Ebenezer McFarland (1751 - 1837)

Born 15 Jun 1751 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Gibson — married 5 Nov 1774 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 24 Apr 1837 at age 85 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This family was one of the colony of Scotch and Irish families that emigrated to America in 1718, and many of whom settled in the vicinity of Hopkinton. The name of the first American ancestor was Robert, and he had a son, Ebenezer, who was born in 1751 and was a soldier in the War of the Revolution. Ebenezer married Elizabeth Gibson and and the couple had eight children, including son Lawson. Ebenezer also had a brother, Walter McFarland, a farmer, and also a skillful surveyor, in which latter capacity he laid out a large portion of Hopkinton and adjoining towns.^[1] Ebenezer was the first owner of the McFarland-Sanger House^[2] in Hopkinton. Ebenezer was active in town politics and was one of the founders of the town's Methodist society. He was probably a farmer, as there was little industry in Hopkinton in the 18th century. Ebenezer passed away in 1837.

Sources

1. ↑ Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers And Prominent Men. Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & co, 1890. Page 806
2. ↑ The McFarland-Sanger House, Hopkinton - Part 1 of 2 — Jennifer B. Doherty

• Vital Records of Hopkinton Massachusetts, to the year 1850 - p. 281 marriages[1]
• Vital Records of Hopkinton Massachusetts, to the year 1850 - p. 131 births [2]
• Vital Records of Hopkinton Massachusetts, to the year 1850 - p. 436 deaths [3]
• Private Record, from the Ebenezer McFarland Bible, at one time in the possession of Mrs. Emma J. Benson of Hopkinton[4]
• Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)[5]
• MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy Webpage -- Ebenezer McFarland