Elijah Hersey Jr. (bef. 1752 - abt. 1850)

Born before 9 Feb 1752 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Beulah (Waite) Hersey — married 31 Dec 1780 (to about 1804) in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts

Husband of Martha (Brownell) Hersey — married 24 Oct 1805 (to 26 Feb 1850) in Brimfield, Brimfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died about 17 Mar 1850 after about age 98 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Elijah was baptized in Hingham 16 Feb 1752.^[1] He is the son of Elijah and Achsah Hersey.^[2] He may have been born 9 Feb 1752.^[3]

He moved from Hingham to Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^[2]

Elijah was a Revolutionary Patriot and fought in the Revolutionary War.

Elijah married first Beulah Waite on Dec. 31, 1780 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts,^[4] by Rev. Joseph Appleton, their "purpose" [intention] of marriage having been filed in Brookfield on May 6, 1780.^[5]

Per the 1790 Census Record, Elijah and Beulah resided first in Leicester; and by the 1800 Census had removed to Brookfield.^[6] Their children included:

1. Achsah
2. Harvey
3. Elijah
4. Nathaniel Stone
5. Sarah
6. Heman
7. Huldah
8. Thomas

In the 1790 Leicester Census, Elijah's household included a household of 6: 1 male over 16; 3 males under 16; and 2 females.^[7] In the 1800 Brookfield Census Record, Elijah Jr.'s household had grown by 4, his household enumerated with 10 members including 1 male over 45 (Elijah); 1 female over 45 (wife Beulah); and 8 children: 1 male under 10; 3 males 10-15; 3 females under 10; and 1 female 16-25.

After Beulah passed away about 1804, Elijah married second Martha "Patty" Brownell on October 24, 1805 in Brimfield, Hampton, Massachusetts,.^[8] Children:

1. Nathan
2. Martin.

Per the 1840 Census record, Elijah and Martha resided in Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Elijah's household is recorded as a household of 2: himself with wife Martha, both enumerated as being between the ages of 80-89.^[9]

Elijah died in Spencer^[2] at the age of 100 years old in 1850 and is buried in Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.^[10][11] He shares a gravestone/monument with family members including his 2nd wife Martha, who died 10 years later at about the age of 97.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records (hand scribed registry), 1620-1988, Hingham, Births, Marriages and Death. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line, Frame #2777 of 3625). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas T Bouvé; Edward Tracy Bouvé; John Davis Long; Walter Lincoln Bouvé; Francis Henry Lincoln; George Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles Winfield Scott Seymour; Hingham (Mass.). (1893). Pub. by the town. Vol II, p.303
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ38-LM9 : 10 February 2018), Elijah Hersey, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
4. ↑ Temple, J.H., History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, Preceded by an Account of Old Quabaug, Indian and English Occupation, 1647-1676; Brookfield Records, 1686-1783. (Brookfield, MA, Published by the Town of Brookfield and Printed by Rand Avery Co. in Boston, 1887), p. 763.
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records (orig. hand scribed registry of marriage intention), 1620-1988; Brookfield, Births, Marriages and Death. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line, Frame #25 of 1321). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).]
6. ↑ 1800 United States Federal Census, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Brookfield; p. 269. [Repository: Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census (database on-line, Frame #14 of 15). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Second Census of the United States, 1800: Population Schedules, Washington County, Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; and Population Census, 1803: Washington County, Ohio. NARA microfilm publication M1804 (1 roll).]
7. ↑ 1790 United States Federal Census, Massachusetts, Worcester, Leicester; p. 317. [Repository: Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census (database on-line, Frame #1 of 2). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.]
8. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records (orig. hand-scribed), 1620-1988, Brimfield, Births, Marriage and Deaths, [Repository: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line, Frame #17 of 781). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).]
9. ↑ 1840 United States Census Record, Massachusetts, Worcester, Spencer. [Repository: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census (database on-line, Frame #9 of 24). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.]
10. ↑ Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 _1903 back to 1850, Deaths Registered in the Town of Spencer (hand-scribed), County of Worcester, p. 141, Entry #13. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 (database on-line, Frame #544 of 587). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.] (death record)
11. ↑ U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, New York, Evening Post, Death, 1848 to 1849. [Repository: Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 (database on-line, Frame #517 of 722). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134483625/elijah-hersey: accessed 27 January 2024), memorial page for Elijah Hersey (1750–1850), Find A Grave: Memorial #134483625, citing Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).

See also:

• Soldiers and Sailors of the Rev. War. Comp. By secy. Of the commonwealth (Vol. 78, 149), Ms. Boston. 1896-1908. (17v.):7: 783 (birth place and year--1750)