Ebenezer Bird and Jane Clapp

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Ebenezer Bird was born 9 August 1736 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts to Ebenezer Bird and Priscilla Tolman. His father died when Ebenezer was 16 and his mother died when he was 24. Ebenezer married first Jane Clapp 8 February 1759 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Jane was born 5 June 1739 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts to Jonathan Clapp and Jane Tucker.

The couple had thirteen children recorded in Dorchester but seven are known to have died before the age of three. Only five of these children are known to have survived to adulthood (with the death date of one child, Charles, unknown). Sometime after 7 January 1780 (the death date of the youngest of their children), the Birds moved to Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

In Williamsburg records, there is no record of Jane's death. However, there is a set of three consecutive records in Williamsburg records for the death of Sarah, wife of Ebenezer, on 20 March 1793, the death of his daughter Sarah on 15 June 1795, and the birth of his son Eli on 17 June 1795. A son Eli is recorded in Ebenezer's will as one of his heirs and there is no record of any other Ebenezer Bird in the area, so the third of these consecutive records is almost certainly the son of Ebenezer by his last wife, Molly. Ebenezer's daughter Sarah (Bird) Marble is recorded dying in nearby Conway on 1 July 1795, so it is likely that her death was also recorded in Williamsburg but with a slightly different date. As for the wife's death record, there is no record of Ebenezer marrying a Sarah and the pages on which these events are recorded show events grouped by families, rather than in chronological order. There are a couple of possibilities: 1) Ebenezer married second Sarah -- or 2) the wife's death date is actually Jane's death date. An explanation might be that the clerk, making a record of family groups at least a couple of years after the wife's death, mistakenly recorded the daughter's name as also the wife's and gave the wrong date for the daughter's death date.

Ebenezer appeared in Williamsburg in the 1790 census and in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts in 1800. Ebenezer married second (or third, if he did marry a Sarah) Molly Ripley 23 January 1794 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts. She was the widow of Nehemiah White.

Ebenezer wrote his will 4 March 1807. In it, he stated that he was a housewright. He mentioned his wife Molly, several children and grandchildren, and his "sons in law" Nehemiah White and Sylvanus White. Ebenezer was probably using the older, broader sense of the phrase "in law," which used to mean someone related by marriage, including stepchildren, as Molly had had three children by her first husband: Nehemiah White, Sylvanus White, and Molly White. Ebenezer died 23 February 1810 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts. His will was proved 5 April 1810. Molly was listed as the head of household in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts in the 1810 census

Ebenezer and Jane’s children are:

