Ebenezer Ware
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Ebenezer Ware (1667 - 1765)

Ebenezer Ware
Born in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married 18 Mar 1689 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Husband of — married about 1736 [location unknown]
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Died at about age 97 in Needham, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Ebenezer Ware was born on October 28, 1667, in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts [1], the youngest of 10 children of immigrants Robert Ware, 56, and Margaret Hunting, 39. He married Martha Herring, daughter of Thomas Herring and Mary Pierce, on March 18, 1689, in Dedham, Massachusetts; she was the mother of his seven children. After her death he remarried several times including "Elizabeth", "Mehetable" and "Ann Harrison". He died in January 1765 at age 97.

":Ebenezer, born in Dedham, Oct. 28, 1667, bapt. 3.9.67; died Jan. (?) 1765, in Needham. He is said to have had five wives, one son and six daughters. He married first in Dedham, March 18, 1689-90, Martha Herring, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Pierce) Herring (b. in Dedham, July 11, 1668, d. Jan. 30 1709-10). His wife Elizabeth died in Needham, March 8, 1733-4. 'Mehetabel Wife of Aged Ebenezer Ware died suddenly,' Nov. 2, 1753. He married lastly, June 13, 1754, when 86 years of age Ann Harrison. 'The Deposition of Ebenezer Ware an aged man of Needham, dated Oct. 21, 1763 states that in 1693 he knew," - etc. [Smith's Newton, p. 261-5.]"[2]


Ebenezer Ware married Martha Herring 18 Mar 1689 and settled on the west side of Rosemary Brook in that area of Dedham which in 1711 became the town of Needham. The land was deeded to him by his father 25 Feb 1698/9 as "the whole tract of upland and swamp where his [Ebenezer’s] house do stand."[3]

The home was mentioned in the town re­cords 12 Feb 1693/4 when Thomas Aldridge and Eleazar Kingsbury were chosen to lay out a highway over Rosemary Meadow Brook “"beginning at west side of the brook from Ebenezer Ware's, his house, above the said meadow in the old cow path, then turning north…”[4]

His farm totaled 120 acres and extended north from present Rosemary Street to around Central Avenue. In 1714, described as six score acres, it bounded west by town land, south by James Kingsbury's land, north by John Woodcock Jr.'s land and east by the "road leading to Rosemary Meadow."[5]

At some point Ebenezer built a second house at the southern end of his property, on the east side of the brook. This house was probably close to the railroad tracks near present Dana Place. A house marked 'Fuller' is approximately at that location on the 1771 Needham Map.[6] Ebenezer sold his house to the Fullers in 1732.

Wife Martha died 30 Jan 1709/10, leaving Ebenezer with 6 children.

In 1711 the town of Needham was set off from Dedham. Ebenezer signed the petition for incorporation in 1710 and was on the committees to run the town line and build the meetinghouse.[7]

He married-2 Elizabeth [Unknown], sometime prior to 1719/20 when she relinquished her dower in a deed.[8] There is a slim possibility that she was related to Nathaniel and Robert Harris who witnessed several of Ebenezer's deeds during this time period.

In January of 1719/20 Ebenezer and Elizabeth sold to his son Nathaniel [his only son, age 24, and still single] 30 acres west and south of his [Ebenezer’s] home.[9]

In December of 1732 he sold to his son Nathaniel 43 more acres of the farm, 5 acres (half of the 10 acres) near Oak Hill and a quarter acre on the southeast corner of his [Ebenezer’s] property. At the same time he sold his house with 35 surrounding acres to Richard and John Fuller.[10] [Lt. Thomas Fuller was in possession of this property in 1790.[11]]

He and Elizabeth then moved a mile or two west to Oak Hill [in the fork of Wellesley and Great Plain avenues] in that part of Needham that became the town of Wellesley in 1881. He was living there in 1755 when a deed mentioned "a piece of land called Oak Hill near Eb Ware's house.”[12] He had purchased 10 acres west of Oak Hill in 1724 from Caleb Smith.[13] These ten acres in 1735 were described as bounding east by Caleb Smith's land, north by Josiah Kingsbury's land, west by Timothy Kingsbury Jr.’s land and south by John Rice's land.[14]

Wife Elizabeth died in Needham [Wellesley] 18 Mar 1733/4.[15]

Ebenezer, now 70, married-3 about 1736 Mehitable Lyon, daughter of Thomas Lyon of Roxbury who died in 1734 naming his single daughter Mehitable in his will. She was then 56 and had probably been carry for her elderly father.[16] On 6 Feb 1735/6, prior to the marriage, Ebenezer purchased back from his son Nathaniel the 5 acres near Oak Hill and sold the total ten acres a few weeks later, on February 23, to Mehitable Lyon, who was described in the deed as spinster, late of Roxbury.[17] No mention of a house was made in the deed. The sale was probably in anticipation of their upcoming marriage which occurred sometime between then and 13 Dec 1737 when the property was described in a deed as belonging to Mehitable Ware.[18]

Wife Mehitable died in Needham 2 Nov 1753,[19] apparently suddenly.[20]

Ebenezer, at age 87, married-4 13 Jun 1754 his last wife, Anne Harrison of Needham.[21] He wrote his will a few months later on 17 Sep 1754 describing himself as being "in usual health of body but advanced in years." He lived another ten years.

