Nehemiah Estabrook Sr. (1737 - 1812)

Born 2 Mar 1737 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Winship) Estabrook — married 1 Mar 1759 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1812 at age 75 in Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Nehemiah Estabrook Sr. served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Nehemiah Estabrook, son of John and Prudence (Harrington) Estabrook was born at Lexington, Massachusetts on March 2, 1737. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

His father John died intestate on June 19, 1742. ^[1] On October 6, 1750, Nehemiah and Elizabeth Estabrook, children on John Estabrook, deceased, chose Richard Winship as their guardian. On February 11, 1750/1, Abigail Estabrook also chose her brother Richard Winship as her guardian. ^[4]

On May 5, 1751, Richard Winship and Benjamin Munroe posted surety, and Winship guaranteed that upon reaching majority, he would pay the current minor children of John Estabrook, for whom he was guardian, their shares from the proceeds of the sale of real estate of their late father. ^[4]

Nehemiah married March 1, 1759, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Loring) Winship, who was born at Lexington on May 23, 1740. ^{[1] [3]} In her father's will dated 1784, she is called Elizabeth Estabrook. ^[5]

He left Lexington about 1777, moved to Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and afterwards went to West Cambridge, (now Arlington). ^[3]

After his father's death, his mother married Benjamin Munroe. She wrote her will on January 22, 1770, and it was proved on September 8, 1778, naming son Nehemiah among her bequests and naming him executor of her estate. ^[6]

Nehemiah's wife Elizabeth died in Arlington, Massachusetts on May 3, 1809, aged sixty-nine years. ^[7]

He died in Hopkinton, New Hamphsire on October 16, 1812, while on a visit to his children. He is buried in Old Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, New Hampshire. ^[8]

Military

• He was a soldier in the French war in 1755, and hence was qualified to aid in the Revolutionary struggle. ^{[2] [3]}
• Estaerooke, Nehemiah: Private in a detachment from Lexington militia company under command of John Bridge; service from May 11 to May 15, 1775; 5 days at Cambridge by order of Committee of Safety. ^[9]
• Estererook, Nehemiah: Private, Captain Samuel Farrar's company, Colonel Reed's regiment. Engaged September 29, 1777; discharged October 24, 1777, service 26 days. Company drafted from Colonel Kleazer Brooks's regiment to reinforce Northern army under General Gates. ^{[9] [10]}

Children

1. Samuel, born August 31, 1760 ^[1]; died October 29, 1778/9, at Lexington, Massachusetts. ^{[2] [3]}
2. Nehemiah, born May 3, 1762 ^[1] ; died February 21, 1820; married first December 18, 1785, Lucy Davis: married, second, September 29, 1811, widow, Elizabeth Hall. ^{[11][7] [2] [3]}
3. Bettey or Betsey, born April 9, 1764 ^[1] ; married Stephen Blanchard, of Medford May 25, 1788. ^{[11] [3]}
4. Lydia, born May 27, 1766 ^[1]; died November 30, 1822. ^[7]; married, April 2, 1793, Samuel Jones. ^{[11] [2] [3]}
5. Eliakim, baptized July 10, 1768; died March 10, 1772 or ? January 25, 1770. ^{[1] [2] [3]}
6. Grace, baptized May 27, 1770 ^[1]; died June 17, 1815: married Nathaniel Trask. ^{[2] [3]}
7. Eliakim, baptized at Lexington October 18, 1772 ^{[1] [3]}; died April 19, 1835 ^[7]; married Hannah Crosby Cook September 7, 1793. ^{[2] [3]}
8. John, baptized May 7, 1775 ^[1]  ; died September 7, 1802 ^[7]; married Anna Russell August 31, 1800. ^[11] His widow married second Capt. Abner Stearns. ^{[2] [3]}
9. Joseph, baptized at Lexington February 23, 1777 ^[1] born at Lexington, February 14, 1777; died June 16, 1827; settled in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, where he married, Emma Stocker on April 2, 1799. ^{[2] [3]}
10. Samuel, born May 13, 1779; died July 7, 1839 ^{[2] [3]}; married first Lucy Saunders on April 30, 1803 ^[11] who died July 27, 1806; married second Sophia Winchester August 9, 1812. ^[7]
11. Rebecca, born March 4, 1781 ; and died in Charlestown, unmarried, July 14, 1864. ^{[2] [3]}

