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Ebenezer Childs, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Death:
Immediate Family:

Son of Ebenezer Childs and Hope Childs
Husband of Abigail Childs and Hannah Childs
Father of Hannah Childs
Half brother of Rebecca Crocker; Hannah Crosby; Benjamin Hamblin, Jr. and Hope Howland Hamblin

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Immediate Family

About Ebenezer Childs, Jr.

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LC5D-ZDQ/ebenezer-childs-1720

Ebenezer Childs

Birth • 1 Sources about 1720 Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Death • 0 Sources

Ebenezer Childs, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Family Members

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

Ebenezer Childs 1720-

Marriage: 5 Jan 1745 Barnstable, Mass.

Hannah Crocker 1718-1755

Children (4)

EBENEZER CHILDS 1747-

JOSIAH CHILDS 1749-

Hannah Childs 1751-

DAVID CHILDS 1754-

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

Ebenezer Child 1691-1756

Marriage: 1719 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Hope Huckins 1689-1783

Children (6)

Ebenezer Childs 1720-

Elizabeth Child 1720-1720

Rachel Child 1725-

Richard Child 1725-

Mary Child 1727-1762

Mercy Child 1729-


Biography

Ebenezer Childs III was born in 1723 in the Town of Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America to Ebenezer Childs and Hope Huckins. He married Hannah Crocker in 1746 and they had four children, three sons and a daughter. There is some confusion as to the name of child #2, Joseph or Josiah (see Research Log). Hannah died in 1755 and he married, second, Abigail Freeman in 1756. They produced five children, two sons and three daughters. When or where Ebenezer died is uncertain at this time.

Research Log

Genealogy of the Child, Childs, and Childe families, Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data:Child, Elias,. Genealogy of the Child, Childs, and Childe families : of the past and present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881. Utica, N.Y.: Published for the author by Curtiss & Childs, 1881. Chapter X. Samuel Child and descendants, Pg 860. Accessed 5 Jan 2023.

The second child is named Joseph.

Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. New England Historical Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vitals to 1850. Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts to the end of 1849, Barre Deaths, Pg 238. Accessed 5 Jan 2023.

Josiah s. Ebenezer and Hannah, July 4, 1766. G.S. (grave stone record).

Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Title: Transcript of Records, 1713-1781; Vol· 2, Pg 322. Accessed 5 Jan 2023.

Ebenezer Childs Jur & Hannah his Wife...Their son Josiah Childs born 8 Aug 1749.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Childs-209

Ebenezer Childs II (1723 - abt. 1789)

Ebenezer Childs II

Born 10 Apr 1723 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America

Son of Ebenezer Childs and Hope (Huckins) Childs

Brother of Hannah Hamblen [half], Rebecca Hamlin [half], Benjamin Hamlin [half], Hope Howland (Hamblin) Hamblen [half], Elizabeth Childs, Richard Childs, Mary Childs and Mercy Childs

Husband of Hannah (Crocker) Childs — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Husband of Abigail (Freeman) Childs — married 1 Jul 1756 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Colony

Father of Josiah Childs, Hannah (Childs) Bodfish, Jonathan Childs and Mary (Childs) Brimhall

Died about 6 Oct 1789 at about age 66 in Massachusetts, USA [uncertain]

Profile last modified 9 Jan 2023 | Created 6 Jun 2011

Sources

Birth

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch [1], Ebenezer Childs in entry for Ebenexer Childs, 1723. Accessed 5 Jan 2023.

Other information in the record of Ebenexer Childs from Massachusetts Births and Christenings: Name Ebenexer Childs, Gender Male, Birth Date 10 Apr 1723, Birthplace BARNSTABLE,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, Father's Name Ebenezer Childs.

Christening

Barnstable, MA: Church Records, 1639-1892, (Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.), pg 123, accessed 02 January 2016.

May 19 1723... Ebenr of Hope wife of Eben Chiles August 1725.

Marriage

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, database, FamilySearch [2], accessed 30 Dec 2015, Ebenezer Childs and Hannah Crocker, 15 Jan 1746; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 947,061.

Ebenezer Childs mentioned in the record of Ebenezer Childs and Hannah Crocker Name Ebenezer Childs Spouse's Name Hannah Crocker Event Date 15 Jan 1746 Event Place Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com. [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). Title: Town Records, 1731-1794; Vol· II, Pg 115. Accessed 5 Jan 2023.

1756 July 1 Ebenezer Childs & Abigail Freeman were married by Rev Isaih Dunster.

Death

Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts. Probate Records (Worcester County, Massachusetts); Index 1731-1881; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County); Probate Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, Vol 214-215, 1755-1875, image #470, Pg 326. Accessed 7 Jan 2023.

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Ebenezer Childs, Jr.'s Timeline

1723
April 10, 1723
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
1751
September 10, 1751
Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA, United States
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