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Family Register of the Kellogg family of Hadley painted by Ebenezer White Kellogg (1815-1908), which is brightly painted with an alternating blue and yellow block border; paired red, blue, and yellow columns, and a pair of arches holding up a yellow clock pointing to 11:50 over "FAMILY REGISTER." Listed on the register in circles on the top are his parents: "Giles C. Kellogg / born August 12th 1781" and his wife "Martha [aka "Patty"] H. Warner" / born / October 9th 1787" over the heading "THEIR CHILDREN" -- "Ebenezer W[hite] Kellogg born Feb 6th 1815; Francis Kellogg born Jan 25th 1817; Giles Kellogg born March 2d 1819; Mary C[atlin] Kellogg born June 18th 1821; Martha H[unt] Kellogg born October 25th 1823; Lucy W[arner] Kellogg born March 22d 1826." The lower section of the register has the title, "Children's Deaths" over "Executed by Ebenezer Kellogg Ae 11" flanked by two common quotations on being an obedient child in circles in the bottom two corners: "Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right " and "Honor thy father and mother with is the first commandment with promise." On the reverse of the original molded giltwood frame is a framer's label: "Looking Glasses, and Picture and Portrait Frames, Made and Sold by Rueben Colton of Northampton, Mass." Ebenezer's father, Giles Crouch Kellogg (1781-1861), graduated from Yale College in 1801, read law with Jonathan E. Porter, Esq., was admitted to the bar in Hampshire County, and opened an office in Hadley. He married Martha Hunt Warner (1787-1870), the daughter of Noadiah Warner (1749-c.1825) and Martha Hunt Warner (1750-1787) of Hadley, in 1814, and they had eight children, including two other children, Anna Marsh Kellogg (b. Aug. 1828) and William Kellogg (1830-1831) after the date of this register. Kellogg served as town clerk, town treasurer, Register of Deeds for Hampshire County, representative to the General Court of the State, and member of the Constitutional Convention of 1853. He also served in the War of 1812 and an assistant teacher at the Hopkins Academy in Hadley. Ebenezer W. Kellogg left Hadley in 1839, eventually settling in Gratiot County, Michigan. While Historic Deerfield has numerous examples of needlework family registers and some printed registers, watercolor ones are rarer. The most notable examples are the Nims family register (HD 93.022) of Heath, which has a border of blue ink at the sides and horizontal white and red arcs, all surmounted by a picture of a three-bay house with a red hipped roof and central chimney; and the Dennis Stebbins register (HD 83.125) of Deerfield, which has a pair of columns with pink roses, a pair of weeping willows, and two cenotaphs. This is an example of school boy art (see also Historic Deerfield's Barnabus Crane calligraphy sampler, HD 2007.14.2). Young boys received instruction in penmanship and writing as early as they could use a knife to cut a quill – around 10 years of age. Family registers filled with genealogical information demonstrated one’s writing and drawing skills. Most of these registers were part of a calligraphic or decorative arts curriculum – what a young student would bring home to their parents as proof of their progress and accomplishments. See also HD 2008.4.3 for a dress associated with Lucy Warner, the sister of Martha Hunt Warner Kellogg.
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Young boys received instruction in penmanship and writing as early as they could use a knife to cut a quill – around 10 years of age. Family registers filled with genealogical information demonstrated one’s writing and drawing skills. Most of these registers were part of a calligraphic or decorative arts curriculum – what a young student would bring home to their parents as proof of their progress and accomplishments. At eleven years of age, Ebenezer Kellogg of Hadley drew his family’s history under a clock face and between two architectural pillars. He also included two common sayings about the duties of children. Ebenezer W. Kellogg left Hadley in 1839, eventually settling in Gratiot County, Michigan.
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