V. FIFTH GENERATION:EBENEZER WHITMAN

"Captain Ebenezer Whitman , son of Ebenezer and Abigail Freelove Whitman was born in 1765. He was married in 1788 to Lydia, daughter of Deacon John and Lydia Snow Whitman, she was born in 1765 and died in 1826. He was married on 28 March 1832 to Mrs. Hannah Latham who died on 8 July 1838. He was later married to Myra Coleman.

He moved, in about 1796, with his family and a sister Abigail to Windsor, Massachusetts in the Berkshire Mountains, near the Appalachian Trail. They settled on a farm in the east part of the town, the journey of 100 miles taking 13 days. He died 5 November 1849 at the age of 84."

  1. He had three children;1
  2. 1) a son born 22 September and died 8 October 1789, burial in Old Graveyard, East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
  3. +2) James, born 25 July 1791, married 29 April 1812 Chloe Whitman, he died 11 December 1878, age 87.2
  4. 3) Lydia, born 7 November 1800, married 16 February 1837 Soreno Bliss of Savoy. She died 26 December 1876.3
  1. Sources:
  2. Source (19), page 422.
  3. Source (19), page 422.
  4. Source (19), page 423.
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