Ebenezer Wiggins (1801 - 1853)

Born 13 Apr 1801 in Waterborough, Queens, New Brunswick, CAN

Ancestors

Husband of Mehetable (Briggs) Wiggins — married 2 Feb 1822 in New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died 4 Sep 1853 at age 52 in Waterborough, New Brunswick, CAN

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Biography

New Brunswick Courier of 14 January 1854 reported: d. Grand Lake (Queens Co.) 4th Sept., Ebenezer WIGGINS, age 52.

Buried at St. Luke's Anglican, Waterborough, Queens County, NB.

Will of Ebenezer Wiggins

In the name of God, Amen. I, Ebenezer Wiggins of Waterborough, Queens County, and Province of NB, Farmer, being in full possession of my mental powers, but knowing that my body must return to its parent dust, do hereby ordain this my last will and testament... I give unto my beloved wife Mehetable (should she survive me) the free and full use of the west room and bedroom on the first flat and the west room also on the second flat of my dwelling house; together with a comforatble and sufficient maintenance during her widowhood; but should she marry again I assign her the sum of fifty pounds as a final legacy - all which she shall receive from the income of my real estate... second to my beloved son Gilbert, all my real estate... third to my beloved daughter Esther, 25 pounds, to my beloved daughter Diademia 10 pounds, beloved daughter Mehetable 50 pounds, and beloved daughter Mary 50 pounds... Executor Mehetable Wiggins, wife, Gilbert Wiggins, son. Witnesses: David Palmer, Daniel S. Wiggins.

Estate: Farm valued at 450 pounds, total value of estate 724 pounds, cash on hand, 48 pounds, total 787 pounds, 10 shillings, 7 pence.

NBGS First Families Statement: Ebenezer Wiggins born 13 Apr 1801, died 1 Sep 1873, (dates differ) married 7 Feb 1822 Mehitable Briggs born 1803:] and settled at Grand Lake and had children.

Parents: Jacob Fowler Wiggins (1762 - 1815) Elizabeth Ruth Slocum Wiggins (1769 - 1852)

Spouse: Mehitable Briggs (1804 - 1893)*

Siblings: William Wiggins (1786 - 1861); Jacob Fowler Wiggins (1797 - 1859); Ebenezer Wiggins (1801 - 1853); Samuel Wiggins (1810 - 1810); James Gilbert Wiggins (1815 - 1903)

Sources

• Provincial Archives of New Brunswick; "Federated Database," database and images):

- Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918; Queens County, 1824;

- Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 14 Number 2598; 14 January 1854, New Brunswick Courier, Saint John.

• University of New Brunswick database, Marianne Grey Otty Database (https://motty.lib.unb.ca/ : accessed 10 Sep 2016), Chase. Rec. Date: 9 Sep 2016; Baptism - February 14, 1802 Grand Lake, Ebenezer Wiggens - Son - Jacob & Elizabeth.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 65798375; Created by: Carrie PARLER-GIBSON; Record added: Feb 18, 2011.

• E. Stone Wiggins, The History of Queens County (NB: Queens County Historical Society, 1993), 124-127. Rec. Date: 8 Jul 2016. Cit. Date: 10 Jul 2016; Edited by Richard & Sandra Thorne; First published in Saint John in the newspaper, The Watchman, in 1876.