Elijah Macomber (1743 - bef. 1823)

Born 1743 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitible (Johnson) Macomber — married 1 Jul 1766 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 17 Oct 1823 before age 80 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Elijah was born in 1743.^[1]

Elijah married Mehitable Johnson on 14 July 1766 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America by Joseph Tinkham, Justice of the the Peace. His intention to marry was filed 29 May 1766.^[2][3][4][5]

Elijah was enumerated in 1820 in Freetown. The household consisted of three people: one free white male age 45 or above, one free white female aged 16-25, and one free white female age 45 or above.^[6]

On 29 April 1784 three deeds were recorded for land purchased by Elijah in Middleborough:

• William Macomber and his wife Abiah sold to his son Elijah 31 acres which comprised the whole of his homestead on the north side of the Taunton path which included the dwelling house. The land was in the Sixteen Shilling Purchase. Deed signed 29 May 1779.^[7]
• James Hearsay as guardian of the heirs of Andrew Tomson sold at auction a tenth part of the 92nd lot in the third allotment drawn in the 4th allotment. Deed was signed 15 Nov 1781.^[8]
• William Canedy and his wife Charity sold 25 acres in Sixteen Shilling Purchase. Deed signed 5 April 1784.^[9]

Elijah sold the land he received from his father to Solomon Dunham "it being the homestead lands of my honoured father William Macumber whereon he last dwelt." Signed 3 June 1797 and recorded 9 June 1797.

Additional land sales in Middleborough include:

• Two parcels sold to James Pickens by Elijah Macomber and his wife Mehitable signed 17 Feb 1817 and recorded 16 May 1826.^[10]
• Twenty seven acres sold to Samuel Wild by Elijah Macomber and his wife Mehitable signed 13 March 1807 and recorded 13 October 1807.^[11] This was the land he had purchased from Abraham Shaw signed 4 May 1796 and recorded 27 March 1802.^[12]

Elijah died, probably in Freetown, between 23 May 1823 when his will was written and 17 October 1823 when the will was proved. The will names his wife Mehitable; daughters Thankful Lebarron, Sally Hammond, Rosina Booth (eldest daughter), and Mehitable Ashley, granddaughter Hannah Fuller now wife of Silvester Cummings; and sons Elijah, Samuel, Joshua, Levi and Asa.^[13]

Research Notes

Stackpole does not often cite his sources, but appears to have the most comprehensive treatment of this family.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Everett S. Stackpole, Macomber Genealogy, Lewiston, ME: Press of the Journal Company, [1908?], p. 111. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t3805516d&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021
2. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
   Citing Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 906,748.
   FamilySearch (accessed 12 November 2021)
   FamilySearch Image Image number 00315
   Elijah Macomber marriage to Mehitable Johnson on 14 Jul 1766 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Citing Marriage, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934231.
   FamilySearch (accessed 11 November 2021)
   FamilySearch Image Image number 00467
   Elijah Macomber, 1 Jul 1766
4. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Citing Marriage Notice, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934230.
   FamilySearch (accessed 11 November 2021)
   FamilySearch Image Image number 00073
   Elijah Macomber and Mehitable Johnson, 29 May 1766
5. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Citing Marriage Notice, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934230.
   FamilySearch (accessed 11 November 2021)
   FamilySearch Image Image number 00169
   Elijah Macomber and Mehitable Johnson, 29 May 1766
6. ↑ 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
   1820 U S Census; Census Place: Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts; Page: 400; NARA Roll: M33_47; Image: 221
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #692915 (accessed 11 November 2021)
   Elijah Macomber.
7. ↑ Plymouth County Massachusetts Registry of Deeds, book 63, page 64. http://titleview.org/plymouthdeeds/
8. ↑ Plymouth County Massachusetts Registry of Deeds, book 63, page 64. http://titleview.org/plymouthdeeds.
9. ↑ Plymouth County Massachusetts Registry of Deeds, book 63, page 64. http://titleview.org/plymouthdeeds.
10. ↑ Plymouth County Massachusetts Registry of Deeds, book 157, page 103. http://titleview.org/plymouthdeeds.
11. ↑ Plymouth County Massachusetts Registry of Deeds, book 763, page 42. http://titleview.org/plymouthdeeds.
12. ↑ Plymouth County Massachusetts Registry of Deeds, book 248, page 233. http://titleview.org/plymouthdeeds.
13. ↑ Probate records 1687-1916; index, 1687-1926 [Bristol County, Massachusetts]: "Probate records 1687-1916; index, 1687-1926 [Bristol County, Massachusetts]"
    Catalog: Probate records 1687-1916; index, 1687-1926 [Bristol County, Massachusetts] Probates, v. 61-62 1823-1825
    Film number: 007703594 > image 35 of 653
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 11 November 2021)
14. ↑ Everett S. Stackpole, Macomber Genealogy, Lewiston, ME: Press of the Journal Company, [1908?], p. 111. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t3805516d&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021