Estabrook Genealogy

Continued

In the twenty-nineth in this series we started with Joseph Estabrooks I of England whose son Joseph Estabrooks II arrived in Boston in 1660 and was graduated from Harvard in 1664. Joseph Estabrooks III, son of Joseph II, came next, then his son Elijah Estabrooks I whose wife was Hannah Daniel, and their son Elijah Estabrooks II who was born c1728, probably in England, and later came to the Saint John River. He was the antecedent of most if not all the Estabrooks families on the Saint John River.

Elijah Estabrooks II married, at Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 14, 1750, Mary, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Ring) Hackett, of Salisbury. Mass. The marriage ceremony was at Haverhill but is recorded in the Second Congregational Church at Salisbury. She was born in Salisbury Aug. 1, 1728. Her family were ship builders.

Elijah and Mary (Hackett) Estabrooks apparently lived in East Haverhill from 1750 to 1757 for the baptisms of their first three children are recorded there in the Fourth Congregational Church. They probably moved to Boxford, Mass., about 1757 where the baptisms of two children are recorded in the Second Congregational Church.

Elijah Estabrooks II was in the army in l758 and was discharged Nov. 7 of that year. He re-enlisted April 6, 1759, and was sent to Halifax, N.S., where he remained until Dec. 2, 1760. During his years in the army, 1758-1760, he kept a diary which is still extant. It may be seen among the Estabrooks-Palmer records in the Archives Department of the New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, N.B.

The last entry in the diary records his departure from Halifax. "Nov. the 25th day, 1760: We embarked on board the ship and the 27th day we went out to sea and about noon we had like to be cast away and we put into Halifax again and laid there until the second of December, and we then put to sea again and the l3th day we got into Boston and the l5th day I got home to my family."

During the next two and one-half years Elijah Estabrooks II made preparations to remove his family to the Saint John River. Early in 1763 he moved them to Halifax, then to Cornwallis near Digby, N.S., intending to leave them there until he had made arrangements for their settlement at Maugerville in Sunbury County. He crossed the Bay of Fundy and joined Israel Perley's party which was going up the river to occupy their lands. It is said he took his son, Elijah III, a boy of seven years, with him to see the country.

When he reached the township at Maugerville he found his lot was under water. He decided not to use it and returned to Cornwallis. During the next two years he was apparently exploring the possibilities of the new land. Tradition says he paid a visit to Sackville, N.B., where Valentine Estabrooks had settled. However, he was apparently set on the river, and on Oct. 18, 1765, he entered the employ of Simonds and White at Portland Point (Saint John, N.B.). In 1773 he made an agreement with William Hazen and James Simonds to settle in the township of Conway near the mouth of the river, Hazen and Simonds guaranteeing him 250 acres of land. An old census return dated August 1, 1775, shows that he had cleared and improved seven acres of land and built a log house by that time.

The American Revolutionary War first made itself felt on the Saint John in Aug. 1773 when a party from Machias, Maine, entered the harbor in a sloop, burned Fort Frederick on the Conway side and captured a brig loaded with provisions for the British troops in Boston. The inhabitants of Conway took to the woods to avoid the depredations of the marauders. And the experience was repeated several times as the war progressed.

In 1777, Elijah Estabrooks II, and those of his family who were still living at home, removed from the mouth of the river to land which was part of the Spry grant at Gagetown, on Grimross Neck. The following year, 1778, Mary (Hackett) Estabrooks died and was probably buried in the old Garrison graveyard on the Jemseg opposite Gagetown. He then married, Dec. 17, 1778, Sarah, widow of James Oakes and daughter of Philip Hammond of Marblehead, Mass., who was living at Cornwallis.

When the Loyalists arrived in N.B. in 1783 some of them were determined to dispossess the pre-Loyalists and occupy their land. Elijah Estabrooks II and his family at Grimross Neck found themselves harassed by the Loyalists and decided to remove to the Jemseg. He applied for and received one-half of lots 25 and 26 in Cambridge Parish, Queens County. His sons Ebenezer and Joseph received the other halves of the two lots. His son Elijah III was granted one-half of lot 3 at Jemseg, and lot 32 on the intervale.

