Ebenezer Hartwell

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hartwell-79

Ebenezer Hartwell, eldest child of John and Priscilla (Wright) Hartwell was born in Concord, MA, February 28, 1665 or April 5, 1666 (p. 12)[1], and died in Carlisle, January 1, 1723-4. He bought his homestead of his father in law and the southern half of the house where John S. Keyes lately lived in Concord village across the line in Carlisle. (p. 6)[2]

He married March 27, 1690, Sarah Smedley (p. 32) [1], daughter of John and Sarah (Wheeler) Smedley, who was born in 1670 and died November 13, 1715. (p. 6)[2](p. 122)[3]

THE ELISHA JONES HOUSE, Concord, MA: Situated on Monument Street, a short distance from the lane leading to the Battle ground and just beyond the Old Manse on the opposite side of the way. Its first owner was John Smedley, an original grantee of Huguenot descent, who arrived at the Concord plantation probably before 1640.

As first constructed the house contained but two rooms, one above the other, and faced the four points of the compass. The frame was of ash the boarding of pitch pine, the latter having edges that overlapped to protect from the weather. The lower portion of the chimney was made of stone and clay mortar and its dimensions were twelve feet by eight. John Smedley Jr., the son of John Smedley the first proprietor, who married Sarah Wheeler on May 5, 1669, was the second owner of the house and he added two rooms on the south side and between them an entry and stairway and perhaps the east leanto. From John Jr. the house passed to his son-in-law Ebenezer Hartwell, who married Sarah Smedley, daughter of John Jr. (p. 301)[4]

As previously discussed, the tax records indicated that Sarah Smedley remained in the house until 1724. In the tax records from 1722 and 1723, Ebenezer Hartwell, Jr., was listed as the other owner and presumably the occupant of the property.27

Ebenezer Hartwell, Jr., owned the property until May 1724, when he sold it to Samuel Jones for 210 pounds. The property would remain in the Jones family for more than a century, and was owned by Elisha Jones on April 19, 1775.

Children

1. John born April 1, 1691 (p. 34)[1]; was district clerk of Carlisle; ensign in the militia; married Mary ___. (p. 6)[2]
2. Priscilla born Dec. 18, 1692. (p. 37); died Jan. 7, 1692-3. (p. 24) [1]
3. Sarah born July 28, 1694(p. 39); married Jonathan Melvin. (p. 87)[1]
4. Priscilla born January 27, 1696-7; died August 2, 1778. (p. 43; p. 56)[1]
5. Ebenezer born March 22 1698- 9(p. 47)[1]; died 1739; went to Groton married Rachel Farnworth, (p. 82)[5] who was born Dec. 8, 1704, daughter of John and Hannah (Aldis) Farnworth. (p. 12)[6]
6. Samuel born in Concord April 30, 1702 (p. 53)[1]; died in Groton May 26, 1782; married 1727-8, Sarah Farnworth, born Nov. 20, 1707, duaghter of John and Hannah (Aldis) Farnworth. (p. 12)[6] She died in 1733. He married second, on June 7, 1737 Sarah Holden. (p. 83) [5] (p. 122)[3] (p. 33)[2]

References

1. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Ebenezer_Hartwell_%282%29
   1. Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891) p. 12. “Ebenesar sonn of John heartwell & Presilla his wife borne 5 aprill 1666: [Footnote: "The County record give to this entry the date (28 feb. 1665) properly belonging to the next entry following [note: in the town records, the next entry is John Fletcher b. 28 Feb 1665], and omit the latter [i.e, John Fletcher] altogether.]
   2. Crane, Ellery B. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1907) Vol. 4, p. 122. “Ebenezer Hartwell, s/o John Hartwell, b. Concord 28 Feb 1665, d. Carlisle 1 Jan 1723/24, m. 27 Mar 1690 Sarah Smedley.”
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hartwell-79 cites
   1. Vital Records of Concord Massachusetts to the Year 1891, Printed by the Town
   2. Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1636-1887: An Account of the Descendants of William Hartwell, of Concord, Mass., by Lyman Willard Densmore, G.E. Crosby, 1887. Page 6. < GoogleBooks >
   3. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 4 By Ellery Bicknell Crane Lewis Publishing Company, 1907
   4. The History of Concord, Massachusetts. V. 1-: Colonial Concord By Alfred Sereno Hudson Erudite Press, 1904
   5. Vital Records of Groton Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, 1927
   6. The Aldis family of Dedham, Wrentham, Roxbury and Franklin, Massachusetts, by By F.H. Whitin See also:
   7. Palmer Groups: John Melvin of Charlestown and Concord, Mass. and His Descendants ; Gathered and Arranged for Mr. Lowell Mason Palmer of New York By Emily Wilder Leavitt Press of David Clapp & Son, 1905
   8. Elisha Jones House and Shed: Historic Structure Report By James J. Lee (III.) Historic Architecture Program, Northeast Region, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2007 < PDF >. Page 24-25.
   9. Matthias Farnsworth and his descendants in America, by Claudius Buchanan Farnsworth, Providence, RI, 1891
   10. Harwood, Joseph A., Records of Littleton, Massachusetts (Patriot Press, Concord, Massachusetts, 1900) Page 407.