Livermore Whittredge Sr. (abt. 1705 - 1773)

Born about 1705 in Beverly, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Gage) Whittredge — married 12 Apr 1725 in Beverly, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 28 Jul 1773 at about age 68 in Beverly, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Livermore Whittredge was the son of Thomas Whittredge and Sarah Herrick. The record of Livermore Whittredge's birth has yet to be found; one suggested date (3 Nov 1703) has no known documentation. According to the records of his death,^[1] however, Livermore was 68 years old when he died on 28 Jul 1773, which would put his birth in about 1705.

Livermore married Mary Gage (or Gadge) on 12 Apr 1725, in Beverly.^[2]

Livermore and Mary had eleven children:

1. Sarah Whittredge (b. 9 Nov 1725; d. 25 Dec 1733)
2. Thomas Whittredge (b. 6 Nov 1727)
3. Mary Whittredge (b. 15 Feb 1729/30)
4. Rebekah Whittredge (b. 3 Mar 1731/2)
5. Ebenezer Whittredge (b. 7 Jul 1734; d. Apr. 1735)
6. Sarah Whittredge (b. 22 Jan 1735; d. Sep 1737)
7. William Whittredge (b. 6 Feb 1737/8)^[3]
8. Livermore Whittredge, Jr. (b. 13 Feb 1739/40)^[4][5]
9. Hannah Whittredge (b. 22 Oct 1742)
10. Charity Whittredge (b. 22 Dec 1744)^[6]
11. John Whittredge (b. 22 Jan 1746)

Lt. Livermore Whittredge, Sr. was 68 years old when he died in Beverly on 28 Jul 1773. He was buried on 30 Jul 1773, in the Ancient Burying Ground on Abbot Street, in Beverly.^[7]

Mary Gage Whittredge died 22 years later, on 29 Dec 1795, in Beverly. She was also buried in the Ancient Burying Ground on Abbott Street, in Beverly.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Whitteridge:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Beverly - Deaths, p. 600 (accessed 8 Mar 2017)
2. ↑ "Whitredg:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Beverly - Marriages, p. 334 (accessed 9 Apr 2017)
3. ↑ "Whitredg," duplicate records; the second date was 7 Feb 1737/8, which may be for his baptism: Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Beverly - Births, p. 364: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B364.shtml (accessed 9 Apr 2017)
4. ↑ "Whitridg,"giving a date of 1739: Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Beverly - Births, p. 364: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B364.shtml (accessed 9 Apr 2017)
5. ↑ Two sets of privately held records have different birth dates for Livermore Whittredge, Jr.: 24 Feb 1740 ("Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Francis Norwood"); and 2 Jul 1740 ("Bible record now in possession of Henry Kennison"). One of these dates may be for his baptism. "Whittredge:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Beverly - Births, p. 366: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B366.shtml (accessed 9 Apr 2017)
6. ↑ "Whitridg:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Beverly - Births, p. 364: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B364.shtml (accessed 9 Apr 2017)
7. ↑ "Whitteridge:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Beverly - Deaths, p. 600: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_D600.shtml (accessed 9 Apr 2017)
8. ↑ "Whittridge:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Beverly - Deaths, p. 601: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_D601.shtml (accessed 9 Apr 2017)

• Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 1, ‘’Births’’, Published by the Topsfield Historical Society, Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1906.
• Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 2, Marriages and Deaths, Published by the Topsfield Historical Society, Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1907.