The Partridge Genealogy - page 09

The Partridge Genealogy – page 09

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ix. LEARNED, b. Feb. 7, 1735; d. young.

27. x. SILAS, b. July 22, 1737.

Children by second wife:

28. xi. THADDEUS, b. Nov. 28, 1739.

29. xii. REUBEN, b. Nov. 21, 1741; d. Aug. 21, 1801.

xiii. JABEZ, b. Nov. 21, 1741; d. young.

xiv. RHODA, b. Feb. 11, 1744; m. Aug. 11, 1763, Samuel Cobb. They resided in Holliston. Children.

30. xv. JOHN, b. Oct. 28, 1746.

31. xvi. JABEZ, b. Dec. 11, 1748.

Children by third wife:

32. xvii. LOVET, b. Sept. 13, 1750.

33. xviii. STEPHEN, b. Aug v 2, 1752.

xix. ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 1; 1754; m. Sept. 22, 1774, Grindall, b. Mendon, Nov. 28, 1753, son of Seth and Anna Taft. One or more children.

34. xx. AMARIAH, b. May 21, 1756.

9. JAMES 8 PARTRIDGE (John, 2 John 1 ) was born in Medfield (now Millis), Oct. 8, 1700. He resided in Medway, where his children were born. He was in the Colonial service in 1722. In 1742, he purchased his brother Jonathan’s farm near Medway village. He married, Jan. 27, 1729, Keziah, born in Medway, Dec. 2, 1711, daughter of Malachi and Bethia (Fisher) Bullard. She died July 25, 1799; and he died March 9, 1769. In his will, which was dated April 23, 1762, he mentions his sons James, Malachi, Eleazer, Stephen, Joel and Nathan ; and his daughters Keziah Thompson, Lois Pond, Bethia Hixon, Elizabeth, Lydia and Chloe. The valuation of his estate was £509. 14s. 2d. (Suffolk Co. Prob, Rec, vol. lxviii, , p. 19).

Children:

35. i. JAMES, 4 b. Oct. 10, 1730.

36. ii. MALACHI, b. Nov. 30, 1731.

iii. KEZIAH, b. Nov. 12, 1733; m. Lieut. Moses, b. Medway, Dec, 23, 1728, son of Eleazer and Hannah Thompson. They resided in West Medway, where she d. Oct. 31, 1784; and he d. June 24, 1794. Children.

iv. ASA, b. March 6, 1735; d. April 28, 1759.

v. Lois, b. Sept. 20, 1786; m. July 29, 1756, Benjamin, b. Wrentham, March 21, 1731, son of Ichabod and Milcah (Farrington) Pond. He d. Dec. 27, 1809. They resided in Wrentham (now Franklin). (See Pond Gen.) Children.

vi. BETHIA, b. Nov. 22, 1738; m. March 15, 1759, Seth, b. Stoughton, 1734, son of Walter and Mary (Morse) Hixon. He d. July 13, 1821; and she d. Sept. 5, 1818. They resided in Medway. Children.

37. vii. ELEAZER, b. April 19, 1740; d. March 19, 1834.

viii. LYDIA, b. Dec. 6. 1743; m. Samuel, b. Holiiston, Sept. 5, 1742, d. Jan. 27, 1816, son of Capt. Samuel and Deborah (Morse) Bullard. They resided in Hollistou. Children.

38. ix. STEPHEN, b. June 10, 1746; d. June 14, 1818.

39. x. JOEL, b. Feb. 19, 1748; d. Feb. 13, 1823.

xi. EUNICE, b. July 26, 1749; d. young.

40. xii. NATHAN, b. March 26, 1751; d. May 25, 1785.

xiii. HANNAH, b. Sept. 19, 1753; d. Dec. 25, 1756.

xiv. ELIZABETH, d. Sept. 18, 1818; unmarried.

xv. CHLOE, b. April 11, 1756.

10. STEPHEN 3 PARTRIDGE (John 2 John 1 ) was born in Medfield (now Millis), April 16, 1706. He inherited his father’s homestead in East Medway; and a barn supposed to have been built by him in 1740 is still standing. He married, April 7, 1737, Mary, born in Wrentham, May 25, 1710, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Heaton)