James Eager (1686 - 1755)

Born 21 Sep 1686 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Tabitha (Howe) Eager — married 2 Apr 1713 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 7 Jun 1755 at age 68 in Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Biography

James Eager, son of William Eager (1629 - 1690) and brother of Abraham, was born Sep. 21, 1686 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married Tabitha Howe (1684 - 1755)* on APRIL 2 1713More information about this family can be found in the History of Northborough by josiah Coleman^[1]

James died Jun. 7, 1755 in Westborough^{[2] [3] [4]}, and he is buried at Howard Street Cemetery, Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Tabitha was the daughter of Thomas Howe and Sarah Hosmer. They had 4 children:^[5]

1. Vashti, b. 01/14/1713-14)
2. Hazadiah, b. 12/01/1715
3. James, b. 03/06/1720
4. Lydia, b. 05/15/1723

"Built on land given by Capt. James Eager, Northborough's first Meeting House stood about where the First Congregational Unitarian Church is today, on Church Street."^[6]

James was one of the wealthiest men in town; in 1756 he donated land for the church.

Children:

• Lydia Eagar Oakes (1723 - 1758)*
• Calculated relationship

Burial: Unknown (plot?). Inscription: 69 yr, 8 mo, 12 day.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Northborough history by Kent, Josiah Coleman; Publication date 1921; Publisher Newton, Mass., Garden City press, inc., printers
2. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Westborough Volume 1, page 235, also found in NEHGS which states Eager, Capt James, June 7, 1755.
3. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Index to Probate Records, 1731-1881 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), (County of Worcester, Index to the Probate Records of the County of Worcester, Massachusetts, five vols., 1898–1920), which states James EAGER; Will 1755; Case 3 18284; Place of Last Residence Westborough
4. ↑ James Eager Case # 18284 Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
5. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, the Genealogy of John Howe of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts", Vol. 1, (Boston: NEHGS, 1929), pp.12.
6. ↑ Howard Street Cemetery, Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts
7. ↑ Howard Street Cemetery, Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

• Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts

• Hudson, Charles, History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from the First Settlement in 1657 to 1861; with a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough, a Genealogy of the Families in Marlborough to 1800, (Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & Son, 42 Congress Street., 1862)(Free e-book. Available at Google Books)

• Entered by Wilfred Vasile, Oct 12, 2012