The lots in Cambridge were beautifully situated on a ridge overlooking the Jemseg River near Grand Lake. The Garrison graveyard was just over the fence on a slope stretching down to a creek. Elijah II and two married sons, Ebenezer and Joseph, moved to their two lots in 1787. He became active in the Baptist Church in Cambridge and is mentioned several times in a book published by Rev. Walter R. Greenwood, M.A., Th.D., in 1941 entitled "The Early Baptists of Cambridge Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick." The children of Elijah and Mary (Hackett) Estabrooks were: Hannah (m. Zebedee Ring); Mary (m. Samuel Hartt); an infant which died five days after birth; Elijah III (m. Mary Whittemore); Samuel (died young); Ebenezer (m. lst, Maria Fletcher, 2nd, Charlotte Lounsbury); Joseph (m. 1st, Miss Clinch, 2nd, Lucretia Handy); Sarah (m. John L. Marsh); Abigail (m. William Harper); John (m. Catherine Ebbett); and Deborah Estabrooks (m. Moses Clark). By his second marriage to Sarah (Hammond) Oakes, Elijah Estabrooks II had two children: Elizabeth (m. Martin Holts); and Hammond Estabrooks (m. Rebecca Glazier).

Elijah Estabrooks II is said to have remained hale and hearty to the last. He spent his latter years with his son John at Swan Creek on the west side of the Saint John near Upper Gagetown. It is said there were two things he used to pray for. One was that he should never be sick and the other that he should die at his work. He used to pound grain for the chickens in a mortar. One summer afternoon in 1796 after working for a while he lay back in his chair and covered his face with his hat. His grandchildren, who were playing around, thought he was asleep but when they went to waken him for supper they found that he was dead. He was buried in the Garrison graveyard at Jemseg, N.B.

Elijah III, son of Elijah II and Mary (Hackett) Estabrooks, was born at Haverhill, Mass., May 16, 1756. In 1777 he married, in N.B., Mary, daughter of Hezekiah and Mary (Chamberlain) Whittemore. She was born in 1761 and died May 13, 1824. They lived in Canning, Queens Co., N.B. On Sept. 15, 1800, he was ordained a teaching elder of the Baptist Church in Cambridge Parish, Queens Co., and was an influential church leader on the Jemseg until his death, Sept. 26, 1825. He is referred to in several documents as the Rev. Elijah Estabrooks, and was buried at Upper Gagetown, N.B. His tombstone was erected by contributions from the various congregations he served. He is said to have been universally beloved and respected. He worked his farm during the week to support his family. On Sunday he fulfilled his duties as pastor. Their children were:

1. Hezekiah Estabrooks, b. July 18, 1779, and died Aug. 4, 1869. He married first, in 1803, Miss Turney, and second, in 1811, Sarah Turney. He married third, in 1835, Mrs. Catherine (Knox) Corey. On Sept. 21, 1811, he bought lots 42 to 48 inclusive in the Parish of St. Mary's. York Co., on the south side of the Nashwaak River, and part of Pennyauck Island, from John Harris and his wife who were Maryland Loyalists. He had several children: 1.1 George Estabrooks (m. Mary Abbott); 1.2 Emmeline Estabrooks (m. Mr. White and lived in Houlton, Maine); 1.3 Mary Estabrooks (m. David Manzer and lived on the Nashwaak); 1.4 Elijah Estabrooks (m. lst, Abigail Dennison, 2nd, Esther Logan). He kept store in Fredericton. N.B. 1.5 Sarah Estabrooks (m. Bernard B. Manzer); 1.6 Pruella Estabrooks (m. Mr. Dennison); 1.7 Hezekiah Estabrooks (m. Ann McDowall); 1.8 Turney Estabrooks (m. 1st, Catherine McLean, 2nd, Mary Logan). He lived at Nashwaak and in Fredericton, N.B. 1.9 Charles Estabrooks (m. 1st, Lydia Goodspeed, 2nd, Martha Gilmore). He and his second wife moved to Marinette, Wisconsin. 1.10 Harding Estabrooks (m. Lucy Brown); 1.11 Ruth Estabrooks (m. Michael White); 1.12 Frederick Estabrooks (m. Christianna Dennison); and 1.13 Calvin Estabrooks (m. Catherine Lawrence). He was a storekeeper at St. Mary's, opposite Fredericton, N.B.

