- Son of Ebenezer Upton and Sarah (Goodale) Upton.
He married, first, on Dec 28,1756 in Reading,MA, Susannah Emerson of Reading,MA.
He married, second, intentions Aug 19,1775 at Bedford,MA, Katherine Hartwell. She was taken by her children to Victor, Ontario Co, NY, where she died in 1803.
Children(by first marriage): Susannah Upton, Josiah H Upton, Susannah Upton Jones, Lucy Upton, Elias Upton, Nathaniel Upton, Joseph Upton, and Abiathar Upton.
Children(by second marriage): Sarah Upton Blood, James Upton, Joanna Upton Brace Marsh, and David Upton.
From Bedford,MA, he moved to Charlemont in 1778, where his second wife's relatives were located. He was an expert mathematician, somewhat of a chemist, and his
favorite subject was mechanics. He was Constable, and Surveyor of Highways in Reading and in Charlemont. His house in Charlemont stood on Meeting House Hill. [2]
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