1	Ebenezer Bird, born 21 Dec 1759 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, died 3 May 1760 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, buried at Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
2	Ezra Bird, born 14 May 1761 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, died 20 Jun 1761 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
3	Eli Bird, born 3 Jun 1762 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, died 24 Jul 1762 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, buried at Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
4	Jane Bird, born 23 Jul 1764 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, married Ira Whitney 26 Nov 1789 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts (marriage intention 23 Nov 1789 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts), died 11 Nov 1797 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. Husband: Ira Whitney, b. 1761, of Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, m. 2) Rebecca Hartwell, living in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts in 1800, one of the first settlers of Pompey, Onondaga, New York, living in Fabius, Onondaga, New York in 1810 and in Marcellus, Onondaga, New York in 1830, d. 6 Mar 1839. Children: Her father's will mentioned six surviving children but not by name.
5	Sarah Bird, born 30 Jul 1765 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, married Nathaniel Marble, Jr. (marriage intention 15 Jan 1788 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts), died 1 Jul 1795 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts of "canker" (three of her children died within a week of her death, all of "canker"). Husband: Nathaniel Marble, Jr., b. abt. 1764 to Nathaniel Marble and Abigail Houghton, bapt. 15 Jan 1767 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, living in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts in 1790, bought twelve acres from his father in Conway 3 Sep 1791, m. 2) Mary Faunce, sold six acres to Abel Dinsmore in Conway 31 Aug 1799 (Nathaniel conveyed $500 to William Billings for 42 acres that same day), sold land to William Billings, Jr. 25 Jul 1801, called a yeoman in his deeds in Massachusetts, living in Phelps, Ontario, New York in 1810. Children: Daniel Marble (mentioned in his grandfather Ebenezer Bird's will), (daughter) Marble (said to have lived to maturity, (child) Marble (d. 2 Jul 1795 of "canker"), (child) Marble (d. 5 Jul 1795 of "canker"), and (child) Marble (d. 8 Jul 1795 of "canker").
6	Priscilla Bird, born 24 Aug 1766 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, mentioned his her father's will, evidently not married at that time.
7	Ebenezer Bird, Jr., born 1 Aug 1767 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, died 12 Jan 1770 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, buried at Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
8	Esther Bird, born 8 Jan 1769 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, died 28 Jul 1769 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, buried at Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
9	Susanna Bird, born 18 Oct 1771 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, married Samuel Bradford in Dec 1795 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, mentioned in her father's will. Husband: Samuel Bradford, living in Pompey, Onondaga, New York in 1810. Children: Not known.
10	Esther Bird, born 18 Oct 1772 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, died 26 Jan 1774 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
11	James Bird, born 21 Mar 1775 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, married Nancy Hill 7 (Jan?) 1797 (marriage intention 23 Dec 1796 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts), settled near Lake Geneva in New York, mentioned as deceased and having left a son in his father's will (said to have died 8 Jun 1803 but this may be an error; he certainly died between 1797 and 1803). Wife: Nancy Hill, b. Jul 1770 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, moved to Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, m. 2) Boaz Granger, moved to Royalton, Cuyahoga, Ohio in 1819, died 3 May 1840, buried with her second husband in North Royalton Cemetery, North Royalton, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Child: James E. Bird (m. Mary Bunker).
12	Charles Bird, born 18 Nov 1777 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, not mentioned in his father's will.
13	Lydia Bird, born 1 Nov 1779 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, died 7 Jan 1780 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Ebenezer and Molly's child is:

Eli Bird, born 7 Jul 1795 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, married Dimmis Dwight 16 Jan 1819 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, mentioned in his father's will, died 27 Dec 1825.

Wife: Dimmis Dwight, b. abt. 1801 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, m. 2) Reuben Damon, living in Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts in 1850, 1855, and 1870, and d. 5 Feb 1881 at home in Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts of pnuemonia, buried at Bofat Cemetery, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

Children: Amanda Bird (m. Edward Stebbins) and Sarah Bird (m. Gershom Damon).

Summary of Sources

Clapp, Ebenezer, The Clapp Memorial: Record of the Clapp Family in America, Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1876, p. 215.
Densmore, Lyman Willard, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1636-1887, Boston: Press of Geo. E. Crosby, 1887, p. 146.
Granger, James N., Launcelot Granger of Newbury, Mass. and Suffield, Conn., Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood, & Brainard Co., 1893.
Damon, Samuel Chenery, Damon Memorial: Or, Notices of Three Damon Families who Came from Old England to New England in the XVIIth Century, Honolulu, HI, 1882, p. 81.
Probate Records, Vol 25-26, 1807-1810, part of Probate Records, 1660-1916; Index, 1660-1971; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Hampshire
County); Probate Place: Hampshire, Massachusetts. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Vital Records of Conway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1943, pgs. 127-128, 168, 198.
Source: Foster, F. Apthorp (ed.), Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Vol. I - Births, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data:Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Massachusetts. 1855–1865 Massachusetts State Census [microform]. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
Fallon, William J. (chair), Annual Report of the Cemetery Department for the Year 1904-1905, Boston, 1905, p. 69.
Gravestones of Ebenezer Bird, Ebenezer Bird, Jr., and Esther Bird, Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Gravestone of Dimis Damon, Bofat Cemetery, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Gravestone of Boaz and Nancy (Hill) Granger, North Royalton Cemetery, North Royalton, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Records related to this family but not copied below due to copyright considerations:

Marble, B. Glen, Roots and Branches of the Mormon Marbles, manuscript, 1977, copy posted in https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/M65J-B4Q, last accessed 27 June 2021.
Jacobus, Donald Lines, An American Family: Botsford--Marble Ancestral Lines, New Haven, CT: The Tuttle, Morehouse, & Taylor Company, 1933, pgs. 105-116.

