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Shadrach Hurlbut
1758 - 1850 (91 years)-
Name Shadrach Hurlbut Birth 10 May 1758 Gender Male Death 12 Feb 1850 Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts 
Person ID I56642 Scudder Last Modified 31 Dec 2014
Father Dr. Josiah Hurlbut, b. 10 Oct 1704, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut d. May 1777, New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut (Age 72 years) Mother Susannah Lee, b. Abt 1720, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. 7 Oct 1762, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 42 years) Marriage Abt 1739 Connecticut Family ID F20220 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Huldah Whitlock, b. CALC 1758 d. 2 May 1813 (Age 55 years) Marriage Abt 1775 Connecticut Children 1. Betsey Hurlbut 2. Simeon Hurlbut Family ID F20227 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Shadrack remained at home with his father until the breaking out of the Revolutionary war, and is said to have been unwilling to study medicine with his father, who was a physician, but chose to acquire the art of boot and shoemaking. Yet there is evidence in his later life, that he in some manner gained a knowledge of medicine, and became a skillful physician. He is termed a doctor in the History of Pittsfield, Mass., when in Nov 1789, he is named as a dissenter from Congregationalism, and a Shaker.
At the beginning of the Revolution, Shadrack enlisted into the company of Captain Edward Ells as a fifer for 6 months, at the expiration of which time he returned to his father's, aud remained there until the following April, when he was drafted into the army, and was a portion of the time at Danbury and Redding, Connecticut. He was then of a delicate constitution, and playing the fife caused bleeding at the lungs, and he was compelled to get discharged from the service. He lived in Redding about three years, and from there removed to Richmond, Mass., where his brother Matthias lived. When the Society of Shakers was established in the adjoining town of Hancock, Shadrack, accompanied by his family, became one of the earliest members. He is said to have been a very intelligent, polite and worthy man, and his society was sought by many distinguished persons, who considered themselves honored by his acquaintance.
- Shadrack remained at home with his father until the breaking out of the Revolutionary war, and is said to have been unwilling to study medicine with his father, who was a physician, but chose to acquire the art of boot and shoemaking. Yet there is evidence in his later life, that he in some manner gained a knowledge of medicine, and became a skillful physician. He is termed a doctor in the History of Pittsfield, Mass., when in Nov 1789, he is named as a dissenter from Congregationalism, and a Shaker.