Research notes

Lexington Births

ESTABROOK, Nehemiah, s. John & Prudence, Mar. 2, 1737, bp. Mar. 6. (p. 23)

WINSHIP, Elizabeth d. Sam'l and Hannah, b. May 23, 1740, bp. May 26. (p.90)

Children: ESTABROOK

Samuel, s. Nehemiah & Elisabeth Winship, Aug. 31, 1760, bp. Sept. 7. (p. 23)

Bettie, d. Nehemiah & Elizabeth Winship, Apr. 9, 1764, bp. Apr. 15. (p. 23)

Eliakim, s. Nehemiah, bp. July 10, 1768. (p. 23)

Eliakim, s. Nehemiah, bp. Oct. 18, 1772. (p. 23)

Grace, d. Nehemiah, bp. May 27, 1770. (p. 23)

John, s. Nehemiah, bp. May 7, 1775. (p. 23)

Joseph, s. Nehemiah, bp. Feb. 23, 1777. (p. 23)

Lydia, d. Nehemiah, bp. June 1, 1766. (p. 23)

Nehemiah, s. Nehemiah & Elizabeth Winship, May 3, 1762, bp. May 30. (p. 23)

Lexington Marriages

ESTABROOK, Nehemiah, and Elizabeth Winship, Mar. 1, 1759. (p. 113)

Lexington Deaths

Estabrook, ___ ch. Nehemia, Jan. 25, 1770. (p. 174)^[1]

Arlington Marriages

Easterbrooke, Nehemiah [int. Easterbrook] of Lexington, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, Sept. 29, 1811. (p. 71)

Easterbrooke, Samuel [int. Eastabrook] and Sophia Winchester, Aug. 9, 1812. (p. 71)

Arlington Deaths

Estabrook, John, s. Nehemiah and Elizabeth, Sept. 7, 1802, in 28th y. GR(p. 134)

Estabrook, Elizabeth, Mrs., May 3, 1809.(p. 134)

Estabrook, Nehemiah, Feb. 21, 1820. (p. 134)

Estabrook, Eliakim [h. Hannah], Apr. 17, 1835, a. 62. GR

Jones, Lydia, w. Samuel, Nov. 30, 1822. (p. 141) ^[7]

Cambridge Marriages

Estabrook, Lydia and Samuel Jones of Medford, Apr. 2, 1793. (p. 132)

Estabrook, Nehemiah Jr. and Lucy Davis of Shirley, Dec. 18, 1785. (p. 132)

Estabrook, John and Anna Russell, Aug. 31, 1800. (p. 132)

Estabrook, Samuel and Lucy Sanders of Watertown, int. Apr. 9, 1803. (p. 133)

Easterbrooks, ?Eliphalet and Hannah Cook, in Medford, Jan. 22, 1795. (p. 127)

Estebrook, Betsy and Stephen Blanchard of Medford, May 25, 1788. (p. 133) ^[11]

Nehemiah was born about 1736. He passed away about 1812.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} Lexington Massachusetts Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths To January 1, 1898, Wright & Potter, Boston, Massachusetts, 1898
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} Estabrook, William Booth. Genealogy of the Estabrook family, including the Esterbrook and Easterbrooks in the United States, Andrus & Church, Ithaca, New York, p. 26: 43-4
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15} Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Geneologies, Lexington Historical Society, Houghton Mifflin, 1913, p. 191-3
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Case 7027: p. 1-4 : Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org)
5. ↑ Case 25331: p. 2: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
6. ↑ Case 15707: p. 1-6 : Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org)
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6} Vital Records of Arlington Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1904
8. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 95100948 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=95100948&PIpi=128478211
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War: A compilation from the archives, prepared and published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth in accordance with chapter 100, resolves of 1891, Volume 5, Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State, Wright and Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1899, p. 389: 391
10. ↑ DAR.org
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5} Baldwin, Thomas, compiler. Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts , 1915

Acknowledgement

• Chris Hoyt, Wednesday, December 17, 2014.
• Rebecca DiVirgilio for created WikiTree profile Estabrooks-33 through the import of Rebecca_Divirgilio's_Family_Tree (12).ged on Oct 9, 2013.
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