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The Clapp Memorial

JONATHAN⁴ {Jonathan,³ Nathaniel,² Nicholas¹), oldest son of Deacon Jonathan and Sarah (Capen) Clapp, was born in Dorchester, Dec. 6, 1705. He was about 19 years old at the time of his father's death. He married, first, Aug. 26, 1736, Jean Tucker, of Milton, who died June 18, 1749, in the 35th year of her age; m. second, March 29, 1750, Deborah Straten, of Braintree, but a member of the church in Waltham. She died Feb. 16, 1780, in her 75th year. He survived her six years, and died Feb. 14, 1786. The house and landed estate of his father, Deacon Jonathan,³ near the Five Corners, was settled by a deed of division between Jonathan⁴ and his brother David, in 1746 (referred to on page 211, and again in the record of David, No. 30 ; it is from this deed that the autograph of Jonathan is copied), and they occupied the house together, their brother Noah living with them. In 1755, Da vid sold all his share in the estate to Noah, and built a house on Stoughton Street. Jonathan and Noah remained in the old house until it was burnt down May 15, 1784, after which Noah built a house a short distance to the south-west, and Jonathan probably put up the other which long stood on the same spot as the old one. After Jonathan's death, this was occupied by Ebenezer Sumner, still later by Ira Adams, and was taken down some twenty-five years ago.

Signature of Jonathan Clap — Signature of Jonathan
Clap

Children of Jonathan and Jean (Tucker) Clapp:

49. Jonathan,⁵ b. Sept. 4, 1736; d. Feb. 6, 1787, in the 51st year of his age. He married, Dec. 18, 1759, Elizabeth Bishop, b. Feb. 5, 1731. She outlived her husband 17 years, and d. Oct. 5, 1804, aged 73 years. They probably lived in the house at the corner of what is now called Dorchester and Crescent Avenues, which was taken down by his son Jonathan in 1793. Children :

50. Jonathan,⁶ b. May 6, 1761 ; d. May 30, 1761.

51. Jean,⁶ b. Aug. 1, 1763; d. March 26, 1819; m. Jonathan Blackman, of Dorchester. They lived first in an ancient house once standing on the lane now called Crescent Avenue, not many rods east of the one above mentioned, and then in another, long since removed, on what is now Cottage Street, near the corner of Sumner Street. Mr. Blackman died Jan. 29, 1813. Three children survived their parents, but are now dead.

52. Elizabeth,⁶ b. Sept. 25, 1766; d. May 10, 1812. She m. Dec. 6, 1789, Lemuel Collyer, of Dorchester, who d. April 5, 1813.

53. Susanna,⁶ b. Sept. 20, 1769; d. April 23, 1848, unmarried.

54. Jonathan,⁶ b. Jan. 25, 1772; d. Aug. 6, 1849, in his 78th year. He m. Sept. 8, 1793, Jean Eyre Baden, of Braintree, and settled in Dorchester. He was a carpenter by trade, and probably built the house in which he lived and died, now stand ing on the corner of Dorchester and Crescent Avenues. The old house standing near the spot, then belonging to his two aunts (Bishop), was taken down to give place for the new one. He was a very rugged man, strong and athletic. His wife was born Jan. 10, 1768, and died Dec. 29, 1858, in the 91st year of her age. Children: i, George,⁷ b. Nov. 11, 1794; d. Dec. 17, 1865. Inherited his father's house, and lived and died in it. He m. first, Nov. 2, 1820, Adelaide Woodbury, of Gloucester, b. April 5, 1798, d. Feb. 22, 1823, aged 25 years, and had: (1) George Edward,⁸ b. Aug. 21, 1821, d. July 15, 1861 — a wheelwright by trade, afterwards removed to Brookfield, m. Harriet C. Kimball, who d. Feb. 6, 1860, leaving one child, Hattie,⁹ who d. aged 14 mos. George,⁷ m. second, Sept. 14, 1823, Mary Wetherbee Brown, of Marlboro', Mass., b. Nov. 18, 1801, and had: (2) Horatio,⁸ b. Oct. 24, 1824, d. July 26, 1831— a very promising boy; (3) Elizabeth Jane,⁸ b. Oct. 1, 1826, m. John E. Jones, Lieutenant Boston Police Station 11, and live in Dorchester District, on Stoughton Street, about half a mile westerly from the homestead of her father and grandfather, they have one daughter; (3) Mary Annrietta,⁸ b. March 13, 1828, m. Sevvell T. Jenkins, carpenter, and live on the old homestead, corner of Dorchester and Crescent Avenues; (4) Sophia Adelaide,⁸ b. April 24, 1833, m. September, 1859, George S. Estey, and d. Nov. 1869, leaving one daughter.

