Susannah (Varnum) Poor (1734 - 1811)

Born 4 Sep 1734 in Dracut, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Ebenezer Poor — married after 15 Feb 1757 in Dracut, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1811 at age 77 in Andover, Oxford, District of Maine, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Susanna Varnum was born on 04 September 1734 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of John and Phebe (Parker) Varnum.^[1]

She married Ebenezer Poor after intentions were recorded at Dracut on 15 February,^[2] and at Andover on 19 February 1757.^[3]

Susannah Poor died aged 77 years on 27 November 1811 in Andover, Maine. ^[4] She was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Andover.^[5]

Ebenezer and Susanna (Varnum) Poor had twelve children:^[6]

1. Ebenezer, b. 4 Jan 1758; d. 31 Jul 1762.
2. Betsey, b. 2 Dec 1759; d. 14 Oct 1797 Andover, ME; m. 1 Dec 1785 Nathan Adams.
3. Susan, b. 1762; d. 1762.
4. Lydia, b. 4 Apr 1762; d. Aug 1762.
5. Susannah, b. 29 Nov 1763; d. 1844 at Bangor, ME; m. 23 Jan 1794 Luke Wilder.
6. Ebenezer, b. 28 Oct 1765; d. 15 Jan 1837 at Andover ME; m. 8 Sep 1794 (1) Betsey Stevens; m. (2) Lucy Littlefield Wasson.
7. Sylvanus, b. 7 Mar 1768; d. 1 Nov 1848 at Andover, ME; m. 18 Feb 1803 Mary Merrill.
8. William, b. 3 Aug 1770; d. 4 Jul 1776.
9. Dolly, b. 12 oct 1772; d. 29 Sep 1820 at Hebron; m. 10 jul 1808 Christoper Allen.
10. Prsis, b. 22 Oct 1774; d. 18 Jan 1850 at Williamsburg, ME; m. 11 Feb 1805 Moses Greenleaf.
11. William, b. 5 Sep 1776; d. 17 Sep 1829 at Bangor, ME; m. 26 Mar 1807 Sarah Farrington.
12. Phebe Varnum, b. 19 Nov 1779; d. 24 Apr 1847 at Bangor; m. Jacob McGaw.

Sources

1. ↑ Woods, Henry Ernest, editor, Vital Records of Dracut, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1907) p. 118.

   "Varnum, Susana, d. John and Phebe, Sept. 4, 1734."

2. ↑ Woods, VRs of Dracut, p. 250.

   "Varnum, Susannah and Ebenezer Poor of Andover, int. Feb. 15, 1757."

3. ↑ Topsfield Historical Society, Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), Vol. 2:276.

   "Ebenezer, and Susanna Varnam of Dracut, int. Feb. 19, 1757."

4. ↑ NEHGS, Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections, Susannah Poor, Andover, ME (Boston, MA: NEHGS online database, Sept. 2013).

   "POOR, Susannah wife died Nov 27, 1811 77 yrs."

5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125768407/susannah-poor : accessed 19 July 2022), memorial page for Susannah Varnum Poor (4 Sep 1734–27 Nov 1811), Find A Grave: Memorial #125768407, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Andover, Oxford County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Jeffrey James (contributor 47902931) . (Includes gravestone photo.)
6. ↑ Varnum, John M. The Varnums of Dracut (Boston, 1907), page 49.

See also:

• Varnum Genealogy, [now defunct, link via the WaybackMachine] Author: Sharon Sergeant viewed Jul 2003