Jehosaphat Eldred (1683 - 1765)

Born 12 Oct 1683 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Thankful (Rider) Eldred — married 10 Feb 1709 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA

Descendants

Died 30 Sep 1765 at age 81 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Biography

Jehosaphat Eldridge was born October 12, 1683 at Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel Eldridge and his wife Keziah (Taylor) Eldridge.

He married a woman by the first name of Elizabeth. Last name unknown.

Marriage:

Date: 6 Feb 1680

Place: Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Text: Birth date: 1656Birth place: MAMarriage date: 1680Marriage place: MA

Children born to Jehosaphat and Elizabeth in what is now Chatham were:

1. Edward born July 17, 1702
2. Nathaniel
3. Elisha, who married Fear Nickerson, daughter of Nickerson-249
4. Elnathan
5. Ebenezer born about 1710 in Chatham.
6. Barnabas born about 1715
7. Elizabeth

Jehosaphat died in 1732.

Sources

• William Richard Cutter. "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation." published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company 1915. Series 3, Volume 1, Page 195see at archive.org

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, note: has name Jehosaphat (Eldrege) ELDRED. Ancestral File Number PJZP-RN