Ebenezer ESTABROOKS
1759 - Abt 1851 (91 years)-
Name Ebenezer ESTABROOKS [1] Birth 7 Sep 1759 , Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA 
[1] Baptism 9 Sep 1759 , Second Church (Congregational), Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA [1] Gender Male Note - He married Maria Fletcher before 1783, settled in Gagetown, QueensCounty, New Brunswick, but was dispossessed by the Loyalists in 1785. Hethen lived for a time on his grant in Cambridge Parish, Queens County, ½of lot 25, and in 1796 he was living at Lakeville in the Parish ofSheffield, Sunbury County. He was one of those who signed the covenantof the Church at Waterborough, Queens County, 20 Oct 1800. This was theoccasion of forming the Baptist Church there. He moved to Lincoln,Sunbury County, about 1808, and that same year he received a grant ofland at Little River. On the 25th of December, 1813, he and severalothers asked to be dismissed from the church at Canning (thenWaterborough) to join in forming a Baptist church in Fredericton, whichwas the beginning of the Brunswick Street Baptist Church there. In 1816he took up 300 acres of land, Lot 7 in the fourth tier back ofJacksontown, Parish of Waterville, Carleton County, to farm where he diedabout 1851. About 1814 he married his second wife, Charlotte Ann Lounsbury. She wasborn in 1782 and died in 1860. After his death his widow, lived withthe Rideouts. This account is found on page 46 in the book, 'Pioneers Families ofCarleton County, New Brunswick, Canada', Published for privatedistribution by George H. Hayward, C. G., 29Leeds Drive, Fredericton, N.B. E3B 4S7 1-506-457-1306 Reverend Elijah ESTABROOKS was born on 16 May 1756 in Haverhill, MA. Hedied on 26 Sep 1825 in Upper Gagetown, Queens Co., NB. He was buried inUpper Gagetown, Queens Co., NB. He was Baptist. Probably the ElijahEsterbrooks who was granted 138 acres with Ebenezer Esterbrooks (lot 25)in the Parish of Waterborough, Queens Co., NB on 30 Jan 1787 by GeorgeIII. Cleared and improved about 7 acres of land and had built a log housebut it fell into decay when he moved up river to Township of Conway onaccount of the danger of his earlier position on land from Hazen andSimmons. He was noted as having moved against Cumberland and thus was asuspected rebel. Below is an account from Major Harold 'Hal' Skaarup, E-mail:h.skaarup@@worldnet.att.net Ebenezer was baptized in Boxford, Massachusetts, 28 August 1759. Hemarried Maria Fletcher before 1783 and they had nine children. Theysettled on Gagetown Neck, but were dispossessed by the Loyalists in 1785.He settled for a time on his grant in Cambridge (half of Lot 25); but by1796 he was living in Lakeville, Sheffield. He was one of those whosigned the covenant of the Church at Waterborough 20 October 1800. Thiswas the occasion of forming the Baptist Church. He moved to Lincoln about1808. In the same year he received land on Little River. On 25 December1813 Ebenezer Estabrooks and a number of others applied to be dismissedfrom the church at Canning to join in forming a Baptist Church inFredericton. This was the beginning of the Brunswick St. Baptist Church.In 1816, Ebenezer took up a large farm in Jacksontown, Parish ofWakefield, Carleton County, where he died about 1851. About 1814 hemarried a second time; his second wife was Charlotte Ann Lounsbury, born1782, died 1860. Ebenezer and Charlotte Ann had another five children.After Ebenezer's death, Charlotte Ann lived with the Rideouts, dyingabout 1860 at the age of 90.
Death Abt 1851 , Wakefield, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada [2] Person ID I54672 Ancestral Trails Last Modified 13 Apr 2024
Father Sgt. Elijah ESTABROOKS, Jr., b. Abt 1728, , Enfield, Middlesex, England d. Abt 11 Aug 1796, , Parish of Burton, Swan Creek, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age ~ 68 years) Mother Mary HACKETT, b. 1 Aug 1728, , Salisbury, Salisbury County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1778, , Canning, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 49 years) Marriage 14 Nov 1750 , Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA [3] Family ID F9613 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Martha Maria FLETCHER, b. , Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Marriage Bef 1783 [4] Children 1. Ebenezer ESTABROOKS, b. Abt 1784, , Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 16 Apr 1814 (Age ~ 30 years)2. David ESTABROOKS, b. Abt 1791, , Cambridge, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada 3. Thomas Fletcher ESTABROOKS, b. 1794, , Sheffield, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1823, , Lakeville, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 29 years)4. Stephen Potter ESTABROOKS, b. Abt 1797, , Sheffield, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 10 May 1870, New Brunswick, Canada (Age ~ 73 years)5. Joseph Fletcher ESTABROOKS, b. Abt 1798, , Sheffield Parish, Lakeville, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada 6. William Wilmot ESTABROOKS, Sr., b. 28 Jun 1803, , Sheffield Parish, Lakeville, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 23 Dec 1871, , Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, USA (Age 68 years)7. Maria Martha ESTABROOKS, b. 1804, , Cambridge, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 6 Jun 1865, , (Coytown), Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 61 years)8. Deborah ESTABROOKS, b. Abt 1806, , Sheffield Parish, Lakeville, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada 9. Harriet ESTABROOKS Family ID F9322 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Sep 2025
Family 2 Charlotte Ann LOUNSBURY, b. 13 Jul 1781, ,, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1860, ,, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 78 years) Marriage Abt 1814 ,, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada [1] Children 1. Ebenezer ESTABROOKS, b. Abt 1815, ,, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 16 Apr 1897, , Tracy Mills, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age ~ 82 years)2. Sarah ESTABROOKS, b. Abt 1817, , probably Jacksontown, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada 3. Chipman ESTABROOKS, b. 16 Dec 1818, New Brunswick, Canada d. 13 Apr 1890, , Waterville, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 71 years)4. Charlotte Ann ESTABROOKS, b. 1823 d. 1911 (Age 88 years) 5. George ESTABROOKS, b. Aft 1823 Family ID F9323 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Apr 2024
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