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Timothy Partridge (1727-1787)

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Timothy Partridge was born to Benoni Partridge and Mehetabel Wheelock in West Medway, Massachusetts, 18 Jan 1727. He married, 15 Jan 1755, Abigail Barber, born in Medway, Massachusetts, 27 Mar 1782, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Hawes) Barber. She died 22 Feb 1809. He received one half of his father’s homestead in West Medway, Massachusetts, where he always resided. He was in the Colonial and Revolutionary service [1]Mass. Archives. He died 18 Sep 1787; and his will, proved 2 Oct 1787, names his widow Abigail, his sons Samuel and Elijah, and his daughter Eunice Mann [2]Suffolk Co. Probate Rec, vol. …

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Joseph Partridge (1715-1747)

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Joseph Partridge was born to Benoni Partridge and Mehetabel Wheelock in West Medway, Massachusetts, 22 Aug 1715. He married, 11 Feb 1747, Mary Sheffield, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Sheffield, of Sherborn, Massachusetts. They resided in Holiiston, Massachusetts, where he died before 6 Mar 1754. His widow was admitted administratrix on his estate, 15 Apr 1754. His real and personal property were appraised at £1800 [1]Middlesex Co. Prob., case 12080. His widow married second, 4 Dec 1755, James Torrey of Upton, Massachusetts. In 1758, a petition signed by Preserved, Timothy, Moses, Jesse, Eli, Rachel and Katherine Partridge, was presented to …

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Preserved Partridge (1709-)

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Preserved Partridge was born to Benoni Partridge and Mehetabel Wheelock in Medfield, Massachusetts (now West Medway, Massachusetts), 13 Mar 1709. He married, 10 Nov 1787, Catharine Armstrong, and soon after settled in Holliston, Massachusetts. He was also in Milford, Massachusetts, as early as 1750, and as late as 1754 [1]Ballou’s Hist, of Milford. He was in the colonial service’ in 1755 [2]Mass. Archives. He removed as early as 1761 to Cumberland County, Maine, settling near Gorham. Two daughters were married at Gorham before 1766. In 1764 the parish of Stroudwater, Maine (now a suburb of Portland, Maine) was incorporated, and …

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John Partridge (1715-1791)

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John Partridge was born to John Partridge and Anna Pond in Wrentham, Massachusetts, 2 Jun 1715. He divided with his son John most of his father’s real estate, and was executor of the latter’s will. He married twice: first, 10 Nov 1737, Abigail Thayer; second, 8 Dec 1774, Catharine Holbrook of Mendon, Massachusetts. He died 21 Dec 1791. He had 8 children with Abigail.

Ebenezer Partridge (1706-1794)

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Ebenezer Partridge was born to Samuel Partridge and Hannah Mason in Medfield, Massachusetts (now Rockville, Massachusetts), 29 May 1706. He settled in Wrentham, Massachusetts (now Franklin, Massachusetts), where he afterwards resided. He married in Walpole, Massachusetts, 5 Nov 1735, Elizabeth Holmes. She died 6 Oct 1784. He died 15 May 1794. They had 3 children.

Samuel Partridge (1704-1774)

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Samuel Partridge was born to Samuel Partridge and Hannah Mason in Medfield, Massachusetts, (now Rockville, Massachusetts), 6 Nov 1704. He settled in Wrentham, Massachusetts (now Franklin, Massachusetts), where his children were born. He married, 28 Dec 1736, Mary Blood. She died 29 Jul 1775. He died before 8 Dec 1774, for on that date an agreement among his heirs, relating to the division of his estate, was filed in the probate office at Boston, Massachusetts [1]Suffolk Co. Prob. Rec, vol. lxxx., p. 266. Family Children with Mary Blood: Sources: George Homer Partridge, Partridge genealogy : descendants of John Partridge of …

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Zachariah Partridge (1720-1799)

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Zachariah Partridge was born to Eleazer Partridge and Elizabeth Allen in Medfield, Massachusetts, on 22 Mar 1720. He settled in Walpole. His father referred to him in his will as ” my son, being yet young,” and desired that he be apprenticed ” to such trade as he may choose.” He was also to receive £10 upon becoming of age [1]Suffolk Co. Prob. Rec, vol. xxxiii., p. 5.. He married in Walpole, Massachusetts, 17 Feb 1742, Esther Turner, daughter of Ebenezer and Esther (Clark) Turner, of Medfield. They resided in Walpole, and their children were born there. “Mercy, wife of …

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Benjamin Partridge (1713-1805)

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Benjamin Partridge was born to Eleazer Partridge and Elizabeth Allen in Medfield, Massachusetts, May 16, 1713, He accompanied his father to Bellingham, Massachusetts, where he thereafter resided. He married, Sept. 13, 1737, Sarah Allen, born in Medfield, Nov. 24, 1716, daughter of James and Rebecca (Turner) Allen. She died Sept. 4, 1801; and he died Feb. 10, 1805. Family Children by Sarah Allen: Sources:

Joseph Partridge (1706-1770)

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Joseph Partridge was born to Eleazer Partridge and Elizabeth Allen in Medfield, Massachusetts, 15 Mar 1706. He removed with his father to Bellingham, where he afterwards resided. He married twice: first, 26 Feb 1729, Elizabeth (or Betty) Guernsey, born in Medfield (now Medway, Massachusetts), 10 Nov 1705, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Wheelock) Guernsey (spelled Garnsey). She died in Bellingham, Massachusetts, 13 Jan 1732; and he married second, 21 Dec 1732, Eunice Morse, born in Sherborn, Massachusetts, 10 Aug 1706, daughter of Jonathan and Jane (Whitney) Morse. She died 3 Nov 1785, “aged 80 years” [1]Bellingham Town Records; and he …

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