-volume
genealogy of this family. There were quite a few Divolls who went to VT, but I don't see any
who use "Duel" etc. and none who match the Ephraim in South Hero or Philipsburg. This
John Divoll could be a son of William1 Devol (who was in Braintree in 1643), he would have
been about the right age, etc.
Anyway, it's interesting how some of the little threads tie together. The immigrant ancestor of
Rachel (Denton) Deuel --- the wife of Jonathan Deuel and an ancestor of Jay Clarence Deuel
--- was Richard Denton, who in 1638 became the first minister at the First Church of Christ
in Wethersfield, CT, where I have spent many a Sunday morning (I'm not quite old enough to
remember him personally). And the husband of Mary Rowlandson, Joseph --- a great-uncle of
Ephraim Divoll of Lancaster --- was a minister at the same church in 1677.
Richard Gifford
February 14, 2002
Chapter 3.1 - Ephraim Up Close