55. Jane,⁵ b. June 5, 1739; m. Feb. 8, 1759, Ebenezer Bird; lived for a time in Dorchester, and had several (13) children, then removed to Williamsburgh, Mass.

56. Sarah,⁵ b. April 30, 1742; d. Sept. 8, 1747.

57. Ezra,⁵ b. Aug. 15, 1745; d. Aug. 19, 1824, aged 79 years. He m. first, Oct. 25, 1770, Susannah Humphrey, who d. Aug 31, 1778, aged 30 years; m. second, May 27, 1779, Mrs. Mary Walker, sister of Thomas Williams, of Dorchester ; m. third, some one probably in Lunenburgh, where he spent a part of his later years. At the time of the fire which destroyed the house in which his father and uncle Noah lived, he resided with them. Children by first wife :

58. Lois,⁶ Oct. 20, 1771; m. Feb. 14, 1799, Phineas Peabody, b. in 1751 ; they lived in Vermont, and in New Salem, Mass.

59. Susanna,⁶ b. Dec. 30, 1772. Lived unmarried, with her sister Lois in Vermont. She was a bright, active woman. Two visits of her's to my father's are recollected, the last one of several weeks' continuance, in 1828.

60. Jonas Humphrey,⁶ b. June 21, 1778; d. April 6, 1794, aged 10 years.

Children of Ezra by second wife :

61. Ezra,⁶ b. Nov. 23, 1780. His history not ascertained.

62. Josiah,⁶ b. Nov. 20, 1782. It is supposed he married, but left no children.

63. Sarah,⁵ b. June 8, 1749, ten days before the death of her mother; m. Jan. 9, 1770, Joshua Bradley, of Roxbury, and removed to New London, Conn., where several children were born to them.

Source: Clapp, Ebenezer, The Clapp Memorial: Record of the Clapp Family in America, Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1876, p. 214-216.

Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy

Rebecca⁷, b. 1777, d. 13 Nov., 1815, m. (pub. 6 July, 1798) as 2d w., Ira Whitney of Conway, b. 1761, d. 6 Mar, 1839, among the first settlers of Pompey, N.Y.

Source: Densmore, Lyman Willard, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1636-1887, Boston: Press of Geo. E. Crosby, 1887, p. 146.

Launcelot Granger of Newbury, Mass. and Suffield, Conn.

Page 149

BOAZ GRANGER,

son of Aaron; born 19 September, 1774, in Connecticut; died 4 May, 1843 at North Royalton, Ohio; married (1) 31 December, 1801, to Lucina Gillett of Suffield, Connecticut (died 4 June, 1802, in her thirty-third year), (2) 8 June, 1803, Mrs. Nancy (Hill) Bird of Salem, Massachusetts. She was born July, 1770; died 3 May 1840.
...
His second wife was born at Salem, Massachusetts, and removed to Northampton during the Revolution. There she married James M. Bird and at once settled near Lake Geneva, New York. One son (James Jr.) was born of this marriage. Mr. Bird died 8 June, 1803.

Source: Granger, James N., Launcelot Granger of Newbury, Mass. and Suffield, Conn., Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood, & Brainard Co., 1893.

