Jonathan Tarbox (1668 - bef. 1718)

Born 3 Jul 1668 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Dodge) Gott — married about 1693 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 29 Sep 1718 before age 50 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Jonathan Tarbox, second son of Samuel and Rebekah Armitage, was born July 3, 1668; he married Eleanor Dodge about 1693. They lived in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay.^[1]

Jonathan died before 1718, as in that year, Sept. 29, 1718, his widow Eleanor married John Gott, Sen., whose first wife was Jonathan's sister, Rebekah Tarbox. In their early married life John Gott and his wife had lived in Wenham, but as early as 1714 they had moved to Hebron, Ct., where Rebekah dying, her husband returned and married Eleanor Tarbox, the widow of Jonathan, Rebekah's brother. Eleanor long outlived her second husband, dying about 1770, not far from 90 years old.^[2]

Children of Jonathan and Eleanor

1. ELEANOR, b. about 1694; m. Nov. 6, 1714, Edward Howard, of Lynn.
2. GODFREY, b. 1696; m. Hannah Laighton.
3. JONATHAN, b. 1698 ; m. Mary Clough, of Boston.
4. EXPERIENCE, b. about 1700.
5. HANNAH, b. 1701; m. in Hebron, Ct., John Gott (son of John and Elizabeth). She died suddenly, July 12, 1773.
6. Mary, b. about 1703 ; m. Nathaniel Root, of Hebron, Ct., Dec. 28, 1725 ; d. Dec. 6, 1754.
7. Sarah, b. about 1705; m. May, 1729, Jonathan Root, of Hebron; d. Aug. 9. 1754. ^[2]

Nathaniel and Jonathan Root were the sons of Jacob Root and Mary Frary Root.

Burial:

Unknown ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Author: Rev. Increase N. Tarbox. Title: John Tarbox of Lynn and his Descendants for Five Generations. David Clapp & Son, Printers. Boston. Jan. 1888. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.), p. 27 (by subscription); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11656/27/0 INTarbox]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1}
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 01 October 2020), memorial page for Jonathan Tarbox (2 Jul 1668–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #64852488, ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Unknown.

• Birth (NEHGS; image of printed record): "TARBOX... Jonathan, second s. Samuell and Rebecka, July 3, 1668." -- Lynn VRs, Vol. 1, p. 393; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7737/393/141565871 (by subscription)

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 42 (1888), pp. 32- 33; https://books.google.com/books?id=jMC7zEgO9L4C&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33

• Colonial families of America; v. 01, p. 120; https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/491880-colonial-families-of-america-v-01?viewer=1&offset=9#page=164&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=Tarbox (at lower right, insert 164 before /397); link to full volume, cover: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE7700593