Jonathan Wetherbee, of Stow

Not the same as Col. Jonathan Wetherbee

Jonathan Wetherbee of Stow executed his Will on 29 December 1792. His Will was filed in Middlesex County on 11 February 1793, and his widow petitioned for Probate. Probate was ordered on 13 March 1793.

Stow VR has his marriage record as "(WETHERBEE) Jonathan and Sarah Whitman, Nov. 15, 1780." <archive.org>

Stow VR has Jonathan and Sarah with these children:

• Betty, Feb. 25, 1781.
• Daniel, Aug. 27, 1782. died. No death record in Stow.
• Sarah, March 30, 1784.
• Daniel, Nov. 13, 1785.
• Jonathan, July 29, 1787.

2 children were baptized in Woolwichtown, Maine:

• Lewis, bpt. 11 Oct 1789
• Whitman, bpt. 31 July 1781, d. Young, not names in Will, no guardian appointed

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Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 < AncestrySharing >

• Name Jonathan Wetherbee
• Gender Male
• Residence Date Abt 1772
• Residence Place Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Will Date 29 Dec 1772
• Probate Date 1769 / sic: 1793
• Probate Place Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Inferred Death Year 1769 / sic: 1793
• Inferred Death Place Massachusetts, USA
• Case Number 24173
• Others Listed 2 Jonathan Wetherbee, Sarah Wetherbee

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Disambiguation

According to Alexander, Lura F. Genealogy, descendants of William and Dorcas Fallass of Boston, Massachusetts … (1929) page 103-104 < AncestrySharing >; (document), Col. Jonathan Wetherbee (1749-1811) was the son of Joseph Wetherbee, Sr. & Elizabeth Wetherbee.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wetherbee-202

Conflated profiles

This https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wetherbee-202 and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wetherbee-522 currently share the same birth date and place, though they are clearly not the same person. Spratlin-29 21:11, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

This https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wetherbee-202 is also conflated with that https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wetherbee-522 on Find a Grave where the Jonathan that died in 1811 is shown married to Sarah Whitman.

Origins

Unclassified

Mazza, Ethel Wethebee. John Wetherbee of Marlboro and Stow, Massachusetts, Volume 1. (1991). page 89. < Archive.Org > (free ID of borrow). (Document attached). Unclassified Families - Family A, UA-1

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References

1. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHBQ-9MC : 24 January 2020), Sarah Whitman in entry for Jonathan Wetherbee or Wetherby or Witherby, 15 Nov 1780.
2. Probate Court, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts), Probate papers 24074-24181; database with images, FamilySearch < link >; (document attached). Will written 29 December 1792.
3. Probate Court, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts), Probate docket Tr-Wi 22801-25200; database with images, FamilySearch < link >; (document attached). Estate probated 11 February 1793
4. Ancestry tree well sourced, no parents attached. Comment: “born About 1758. Uncertain parents. Two births conflated.”
5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wetherbee-202 notes there were conflated Jonathans
6. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LHGC-9PN conflates Jonathans
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148968349/jonathan-wetherbee conflates Jonathans
8. Mazza, Ethel Wethebee. John Wetherbee of Marlboro and Stow, Massachusetts, Volume 1. (1991). page 89. < Archive.Org > (free ID of borrow). (Document attached). Unclassified Families - Family A, UA-1. “Sarah m 2) John Hunter.” (But VR show her second husband as Abraham Whitney.)