Jeremiah Colegrove
Jeremiah Colegrove was born to William Colegrove in Scituate, Rhode Island. A man of giant stature, both physically and in the community, he was a prominent farmer and manufacturer in New England. Jeremiah served in the American Revolution and helped to found the city of North Adams, Massachusetts.Family
Jeremiah Colegrove, who became a captain during the American Revolution, was the grandson of Stephen Colegrove, Esq., an early leader in the town of Foster, Rhode Island. Jeremiah married Lydia Waterman and had at least one recorded son, Jeremiah Colegrove, Jr., also of North Adams, Massachusetts, who would follow his father into the armed forces and become a General. General Jeremiah, Jr. lived and died in a mansion on Main Street.Jeremiah Colegrove moved to what became the manufacturing town of North Adams, Massachusetts in 1780. The Daily News of Troy, NY said of North Adams in 1890:
Captain Jeremiah Colegrove, along with others including Benjamin Sibley, formed "The Adams North Village Cotton & Woollen Manufacturing Company".
