Phebe (Varnum) Poor (1731 - abt. 1804)

Born 30 Jul 1731 in Dracut, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Poor — married after 30 Jan 1752 in Dracut, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Phebe Varnum was born on 30 July 1731 in Dracut, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of John and Phebe (Parker) Varnum.^[1][2]

She married Benjamin Poor of Andover after intentions were posted in Dracut on 30 January^[3] and in Andover on 01 February 1752.^[4]

Phebe died about 1804.

Children of Benjamin and Phebe (Varnum) Poor, born Andover:^[5]

1. Phebe, b. 24 Jun 1754.
2. Patte, b. 23 Dec 1758; d. 20 Sept 1762.
3. Benjamin, b. 15 Sept 1760.
4. Patte, b. 24 Feb 1765.
5. Samuel, b. 30 May 1767.
6. James, b. 18 Dec 1769.
7. Debbe, b. 02 Feb 1772.

Sources

1. ↑ John Marshall Varnum, The Varnums of Dracutt (in Massachusetts), pub. David Clapp & Son, Printers, Boston, 1907, p. 48.
2. ↑ Henry Ernest Woods,Vital Records of Dracut, MA, to the Year 1850, pub. NEHGS, Boston, MA, 1907, p. 117.
3. ↑ Woods, VRs of Dracut, p. 250.

   "Varnum, Phebe and Benjamin Poor of Andover, int. Jan 30 1752"

4. ↑ Andover, Mass. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society, 1912. Volume 2, Page 275.
5. ↑ Andover, Mass. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society, 1912. Volume 1, Pages 306-309.

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