Born about 1705 in Stow, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Ephraim Whitcomb — married 15 Jan 1730 in Stow, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1802 at about age 97 in Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Parthians (or Parthiana) was born in 1705 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. This date is calculated from her age at her death. She was the daughter of Zebediah Wheeler and Mary Lawrence Wheeler. Her father's will and her gravestone both show Parthians, lthough some records call her Parthiana.^{[1] [2][3]}

She was married January 15, 1729/30 in Stow to Ephraim Whitcomb. He was the son of Jonathan Whitcomb and Mary Blood Whitcomb, Children, all born in Stow:^[1][4]

1. Anna, b November 4, 1732
2. Rachel, b September 22, 1735
3. Ephraim, Jr. b. June 8, 1743
4. Samuel, b. September 9, 1745, d. September 9, 1746
5. Daniel, b. July 2, 1747

Parthians died in Boxborough, Middlesex County, January 7, 1802 aged 97 years. She is buried in the North Cemetery in Boxborough. (Her husband is buried in Littleton, MA). ^{[2][5] [6] [7]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "History of the Wheeler Family in America" Page 1065.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The Boston Transcript, May 20., 1939.
3. ↑ Will of Zebediah Wheeler'
4. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages 1633-1850; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Film#0873749, item 2.
5. ↑ Massachusetts Town and Vital Records. Boxborough Deaths, page 27.
6. ↑ U S Find a Grave Index, Memorial #36138305.
7. ↑ NEHGS Register, Volume 124 (1970), page 205.

Notes

Excerpt from Will of Zebediah Wheeler

"leave to my daughter Parthians sixty pounds out of my Personal Estate to be paid her within a year of my decease"