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Timothy Dwight (1694-1771) was an officer in the Massachusetts Militia. He built and commanded Fort Dummer, the first fortification on the English frontier, during the conflict between English settlers and Abenaki Indians known as Dummer's War. He later became a surveyor and served as Judge of Probate for Hampshire County, Massachusetts. His great-grandson, Theodore Dwight (1796-1866) was an educator and author of many books and articles on education, travel, history, linguistics and ethnography, as well as a friend of the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. Eleanor Augusta Ferris was the granddaughter of Theodore Dwight (1796-1866). She edited a periodical called "The Villager," published by the Bronxville Women's Club, of Bronxville, New York, where she lived with her sisters Mary and Isabel.

From the description of Dwight and Ferris family papers, 1711-1951 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80057362

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associatedWith Drake, Joseph Rodman, 1795-1820. person
associatedWith Dummer, William, 1677-1761. person
associatedWith Dwight, Ellen Boyd. person
associatedWith Dwight, Theodore, 1764-1846. person
associatedWith Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866. person
associatedWith Dwight, Timothy, 1694-1771. person
associatedWith Dwight, Timothy, 1726-1777. person
associatedWith Farris family. family
associatedWith Ferris, Eleanor, b. 1872. person
associatedWith Ferris, Isabel Stuart. person
associatedWith Ferris, Mary Dwight. person
associatedWith Galsworthy, Ada, d. 1956. person
associatedWith Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933. person
associatedWith Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882. person
associatedWith Marvin, Anna Edwards Ferris. person
associatedWith Massachusetts. Militia. corporateBody
associatedWith Partridge, Samuel. person
associatedWith Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805. person
associatedWith Stoddard, John, 1681-1748. person
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Massachusetts
Vermont
United States
New Hampshire Grants
Fort Dummer (Vt.)
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Abenaki Indians
Early childhood education
Eastern Indians, Wars with, 1722-1726
Mohawk Indians
Religious education of children
Voyages and travels
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Family

Active 1711

Active 1951

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