Damon Memorial

REUBEN DAMON, b. Oct. 4, 1789, son of Isaiah Damon, of Chesterfield, m. DIMMIS DWIGHT, Aug. 27, 1828. She had two children by her first husband, Eli Bird, who d. Dec. 27, 1825, viz: Amanda, who m. Edward Stebbins, and Sarah, who m. Gershom Damon.

Children of Reuben Damon and Dimmis Dwight, viz.:

i. Martha Damon, b. April 25,1830, m. Cotton Munson.

ii. Eli Damon, b. June 16, 1833, d. Oct 22, 1833.

iii. Orpha Damon, b. May 11, 1835, m. Henry Dwight Graves.

iv. Hudson Damon, b. June 26, 1838.

v. Elvirah Dwight Damon, b. April 30, 1841 m. Ambrose Cudworth.

vi. Lester Ferdinand Damon, b. Aug 31, 1843.

Children of GERSHOM DAMON, who m. Sarah Bird. He was born in Chesterfield, April 1, 1822.

i. Sarah Jane Damon, b. Dec. 10, 1842.

ii. Charles Damon, b. Oct. 22, 1847.

Source: Damon, Samuel Chenery, Damon Memorial: Or, Notices of Three Damon Families who Came from Old England to New England in the XVIIth Century, Honolulu, HI, 1882, p. 81.

Will of Ebenezer Bird

Source: Probate Records, Vol 25-26, 1807-1810, part of Probate Records, 1660-1916; Index, 1660-1971; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Hampshire
County); Probate Place: Hampshire, Massachusetts. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.

Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Births:

Birth record of Ebenezer Bird — Ebenezer Bird, son of
Ebenezer and Priscilla
Bird
9 Aug 1736

Birth record of Jane Clap — Jane Clap, daughter
of Jonathan and
Jane Clap
5 Jun 1739

Transcription of the birth record of Ebenezer Bird — Ebenezer Bird, son of
Ebenezer and Jane
Bird
21 Dec 1759

Birth record of Ezra Bird — Ezra Bird, son of
Ebenezer and Jane
Bird
14 May 1761

Birth record of Eli Bird — Eli Bird, son of
Ebenezer and Jane
Bird
3 Jun 1762

Birth record of Jane Bird — Jane Bird, daughter
of Ebenezer and
Jane Bird
26 Nov 1789

Birth record of Sarah Bird — Sarah Bird, daughter
of Ebenezer and
Jane Bird
30 Jul 1765

Birth record of Priscilla Bird — Priscilla Bird, daughter
of Ebenezer and
Jane Bird
24 Aug 1766

Birth record of Esther Bird — Esther Bird, daughter
of Ebenezer and
Jane Bird
8 Jan 1769

Birth record of Susanna Bird — Susanna Bird,
daughter of
Ebenezer and
Jane Bird
18 Oct 1771

Birth record of James Bird — James Bird, son of
Ebenezer and Jane
Bird
21 Mar 1775

Birth record of Charles Bird — Charles Bird, son of
Ebenezer and Jane
Bird
18 Nov 1777

Birth record of Lydia Bird — Lydia Bird, daughter
of Ebenezer and
Jane Bird
1 Nov 1779

Marriages:

Marriage record of Ebenezer Bird and Jane Clap — Ebenezer Bird and
Jane Clap
8 Feb 1759

Deaths:

Death record of Ebenezer Bird — Ebenezer Bird, son of
Ebenezer and Jane
Bird
3 May 1760

Death record of Ezra Bird — Ezra Bird, son of
Ebenezer and Jane
Bird
20 Jun 1761

Death record of Eli Bird — Eli Bird, son of
Ebenezer and Jane
Bird
24 Jul 1762

Death record of Esther Bird — Esther Bird, daughter
of Ebenezer and
Jane Bird
28 Jul 1769

Death record of Lydia Bird — Lydia Bird, daughter
of Ebenezer and
Jane Bird
7 Jan 1780

Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Births:

Marriages:

Marriage record of Ira Whitney and Jane Burd — Ira Whitney and
Jane Burd
26 Nov 1789

