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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:331Search: Full Last First
id 331 lastname Deming firstname John Sr. sex m birth_date 1743.04.19 birth_place 1780c date_admitted 1814 covenant_signed Hancock 1789, 1791-1792, 1795, 1803, 1807, 1812, 1814, 1819, 1829. shaker_residences Tanner or shoemaker? 1792. Elder 1803. health From Sandisfield, MA? Husband of Sarah & father of 7, DeWint.821, p132. Identified as a religious dissenter & Shaker in Pittsfield, MA, 1789.11.01; owed £3 62s 1d minister's tax 1795.12.14, Pittsfield Original Papers, XVII.A-17 & B-2, MPB. Donated upper leather, sole leather, 10 sheep, a cow, 2 heifers. etc worth more than £70 1791-92, NOC.10,804. 1st Elder in 'Eldr John's Family,' 1803, born 1743.04.19, MPH.1314. Perhaps the John Deming who conveyed Pittsfield land to the Shakers in 1807, MPH.4210. Testimonies: c1810-1812, NOC.13,363; 1812, OClWRHi.VI:B-40; Test.1816. Signed Chh Family covenant 1814.12.02, MPH.854. Age 77, Hancock Chh, 1819.09.00, OClWHi.III:A-17. Died 1829.01.05, age 86, MPH.8000 p164. occupation 1829.01.05 departure_apostasy Hancock notes MPH.8000 p164. SDR.NEHGR p124.