2. Mary Estabrooks, b. Sept. 8, 1871, died young.

3. Hannah Estabrooks, b. Aug. 15, 1783, d. in 1853; m. Abner Brooks Jr. He was born June 23, 1783. Their children were: 3.1 Elijah, 3.2 Thomas, 3.3 Nelson, and 3.4 Emily Brooks.

4. David Hackett Estabrooks, b. Jan. 24, 1787, d. at Rockland, c1873, in his 87th year; m. Sept. 24, 1814, at St. John's Anglican Church, Gagetown, N.B., Sarah, daughter of Archelaus and Hannah (Birdsell) Purdy, who were Loyalists from White Plains, N.Y. She was born at Jemseg, N.B., Mar. 31, 1791, and died at Rockland c1877, aged 86 years. The Estabrooks Genealogy gives their marriage date as 1808 but I believe the church record, which shows 1814, is probably more correct. Also, the Estabrooks Genealogy records that they got land in Wakefield, Carleton County, N.B., in 1816 but settled in Brighton in 1829. The Parish of Brighton was not set off from "old Wakefield" until 1830, so I think it more likely they came directly to Rockland in 1816, although Sarah's obituary said she came to Brighton in 1823. In any event, they came to Carleton County about 150 years ago and were granted Lot No. 7, 256 acres, at Rockland on the southerly side of the Becaguimec River, where they lived the remainder of their lives, about 50 years. David Estabrooks is said to have been a Deacon of the Free Baptist Church for over 50 years, and to have given the land for the cemetery on his farm at Rockland where he and Sarah were buried. Their children were: 4.1 David Jarvis Estabrooks (shown on the family tombstone at Rockland as Jarvis D.), b. near Fredericton, N.B., Aug. 6, 1818, d. May 15, 1848; m. Nov. 16, 1845, Millicent Peters Nevers, daughter of Alexander and Millicent (Peters) Nevers. She was born April 14, 1826, and died Oct. 19. 1889. Their only child, Isabel Eliza, b. June 17, 1847, m. at Woodstock, N.B., Dec. 24, 1863, George Rainsford Burtt, a merchant in Hartland for many years. After her husband's death, Mrs. Millicent (Nevers) Estabrooks married Henry A. Belyea. 4.2 Frederick Jotham Estabrooks, b. Jan. 4, 1820. He was a school teacher in N.B. and later moved to Haverhill, Mass. He married, in 1864, Harriett Howard. They had no children that I know about. 4.3 Mary Jane Estabrooks, b. Sept. 20, 1823, d. May 21, 1905; m. Nov. 4, 1854, Douglas, son of Herbert and Mary (Sewell) Sewell. He was born c1826 and died Dec. 19, 1858, aged 32 years. Of this marriage there was one child, name unknown. Mary Jane later married Enoch Kinney. I do not know the names of his parents, nor do I know if there were any children by this marriage. 4.4 Nehemiah Purdy Estabrooks, b. June 26, 1826. He married Eliza Nevers, probably Margaret Eliza, daughter of Alexander and Millicent (Peters) Nevers. About 1870 they moved from Rockland to Houlton, and on to New Limerick, Maine. One son drove the cattle all the way. Their children were: David (never married); Millicent (m. George Harding Estabrooks); Charles (m. Hattie Randall); Elizabeth (m. Charles MacKenzie); Frederick; Clara (never married); Nevers (never married); and Annie Estabrooks (never married). 4.5 Elizabeth Ann Estabrooks, b. Nov. 20, 1830; m. Hilliam Albright. They had one child which died young at St. John, N.B. 4.6 Hannah Sarah Estabrooks, b. June 30, 1834, d. Apr. 17, 1889; m. Jan. 3, 1857, Melvin, son of George and Miriam (Sewell) Hayward. Melvin Hayward was a farmer and lumberman. They lived in Ashland, Carleton Co., where their two sons were born: Orrin P. (1857-1952, m. Cassie Dickinson and had sons Marvin L. and Percy R. Hayward); and Jarvis M. Hayward (1862-1929, m. Mary Jane Clowes and had a son, Harry Edgar Hayward).

We will continue with the family of Elijah III and Mary (Whittemore) Estabrooks. Some of them came to Carleton Co. while some remained in the southern part of the Province or went elsewhere.

