IV. FOURTH GENERATION:EBENEZER WHITMAN

"Ebenezer Whitman, son of Nicholas Whitman and Mary Conant Whitman was born in 1736 and 0n 21 Nov. 1760 in Bidgewater, MA, married Abigail Freelove. She was Daughter of John Freelove and Abigail Washburn, born 1741, died 1 March 1786, burial in Old Graveyard. He settled at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, about 25 miles south of Boston. He was a man of intelligence and virtue, amiable in disposition and much respected by his neighbors. The muster rolls show that Ebenezer Whitman of Bridgewater marched to Horse Neck, Braintree, on 4 March 1776. He was also called out on the occasion of the alarm at Bristol, RI., on 8 December 1776. He died of consumption 11 February 1786 at the age of 50. His widow died 1 March 1786." Burial In Old Graveyard, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.
  1. They had four children;
  2. Capt. Ebenezer, born 1765, married #1 Lydia Whitman 1788, died 5 November, 1849.
  3. Jepthah, born 12 April 1767, married 14 April 1790 Betsey Tinkham, died 30 January 1853.
  4. Abigail, born 1769, died 1844.
  5. Sarah, born 2 June 1774, died 1786.
  1. Sources:
  2. Source (19), Page 34, 57.
  3. Source (19), page 422.
  4. Source (19), page 424.
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