Isaac Eveleth Jr. (1706 - 1759)

Born 22 Mar 1706 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 25 Dec 1759 at age 53 in New Gloucester, Cumberland, District of Maine, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Birth
Isaac Eveleth, Jr. (Isaac, Joseph, Sylvester) was born 22 March 1705/6 at Gloucester, Essex county, Massachusetts to parents Isaac Eveleth, Sr. and wife Sarah (Parkman) Eveleth. [Mears, p.208 quoting V.R. Gloucester, MA., Vol.1:252. Topsfield Historical Society, 1917] ^[1]

Isaac's father married Abigail (Haskell) Parson in 1722 and Isaac Jr. married her daughter

Isaac was the second of that name. His older brother, Isaac was born 24 August 1704 and died 7 September 1704.

Marriage and Children
Isaac married his step-sister Elizabeth Parsons. ^[2] [Mears, 208 quoting V.R. Gloucester, MA., Vol.II:206, The Essex Institute, 1923] ^[1] Elizabeth Parsons, born 2 December 1711, Gloucester the daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Haskell) Parsons. [Mears, 208, quoting V.R. Gloucester, MA., Vol.1:536. Topsfield Historical Society, 1917.] ^[1] Elizabeth was the daughter of Abigail (Haskell) Parsons who married Isaac's father in 1722 after his mother died.

Isaac and Elizabeth had the following known children:

1. Isaac, b. 1 Oct 1730 ; d. 9 Aug 1746, Virginia
2. Nathaniel, b. 9 Aug 1732 ; d. 1 Dec 1732, Gloucester, MA.
3. Sarah, b. 13 Dec 1733 ; d. May 1802, Ipswich, MA. ; m. int. 25 Nov 1749, Ipswich, Francis Burnham, b. 1721, prob. Ipswich.
4. Nathaniel Eveleth, b. 23 Aug 1736, Gloucester, MA. ^[2] ; 1762 one of the founders of New Gloucester, Maine ^[2] ; m. 1st 4 Jan 1760, North Yarmouth, ME., Sarah Mason who d. 1772, New Gloucester, ME. ; m. 2nd 1776, Mary Glass of Auburn, ME., she d. 1803, New Gloucester, ME. ; m. 3rd Sarah (Bartlett) Arnold, 4 Dec 1806, prob. New Gloucester, ME.
5. Andrew, b. 29 Dec 1738 ; d. bef 1770 ; m. int. 10 Aug 1765, Gloucester, MA., Sarah Byles
6. Joseph, b. 10 May 1741 ; d. 30 Jun 1808, Gloucester, MA. ; fought in American Rev. War
7. Perkins, b. 2 Nov 1743 ; d. aft 1770
8. Elizabeth, b. 25 Feb 1745/6 ; d. 1826, Gloucester ; m. int. 21 Jan 1769, Gloucester, Alexander Parran
9. Abigail, b. 1747 ; d. Sep 1825, Gloucester ; m. 17 May 1770, Gloucester, Nathaniel Kinsman
10. Susanna, bap. 6 Oct 1751
11. Isaac, bap. 3 Mar 1754 ; m. int. 14 Nov 1801, Gloucester, Lucy (Williams) Avery

Death
Isaac Eveleth passed away 25 December 1759 at Gloucester, Essex county, Massachusetts. ^[2]

Research Notes
'Caution" Another contemporary Isaac Eveleth:

• "Isaac Eveleth, (Isaac, Sylvester) b. 15 Jul 1711, Massachusetts, son of job and Abigail (Sargeant) Eveleth. NEHGR, 135:105.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Mears, Neal F., A.M., comp. "A History of the Heverly Family; The Eveleigh-Evelth Family of America" p.208-09. Chicago, Ill., USA: The Bates Printing Co., 1945. Neal F. Mears is a former Prof. Genealogy, USC (Univ. Southern Calif.) & College Dean. https://archive.org/details/historyofheverly00mear/page/218/mode/1up?q=Isaac&view=theater
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Jones, William Preble "Four Boston Grandparents: Jones & Hill, Preble & Eveleth and their Ancestry" Nathaniel Eveleth, the New Gloucester Pioneer p.70-71. Somerville, Mass., USA: by the author, 1930. Reprinted ($ online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 13 Dec 2022.

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