Elijah Estabrooks

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQW-XZQ : 13 July 2016), Elijah Easterbrook and Hannah Daniels, 01 Oct 1724; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,093.

"Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHYN-PJ3 : 10 December 2014), Elijah Estabrooke, 01 Dec 1740; citing Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, reference P 301 R 2; FHL microfilm 872,789.

Notes for Elijah Estabrooks Sr.:

Elijah Married Hannah Daniels October 01, 1724 in Boston, Massachusetts. Thomas Prince, a Presbyterian Minister, performed the ceremony.

The place of residence for this family between 1724 and 1734 is unclear. There is a tradition on the Saint John River in New Brunswick that their son Elijah, was born in England about 1727, and that the father brought his family back to North America in 1730, and lived in Rhode Island.

Mrs. Elizabeth (Watson) Estabrooks, wife of Abraham, great grandson of Elijah and Hannah (Daniel) Estabrooks, "Aunt Betsy Abe' to the family, established a fruit business in Saint John, New Brunswick, and lived nearly one-hundred years, remaining alert and keen to the end. Her early married life was spent on a farm at Swan Creek, Queens Co. , New Brunswick, near upper Gagetown, property of John, her father-in-law, who was son of Elijah and Mary (Hackett) Estabrooks. Aunt Betsy Abe was full of Estabrooks tradition, and declared that she knew more about the Estabrooks than they new about themselves. She said Elijah, son of Elijah and Hannah (Daniel) Estabrooks, was born in England.

Elijah and his family possibly lived in Rhode Island from about 1730-1734, when they removed to Sherborn, Massachusetts, where his wife's family lived, and where his sister Hannah lived also. He died, intestate, in 1740, and his assets were meager. His relatives in Sherborn, and in particular his sister Hannah and her husband, Joseph Frost, looked after his family.

His widow Hannah, remarried February 09, 1743/44, to Joseph Burrell, of Newbury, Massachusetts. He owned a house and a shipbuilding business, in East Haverhill (Rocks Village), where they lived. Her children Samuel, Elijah, Submit, and possibly Hannah Estabrooks, lived there with them.

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Elijah was the original immigrant to Canada following the French and Indian War, which he fought in with Nehemiah, son of Elijah's brother John. "The Red Rose Tea Company" was founded by his descendant Theodore H. Estabrook. Mrs. Elizabeth (Watson) Estabrook, wife of Abraham, great grandson of Elijah and Hannah Estabrook, "Aunt Betsy Abe" to the family, established a fruit business in Saint John, New Brunswick, and lived nearby one-hundred years, remaining alert and keen to the end. Her early married life was spent on a farm at Swan Creek, Queens Co., New Brunswick, near upper Gagetown, property of John, her father-in-law, who was son of Elijah and Mary (Hackett) Estabrook. Aunt Betsy Abe was full of Estabrook tradition, and declared that she knew more about the Estabrooks than they knew about themselves. She said Elijah, son of Elijah and Hannah Estabrook, was born in England. Elijah and his family possibly lived in Rhode Island from about 1730-1734, when they removed to Sherborn, Massachusetts, where his wife's family lived, and where his sister Hannah lived also. He died, intestate, in 1740, and his assets were meager. His relatives in Sherborn, and in particular his sister Hannah and her husband Joseph Frost, looked after his family. His widow Hannah, remarried February 9, 1743/44, to Joseph Burrell, of Newbury, Massachusetts. He owned a house and a shipbuilding business, in East Haverhill (Rocks Village), where they lived. Her childern Samuel, Elijah, Submit, and possibly Hannah Estabrook, lived there with them.

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Death date:  1 Dec 1740  Death place:  Sherborn, Massachusetts  1,2495::7604147 

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Death date:  1 Dec 1740  Death place:  Sherborn, Massachusetts  1,2495::7604147 

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Marriage date:  1 Oct 1724  Marriage place:  Boston, Massachusetts  1,2495::18514128