Ebenezer Wetherell (1745 - 1823)

Born 18 Mar 1745 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Lincoln) Wetherell — married 23 Jul 1765 in Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1823 at age 77 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Birth

Ebenezer was born in 1745. ^[1][2] He was the son of Seth Wetherell and Sarah Paine.

Marriage

Married Lydia Lincoln, 30 Jul 1765 at Norton, Massachusetts ^[3]

Children (WETHEREL) all born Norton:

1. Raney (Wetherell) Burt (1765-), b. 14 Dec. 1765, m. Norton 17 April 1788 Abraham Burt of Taunton.
2. Zaphaniah Wetherell (1767-1842), b. 17 Oct. 1767. Line cont. in WFNE.^[4]
3. Lyda or Lydia (Wetherell) Franklin (1770-), b. 24 Jan. 1770, prob. m. Norton 2 Sept. 1790 Nathan Franklin Jr. of Westmoreland NH.
4. Selah or Seley or Celia (Wetherell) Simmons (1772-1853), b. 28 June 1772, m. Norton 5 Dec. 1793 Edward Simmons Jr.
5. Prudence (Wetherell) Hunt (1773-), b. 24 March 1775, prob. m. Norton 20 Nov. 1794 Joseph Hunt Jr.
6. Ebenezer Wetherell (1778-1813), b. 8 Dec. 1778, n.f.r.

Residence

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-RX6 : accessed 12 December 2016), Ebenezer Witherell, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 446, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR3-HGP : accessed 12 December 2016), Ebenr Witherell, Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States; citing p. 1092, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 20; FHL microfilm 218,679.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG4-B1V : accessed 12 December 2016), Ebenezer Witherell, Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States; citing p. 460, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 59; FHL microfilm 205,621.

Death

He passed away in 1823.

Research Notes

• Biography by Robert M. Gerrity: ^[5] EBENEZER WETHRELL or WETHEREL, (Sarah Pain, John, Ralph), was born in Norton on 18 March 1745, and died probably between 1820-30. He married in Norton on 30 July 1765 LYDIA LINCOLN, daughter of Elkannah and Lydia (Wetherell) Lincoln, who was born there on 3 October 1745 and probably died in the 1830s. In 1790 they were living in Westmoreland NH. [WFNE, 160;^[4] Lincolns in NE, 169.^[6]]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-2R5S : 13 July 2016), Ebenezer Wethrell, 18 Mar 1745; citing Birth, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 899,107.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXZ-K2K : 4 December 2014), Ebenezer Wethrell, 18 Mar 1745; citing NORTON, BRISTOL, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873833 IT 2.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-22X9 : 13 July 2016), Ebenezer Wetherell and Lydia Lincoln, 23 Jul 1765; citing Marriage, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 899,108.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Witherell, Peter Charles, and Edwin Ralph Witherell. 1976. ‘’History and genealogy of the Witherell/Wetherell/Witherill family of New England: some descendants of Rev. William Witherell (ca. 1600-1684) of Scituate, Plymouth Colony, and William Witherell (ca. 1627-1691) of Taunton, Plymouth Colony.’’ Baltimore: Gateway Press. p. 137-8; [LIBRARY SEARCH] (Archive.org account required, book can be borrowed online, LINK)
5. ↑ Gerrity, Robert M., Ralph Pain and Descendants: Four Generations (A Work in Progress) 1992. [Under revision by author, 2020-2022.] Personal copy in the files of DLG; and at the Old Colony Historical Society Library, Taunton MA.
6. ↑ Lincoln, Waldo. 1926. Lincolns of New England: an alphabetical list of descendants of early settlers of New England by the name of Lincoln not included in the "History of the Lincoln family. An account of the descendants of Samuel Lincoln ...". Worcester: [only available at NEHGS Library].

See Also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #081971255