Ebenezer Witham

Brief Life History of Ebenezer

When Ebenezer Witham was born on 24 June 1753, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Ebenezer Witham, was 51 and his mother, Elizabeth Pattee, was 40. He married Sarah Hood Hoole on 25 January 1777, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 12 May 1826, in Danville, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Ebenezer Witham
1753–1826
Sarah Hood Hoole
1754–1810
Marriage: 25 January 1777
Witham
1777–1780
Witham
Elizabeth Hoole Witham
1778–1839
John Witham
1780–1815
Sarah Hool Witham
1783–1808
Dorcas Witham
1786–1796
Ebenezer Witham III
1788–1858
Thomas Witham
1790–
Asa Witham
1793–1825

Sources (53)

  • Ebenezer Witham, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Ebenezer Witham, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
  • Ebenezer in entry for Sarah Hool, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"

World Events (7)

1760

Historical Boundaries: 1760: Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Cumberland, Maine, United States

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places so called, particularly those in Essex, Lincolnshire, and Somerset, though most often from Essex. The Essex placename may derive from Old English wiht ‘curve, bend’ + hām ‘village, homestead’. North and South Witham in Lincolnshire take their names from the river Witham (of uncertain origin). Witham on the Hill (Lincolnshire) may derive from the Old English personal name Wit(t)a, Old English wita ‘councillor’, or wiht ‘curve, bend’ + hām. The Somerset placename derives from the Old English personal name Wit(t)a or Old English wita + hām.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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