Dispute – The Partridge Nest

Abel Partridge 1739-1814

Abel Partridge was born to Seth Partridge and Sarah Ellis in Medfield, Massachusetts, Nov. 14, 1739. He sold out his rights in his father’s estate to his brother Nathan Partridge in 1769.[1]History of the town of Medfield, Massachusetts, William Smith Tilden, John A. S. Monks (1887), pp. 450-451. He filed his intent to wed Miriam Haven in Hopkinton, Massachusetts on 9 Apr 1765 [2]Vital Records of Hopkinton Massachusetts to 1850, p. 292, 339; Boston : New England historic genealogical society, 1911. and was married on 23 May 1765 at Christ Church in Hopkinton [3]Vital Records of Hopkinton Massachusetts to 1850, […]

Disputed Marriages of Rachel Partridge (1669-1717)

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It became quite obvious as I researched the Partridge-Daniell connections in Medfield, that past genealogists had gotten a kinship determination incorrect. This article is an attempt to right their wrong, and as a result, correct what you may have recorded in your family tree. Jameson states in his history that Joseph Daniell, son of Joseph and Mary (Fairbanks) Daniell, married Rachel Partridge, daughter of John and Magdalene (Bullard) Partridge. This is untrue. The will of John Partridge written in 1700 clearly bequeathes “unto my Son in Law Theophilus Clark and my Daughter Rachel his wife…” This evidence clearly defines that

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