Martha (Herring) Ware (1668 - 1710)

Born 11 Jul 1668 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Ebenezer Ware — married 18 Mar 1689 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 30 Jan 1710 at age 41 in Dedham, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Martha Herring was born on July 11, 1668, in Dedham, Massachusetts to Thomas Herring and Mary Pierce.^[1] She married Ebenezer Ware, son of Robert Ware and Mary Hunting on March 18, 1689, in her hometown.^[2] She was the mother of all his known children. She died on January 30, 1709/10, in Dedham, Massachusetts,^[3] at the age of 41.

Their home was on Rosemary Brook in that section of Dedham which became Needham in 1711. [See husband’s profile.]

Ebenezer is believed to remarried four more times and died at age 97.

":Ebenezer, born in Dedham, Oct. 28, 1667, bapt. 3.9.67; died Jan. (?) 1765, in Needham. He is said to have had five wives, one son and six daughters. He married first in Dedham, March 18, 1689-90, Martha Herring, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Pierce) Herring (b. in Dedham, July 11, 1668, d. Jan. 30 1709-10)."^[4]

Children

"Children, ... born in Dedham :

i. Mary, 3 b. April 6, 1691 ; | d. before 1754 ; m. William (Benja- min, Samuel) Mills (b. May 2, 1G82). Children:

1. John, Aug. 4, 1715.

2. William, Nov. 5, 1718.

3. Benjamin and Nathaniel, May 31, 1722. Nathaniel d. young.

ii. Martha, Jan. 7, d. March 15, 1694-5.

iii. Nathaniel, Jan. 28, 1695-6; d. Oct. 12, 1770. Needham.

iv. Martha, June 13. 1699; d. later than 1754 ; m. June 29. 1725, in Needham, " Lieut." Aaron Smith (d. in N. April 15. 1776, aged 77 yrs.).

v. Elizabeth, April 20, 1702; d. young.

vi. Elizabeth, March 16, 1704-5 ; d. before Sept. 17, 1754 ; m. first, April 23, 1730, in Needham, Moses, son of Dea. Timothy and Sarah Kingsbury (b. Sept. 11, 1705, d. Feb. 21, 1730-31). Children :

1. Mehitable or Meribath.

2. Elizabeth.

3. Abial, b. Feb. 24, 1730-1.

Married second, May 30, 1732, Ezra Smith of Dedham.

vii. Jemima, b. abt. 1704-5, d. Feb. 3, 1779, " in her 75th year; m. Mar. 22 1726-7, in Needham, " Capt." Timothy, son of Dea. Timothy and Sara Kingsbury (b. Aug 4, 1703, d. in Needham Nov. 4, 1778, in his 76th year). Children:

1. Jemima, Feb. 11, 1727 [-8].

2. Sarah, Feb. 20, 1731 [-2].

3. Timothy, March 4, 1734 [-5].

4. Moses, Aug. 3, 1736.

5. Samuel, May 14, 1739 ; d. Oct. 12, 1756, 18th year.

6. David, Aug. 6, 1742.

7. Mary, Aug. 16, 1746.

viii. Sarah, m. first in Needham, April 29, 1731, Joseph (John, Thomas) Davenport (b. Aug. 30, 1701, d. March 12, 1752). Children, born in Newton :

1. Sarah, March 30, 1732; m. Feb. 1757, Benjamin Mills.

2. John, June 7, 1733 ; d. Feb. 1818.

3. Abigail, b. and d. 1736.

4. Benjamin, b. and d. 1738.

5. Abigail, .Ian. 15, 1740; m. 1768, Michael Bright.

6. Mary, March 30, 1742 ; m. Lyon.

7. Benjamin, June 16, 1743 ; d. Dec. 28, 1833; mar. Jan. 25, 1769, Sarah, of John and Esther Wilson of Dedham (b. Dec. 10, 1745; d. Nov. 16, 1821).

8. Enoch, June 25, 1744; d. June 24, 1803.

9. Martha, June 12, 1746 ; m. March 4, 1775, Ebenezer Day, son of Jonathan and Hannah ( Battle) Day ; b. in Dedham, Oct. 12, 1748; d. in Needham; m. Nov. 26, 1807, Nathaniel Talbot.

Sarah m. second, Jan. 17, 1760, Nathaniel Richards of Dedham. "^[5]

Sources

• American marriage recds. before 1699. By Will. Montgomery Clemens. Pompton Lakes, NJ, 1926. (244p.):113
• Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry.com
• Family Data Collection - Deaths, Edmund West, comp. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
• Millennium File, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 700.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: ASM. Source Information: Yates Publishing. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.

1. ↑ Early Records of the Town of Dedham, Edited by Don Gleason Hill, Vol. 1, p.11. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101013827207&view=1up&seq=25&size=150
2. ↑ Early Records, Vol.1, p.24. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101013827207&view=1up&seq=40&size=150
3. ↑ Early Records, Vol.1, p.37. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101013827207&view=1up&seq=53&size=150
4. ↑ Ware genealogy : Robert Ware of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1642-1699, and his lineal descendants, p. 40. https://archive.org/stream/waregenealogyrob00ware#page/42/mode/2up/search/Mills
5. ↑ ibid p. 41, 42. https://archive.org/stream/waregenealogyrob00ware#page/42/mode/2up/search/Mills

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Jonathon Dale Walter Myers for creating Herring-572 on 28 Oct 13.