Obadiah Wakefield (abt. 1642 - abt. 1732)

Born about 1642 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Unknown) Wakefield — married about 1673 in Boston, Massachusetts

Husband of Elizabeth (Willis) Wakefield — married 2 Mar 1713 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1732 at about age 90 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

possibly born in Edgartown. Built his own dwelling on his father's estate in Boston.

Earliest record we have in May 29, 1666, when he signed with the handicraftsment of Boston, number 129, a petition to protect their several callings "against the intrusion of strangers, especially of such as were not desirably qualified" ^[1]

John WAKEFIELD of Boston, the progenitor of the Massachusetts family of Wakefield, was born in England in the year 1614-1615. He perhaps was a native of Gravesend, Kent England, as Thomas, probably his brother, came from there....

John died intestate; his wife, Ann, was appointed administratrix and gave bond, dated July 18, 1667. After his death, his widow married John Child, a tailor of Boston. John Child's Will was made April 21, 1708 and probated June 11, following (1708). Obadiah Wakefield was executor and the estate was bequeathed to Obadiah Wakefield and Obadiah's daughter, Anne.

Children of John Wakefield and Ann: (much more story and downline)

• Elizabeth Wakefield bc1638; md Aug 20, 1660 to Jasper or Joseph Frost of Boston
• John Wakefield bc 1640; md Deliverance ___; died March 1703
• Obadiah Wakefield bc 1642 d Jan 1732/33; md 1) Susannah ___, she died Sep 21, 1709, aged 54; md 2) May 26, 1713, Elizabeth Willis.
• Samuel Wakefield bc 1644 d Oct 1728; md June 2, 1675 Elizabeth Dove.

Sources

1. ↑ Drake's History of Boston

• Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances ... Holman, Mary Lovering, 1868-1947.

• [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61157/images/46155_b289646-00029?pId=503959
• Wakefield Memorial, comprising an Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Register of the name and family of WAKEFIELD. Compiled by Homer Wakefield, MD page 17