Ebenezer Gregory (bef. 1696 - 1750)

Born before 6 Dec 1696 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died 8 Mar 1750 after age 53 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

"Ebenezer, s. Sam[ue]ll, Sr., bp. Dec. 6, 1696."^[1]

"Ebenezer Gregory d. Mar. 8, 1749/50; suddenly."^[2]

His wife Mary Odell was appointed administrator of her husband's estate 3 April 1750.^[3]

His inventory was recorded on 7 August 1750 in Fairfield.^[4]

Ebenezer Gregory was buried in the Old Stratfield Cemetery.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Title: Volume 011 Bridgeport, p. 114.
2. ↑ Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, op cit, p. 114.
3. ↑ Fairfield Probate abstracts to 1757, Vol. 10, 1748-1755, p. 211 (of book), was noted "Jedediah Gregory of Stratford--16 March 1753, appointed guardian of Samuel Gregory and Mary Gregory of Stratford. (p. 340)". This follows notation that letters of administration were granted in the estate of "Ebenezer Gregory late of Stratford, 3 April 1750, to Mary of Stratford (p. 117)".
4. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6753  : 20 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 365-367, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 10, 1748-1755, Page 130-133.
5. ↑ [1]. Note that this Find a Grave entry has incorrect death date, was incorrectly estimated. Birth date there was also incorrect, given 1675, should be 1696. My own Ancestry tree has two Ebenezers in the family, one born 1675 and a second born 1696, implying the first one died young. I could not find verification of this in the Gregory genealogy or in the Connecticut vital records. But it's likely I used someone else's tree who had that information about there being two Ebenezers. And the Find a Grave creator chose the wrong one.

See also Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Gregory (Provincetown, Mass., 1938) , page 76; and History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1930) Vol. 1, Page 241.