Marriage record of Ebenezer Bird and widow Molly White — Ebenez^r Bird and
widow Molly White
23 Jan 1794

Marriage record of Samuell Bradford and Susanah Bird — Sam^ll Bradford and
Susanah Bird
Dec 1795

Marriage record of Eli Bird and Dimmis Dwight — Eli Bird and
Dimmis Dwight
16 Jan 1819

Deaths:

Death records of Sarah Bird, wife of Ebenezer Bird and Sarah Bird, daughter of Ebenezer Bird — Sarah Bird, wife of
Ebenezer Bird
20 Mar 1793
and
Sarah Bird, daughter
of Ebenezer Bird
15 Mar 1795

Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts

Marriages:

Marriage record of Ira Whitney and Jane Bird — Ira Whitney and
Jane Bird
(intention)
23 Nov 1789

Marriage record of Nathaniel Marble Junior and Sarah Bird — Nathaniel Marble Junr.
and Sarah Bird
(intention)
15 Jan 1788

Marriage record of James Bird and Nancy Hill — James Bird and
Nancy Hill
27 Jan 1797

Deaths:

Death record of Sarah Marble — Sarah Marble, wife
of Nathaniel Marble
1 Jul 1795

Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Marriages:

Marriage record of Nehemiah White and Molly Ripley — Nehemiah White
and Molly Ripley
16 Apr 1774

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Conway Marriages

BIRD, James and Nancy Hill, both of C., int. Dec. 23, 1796.

Jane and Ira Whitney [q.v.].

Sarah and Nathaniel Marble Jr. [q.v.]

...

MARBLE, Nathaniel Jr. of C. and Sarah Bird of Williamsburg, int. Jan. 15, 1788.

...

WHITNEY, Ira of C. and Jane Bird of Williamsburg, int. Nov. 23, 1789.

...

Conway Deaths

WHITNEY, ______, w. Ira, Nov. 11, 1797.

Source: Vital Records of Conway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1943, pgs. 127-128, 168, 198.

Weymouth Births

Molley [dup. Molly], s. Nehemiah and Molley [dup. Molly], May 24, 1782.

...

Nathaniel, s. Nehemiah and Molley [dup. Molly], May 4, 1778.

...

Silvanus, s. Nehemiah and Molley [dup. Molly], Jan. 9, 1780.

Source: Foster, F. Apthorp (ed.), Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Vol. I - Births, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910.

Name:    Nathaniel Marble
Gender:    Male
Spouse:    Mary Faunce
Marriage Date:    21 Dec 1795
City:    Conway
County:    Franklin
Source:    Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0903684.

Name:    Ira Whitney
Gender:    Male
Spouse:    Rebekah Ahrtwell
Marriage Date:    22 Jun 1798
City:    Conway
County:    Franklin
Source:    Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0903684.

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850.

Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Deaths:

Death record of Dimis Damon — Dimis Damon
3 Feb 1881

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data:Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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1790

Williamsburgh, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Name:   Ebenezer Bird
Home in 1790 (City, County, State):   Williamsburgh, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:   1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:   1
Free White Persons - Females:   2
Number of Household Members:   4

Conway, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Nathaniel Marble, Jr. household in 1790 — Household: Nathaniel
Marble Jr.;
Year: 1790;
Census Place: Conway,
Hampshire, Massachusetts;
Series: M637;
Roll: 4;
Page: 135;
Image: 160;
Family History Library
Film: 0568144

Name:   Nathaniel Marble Junior
Home in 1790 (City, County, State):   Conway, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:   1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:   1
Free White Persons - Females:   2
Number of Household Members:   4

Source: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1800

Conway, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Ira Whitney household in 1800 — Household: Ira Whitney;
Year: 1800;
Census Place: Conway,
Hampshire, Massachusetts;
Series: M32;
Roll: 15;
Page: 751;
Image: 66;
Family History Library
Film: 205614

Name:   Ebenezer Bird
Home in 1800 (City, County, State):   Conway, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:   1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:   1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:   1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over:   1
Number of Household Members Under 16:   1
Number of Household Members Over 25:   2
Number of Household Members:   4

