Edward Partridge (1738-1815)

Edward Partridge was born to Edward Partridge and Sarah Jones in Medfield, Massachusetts, May 23, 1738, and died in Oakham, Massachusetts, 19 Oct. 1815. He married in Franklin, Massachusetts, (intention recorded Sept. 3, 1770), Hannah Legg, born Mar. 11, 1749, died Apr. 25, 1832, in Oakham, where they resided.

Family

Edward Partridge and Hannah Legg had the following children:

1. Chloe Partridge, born 1 Nov. 1771, in Franklin, Massachusetts.
2. Bernard Partridge, born 1 Nov. 1773 in Oakham, Massachusetts; died 19 Aug. 1849; married 14 Mar. 1802, in Medway, Massachusetts, Mary, born 3 Feb. 1779, died 30 Dec. 1861, dau. of Jedidiah and Sarah (Bullen) Phillips. Resided in Oakham. Children 1. Betsey Partridge, born 31 Oct. 1802; died 25 Apr. 1805. 2. Mary Ann Partridge, born 15 Feb. 1804; married 8 Apr. 1827, Charles Abbe. 3. Daniel Bullen Partridge, born 24 Dec. 1805; married 26 Dec. 1880, in Medway, Mary S. Plaisted. 4. Asa Fairbanks Partridge, born 25 Aug. 1807. 5. Charlotte Partridge, born 18 Jan. 1809. 6. Hiram Partridge, born 27 Dec. 1810; married 1 Dec. 1842, in Franklin, Betsey A. Daniels. 7. Alden Partridge, born 13 Sept. 1812. 8. Edward Partridge, born 18 May 1814; settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and had, among other children, Edward F. Partridge. 9. Catherine Partridge. 10. Charles D. Partridge, born 2 Sept. 1817; located in Philadelphia. 11. Artemas Partridge, born 17 Jan. 1820; located in Philadelphia, where he was a member of the firm of Partridge and Richardson, a large dry-goods house; married but left no issue. 12. Andrew Partridge, settled in Philadelphia.
3. Hannah Partridge, born 21 Nov. 1775 in Oakham; married 17 Sept. 1800, Asa Fairbanks. Resided in Winthrop, Maine.
4. Elias Partridge, born 11 Aug. 1778 in Oakham; died 1 June 1846; married Catharine Robinson, born 1784, died 13 Dec. 1864; resided in Oakham, where their children were born: 1. Lavina Partridge, born 21 Oct. 1803; married 23 May 1826, Horace Brooks of Rutland, Massachusetts. 2. William Robinson Partridge, born 20 Aug. 1805; died 22 Jan. 1893; married 1828, Lucy, born 1811, died 1899, daughter of John and Lucy (Meech) Starkweather; resided at Bethany, New York; had the following children: Catharine Partridge, born 23 Sept. 1830, married George H. Tolles, resides Buffalo, New York, five children; Caroline Partridge, born July 24, 1832, married F. N. Baird, resides Geneseo, Illinois, two children; Marietta Partridge, born 3 Oct. 1837, married R. S. Foote, one daughter; William A. Partridge, born 1 Sept. 1839, married E. Wright, one son and one daughter; George W. Partridge, born 1 Oct. 1842, married Helen F. Cooley, resides Buffalo, three sons; Edwin Partridge, born 8 July 1845, married H. Squire, residence Bradford, Pennsylvania, one son; Emile A. Partridge, born 7 Oct. 1849, married N. M. Champlin, residence Salem, Illinois; Frederick N. Partridge and Frank Partridge (twins), born 11 July 1851; Frederick, married L. Mink; residence Odin, Illinois, two sons, two daughters; Frank, married E. Hubbard. 3. Dexter Fay Partridge, born 12 June 1809; married 8 Jan. 1834, Betsey Packard; died 18 July 1834. 4. Polly Robinson Partridge, born 13 Sept. 1813; died 3 Jan. 1818.
5. Adin Partridge, born 19 Oct 1780 in Oakham; married 16 Apr. 1806, in Medway, Mary Leland. Four daughters.
6. Olive Partridge, born 29 July 1783 in Oakham; died 25 Dec. 1853; married John Blackburn; resided in Walpole, Massachusetts; one son, Henry Blackburn, born 2 Oct. 1812.
7. Edward Partridge, born 17 Dec. 1785 in Oakham; married Editha Bullard. Children 1. Greenwood Partridge, born 26 Aug. 1819. 2. Silas B. Partridge, born 27 May 1821; married Mary Emerson, and had Silas Emerson Partridge, born 14 May 1848, and C. Edward Partridge, born 27 Mar. 1852. 3. Lucy Partridge, born 18 Feb. 1823; married George Jackson. 4. Hannah L. Partridge, born 22 May 1824; married Charles Jackson. 5. Edward Partridge, born 20 Dec. 1825. 6. Bernard Partridge, born 10 Jan. 1828. 7. Abigail Partridge, born 20 Dec. 1829. 8. Lafayette Partridge, born 26 May 1831. 9. Susan P. Partridge, born 19 Dec. 1832.
8. Reuben Partridge, born 31 Jan. 1788 in Oakham; died 1 Mar. 1850; married Melissa _______; settled in Templeton, Massachusetts; had a family.
9. John Partridge, born 10 Mar. 1790 in Oakham; died 19 Aug. 1864, in Ware, Massachusetts, where he resided; married Hannah Gilmore, and had: 1. Clarissa Partridge, born Nov., 1816. 2. Elmira Partridge, born 24 Feb. 1822. 3. Hannah Partridge, born 21 May 1824. 4. Edeann Partridge, born 14 Oct. 1825. 5. Faustina Partridge, born 11 May 1827. 6. Elizabeth Partridge, born 24 Sept. 1829. 7. Andrew Partridge, born 31 Dec. 1831; resides in Springfield, Massachusetts.
10. Sarah Partridge, born 12 May 1794 in Oakham.

Sources:

• George Homer Partridge, “William Partridge of Medfield, Mass., and His Descendants”; New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 63 (Jan 1909), pp. 94–95.