1753 - 1847

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• Birth	27 Apr 1753	Dutchess County, New York   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1847	Salem, Kenosha County, Wisconsin   [2]
  Person ID	I77881	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2003 00:00:00
  Father	William PADDOCK, b. Between 1715 and 1720, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Mother	Ruth \PADDOCK\, b. Abt 1720
  Family ID	F33704	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary Nancy WILLIAMS, b. 26 Dec 1753
  Married	1773	Washington County, New York   [2]
  Children	1. Thomas PADDOCK, b. 1774, Salem, Washington County, New York   2. James PADDOCK, b. 1777/1778, Dutchess County, New York   3. Phebe PADDOCK, b. 10 May 1780, Dutchess County, New York   4. David PADDOCK, b. 15 Sep 1781, Champlain, Clinton County, New York   5. Anna PADDOCK, b. Abt 1783, Champlain, Clinton County, New York   6. Levi PADDOCK, b. 25 Oct 1786, Champlain, Clinton County, New York   7. Mary PADDOCK, b. 8 Aug 1790, Champlain, Clinton County, New York   8. William Don PADDOCK, b. 19 Sep 1793, Argyle, Washington County, New York
  Family ID	F33758	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Called 'Blind David' because he was blind for thirty or forty years before his death, said caused by powder burns received in the Revolutionary War. Resided Little Nine Partners, Dutchess Co. and near West Point, NY during the Revolutionary War; Washington Co., NY by 1790; Onandaga Co., NY 1811- 12; Cook Co., IL, 1835; later Lockport, Will Co., IL; and WI. Operated saw and grist mill, Van Buren, NY. A good fiddler. Private in Capt. David Waterbury's Co., Col. Henry Ludington's Regiment, 7th New York from Dutchess Co. He participated on campaigns up and down the Hudson River . . . crops of his lands were taken to sustain the army in the field . . . contributed largely to the building of forts on the river Hudson . . . By tradition . . . participated in the Battle of Bemis Heights . . . had brothers Daniel, John, Peter and Jonathan in service. Three of his sons married McClaughry sisters, daughters of Matthew McClaughry from County Longford, Ireland, a Private in the Revolutionary War, settled at Salem, Washington, Co., NY, son of Thomas and Margaret (Swift) McClaughry.

• Sources

  [S1054] Robert Joseph Curfman, The Paddock Genealogy, Descendants of Robert Paddock of Plymouth Colony (Fort Collins, CO: 1977), pages 58-61. [S1054] Robert Joseph Curfman, The Paddock Genealogy, Descendants of Robert Paddock of Plymouth Colony (Fort Collins, CO: 1977), pages 84-91.