Wakefield Dibble (bef. 1725 - bef. 1759)

Born before 1725 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Died before 4 Sep 1759 at about age 34 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Will of Weakefield Dibble of Danbury was dated 18 Feb 1758 and proved 4 Sep 1759 in Danbury. Names his wife Abigail; father-in-law, Ebenezer Bostwick of Danbury, deceased; and his children Ezra, Abigail, Rebecka, and Hanah Starr Dibble. Wife Abigail and uncle Comfort Starr of Danbury executors. A Codicil 18 Feb 1758 makes provision for expected child.^[1] His inventory was taken in October 1759 in Danbury.^[2]

In 1761, his estate distribution is set out to his widow Abigail, now wife of Joshua Knapp of Danbury, Anna Dibble, Ezra Dibble, Abigail Dibble, Rebecka Dibble, and Hannah Starr Dibble.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. Collected Source Material: I. Dibble, Danbury, Conn., The American Genealogist (Barrington, RI, 1936) Vol. 13, Page 249.
2. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TNWP : 15 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 94-96, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1739-1767, Pages 170-174.
3. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TFBR : 21 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 263-264, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 2, 1745-1775, Pages 119-121.

• Hawley, Emily Carrie. Annals of Brookfield (1929) Page 362.
• Starr, Burgis Pratt. A History of the Starr Family of New England (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1879) Page 269.
• Bennett, Anne Selene. The First Wife of Ezra Dibble (1697–1739) Was Rebecca Starr, Not Hannah Starr, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2020) Vol. 174, Page 158.
• Bostwick, Henry. Genealogy of the Bostwick Family in America (Bryan Printing Co., Hudson, New York, 1901) Page 84.

• Page 138: He is the son of Ezra (?) and Hannah (Starr) Dibble.

• Lamb, VanBuren. Dibble Family, Your Ancestors (1949) Vol. 3, Page 292.