Zachariah Standish (1698 - 1770)

Born 12 Oct 1698 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Whitman) Standish — married 13 Oct 1720 in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1770 at age 71 in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Zachariah was born in 1698. He was the son of Ebenezer Standish and Hannah Sturtevant.

Just before his marriage, his father, Ebenezer Standish of Plympton, husbandman, sold to his son Zachariah Standish of Plympton, husbandman, his homestead in Plympton on 11 Oct 1720. Ebenezer reserved the right for himself and his wife Hannah to live there during their lifetimes.^[1]

Zachariah Standish married Abigail Whitman, Oct. 13, 1720 in Plympton, Massachusetts.^[2]

In 1753, a black man named Bristol (who was a "servant for life" for Zachariah Standish) appeared at the General Session of the Peace accused of "entering with force & armes in the night time the dwelling house of James Wallace of said Plmpton where he then dwelt with his family, and attempted to debauch the said Sarah and go to bed with her and thereby greatly affrighted her and put her into great fear of her life." The court verdict was guilty and was to be whipped.^[3]

He passed away 30 Mar 1770 in Plympton. ^[4]

He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton.^[5]

Probate

23 April 1770, Abigail the widow, and Zachariah Standish, requested the court appoint Josiah Sturdevant as administrator of the estate. This was done on 2 May 1770.^[6]

His inventory was taken on 8 May 1770 in Plympton.^[7]

In 1772, an account of his estate by Josiah Sturtevant was recorded which included necessaries to the widow, legacy paid, and administration fees.^[8]

The probate file contains nothing else until 1807. A tract of land in the cedar swamp was overlooked and was at that time divided (six shares) between the heirs of Sarah Cushman, heirs of Abigail Wright, heirs of Ebenezer Standish (two shares), heirs of Hannah Cushman, and the heirs of Zachariah Standish. All said children of Zachariah being then deceased.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1720-1724 vol 15-17 > image 61 of 709; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Plymouth County Deeds, Vol. 15:51 Ebenezer Standish.
2. ↑ Plympton (p. 401) Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
3. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-G9GQ-9?cc=1928860 : 24 November 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ Plympton (Mass. : Town). (2001). Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Salem, Mass: Higginson Book Co. p.522
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #36711489
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-J3LC : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 532 of 641; State Archives, Boston.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-J3C7 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 582 of 641; State Archives, Boston.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-8H65 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 139 of 827; State Archives, Boston.
9. ↑ Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1558/i/20957/19188-co1/426471433 Zachariah Standish #19188 Plympton 1770.