Ebenezer died “January (?) 1765 in Needham.”[22] He was 97. In his will he left only shillings to his heirs. [See will below.] He gave all the moveable estate to his wife Anne and appointed her and son Nathaniel executors. The inventory of his estate, appraised at only £18, was taken on 8 Feb 1765 by Jonathan Day and Samuel Townsend and presented to court by Anne on 33 Mar 1765.[23][24]

A portion of the Rosemary Brook land continued to be lived on by son Nathaniel and later by his son Ebenezer “Jr.” [Jr. to distinguish him from his grandfather].


Children

"Children, all probably by his first wife, born in Dedham :

i. Mary, 3 b. April 6, 1691 ; | d. before 1754 ; m. William (Benja- min, Samuel) Mills (b. May 2, 1G82). Children:

1. John, Aug. 4, 1715.

2. William, Nov. 5, 1718.

3. Benjamin and Nathaniel, May 31, 1722. Nathaniel d. young.

ii. Martha, Jan. 7, d. March 15, 1694-5.

iii. Nathaniel, Jan. 28, 1695-6; d. Oct. 12, 1770. Needham.

iv. Martha, June 13. 1699; d. later than 1754 ; m. June 29. 1725, in Needham, " Lieut." Aaron Smith (d. in N. April 15. 1776, aged 77 yrs.).

v. Elizabeth, April 20, 1702; d. young.

vi. Elizabeth, March 16, 1704-5 ; d. before Sept. 17, 1754 ; m. first, April 23, 1730, in Needham, Moses, son of Dea. Timothy and Sarah Kingsbury (b. Sept. 11, 1705, d. Feb. 21, 1730-31).

Children :

1. Mehitable or Meribath.

2. Elizabeth.

3. Abial, b. Feb. 24, 1730-1.

Married second, May 30, 1732, Ezra Smith of Dedham.

vii. Jemima, b. abt. 1704-5, d. Feb. 3, 1779, " in her 75th year; m. Mar. 22 1726-7, in Needham, " Capt." Timothy, son of Dea. Timothy and Sara Kingsbury (b. Aug 4, 1703, d. in Needham Nov. 4, 1778, in his 76th year)

Children :

1. Jemima, Feb. 11, 1727 [-8].

2. Sarah, Feb. 20, 1731 [-2].

3. Timothy, March 4, 1734 [-5].

4. Moses, Aug. 3, 1736.

5. Samuel, May 14, 1739 ; d. Oct. 12, 1756, 18th year.

6. David, Aug. 6, 1742.

7. Mary, Aug. 16, 1746.

viii. Sarah, m. first in Needham, April 29, 1731, Joseph (John, Thomas) Davenport (b. Aug. 30, 1701, d. March 12, 1752). Children, born in Newton :

1. Sarah, March 30, 1732; m. Feb. 1757, Benjamin Mills.

2. John, June 7, 1733 ; d. Feb. 1818.

3. Abigail, b. and d. 1736.

4. Benjamin, b. and d. 1738.

5. Abigail, .Ian. 15, 1740; m. 1768, Michael Bright.

6. Mary, March 30, 1742 ; m. Lyon.

7. Benjamin, June 16, 1743 ; d. Dec. 28, 1833; mar. Jan. 25, 1769, Sarah, of John and Esther Wilson of Dedham (b. Dec. 10, 1745; d. Nov. 16, 1821).

8. Enoch, June 25, 1744; d. June 24, 1803.

9. Martha, June 12, 1746 ; m. March 4, 1775, Ebenezer Day, son of Jonathan and Hannah ( Battle) Day ; b. in Dedham, Oct. 12, 1748; d. in Needham; m. Nov. 26, 1807, Nathaniel Talbot.

Sarah m. second, Jan. 17, 1760, Nathaniel Richards of Dedham. "[25]

Will

Will of Ebenezer Ware, Senior, of Needham.

