Jonathan Philbrook (bef. 1694 - abt. 1743)

Born before 25 Mar 1694 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Whidden) Philbrook — married 31 Jan 1717 in Greenland, Rockingham, Province of New Hampshire

Descendants

Died about 1743 after about age 48 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Maine)

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Jonathan Philbrook was a New Hampshirite.

Jonathan, the son of William Philbrick and Mary Neal was born say 1694 (baptized March 25, 1694) at Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Jonathan was married twice. He married

1) Elizabeth Whidden on 31 January 1716/7 at Greenland New Hampshire.^[2][3]They had eleven children. After Elizabeth's death, he married

2) Mary Springer.

"He joined the church in Greenland in 1721, was a shipwright, a farmer and a very enterprising man. In 1728, he sold his property in Greenland, and rem. to Arundel, York County, Me. and then to Saco.
In 1743. he rem. to Long Reach, on the Kennebec and built a garrison house which sheltered four families in the Indian wars. He and his sons built vessels there. Their shipyard was near the spot where the Custom House in Bath now stands. E. P." ^[4]

Death

Jonathan Philbrook died say 1743 in his 49th year at Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine.

Sources

1. ↑ Chapman, Rev. Jacob. A Genealogy of the Philbrick and Philbrook Families Descended from the Emigrant, Thomas Philbrick,1583-1667. Exeter, NH: The Exeter Gazette Steam Printing House, 1880. Pages 18-19.
2. ↑ Noyes, Libby & Davis: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire, Page 547
3. ↑ NEHGS Register; October 1911; Marriages by Rev. William Allen; page 352.
4. ↑ Chapman, Rev. Jacob. A Genealogy of the Philbrick and Philbrook Families Descended from the Emigrant, Thomas Philbrick,1583-1667. Exeter, NH: The Exeter Gazette Steam Printing House, 1880. Pages 18-19.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
• Biography rewritten and inline sourced by Carol Baldwin on 19 July 2021.

Sourced changes found ancestry.com.au/genealogy/records/jonathan-philbrook-24-228ryn

Jonathan Philbrook information seems to not fit as father Of Abigail Philbrook Myrick Christine Coggins

Removed Philbrook-12 as father - too old