Ebenezer Stanwood Jr. (1768 - 1792)

Born 7 Dec 1768 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Dunning) Stanwood — married 9 Aug 1792 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts

Died 13 Sep 1792 at age 23 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

From Ethel Stanwood Bolton's Stanwood Family in America :
218. EBENEZER STANWOOD. (Samuel, 99.) Ebenezer Stanwood was born in Brunswick, Maine, June 7, 1749. On October 8, 1768, he married Martha Given, of Brunswick. He was by trade an innholder, and the records of his licenses may still be seen at the City Hall in Portland, bearing the dates 1771 to 1774, 1777 to 1783, 1792, and 1805. He died February 7, 1818.

Children of Ebenezer and Martha:

• 384. Ebenezer, b. December 7, 1768^[1]: m. August 9, 1792,^[2] Martha, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Spear) Dunning. No children are recorded. Mrs. Stanwood m. April 22, 1827, James Hanscom.
• 385. Sarah, b. August 8, 1770; m. perhaps. January 2, 1805. Ephraim Morse.
• 386. Davd,, b. June 23, 1772.
• 387. John, b. January 18, 1774.
• 388. Jean, b. March 14, 1776; m. perhaps, December 20, 1798, James Swett.

Children:

i. Benjamin Benson, b. February 20, 1814; m. December I, 1837, Almira Masterman, in Weld, Maine,

ii. Elbridge Gerry, m. Rebecca Masterman.

• 389. Mary, b. January 4, 1778; m. perhaps, January 4. 1798, William Swett.
• 390. Robert, b. April 15, 1781.
• 391. Martha, b. July 3, 1783: m. December 5. 1804, David Dunning.
• 392. Elizabeth, b. August 2, 17.85 ; m. July 10, 1804, Deacon Aaron Dunning.

Child :

i. Martha: m. Robert Bowker.

Research Notes

The above book excerpt has the marriage year as 1792 but there are two different records, one has the marriage date matching the book in 1972 the other one has the marriage recorded as 1791^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BJ-J9BM-G?cc=1803978 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; multiple sources, Maine.
2. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q283-LLR6 : 28 November 2018), Ebenezer Stanwood and Martha Duning, 09 Aug 1792; citing Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F3-FHW : 14 January 2020), Ebenezar Stanwood, 1791.

• Bolton, Mrs E. S. A History of the Stanwood Family in America. Boston, Mass: Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1899. Print. Page 111
• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-9HNH : 16 March 2018), Ebenezer Stanwood, 1792; citing Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States, Old Maquoit Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,227.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23927338/ebenezer-stanwood