1st Lieutenant Ebenezer Thorndike served with Massachusetts Navy during the American Revolution.
Ebenezer Thorndike performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.
Ebenezer Thorndike is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A114742.
Ebenezer Thorndike is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor. NSSAR Ancestor #: P-304587 Rank: Soldier
Ebenezer Thorndike was born on Jul 9, 1719 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, son of Robert Thorndike (1697–>1765) and Elizabeth Woodbury (1696–>1748). He was baptized on May 27, 1722 in Beverly.
Ebenezer married Lydia Herrick on Sep 5, 1750. Their known children were:
Ruth Thorndike, b. Aug. 10, 1767 ; m. Francis Yates ; r. & d. Cambridge.
Ebeneze Thorndiker, b. July 11, 1769 ; m. Sarah White.
John Thorndike. b. June 3. 1771.
Ebenezer died on Feb 4, 1819, aged 99. He was buried in Veterans Cemetery.
Research Notes
The line of Thorndike is listed because of the inter-marriages with the DYER family.
Children surname THORNDIKE from Hst Thomaston, Rockland & So Thomaston
by Cyrus Eaton page 430
1 Cushing dy 2 Ebenezer dy 3 Capt Joshua 4 Lydia 5 Benjamin 6 Robert
who married Anna/Hannah DYER 7 Hannah who married Ephraim DYER and
lived in Sullivan 8 Elizabeth 9 Mary 10 Ruth 11 Ebenezer again 12 John
REF: Hst. Thomaston, Rockland & So Thomaston. 2:429 gives dates for
some of the children.
Service Description: 1st Lieutenant, schooner " Hammond " (privateer) ; petition endorsed "Dec. 10. 1777," signed by Robert Shillaber
Sources
See also:
Eaton, Cyrus. History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine, from Their First Exploration, 1605. Hallowell [Me.: Masters, Smith & Co., printers, 1865. Internet resource.
Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", citing Digital film/folder number: 007942259; FHL microfilm: 962871, FamilySearch Record: FZZ5-T56 (accessed 19 January 2024), Ebenezer Thorndike born on 9 Jul 1719, son of Robert Thorndike & Elizabeth, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", citing Page: p 14; Digital film/folder number: 004934217_004_M9ZN-2LD; FHL microfilm: 760604; Image number: 25; Packet letter: B; Indexing batch: I04821-1, FamilySearch Record: Q29L-P1YH (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RSJ-SZB, Ebenezer Thorndike born on 9 Jul 1719, son of Robert Thorndike & Elisabeth Woodberry Thorndike, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", citing Page: p 120; Digital film/folder number: 004029870_002_M9ZF-W9F; FHL microfilm: 864851; Image number: 72; Packet letter: D; Indexing batch: I04717-5, FamilySearch Record: Q29L-8HJ3 (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RQK-9NTQ, Ebenezer Thorndike born on 9 Jul 1719, son of Robert Thorndike & Elizabeth, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Baptism: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", citing Digital film/folder number: 004029870_001_M9ZF-W9X; FHL microfilm: 864851; Image number: 92; Packet letter: F; Indexing batch: I04717-1, FamilySearch Record: Q29L-ZPF2 (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RQK-9NTX, Ebenezer Thorndike baptism on 27 May 1722, son of Robert Thorndike & Thorndike, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Marriage: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", citing Digital film/folder number: 004029870; FHL microfilm: 864851; Record number: 163; Packet letter: F, FamilySearch Record: FHRS-G9D (accessed 19 January 2024), Ebenezer Thorndike marriage to Lydia Herrick on 9 Jun 1750 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", citing Digital film/folder number: 004029870_002_M9ZF-W9F; FHL microfilm: 864851; Image number: 139; Packet letter: F; Indexing batch: I11735-8, FamilySearch Record: Q29L-86YM (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RQK-9V4C, Ebenezer Thorndike marriage to Lydia Herrick on 9 Jun 1750 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", citing Page: p 74; Digital film/folder number: 004934217_002_M9ZN-2LZ; FHL microfilm: 760604; Image number: 72; Packet letter: B; Indexing batch: I04821-3, FamilySearch Record: FH5X-GBJ (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RSJ-31P, Ebenezer Thorndike marriage to Lydia Herrick on 5 Sep 1750 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", citing Page: p 14; Digital film/folder number: 004934217_004_M9ZN-2LD; FHL microfilm: 760604; Image number: 25; Packet letter: B; Indexing batch: I04821-1, FamilySearch Record: FH56-K6N (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RSJ-SZB, Ebenezer Thorndike marriage