Jesse Lapham (1738 - 1814)

Born 4 Jul 1738 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Randall) Lapham — married 15 Nov 1762 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Died 17 Jun 1814 at age 75 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lapham Name Study.

Jesse Laphum(sic) and Marcy(sic) Randall of Pembrook were married 15 Nov 1762, in Pembroke.^[1]

Jesse Lapham, (Joseph, Joseph, Thomas, Thomas) son of Joseph and Abigail (Joyce) Lapham was probably born in the 1730s in Scituate MA. He married Mercy Randall 15 Nov 1763(sic - given the above & daughter Mercy's dob this probably should be 1762). Their children are listed as:

1. Mercy born 3 Sep1763; married Bela Lewis.
2. Jesse born 19 July 1767, Scituate
3. Ruth married Abram Holmes.
4. Charles born 25 Dec 1769, Scituate; married Mary Holmes. Wrecked on coast of Arabia.
5. James, lost at Sea.
6. Betsy born 17 July 1775; married Luther Lewis.
7. Lydia born 1 Dec 1777; died 1846, unmarried.
8. Prince married Bethiah; died 1838.
9. Nathaniel, born 8 Jun 1783; died 31 Mar 1842." ^[2]

Jesse Lapham was born 4 Jul 1738 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and died there 17 Jun 1814 (aged 75). He was buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield.

FIndagrave provides a link to his wife:

Mercy Randall Lapham 1740–1812

and four children:

Prince Lapham unknown–1838

Mercy Lapham Lewis 1763–1810

James Randall Lapham 1772–1795

Betsey Lapham Lewis 1775–1849^[3]

Research Notes

Prince Lapham married Bethiah Porter the daughter of Capt John Porter & Ruth Stevens. Prince was the son of Jesse and Mercy (Randall) Lapham.^[4]

The thing is this source goes on to identify Prince Lapham as one of the two Laphams who died with Captain Oliver Porter in 1805, who are identified elsewhere as Luther & Samuel, e.g.:

"In June, 1805, the Atahualpa, anchored at Milbank Sound, on the mainland coast of British Columbia, in latitude 52° 9'. There the natives made an attempt to capture her... Among the killed are Captain Oliver Porter; ...Luther Lapham, Samuel Lapham, seaman"...^[5]

However Prince Lapham, son of Jesse & Mercy, died 16 May 1838 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield. ^[6]

The confusion may have been partly because Bethiah & Capt Oliver were second cousins, sharing a grandfather Nicholas Porter according to the Porter genealogy referenced. Possibly also partly because Prince had a brother James who was 'lost at sea' and another, Charles, who was "Wrecked on coast of Arabia".

Sources

1. ↑ "Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Volume ll Marriages and Deaths;" Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society,Boston MA 1909;pg 176
2. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953; pp 409-10
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed 15 April 2021, memorial page for Jesse Lapham (4 Jul 1738–17 Jun 1814), Find A Grave: Memorial #142602975, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .
4. ↑ "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Porter..." Joseph W Porter; Burr & Robinson, Printers, Bangor, 1878; pg 93
5. ↑ "THE TRADING VOYAGES OF THE ATAHUALPA" The Washington Historical Quarterly, Vol 19 No 1 (January 1928); found at: https://journals.lib.washington.edu/index.php/WHQ/article/view/7374/6410
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed 11 April 2021, memorial page for Prince Lapham (unknown–16 May 1838), Find A Grave: Memorial #142602885, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Stephens Family History 03302011.GED on 31 March 2011.