Jabez Lapham (abt. 1805 - 1843)

Born about 17 Jun 1805 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Mitchell) Stetson — married 4 Dec 1842 (to Dec 1843) in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Died 29 Dec 1843 at about age 38 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

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Jabez Lapham was born 17 Jun 1805 in Marshfield Massachusetts, the son of Jabez Shurtleff Lapham, & Pamelia (Joyce) Lapham. He married Hannah Mitchell 4 Dec 1842 in Marshfield. Hannah was born there 7 Jun 1820. Jabez died in Marshfield 30 Dec 1843. Hannah married 2) Samuel D. Stetson, 18 Jan 1855 who was born in Scituate in 1817. Hannah died in Hanover Massachusetts 10 Feb 1901. There is one child of Jabez & Hannah listed:

Elisha Winslow Lapham born 28 Jan 1844 in Marshfield.^[1]

Elisha Lapham was born 28 Jan 1844 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, the son of Jabez Lapham. ^[2] Note this is one month after his father's death.

Capt Jabez Lapham died 29 Dec 1843 of "Typhus Fever" in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was 38, married, a wheelright and the son of Jabez S. Lapham. Immediately preceding his entry are those of his mother Pamelia, 69, widowed, and his sister Lucy, 31, unmarried, who both died 25 Dec also from "Typhus Fever". Farther up the page is a Betsey Lapham who died 21 Sep at age 4.^[3]

According to "Shurtleff" Jabez had a sister Betsey born in 1802 who died unmarried on 24 Sep1843. The entry preceding is dated 22 Sep and the rest of the page, with one exception, is in chronological order so the age may have been recorded in error.

Jabez Lapham was born 17 Jun 1805 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and died 30 Dec 1843 (aged 38). He was buried in the Plainville Cemetery in Marshfield.

"aged 38 years"

FIndagrave provides links to his father:

Jabez Shurtleff Lapham 1770–1842

three siblings:

Pamela Lapham Sherman 1799–1852

Betsey Lapham 1802–1843

Lucy Lapham 1812–1843

his wife:

Hannah Mitchell (Lapham) Stetson 1820–1901 (m. 1842)

and one child:

Elisha Winslow Lapham 1844–1918^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth...", Benjamin Shurtleff, Revere Massachusetts, 1912; v1, pp 123, 262
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8R-388 : 15 January 2020), Jabez Lapham in entry for Elisha Lapham, 1844.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7RW-FXT : 10 November 2022), Jabez Lapham, 1843.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed 13 October 2023, memorial page for Jabez Lapham (17 Jun 1805–30 Dec 1843), Find A Grave: Memorial #142616460, citing Plainville Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).