Phebe (Cross) Wyman (1742 - 1845)

Born 4 Aug 1742 in Methuen, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Wyman — married 24 Feb 1762 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1845 at age 103 in Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Phebe (Cross) Wyman was born in Massachusetts.

Phebe, the fifth of eight children of John Cross and Hannah Messer was born on 4 August 1742 at Methuen, Massachusetts.

Marriage and Children

Phebe married John Wyman (1739-) the son of Joseph and Ruth (Baldwin) Wyman on 24 Feb 1762 at Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts.^[1]They had seven children born at Pelham, New Hampshire:

1. John Wyman (b. 18 Sep 1763, Pelham, NH; d. 1847)^[2] m. 21 Sep 1786 at NH, Rossaman Tarbox (1767-)
2. Abiael Wyman (b. 24 Feb 1765, Pelham, NH; d. )^[3] m.
3. Asa Wyman (b. 27 Mar 1767, Pelham, NH; d. 1848, Tyngsboro, MA)^[4][5] m. 5 Feb 1789 at Pelham, NH, Mercy Tarbox (1767-)
4. James Wyman (b. 7 Jun 1772, Pelham, NH; d. 1861)^[6] m. 11 Oct 1797 at Methuen, MA, Rhoda Abbott (1776-1827)
5. Peter Wyman (b. 20 Aug 1776, Pelham, NH; d. )^[7] m. 2 Mar 1714 at Westford, MA, Hannah Nutting (1785-)
6. Sally Wyman (b. 11 Mar 1779, Pelham, NH; d. )^[8] m.
7. Elizabeth Wyman (b. 7 Oct 1785, Pelham, NH; d. 1821)^[9]m. 25 Apr 1809 at NH, Samuel Chaplin (1779-1864)

Death

Phebe (Cross) Wyman died on 15 August 1845 in her 103rd year at Pelham, New Hampshire.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch, John Wiman or Wyman and Phebe Cross, 24 Feb 1762; citing Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 823,676.
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5H-TZ7 : 21 October 2022), John Wyman in entry for John Wyman, ; citing Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5H-59B : 21 October 2022), John Wyman in entry for Abiael Wyman, ; citing Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5H-5S9 : 21 October 2022), John Wyman in entry for Asa Wyman, ; citing Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWZK-BL6 : 17 November 2022), John Wyman in entry for Asa Wyman, 1848.
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5H-TZ2 : 21 October 2022), John Wyman in entry for James Wyman, ; citing Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5H-YMB : 21 October 2022), John Wyman in entry for Peter Wyman, ; citing Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm.
8. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5H-YZB : 21 October 2022), John Wyman in entry for Sally Wyman, ; citing Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm .
9. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5H-RHC : 21 October 2022), John Nyman in entry for Elizabeth Nyman, ; citing Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm .
10. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSK2-37M : 22 February 2021), Phebe Cross, 15 Aug 1845; citing , Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,069.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Robert Argersinger for creating Cross-2240 on 4 Nov 2013.

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing following additional research by Carol Baldwin on 24 July 2023.