Christopher Erskine II (1734 - 1825)

Born 12 May 1734 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Waters) Erskine — married 13 Nov 1762 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1825 at age 91 in Whitefield, Lincoln, Maine, United States

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Biography

Christopher Erskine made public his intention of marrying Rebecca Waters on May 22, 1762 at Boston.^[1]They were married at Boston on November 13, 1762.^[2]

On May 23, 1793, Yeoman Christopher Erskine received his share "in division with Waters", the kitchen part of the house and the land. June 9, 1794 "Christopher Erskine (Yeoman) and wife Rebecca, in her right, deed to John Milk (boat-builder) part of the house and land with barn thereon in Sun Court, newr North Sq., being all that part of sd dwelling house and land and barn which was set off to sd grantors, which sd kitchen part of sd house and land and barn; W. that part of sd house and land set off in sd division to Nehemiah Porter, N. in the rear 31 ft., E. 65 ft., S. a common passageway 47 1/2 ft."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) p. 7717.subscribers$
2. ↑ Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), Originally published as: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing the Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Vol. 28), Boston, Municipal Printing office, 1898. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (vol. 30), Boston, Municipal Printing Office, 1903. Vol. 2, p. 420.subscribers$

• re- Joyce, Clara L. (1941). Our House Chronicle, Purcell, Patrick (Ed)2013 edition. Avoca Services: Littleton, CO P 18

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/104938992/christopher-erskine : accessed 29 April 2021), memorial page for Christopher Erskine Jr. (12 May 1734–26 Oct 1825), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104938992, ; Maintained by Bradley Moody (contributor 47097169) Unknown.