In the Name of God Amen, the seventeenth Day of September Anco Domi one thousand seven hundred and Fifty four in the Twenty eight year of the Reign of or Sovereign Lord King George the second over Great Britain &c I Ebenezer Ware Sr. of Needham in the County of Suffolk and Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, Husbandman being in usual health of body but advanced in years but of sound mind and memory, Blessed be almighty God therefor and calling to mind the Frailty of Life and Certainty of Death Do therefore make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and Form following that is to say : First and Principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my creator hoping to Receive ye pardon and Remission of all my sins and salutation through the alone merit of Jesus Christ my Redeemer and my body to the Earth to be decently Buried according to the discretion of executrix herein Named and Executor hereinafter Named and as Touching such Worldly Estate the Lord hath lent me my mind and will is the same shall be disposed of according as is hereinafter expressed hereby Revoking and Renouncing and making Null and Void all Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made declaring and apoynting this to be my last Will and Testament Wherein is contained the same. Imp rs , I will that all my just Debts and Funeral Expenses be Well and Truly payed in convenient Time next after my Decease by my Executrix hereinafter named.

Itm. I do give and Bequeth to my only son Nathaniel Ware Sen the Sume of Five Shillings lawful money.

Itm. I do give and Bequeth to my Daughter Mary's Children Namly William Mills and John Mills and Benjamin Mills to each of them one Shilling Lawfull money.

Itm. I do give and Bequeth my Daughter Martha Smith one Shilling Lawfull money.

Itm. I do give to my Daughter Elizabeth children Namly Abial and Elizabeth and Meribath to each of them one Shilling Lawful money.

Itm. I do give and Bequeth to my Daughter Jemima Kingsbery one Shilling Lawful money.

Itm. I do give and Bequeth to my Daughter Sarah Deuenport one Shilling Lawful money ; the above said sums with what they have had shall be and is their Full Shear.

Itm. I do hereby (under and Subject to the Terms under Written) Give and Bequeth to my Loveing Wife Anna Ware all my Moveable Estate whatsoever and wheresoever it may be found she paying all my just Debts and Funeral Expense and above Legacies given to my Children and Grandchildren.

1 1 m. 1 do hereby constitute and apoynt my Loveing wife; Anna Ware Executrix and my son Nathaniel Ware Sr Executor to this my last will and Testament.

In Testimony whereof I the said Ebenezer Ware Sr. hath hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.

Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared by the said Ebenezer Ware Sr., as and for his last Will and Testament.

In presence of us

Aaron Smith

Josiah Newell jr

Joseph Gibbs. [Proved Feb. 10, 1765.]


Source

  1. Hill, Don Gleason, Editor, The Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage, in the Town of Dedham Volumes 1 & 2 ...... 1635 - 1845 (Dedham, Mass.: Printed at the Office of “The Dedham Transcript,” 1886.)(Free e-book) p. 10
  2. Ware genealogy : Robert Ware of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1642-1699, and his lineal descendants, p. 40. https://archive.org/stream/waregenealogyrob00ware#page/42/mode/2up/search/Mills
  3. Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.29, p.48.
  4. Hill, Don G. “Early Records of the Town of Dedham” Bk.5, p.226. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101007882101&view=1up&seq=234&size=125
  5. Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.29, p.57; Bk.34, p.151; Bk. 47, pp.98,188,227.
  6. Massachusetts Archives Map #650.
  7. Clarke, George Kuhn. History of Needham (1912), pp. 71, 74, 195.
  8. Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.34, p.151
  9. Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.34, p.151
  10. Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.47, p.98.
  11. Norfolk Co. Deed Bk.2, p.157.
  12. Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.107, p.26:
  13. Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.40, p.265.
  14. Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.54, p.125.
  15. Needham Vital Records p.131. wife of Ebenezer Ware. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Norfolk/Needham/DeathsW.shtml
  16. Lyon Memorial (1905), p.30,31. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061963773&view=1up&seq=40&size=125
  17. Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.57, p.258; Bk.54, p.125.
  18. Suffolk Co. Deed Bk.101, p.242.
  19. Needham Vital Records, p.141: wife of Ebene­zer Ware. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Norfolk/Needham/DeathsW.shtml
  20. Ware, Emma F., Robert Ware of Dedham (1901) p.40. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t49p33p2w&view=1up&seq=48&size=125 .
  21. Needham Vital Records, p.13: Ebenezer Sr., both of Needham. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Norfolk/Needham/MarriagesW.shtml
  22. Ware, 40.
  23. Suffolk Co. Probate Bk.64, p.63(will), p.131 (Inv.).
  24. Ware, 40: transcript of will.
  25. ibid p. 41, 42. https://archive.org/stream/waregenealogyrob00ware#page/42/mode/2up/search/Mills

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