to Lydia Herrick on 5 Sep 1750 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", citing Page: p 74; Digital film/folder number: 004934217_002_M9ZN-2LZ; FHL microfilm: 760604; Image number: 72; Packet letter: B; Indexing batch: I04821-3, FamilySearch Record: FH5X-GB2 (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RSJ-31P, Lydia Herrick marriage to Ebenezer Thorndike on 5 Sep 1750 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Marriage: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", citing Digital film/folder number: 7; FHL microfilm: 962871, FamilySearch Record: FCQ2-C25 (accessed 19 January 2024), Ebinezer Thorndike marriage to Lydia Herrick on 6 Sep 1750 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", citing Page: p 168; Digital film/folder number: 004029870_002_M9ZF-W9F; FHL microfilm: 864851; Image number: 96; Packet letter: B; Indexing batch: I05358-2, FamilySearch Record: FHRS-W2G (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRQK-9VLH, Ebenezer Thorndike marriage to Lydia Herrick on 6 Sep 1750 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", citing Digital film/folder number: 007011221_004_M9ZV-86B; Image number: 143, FamilySearch Record: QPC8-4XG2 (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L979-478K, Ebenr Thorndike marriage to Lydia Herrick on 6 Sep 1750 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
Marriage: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", citing Digital film/folder number: 007009706; FHL microfilm: 877468; Record number: 112; Packet letter: E, FamilySearch Record: FH1P-43B (accessed 19 January 2024), Eben Thorndike marriage to Lydia Herrick on 6 Sep 1750 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", citing Digital film/folder number: 007009706_004_M99N-K1P; FHL microfilm: 877468; Image number: 100; Packet letter: E; Indexing batch: M03766-5, FamilySearch Record: Q29G-GN2F (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G979-WQB2, Eben Thorndike marriage to Lydia Herrick on 6 Sep 1750 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Massachusetts. 1896-1908. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War : A Compilation from the Archives. Boston: Wright and Potter Print. Co. State Printers Volume 15, Page 690.
Birth of son Benjamin Thorndike: "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", citing Digital film/folder number: 007015939; FHL microfilm: 001205261; Image number: 3815, FamilySearch Record: 2HKW-BJN (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G979-R8WB, Benjamin Thorndike born to Ebenezer Thorndike on 4 Mar 1759 in Falmouth, Maine, United States.
Marriage of son Benjamin Thorndike: "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", citing Digital film/folder number: 007015939; FHL microfilm: 001205261; Image number: 3820, FamilySearch Record: 2HKW-BV9 (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G979-R882, Ebenezer Thorndike's son Benjamin Thorndike marriage to Priscilla Woodbery on 29 Jan 1792 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States.
Burial: "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980", citing South Thomaston, Knox, Maine, United States, Thorndike Cem Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,236, FamilySearch Record: QVJ5-93TC (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89FQ-49XD-N, Ebenezer Thorndike burial (died on 4 Feb 1819 at age 100) in 1819 in South Thomaston, Knox, Maine, United States.
Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30258192/ebenezer-thorndike: accessed), memorial page for Capt Ebenezer Thorndike (9 Jul 1719–4 Feb 1819), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30258192, citing Thorndike Cemetery, South Thomaston, Knox County, Maine, USA; Maintained by CMC (contributor 47117651).
Death: "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918", citing Digital film/folder number: 005246548; FHL microfilm: 001001838; Image number: 3028, FamilySearch Record: KXQ8-7ZK (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-L1WS-7CC, Ebenzer Thorndike death 4 Feb 1819.
Burial: "Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999", citing Digital film/folder number: 007586103; FHL microfilm: 002184908; Image number: 710, FamilySearch Record: QKXM-HSXF (accessed 19 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-99F3-JQSB, Ebenezer Thorndike burial (died on 4 Feb 1819 at age 100) in Thorndike, Waldo, Maine, United States.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ebenezer by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ebenezer: