Daniel (Eldredge) Eldridge (1729 - 1809)

Born 7 Mar 1729 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Holbrook) Eldridge — married 7 Nov 1751 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Thankful (Atkins) Eldridge — married 20 Nov 1762 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Abigail (Doane) Eldridge — married 4 Dec 1765 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 1809 at about age 79 in Gorham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Daniel was born in 1729 in Eastham, the son of Daniel and Elizabeth Eldredge.^[1]

On November 7, 1751, in Eastham, Daniel Eldridge married Sarah Holbrook.^[2]

On November 20, 1762, in Eastham, Daniel Eldridge married Thankful Coombs.^[3]

On December 4, 1765, in Eastham, Daniel Eldridge married Abigail Rogers.^[4]

The spelling of the name changes to "Eldridge" at this generation.

Their son, Ebenezer Eldridge, was born in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine District, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 26 March 1771. ^[5]

It has been noted that his house burned down in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, in 1774. At the time a friend from Cape Cod, Benjamin Snow and his family were living with the Eldridge family in Gorham. ^[6]

No death date for Daniel Eldridge has been found in Gorham, Maine, but it was after 1780 as he is noted as having been a Captain in the Maine Militia during the American Revolution in April 1778. He served in the 3rd Cumberland County (Maine) Regiment under the command of Reuben Fogg, 1778-1780." ^[7]

He moved to Gorham, Maine in 1770, where he died in 1809.^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/24704668/person/400008660335/media/73414fd8-76e6-43c3-8406-35cb41fd97e5
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8V-X116 : 11 May 2022), Daniel Eldredge and Sarah Holbrooks, 7 Nov 1751; citing Marriage, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009735.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8L-XQ9G : 11 May 2022), Daniel Eldredge and Thankful Coombs, 20 Nov 1762; citing Marriage, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009735.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8V-C933 : 11 May 2022), Daniel Eldredge and Abigail Rogers, 4 Dec 1765; citing Marriage, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009735.
5. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4M6-XD7 : 22 July 2021), Daniel Eldridge in entry for Ebenezer Eldridge, 1771.
6. ↑ Excerpt from "History of Gorham, Maine," by Hugh Davis McLellan, pg 768.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-GD21 : 17 March 2018), Daniel Eldridge, 29 Apr 1778; citing Military Service, Gorham, Gorham, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,944.
8. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=NEz0pw3JotIC&pg=PA484
9. ↑ http://members.iinet.net.au/~rgkje/eldridge/de7.html

• 1790 Census, Scarborough, ME: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-13B

• Hugh Davis McLelland, History of Gorham, Maine, pg. 484.

• Details for Captain Daniel Eldridge on FamilySearch; cites 7 sources.