Name:   Ira Whitney
Home in 1800 (City, County, State):   Conway, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:   4
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:   1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:   1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:   2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:   1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:   1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over:   1
Number of Household Members Under 16:   7
Number of Household Members Over 25:   4
Number of Household Members:   11

Source: Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1810

Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Name:   Molly Bird
Home in 1810 (City, County, State):   Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:   1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over:   1
Number of Household Members Under 16:   1
Number of Household Members Over 25:   1
Number of Household Members:   2

Fabius, Onondaga, New York

Ira Whitney household in 1810 — Household: Ira Whitney;
Year: 1810;
Census Place: Fabius,
Onondaga, New York;
Roll: 34;
Page: 37;
Image: 00026;
Family History Library
Film: 0181388

Name:   Ira Whitney
Home in 1810 (City, County, State):   Fabius, Onondaga, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:   1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:   1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:   1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:   1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:   2
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over:   1
Number of Household Members Under 16:   2
Number of Household Members Over 25:   2
Number of Household Members:   7

Pompey, Onondaga, New York

Samuel Bradford household in 1810 — Household: Sam^l Bradford;
Year: 1810;
Census Place: Pompey,
Onondaga, New York;
Roll: 34;
Page: 24;
Image: 00019;
Family History Library
Film: 0181388

Name:   Saml Bradford
Home in 1810 (City, County, State):   Pompey, Onondaga, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:   1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:   1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:   1
Number of Household Members Under 16:   1
Number of Household Members Over 25:   2
Number of Household Members:   3

Phelps, Ontario, New York

Nathaniel Marble household in 1810 — Household: Nath^l Marble;
Year: 1810;
Year: 1810;
Census Place: Phelps,
Ontario, New York;
Roll: 33;
Page: 824;
Image: 00245;
Family History Library
Film: 0181387

Name:   Nathl Marble
Home in 1810 (City, County, State):   Phelps, Ontario, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:   2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:   1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:   1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:   1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:   1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:   1
Number of Household Members Under 16:   4
Number of Household Members Over 25:   2
Number of Household Members:   7

Source: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1830

Marcellus, Onondaga, New York

Ira Whitney household, continued — Part 2 of the previous
entry

Name:   Ira Whitney
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):   Onondaga, New York, Marcellus
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:   1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:   1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:   1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:   2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:   2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:   1
Free White Persons - Under 20:   5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:   3
Total Free White Persons:   8
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):   8

Source: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1850

Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Source: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1870

Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Source: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

1880

Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Source: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

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1855

Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Reuben Damon household in 1790 — Household: Reuben Damon;
Census Place: Chesterfield,
Hampshire, Massachusetts;

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Massachusetts. 1855–1865 Massachusetts State Census [microform]. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Gravestone of Ebenezer Bird, son of Ebenezer and Jane — Ebenezer Bird, son of
Ebenezer and Jane
(d. 1760)
Photo credit: Jeffrey
James,
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Gravestone of Ebenezer Bird Junior, son of Ebenezer and Jane — Ebenezer Bird, Jr., son of
Ebenezer and Jane
(d. 1770)
Photo credit: Jeffrey
James,
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Gravestone of Esther Bird, daughter of Ebenezer and Jane — Esther Bird, daughter
of Ebenezer and Jane
(d. 1769)
Photo credit: Jeffrey
James,
findagrave.com

EBENEZER BIRD ] SON TO Mr EBENEZER & Mrs | JANE BIRD;
DIED I MAY 3D 1760: | AGED 3 MONs & | 11 DAYS

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Source: Fallon, William J. (chair), Annual Report of the Cemetery Department for the Year 1904-1905, Boston, 1905, p. 69

Bofat Cemetery, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Gravestone of Dimis Damon — Dimis Dwight
Photo credit: Erin
Bohannon,
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North Royalton Cemetery, North Royalton, Cuyahoga, Ohio

Gravestone of Boaz and Nancy (Hill) Granger — Boaz and Nancy (Hill)
Granger (full view of
monument)
Photo credit: frank orr,
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