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Moses, Son of Daniel and Mary (Crouch) Garfield was born April 4, 1729. In Shrewsbury, Mass. He married there in Jan. 19, 1749, to Sarah Whitford.
Dr. Garfield was a man whose ideas of medicine were much in advance of his time; he gave cold water in case of fever, and although he was a very successful in his treatment, was made so uncomfortable on account of his views that he was obliged to move into the wilderness of Warwick, Mass.
Dr. Moses Garfield served in the Revolutionary War as a Surgeon. He was in the company of Capt. Zaccheus Wright, regiment of Colonel Cyprian Howe. He was the owner of a powder horn which he carried throughout his period of service and which is now in the possession of a descendent. The horn is three inches in diameter at the base, sixteen inches from base to tip, or nineteen inches if measured along the curve of the horn. It bears this inscription running lengthwise of the horn “M.G.S. Moses Garfield 1777”. The letters are supposed to stand for Moses Garfield, Surgeon. A fancy border is carved around the base, and about six inches from the tip is cut a boarder of scallops. From the base of the horn to this border the space is filled in with carvings of different figures and elaborate scrolls. Some of the figures represented are a house; two fulls rigged ships, two large fish and a figure, which is, called the Garfield Coat of Arms. The spaces between these larger figures is filled in with the strap to carry it by, weighs fifteen ounces...
During an epidemic of small pox, in Warwick, Dr. Garfield, in caring for the victims contracted the disease in a violent form and died after a very short illness. Owing to the horror which people of those days felt for small pox, he was buried under a pile of stones in a remote corner of Warwick, somewhere near the New Hampshire line. Some genealogists state his death was before Nov. 20, 1781, and others state he died after 1783.
Children by Sarah Writford
1. Joshua b. Dec. 23, 1751. In Shrewsbury, Mass.
M, About 1775 - Abigail Rawson
d. May 6, 1828 in Royalston Served in the Revolutionary War.
2 Elizabeth b. Feb. 10, 1754 in Shrewsbury, Mass.
m. ------ Brewer
D.
3. Joseph b. June 10, 1756 in Shrewsbury, Mass.
m. Aug, 29, 1778- Susanna Weeks
D.
4. John b. Aug. 14. 1759 in Shrewsbury, Mass.
d. April 11, 1762 in Charlton, Mass.
5. Diademed b. June 14, 1763 in Charlton, Mass.
m. Feb. 11, 1788 - Silas Chase
d. June 9, 1838 in Charlton, Mass.
6. John b. April 25, 1765 in Charlton, Mass
m. Oct. 10, 1789 - Levina Robinson
d. About 17
6. Joshua, Son of Moses (5) and Sarah (Writ ford) Garfield
Joshua, son of Dr. Moses and Sarah (Writford) Garfield, was born Dec. 23, 1751 in Shrewsbury, Mass. He married June 24, 1755 / 56 in Grafton, Mass. Joshua served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War as a Private in Capt. Moses Harvey’s Co., Col David Well’s Regiment. He enlisted May 10, 1777 and was discharged July 10, 1777 so service was 2 months and 10 days. After the war they moved to Warwick where he bought a farm which he afterwards exchanged for one in Royalton, Mass. Joshua died May 6, 1831 in Royalston, Mass.
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