Ephraim Partridge (1701/2-1770)

Ephraim Partridge was born to Nathaniel Partridge and Lydia Wight in Medfield, Massachusetts, 25 Feb. 1701-2, and died in Medway, Massachusetts, 7 Feb. 1770. He married, 22 Mar. 1727-8, in Medway, Lydia Harding, born in Medfield 14 Dec. 1701, died in Medway 15 May 1772, daughter of Abraham and Sarah Harding. They resided in Medway, where their children were born. In his will, made 4 Dec. 1769, he mentions wife Lydia, daughters Lydia Whiting, Sarah Adams, Deborah Warren, Elizabeth Partridge, and Olive Partridge, and “only son” Nathaniel Partridge ^[1]Suffolk Co. Probate, vol. 68, pp. 522-524.

Family

Ephraim Partridge and Lydia Harding had the following children:

1. Lydia Partridge, born 27 Dec. 1728 in Medway, Massachusetts; died 4 Oct. 1799 ; married 17 June 17, 1762, in Medway, Nathaniel, Jr., born in Medway Dec. 22, 1725, died Feb. 1, 1770, son of Nathaniel and Margaret (Mann) Whiting. They resided in Medway. Three children. ^[2]See Whiting Genealogy.
2. Elizabeth Partridge, born Nov. 19, 1730 in Medway.
3. Sarah Partridge, born Dec. 20, 1732 in Medway; married May 22, 1765, Isaac Adams of Holliston.
4. Nathaniel Partridge, born Dec. 17; 1734 in Medway; died Oct. 27, 1801.
5. Elisha Partridge, born June 3, 1736 in Medway; died July 3, 1737.
6. Elisha Partridge, born June 21, 1738 in Medway; died May 13, 1742.
7. Deborah Partridge, born Aug. 24, 1741 in Medway; married Mar. 14, 1769, Levi Warren of Westborough.
8. Olive Partridge, born Dec. 31, 1743 in Medway; married July 12, 1774, Nathaniel Holbrook, Jr., of Sherborn.

Sources:

• George Homer Partridge, “William Partridge of Medfield, Mass., and His Descendants”; New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 63 (Jan 1909), pp. 92–93.