5. John Estabrooks, b. June 4, 1790, at Canning, Queens Co., N.B., d. probably c1860; m. c1828, Mary, daughter of Edward Jr. and Jane (Murray) Coy of Sheffield, Sunbury Co., N.B. She was b. c1809. Their children were: 5.1 Jane Estabrooks, m. George Coy and lived near Gagetown. Children: Mary Ann, Phoebe, Leverett D., Alice, Amy, Nelson, George, Sarah J., Ida, and Minnie. The last two died in infancy. 5.2 Hannah Estabrooks, m. Mr. Balmaine, lived at Lower Hampstead. Children: Mary and Annie Balmaine. 5.3 William Estabrooks, 1831-1904, m. Phoebe Jane Akerley, lived at Upper Gagetown. Children: Theodore, Maude, Nettie, Edward F., and Mary Delilah Estabrooks. 5.4 Leverett Estabrooks, m. Jerusha McAdam, lived at Prince William, York Co., N.B. Children: Stella, Ethel, and Helice Estabrooks. 5.5 Mary Ann Estabrooks, never married. 5.6 Elijah Estabrooks, drowned in his youth. 5.7 Theodore Estabrooks, also drowned in his youth. 5.8 Edward Duncan Estabrooks, was a farmer at Prince William, married but had no children.

6. Samuel W. Estabrooks, b. March 23, 1792, Canning; m. his cousin, Jane, dau- ghter of Joseph and Lucretia (Handy) Estabrooks. About 1816 he removed to Carleton Co. and settled on Lot 16, 300 acres, in the fifth tier in the Parish of Wakefield in the Jacksontown area. It is said that he may have moved to the State of Maine in his later years. It is also said Jane may have been his second wife, his first having died after giving birth to a daughter Caroline? His children by Jane (Estabrooks) were: 6.1 Henry A. Estabrooks, b. c1821; m. Hannah Jane Hartt, lived in Fredericton and later may have moved to the U.S. Children: Henry, Allan J., Henry E., Laura, Ellen, all of whom died very young and were buried in Fredericton. 6.2 Ward Hackett Estabrooks. 6.3 Francis Estabrooks, moved to the U.S. 6.4 Mary Jane Estabrooks, married and is believed to have moved to the U.S.

7. Phoebe Estabrooks, b. June 17, 1794, Canning; m. John Mills. Children: 7.1 William Mills, and 7.2 Clem Mills.

8. Gideon Estabrooks, b. Aug. 17, 1796, Canning, d. May 12, 1880; m. Oct. 25, 1817, Jerusha, daughter of Thomas Turney of Swan Creek, Sunbury Co., N.B. In 1845 they removed to Lower Wicklow, Carleton Co., and joined the Centerville Baptist Church. In 1847 he was ordained pastor of the church in Simonds. Children: 8.1 Albert Estabrooks, b. May 20, 1819; m. Lavinia Ebbett. Children: Whitehead, Jarvis (m. Lucy Estabrooks), and Annie Ida Estabrooks. 8.2 Mary Hackett Estabrooks, b. Dec. 2, 1822; m. George Milbury. Children: Douglas, Duncan D., Watts A., Annie M., Emmeline E., Maude J., and Thomas C.B. Milbury. 8.3 Amy T. Estabrooks, b. Jan. 17, 1825; m. William Palmer. Children: Harvey and Addie Palmer. 8.4 Thomas Turney Estabrooks, b. Dec. 7, 1828; m. Phoebe Turney. They lived on the old homestead at Chester in the Parish of Wicklow, Carleton,Co., the farm which had belonged to his father. Children: Amasa Turney, 1856-1922, never married, and Henry Havelock Estabrooks (m. lst, Eugenia Longstaff, and 2nd, Annie Helen Estey). 8.5 Elizabeth Estabrooks, b. Dec. 7, 1831; m. Matthew Hutchinson. She died a young woman. Children: Jerusha, Sarah, and Thomas Hutchinson. 8.6 Jerusha Ann Estabrooks, b. July 30, 1833; m. Thonms Turney. Children: Duncan, Nelson, Elizabeth, Thomas H., and Amasa Turney. 8.7 Gideon Estabrooks, b. May 22, 1836; m. lst, Margaret Longstaff, and 2nd, Frances Squires. Children, lst: Duncan (never married), Annie Jerusha (m, Samuel Cain), Nelson (m. Annie Fairweather), Mary (m. Andrew Kilpatrick). Children, 2nd: Margaret (m. William Tweedie), and Mabel Estabrooks (m. Chipman Giberson).

