Ebenezer Varney, Sr.

Quaker and blacksmith. He built a home at the foot of what is now know as Garrison Hill in Dover, NH. House was built in 1669 and surroundling hill became known as Varney's Hill during the 1700s. In 1829, John Ham purchased the property and house became known as Varney-Ham House. House was destroyed in 1970s to make room for appartment complexes. Alt. birth year, 1664. His house was fortified and called Varney garrison house. Was a safe refuge for families of the area during Native attacks. Ebenezer Varney and Mary Otis were married about 1692 in Dover, NH.

Their children born in Dover:

Mary Varney born April 6, 1693.

Sarah Varney born September 10, 1695.

Stephen Varney born September 7, 1697.

Abigail Varney born February 22, 1699.

John Varney born November 15, 1701.

Ebenezer Varney born March 21, 1704.

Nathaniel Varney born January 17, 1706.

Thomas Varney born February 7, 1708.

Judith Varney born February 1710.

Samuel Varney born February 2, 1712.

Martha Varney born March 18, 1713.

Paul Varney born January 18, 1715.

Anne Varney born May 6, 1718.

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Biography

Ebenezer Varney, the son of Humphrey Varney and Sarah (Starbuck) (Austin) Varney was born about 1672 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire. Like his brother John, there apparently is no known birthrecord, but his birth date can be estimated by his stated age of 55 in 1727.

Ref: Barber, Kathleen Canney, and Janet Ireland Delorey. "William Varney of Ipswich and Gloucester, Massachusetts". The American Genealogist. (New Haven, Conn. : D.L. Jacobus), Jul 2006, p. 317. Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939), p. 703

Ebenezer married Mary Otis in about 1692 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire.

Ref: Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), p. 765

Children of Ebenezer and Mary (Otis) Varney:
Mary Varney
Sarah Varney
Abigail Varney
John Varney
Ebenezer Varney, Jr
Nathaniel Varney
Thomas Varney
Martha Varney
Samuel Varney
Judith Varney
Paul Varney
Anne Varney
Stephen Varney

Ebenezer died in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire sometime between 22 October 1753, when he signed his will, and 28 November 1753, when his will was entered into probate.

ref: New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015) Vol. 32-34, images 1168-1171 of 1219, accessed 2 Feb 2016

Ebenezer's will named his sons Stephen, John, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Thomas, Samuel, and Paul; his daughters Sarah Gaskin, Abigail Fry, Martha Twombly, Anna Hanson; children of his daughters Mary Horn and JudithHanson (both deceased); and his sons-in-law Samuel Gaskin, William Fry, John Twombly, Solomon Hanson, and Tobias Hanson (husband of deceased daughter Judith).

Ref: Otis G. Hammond, ed., Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, vol 4: 1750-53, vol 34: NH State Papers Series (1933), 471-76.

Notes

Ebenezer Varney ". . . like his father became a man of influence and substance. . . during the Indian troubles which accompanied the wars between the English and French powers, his house was strongly fortifiedand called Varney garrison house, and history states that it frequetly afforded safe refuge for the families of the locality against the incursions of marauding Indians. . ."

Mary Otis was taken in the 1689 Indian attack in Dover, NH. How she returned to marry Ebenezer Varney is still a mystery.

Sources

• Sarah Starbuck Varney, Memorial# 126590549, Created by: Robert DeVowe, 19 March 2014, Find A Grave
  

NOTE: contains disproven material.

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