Timothy Childs, Jr. (1720-1781) born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, to Captain Timothy and Hannah (Sheldon) Childs. Timothy, Jr., was a surveyor and a farmer. He was chosen to lead a company of militia in the Saratoga campaign in the American Revolution (1775-1783). aving served in the Revolutionary War (1775-1783). He married a nearby neighbor, Mary Wells, Jr. in 1744. At the time of their marriage it was said that they were "the richest couple ever married in Deerfield [Massachusetts]." (George Sheldon, History of Deerfield (Deerfield, MA: PVMA, 1896), Vol. II, pg. 894.) After losing their fortune, the couple moved to nearby Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
Timothy enslaved a man named Amos, whose tooth was extracted by Dr. Thomas Williams in 1749. The couple also enslaved a man named Caesar, whom Mary most likely brought with her when she wed Timothy.
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