Jabez Mix (1731 - 1762)

Born 12 Sep 1731 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Jemima (Brown) Sabin — married 12 Feb 1759 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1762 at age 31 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

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Biography

Birth: "Jabez the son of Nathaniel Mix was Born the 12th day of september 1731," in New Haven.^[1] Jacobus' Families of Ancient New Haven has this date as 12 Sep 1728^[2] This could be a typo on the part of Jacobus or the Vital record transcribers. The church record of his death says he died 1762 ae 31. 1762-31=1731. So until original records are checked it should be 1731.

Baptism: At the age of 5, on 24 July 1737, Jabez was baptized at First Congregational Society of New Haven, ^[2]

Education: He received a B.A. from Yale in 1751^[2].

Marriage: 12 Feb 1759 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut he married Jemima Brown, daughter of John Brown (1706-ca 1758) & Phebe Munson (1709/10-aft 1785). She was baptized at the First Congregational Society, New Haven, on 3 Sep 1738. She married (2) Jeremiah Barnett and (3) Charles Sabin^[2].

He is mentioned in his father's sister, Hannah Brinsmade's distribution in 1763.^[3]

Death: 1762 in New Haven according to the Church Record at First Congregational Church. More specifically, 5 Oct 1762, was on his tombstone at the City Burial Ground, New Haven County, Connecticut^[2][4]

Children:

1. Mary, b. 17 June 1760, New Haven m. William Noyes^[2].
2. Anna, b. 6 Feb 1762, m. Isaac Gilbert^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 Part I. Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917 (p196)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX. p 1201. New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932.
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YB2L  : 6 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 198-199, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 13, 1753-1764, Page 364-366.
4. ↑ The stone was not found during the 1930's Hale survey of Connecticut tombstones