 1692 - 1775
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| Name |
Eliphalet Holbrook, yeoman |
| Suffix |
yeoman |
| Born |
27 Feb 1692 |
Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
19 Oct 1775 |
Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts [1] |
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| Notes |
- Eliphalet Holbrook obtained of Sylvanus Holbrook in 1716 by exchange 65 acres on the Country Road and Beaver Pond River in Bellingham. In 1737, Eliphalet Holbrook was among the fifteen founders of the Baptist Church in Bellingham, the fourth Baptist church in all of Massachusetts. The other fourteen original signers were Nicholas Cook, Benjamin Force, Ebenezer Hayward, Eleazer Hayward, Samuel Hayward, Joseph Partridge, Edward Pickering, Eleazer Taft, John Thompson, Jonathan Thompson, Peter Thompson, Samuel Thompson, Elnathan Wight, Joseph Wight.
He with Jonathan Thomson and Joseph Wight received in 1744 the deed from Elnathan Wight of the land for the 1st Baptist Church at Crimpville. In 1767, Eliphalet Holbrook, weaver, deeded his homestead on both sides of the road from Mendon to Boston to his son Eliphalet. He was town clerk for six years at three different
times, and treasurer for 12 years in all at five different times. He died in 1777 and left 8 children.
28 Holbrooks were born in Bellingham before 1750 and 190 before 1850, making this the largest family in town.
!History of the Town Bellingham, Mass. 1719-1919; George F. Partridge; publ by the town 1919;p.54
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| Person ID |
I6285 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
14 Oct 2001 |
| Father |
Peter Holbrook, b. 07 Mar 1655, Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts , d. 03 May 1712, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
| Mother |
Alice Godfrey, b. 1654, Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts , d. 29 Apr 1705, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
| Married |
Oct 1677 |
probably, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| Family ID |
F416 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Johanna Rockwood, b. 15 Aug 1692, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 06 Apr 1777, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| Married |
07 Nov 1716 |
Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Ebenezer Holbrook, b. 03 Jun 1717, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts , d. 31 May 1805, Milford, Worcester Co, Massachusetts |
| | 2. Seth Holbrook, b. 26 Feb 1721, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts , d. 26 Sep 1747, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 3. Eliphalet Holbrook, Jr., b. 25 Oct 1725, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts , d. 28 Apr 1776, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 4. Noah Holbrook, b. 06 Dec 1727, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 5. Calib Holbrook, b. 14 Jan 1731, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts , d. 10 May 1757, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 6. Elijah Holbrook, b. 06 May 1736, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts , d. 02 May 1740, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 7. Johanna Holbrook, b. 21 Jul 1738, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts |
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| Family ID |
F356 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Bellingham:192.
- [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Mendon:373.
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