Ebenezer Holbrook (1717 - 1805)

Born 3 Jun 1717 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Keziah (Wight) Holbrook — married 26 Apr 1748 (to 30 Oct 1756) in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Husband of Abigail (Adams) Holbrook — married 27 Sep 1757 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 30 May 1805 at age 87 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Ebenezer, the son of Eliphalet Holbrook and Joanna Rockwood, was born June 3, 1717, in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts. ^[1]

He married Keziah Wight, April 26, 1748, in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts. ^{[2] [3]} Keziah's name is spelled 'White' in the Bellingham records. Ebenezer and Keziah had five children, several of whom died young.

1. Abigail, born May 22, 1749^[4]
2. Elioenai, born June 29, 1750^[5]
3. Ziba, born August 8, 1752^[6]
4. Darius, born January 8, 1754^[7]
5. Ebenezer, born April 7, 1755^[8]

He married Abigail Adams shortly after the death of Keziah on September 7, 1757, in Mendon. ^{[9] [10]} They had five children.

1. Rhoda, born 1758^[11]
2. Keziah, born 1760^[12]
3. Calvin, born 1765
4. Abigail, born 1766^[13][14]
5. Ebenezer, born 1762^[15]

Ebenezer passed away May 31, 1805 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts. ^{[16] [17]}

Dea. Ebenezer HOLBROOK (Eliphalet, Peter, Thomas, Thomas), b. June 3, 1717; m. 1st, Keziah White of Bell.; cer. April 26, 1748, by Rev. A. Frost. Chn.: Abigail, Elioenai, Ziba, Darius, Ebenezer. The 1st wf. d. about this time; and the hus. m., 2d, Abigail Adams of Wrentham; cer. Sept. 12, 1757, by Rev. A. Frost. Chn.: Rhoda, Keziah, Ebenezer, Calvin, Abigail. Mrs. Abigail d. July 16, 1799. Dea. Ebenezer d. May 30, 1805.

Sources

1. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1920). Page 100.
2. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1920). Page 321.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-MY78 : 3 November 2017), Ebenezer Holbrook and Keziah White, 26 Apr 1748; citing Marriage, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011111.
4. ↑ Baldwin: Page 99
5. ↑ Baldwin: Page 100
6. ↑ Baldwin: Page 101
7. ↑ Baldwin: Page 100
8. ↑ Baldwin: Page 100
9. ↑ Wight, William Ward, 1849-1931. The Wights: a Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham And Medfield And of His Descendants, 1635-1890. Milwaukee: Swain & Tate, 1890. https://archive.org/details/wightsrecordofthoma00wigh/page/n5. Page 37
10. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1920). Page 321.
11. ↑ Baldwin: Page 101
12. ↑ Baldwin: Page 100
13. ↑ Baldwin: Page 100
14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-MPZ3 : 3 November 2017), Abigail Holbrook, 21 Oct 1766; citing Birth, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011111.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-MLC3 : 3 November 2017), Ebenezer Holbrook, 24 Oct 1762; citing Birth, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011111.
16. ↑ Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1917). Page 345.
17. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMV-LT5 : 17 October 2017), Ebenezer Holbrook, 30 May 1805; citing Death, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011264.

• Partridge, George. History of the Town of Bellingham, Massachusetts, 1719-1919 (Pub. by the Town, Bellingham, 1919)
• Thomas W. Baldwin, A.B., S.B., comp., Vital Records of Mendon Massachusetts, to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1920), p. 100 (birth)
• Adin Ballou, History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement to 1881, (Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co., 1882), p. 821.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-MVHC : 3 November 2017), Eliphelet Holbrook in entry for Ebenezer Holbrook, 03 Jun 1717; citing Birth, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011111.
• Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1920)
• Wight, William Ward, 1849-1931. The Wights: a Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham And Medfield And of His Descendants, 1635-1890. Milwaukee: Swain & Tate, 1890. https://archive.org/details/wightsrecordofthoma00wigh/page/n5. Page 37