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The epitaph on his tombstone reads:<br />

This stone stands But to tell<br />

Where his dust lies not what he was;<br />

When sai nts shall rise that day will show<br />

The Part he acted here below[2836643.FTW]<br />

Ephraim Terry was an Enfield farmer of considerable respect in the town. He wa s a selectman for eight years, an<br />

assessor for nine years, and, in 1749, the tr easurer of the town. In 1733 and 1737 he was elected from Enfield to<br />

the House of Representatives of the Massachusetts General Court (Enfield was still in Ma ssachusetts Bay Colony<br />

at that time and would not become part of Connecticut Co lony until 1750). In the days leading up to the<br />

American Revolution, he was a member of Enfield's Committee of Correspondence. He served in the militia in t<br />

he 1740s, attaining the rank of major.<br />

The epitaph on his tombstone reads:<br />

This stone stands But to tell<br />

Where his dust lies not what he was;<br />

When sai nts shall rise that day will show<br />

The Part he acted here below<br />

More About EPHRAIM TERRY:<br />

Burial: Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Conn. 3778,3779<br />

Record Change: October 22, 2003 3780,3781<br />

Children of ANN COLLINS and EPHRAIM TERRY are:<br />

171. i. NATHANIEL 32 TERRY, b. June 03, 1730, Enfield, Connecticut Colony; d. February 20, 1792, Enfield, Conn..<br />

172. ii. SYBIL TERRY, b. August 08, 1740, Enfield, Massachusetts Province (soon to be Connecticut Colony); d.<br />

June 26, 1775.<br />

Generation No. 32<br />

171. NATHANIEL 32 TERRY (ANN 33 COLLINS, ALICE 32 ADAMS, ALICE 31 BRADFORD, WILLIAM 30 , WILLIAM 29 ,<br />

WILLIAM 28 , ALICE 27 MORTON, ALICE 26 MARKHAM, JOHN MARKHAM ;[SIR 25 KNIGHT], JOHN MARKHAM ;[SIR 24 , JANE<br />

FRANCES 23 DAUBENY, GILES DAUBENY ;[SIR 22 KNIGHT], GILES 21 DAUBENEY, GILES 20 , ALICE 19 MONTACUTE,<br />

WILLIAM MONTAGU (MONTACUTE) ;[BARON 18 MONTAGU], SIMON 1ST BARON 17 DE MONTAGU, WILLIAM 16 , ALINE 15<br />

BASSET, ALINE (ALICE) (GAY) DE GAI OR 14 GRAY, PHILIP FITZROBERT 13 DE GAY, ROBERT 'THE KING'S SON' 12 DE<br />

CAEN, HENRY I 'BEAUCLERC' OF 11 ENGLAND, WILLIAM I 'THE CONQUERER' OF 10 NORMANDY, ROBERT I 'THE<br />

MAGNIFICENT' OF 9 , RICHARD II 'THE GOOD' OF 8 , RICHARD I 'THE FEARLESS' OF 7 , WILLIAM I 'LONGSWORD' OF 6 ,<br />

POPPA OF NORMANDY 5 DE VALOIS, BERENGER 4 DE BAYEAUX, PEPIN II OF 3 PERONNE, CUNIGUNDA (CUNEGONDE) 2<br />

DE LAON, WILLIAM OF 1 AUTUN) 3782,3783,3784,3785,3786 was born June 03, 1730 in Enfield, Connecticut<br />

Colony 3787,3788 , and died February 20, 1792 in Enfield, Conn. 3789,3790 . He married ABIAH DWIGHT 3791,3792,3793<br />

July 17, 1764 in Enfield, Connecticut Colony 3794 , daughter of SAMUEL DWIGHT and MARY LYMAN. She was<br />

born April 29, 1732 in Middletown, CT, and died June 14, 1816 in Enfield, CT (Hale Col. Headstone<br />

Inscription).<br />

Notes for NATHANIEL TERRY:<br />

[2731103.FTW]<br />

Name Prefix: Col.<br />

Nathaniel Terry was a member of the local Committee of Correspondence in the days leading up to the<br />

Revolutionary War. When the news of the battle of Lexington was brought by a post rider to Enfield in April, 17<br />

75, Major Nathaniel Terry led a company of about seventy-five men to the relief of Boston. He served as an<br />

officer in the Nineteenth Regiment of Connecticut Militia and was promoted to Colonel in May, 1777, to succeed<br />

Col. Erastus Wolco tt in command of the Regiment. Nathaniel Terry was a man of wealth, and sacrif iced almost<br />

all his property in the patriot cause.[2836643.FTW]<br />

Name Prefix: Col.<br />

Nathaniel Terry was a member of the local Committee of Correspondence in the days leading up to the<br />

Revolutionary War. When the news of the battle of Lexington was brought by a post rider to Enfield in April, 17<br />

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