Jabez Marchant (1749 - 1829)

Born 25 Apr 1749 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca A (Woodbury) Marchant — married 25 Nov 1779 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1829 at age 79 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Jabez Marchant (25 Apr 1749 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts - 9 Jan 1829 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts) son of Daniel Merchant (1721 – 1790) and Hannah Woodbury (1723 – 1779). He Married to Rebecca A Woodbury on 25 November 1779 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.^[1] In the 1790 census Jabez was in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. The census lists 5 residents in his household.^[2]

I've found record of 10 children of whom five survived him:

Mary Polly Beal Marchant 1780 – 1787

Rebecca Marchant 1782 – 1853

Susannah Marchant 1785 – 1829

Jabez Marchant 1787 – 1788

Jabez Marchant 1789 – 1820

Male Marchant 1792 – 1792

John Marchant 1793 – 1823

Mary Beale Marchant 1796 – 1843

Betsy Woodbury Marchant 1799 – 1873

Nathaniel Marchant 1800 – 1818

The War Department initially found no record of him on the rolls, and he had to provide additional evidence in the form of testimony from contemporaries Henry White, James Griffin, Jr., and Ebenezer Cleveland. He was awarded a pension of $8 a month. In 1820, he lost a certificate proving his pension, and had to apply for a replacement. He died in 1829, age 80.

Jabez testimony: "On about the month of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand and seven hundred and seventy five I entered and engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of January in the year 1779 in the Massachusetts line of the army as a private against the common enemy, with any interruption or absence, that I belonged to Capt. Dodge's Company in Col. Gerrish's regiment for the first eight months at the expiration of which time I again enlisted in the same company & regiment for the years service, the regiment then being commanded by Col. Baldwin and I left the service on the expiration of the term.. & being honorably discharged, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of Seventy one years."

In an inventory of his estate, it is reported that he had no wife, had five children, all poor and unable to contribute to his support. He was residing with one daughter, and was wholly dependent upon a pension for support.

Jabez died on 9 January 1829 in Massachusetts, United States. ^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Marriage, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011153.
   FamilySearch Record: Q29P-9LX1 (accessed 11 September 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-9979-43N8 Image number 00389
   Jabez Marchant marriage to Rebecca Woodbury on 25 Nov 1779 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
2. ↑ 1790 Census: "United States Census, 1790"
   citing Page: 249; Affiliate Publication Number: M637; Line: 14069;
   FamilySearch Record: XHKL-W5H (accessed 11 September 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYYG-9MJJ
   Jabez Merchant in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
3. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"
   citing Page: Third Church, P.466; FHL microfilm: 864859; Record number: 164;
   FamilySearch Record: FH1Y-QNB (accessed 11 September 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89XF-K38P Image number 00485
   Jabez Marchant death 9 Jan 1829 (age 80) in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
4. ↑ Military: "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872"
   citing Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 2; FHL microfilm 1,319,382.
   FamilySearch Record: Q24Q-29VL (accessed 11 September 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-99WB-Z3BX Image number 00056
   Name: Jabez Marchent; Military Service Date: 03 Apr 1818; Military Service Place: Massachusetts, United States; Death Date: 09 Jan 1829; Event Place Sup: 2-vol B Revolutionary War pensioners; Event Place Year Range: 1802-1949.

• Family Tree: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/59016579/person/48173741567
• Book "Marchant genealogy & Family Records ca 1300- ca 1984"; Author A.N. Marchant 1911-
• Book "The Merchants of Cape Ann" by George Edward Merchant - LDS #2055238, Item 1
• Subject: Marchant, Marchand by the Soc. of Gen. (London) LDS Microfilm reel: 35 MM FHL/British film #215624.
• Book "The San Simon"; Author: Lawrence Merchant Publisher: Carlsbad, NM 1975. Description: 160 pages. Subject: The Merchant-Marchant Family.

• Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.Volume 10 page 221

Marchant, Jabez.Capt. Barnabas Dodge's co.; list of recruits for the new establishment in Col. Baldwin's regt., approved by Brig. Gen. W. Heath at Camp at Cambridge, Dec. 30, 1775; also, Sergeant, Capt. Barnabas Dodge's co., Col. Loammi Baldwin's (26th) regt.; pay abstracts for Feb. and March, 1776; also, (late) Capt. Dodge's co. commanded by Lieut. Joseph Cheever, Col. Baldwin's regt.; pay abstract for travel allowance, etc., for the year 1776; 360 miles travel allowed said Marchant.

page 222 Marchent, Jabez, Gloucester. List of men belonging to Capt. Barnabas Dodge's co. who took the oath in Middlesex Co. June 10, 1775, required by Congress to be taken by the Mass. army; also, Corporal, Capt. Barnabas Dodge's co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's (late Col. Samuel Gerrish's) 38th regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 30, 1775; service, 13 weeks; also, company return dated Camp at Chelsea, Oct. 2, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Chelsea, Dec. 27, 1775; also, Sergeant, Capt. Barnabas Dodge's co., Col. Loammi Baldwin's regt.; return of men who engaged to serve for 1 year from the last day of Dec., 1775; also, Capt. Dodge's co., Col. Baldwin's (26th) regt.; abstract for advance pay for Jan., 1776, etc.; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstract for April, 1776; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstracts for May and June, 1776, dated Camp at New York.

page 632 Merchant, Jabez, Chelsea.Corporal, Capt. Barnabas Dodge's (6th) co., Col. Baldwin's (38th) regt.; pay abstract for Aug., 1775, dated Camp Chelsea.

• Paper: Columbian Centinel Call Number: 485704 pub 21 Jan 1829 mortuary notice.
• Probate Record: File #: 18193 Name: Jabez Merchant; Merchent; Marchant; Marchent File Date: 20 Jan 1829 Residence: Gloucester Occupation: fisherman Type: intestate Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, 1638-1840
• 1800 Census: "United States Census, 1800"
  citing p. 142, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 14; FHL microfilm 205,613.
  FamilySearch Record: XH51-4KM (accessed 11 September 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9R8F-35Q Image number 00083
  Jabez Merchant in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
• 1810 Census: "United States Census, 1810"
  citing p. 272, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 218,682.
  FamilySearch Record: XH2W-DMX (accessed 11 September 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YY8-S4JM Image number 00274
  Jabez Merchant in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
• 1830 Census: "United States Census, 1830"
  citing 150, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 46; FHL microfilm 9,700.
  FamilySearch Record: XHGP-XRC (accessed 11 September 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYB3-7QP Image number 00285
  Jabez Merchant in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States.

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