Nathaniel Partridge (1734-1801)

Dea. Nathaniel Partridge was born to Ephraim Partridge and Lydia Harding in Medway, Massachusetts, Dec. 17, 1734, and died there Oct. 27, 1801. He married twice: first, in Medway, May 19, 1763, Mehetable Metcalf, born in Bellingham, Massachusetts, Dec. 25, 1740, daughter of John and Mary Metcalf, who died June 29, 1798; and secondly, in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Oct. 24, 1799, Mary Leland.

His children were all by his first wife, and all but one died before reaching maturity. He resided in Medway.

Family

Nathaniel Partridge and Mehetable Metcalf had the following children:

1. Lucretia Partridge, born May 5, 1764 in Medway, Massachusetts; died Oct. 4, 1764 in Medway.
2. Ephraim Partridge, born Nov. 18, 1765 in Medway; died Jan. 13, 1790; entered Rhode Island College (Brown University) in Sept., 1787, and died during the term in his 25th year.
3. Mehetabel Partridge, born Jan. 6, 1767 in Medway; died Jan. 22, 1791 in Medway.
4. Sarah Partridge, born June 19, 1770 in Medway; died Jan. 13, 1776 in Medway.
5. Lucretia Partridge, born Oct. 22, 1772 in Medway; died Aug. 28, 1790 in Medway.
6. Olive Partridge, born Jan. 31, 1775 in Medway; m. Apr. 7, 1794, Samuel Clark.
7. Grace Partridge, born Oct. 6, 1777 in Medway; died Apr. 10, 1795 in Medway.
8. Lydia Partridge, born Oct. 8, 1779 in Medway; died Dec. 14, 1801 in Medway.
9. Deborah Partridge, born June 19, 1783 in Medway; died May 7, 1786 in Medway.

Sources:

• George Homer Partridge, “William Partridge of Medfield, Mass., and His Descendants”; New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 63 (Jan 1909), pp. 93–94.