Ebenezer Libby (1748)

Born 8 Feb 1748 in Berwick, York, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Quint) Gowell — married 16 Dec 1770 in Berwick, York, Maine

Biography

This profile is part of the Libby Name Study.

Note: Because of a great deal of similar names, as well as multiple intermarriages in the Libby family tree, Charles Libby, author of The Libby Family in America devised a numbering system from the Immigrant. The immigrant on WikiTree is John Libby. Each child is numbered in order, so John Libby is Child 1 (or Libby 1). Each of his children is numbered in order (1-1, 1-2, 1-3) etc. and each of their children takes the digits of the parent and adds their birth order number.

Ebenezer is Libby 1-6-9-3 (3rd child of the 9th child of the 6th child of the first child of the Immigrant)

Libby 1-6-9 Charles Libby, born in Berwick, Me., 29 December 1721; married 24 Dec. 1744 Abigail Hinton. He was a farmer, and lived and died on his father's homestead. His death occurred 8 Sept. 1772. His wife outlived him.

Their children were:

1. Hannah, b. 18 Sept 1745; m. 8 Sept 1763, Samuel Shorey.

2. Mary, b. 19 Oct. 1746; m. 21 Mar. 1765, Joseph Pray.

3. Ebenezer, b. 8 Feb 1748; m. Elizabeth Quint

4. Charles, b. 16 Dec. 1749; m. Sarah Pray

5. Mehitable, b. 27 Oct. 1751; m. first 1 May 1771, Nathaniel Pray; second _____ Hayes of Farmington, N.H.

6. Abigail, b. 30 Mar 1753; m. William Quint

7. Jeremiah, b. 6 Feb 1755; went out in an American privateer during the Revolution, and never returned. He was unmarried.

8. Benjamin, b. 4 Nov 1756; m. Mary Hamilton

9. John, b. Oct 1758; d. 20 Mar 1761

10. James, b. 18 Aug 1760; m. Hannah Woodsum

11. Sarah, b. 23 Sept 1763; m. 26 Aug 1781 John Gowen

12. John, b. 2 Jan. 1768; m. Mary Gowen

Libby 1-6-9-3 Ebenezer Libby, B. 8 Feb 1748, in Berwick; married, 16 Dec 1770, Elizabeth Quint of Berwick. He was a farmer and lived two and a half miles from South Berwick Village, on the road to Portsmouth, on a farm called Old Fields. 26 Nov. 1776, he went out in an American privateer, probably the Charming Polly; he was one of the crew of that vessel when she was captured, 16 May 1777. He was carried to England. It appears he was afterward exchanged, but never reached home. His fate was never known.

Children:

1. David, b. 1772; married Alice Libby, 1-6-5-5-4

2. Mary, b. 9 July 1775; m. 1796, Alexander Worster.

3. Elizabeth, m. James Bunker of Farmington, N. H.

Sources

• ”The Libby family in America,1602-1881”, by Libby, Charles Thornton, 1861-1948 Published 1882 Publisher Portland, Me. : B. Thurston & Co. Libby Family in America

• New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Name: Ebenezer Libbey

Event Type: Marriage

Marriage Date: 10 Dec 1770

Marriage Place: Berwick, Maine, USA

Spouse Name: Elizabeth Quint