Jesse Partridge (abt. 1747 - 1838)

Born about 28 Feb 1747 in Walpole, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Died 29 Mar 1838 at about age 91 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Corporal Jesse Partridge served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Jesse Partridge is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 266324
Rank: Corporal

Jesse Partridge was born on February 28, 1747 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts. His parents were Zachariah Partridge and Esther Turner. ^[1]

Jesse Partridge, of Medfield, married Keziah Clapp in Walpole. ^[1]

They resided in Walpole for a few years after their marriage but removed about 1775 to Holden where they thereafter resided.

He was a minuteman in the Holden company of Capt. James Davis, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, responding to the alarm of April 19, 1775. He was also a Corporal in Capt. Benjamin Richardson's co., Col Dike's regt. through late 1776. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Jesse and Keziah had these children, the first one born in Medfield or Lowell (?),^[7] the second one born in Walpole,^[1] and the rest in Holden, ^[8] and grandchildren:

1. David Partridge, b. 1771, died young.
2. Nancy Partridge, b. 1774,^[1] m. Samuel Hubbard,^[8] Four children
3. Lucy Partridge, b 1776 m. Elnathan Davis,^[8] (6 children)
   1. Mary m. Albert William Fiske, graduate of Andover m. Thomas Wilder Warner (4 children)
4. Lewis Partridge, b. 1778 d. May 5, 1849 age 72, widowed, a pauper, of consumption in Holden, m. Rebecca Maynard. Resided in Rutland and Holden
   1. Lucy b. Jan 23 1810
   2. Lewis b. March 11, 1812 d. young
5. Ellis Partridge, b. 1781 m. Johanna (Anna Green? ^[8])
   1. Charles billings b. May 6, 1808
   2. Edward Emerson b. June 1, 1810, lived in Athol (2 children)
   3. Horace Green b. September 26, 1812
   4. Silas Witt b. Dec 3, 1816, resided in Athol (6 children) He was a farmer
   5. Julia Ann d. young
   6. Julia Ann b. July 9, 1822
   7. Rufus
6. Jesse Partridge, b. 1784 d. 1852 - Princeton MA farmer, dysentary Lived in Rutland, Sterling and Princeton m. Lydia
   1. David b. 1807 Rutland d. Sterling house fire
   2. Moses Maynard b. 1808 d. Sterling house fire
   3. Warren Clapp b. 1811 d. Sterling house fire
   4. Roxanna
   5. Edward
   6. Daniel W. He was a shoemaker m. Elizabeth Stone in Princeton
   7. . Elisha
   8. Lyman
   9. Emmeline
   10. Emmeline
   11. Emily
7. Seth Partridge, b. 1786 - d. Jan. 30, 1875, widowed, a pauper, in Holden
8. Charlotte Partridge, b. 1797, m. Asa Smith,^[8] - was in the poor farm 1855
   1. E. Arville Smith (Brigham) d. of a Fit 25 December, 1872 age 46 -Holden - Widowed - Pauper She had an illegitimate child with Sylvanus Brigham and later seemed to have married him. Her name seems to have been Ellen, because Ellen married Sylanus Brigham but on the 1855 census, there is an Ellen listed as well as Arville.
   2. Ellen A. Smith
   3. Leander A. Smith d. Consumption 1844 age 26

He died on March 29, 1838 in Holden. ^{[8] [9]}

Burial: Old Burying Ground - Holden

Jesse had a grandson Edward Partridge who had his name changed to Edward Merrick, and was living in 1904.

His will was proved June 20 1839. In it he mentions his children Nancy Hubbard, Lucy Warner, Lewis, Ellis Jesse and Seth Partridge and five children of his deceased daughter Charlotte wife of Asa Smith ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Vital Records of Walpole, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
2. ↑ DAR
3. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
4. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
6. ↑ The History of Holden, Massachusetts, 1684-1894
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
9. ↑ Vital Records of Princeton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
10. ↑ Worcester Co Prob case 45558

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-29), "Record of Jesse Partridge", Ancestor # A088431.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96741277/jesse-partridge : accessed 29 September 2021), memorial page for Jesse Partridge (28 Feb 1748–29 Mar 1838), Find A Grave: Memorial #96741277, citing Old Burying Ground, Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mary Richardson (contributor 47341378) .

• Partridge, George Homer; John Partridge, of Medfield, Mass., and His Descendants, NEHGR (1903) Vol. 57; p. 184, p. 394

• Estes, David Foster. The History of Holden, Massachusetts, 1684-1894 (C.F. Lawrence & Co., Worcester, Mass., 1894); p. 164

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKB-5L71 : 19 February 2021), Jesse Partridge, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-39BC : 19 February 2021), Jesse Patridge, 4 Sep 1776; citing Military Service, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKB-5LWM : 19 February 2021), Jesse Partridge, 28 Nov 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 11, p. 987

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JP-X8X : 10 November 2020), Jesse Partridge in entry for David Partridge, 14 Oct 1771; citing Birth, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009438.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J5-GL1 : 10 November 2020), Jess Partridge in entry for David Partridge, 14 Oct 1771; citing Birth, Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009438.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-H91 : accessed 29 September 2021), Jesse Partridge, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 268, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR9-7TT : accessed 29 September 2021), Jesse Partridge, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 512, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 16; FHL microfilm 205,617.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-HVK8 : 1 March 2021), Jesse Partridge, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711088.

• Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1904); p. 71, p. 225, p. 166

• Vital Records of Princeton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1902); p. 183

• Vital Records of Walpole, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, 1902);
  • p. 65 "Jesse, s. Zachariah and Esther, Feb. 28, 1747-8"
  • p. 158 "Jesse of Medfield, and Keziah Clap, int. Sept. 9, 1770. (1)