9. Joseph Estabrooks, b. Apr. 12, 1798, Canning; m. lst, Deborah Donald. She died in 1848 and he m. 2nd, in May 1850, Elizabeth H., daughter of Daniei Palmer. She was born Sept. 19, 1819, and died April 17, 1858. They lived in Canning and shared with Jarvis Estabrooks, his brother, a double house and lot which was part of their father's original farm. Children, by his first marriage: Elijah, Phoebe, and Alexander Estabrooks.

10. Charles Estabrooks, b. July 7, 1800, Canning, d. June 27, 1897, Fredericton, N.B.; m. in March, 1827, Hannah L., daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Vail) Corey. They lived first in Canning, and from about 1865 in Fredericton. Children: 10.1 Caroline Estabrooks, b. May 16. 1830, d. Jan. 24, 1868; m. Jan. 18, 1851, William Ebbett, at Canning. Soon after their marriage they moved to Middle Simonds, Carleton Co., N.B. Children: Annie, Archibald, Charles, Melburn, Alice, Margaret, Caroline, and Frank Ebbett. 10.2 Margaret P. Estabrooks, b. Sept. 26, 1832; m. William Ebbett after her sister, his first wife, died. They had a daughter, Emma Lee Ebbett. 10.3 Adoniram Judson Estabrooks, b. Jan. 3, 1835; m. Catherine. daughter of Thomas and Catherine Turney of Swan Creek, Sunbury Co., N.B. They lived in Canning several years before moving to Fredericton. Children: Thomas Turney and Charles Gideon Estabrooks. 10.4 Charles Estabrooks, b. Nov, 30, 1836, d. Aug. 12, 1856. 10.5 David Estabrooks, b. Oct. 16, 1838, d. Mar. 12, 1865. 10.6 Edward J.H. Estabrooks , b. Apr. 16, 1841; m. May 3, 1817, Emma R. Jones, in Boston. They had a son, Edward R. Estabrooks. 10.7 Gideon Estabrooks, b. Jan. 30, 1845, d. Mar. 12, 1925 at Saginaw, Mich., buried at Fredericton. He never married. 10.8 Hannah Estabrooks, b. July 24, 1847, d. Oct. 19, 1853. 10.9 Alice Estabrooks, b. Oct. 12, 1849, d. Oct. 5, 1853.

11. Jarvis Estabrooks, b. June 9, 1802, d. Oct. 8, 1887; m. Mar. 17, 1827, Deborah Gillies. She was b. Sept. 5, 1807 and d. Aug. 14, 1876. They lived first at Canning where they shared the double house with his brother Charles, then moved to a farm near Scotchtown at Grand Lake in Queens Co., N.B. Their children: 11.1 Elizabeth Estabrooks, b. July 12, 1829, d. c1903; m. Isaac Ambrose, son of Daniel Palmer. They lived at Douglas Harbour on Grand Lake in Queens Co., N.B. She was author of the Estabrooks-Palmer records, so called, which may be found at the New Brunswick Museum, Archives Department, 277 Douglas Avenue, Saint John, N.B. They had a son, William Estabrooks Palmer. 11.2 Jesse Gillies Estabrooks, b. Oct. 9, 1831, d. Oct. 10, 1853. 11.3 Jarvis Estabrooks, b. Oct. 17, 1833; m. Margaret A. Brooks. They lived at Canning. Children: Henry, Nelson and Leslie Estabrooks. 11.4 Ruth Estabrooks, b. in Feb. 1835; m. 1st, Oct. 22, 1863, William McGowan. He died and she m. 2nd, Caleb Heustis. They lived at Upper Gagetown. She had one child which died young. 11.5 Annie Estabrooks, b. Dec. 24, 1837; m. Samuel B. Thompson. They had a son, Frederick Hollon Thompson. 11.6 Augusta Estabrooks, b. Dec. 11, 1839, d. Nov. 11, 1853. 11.7 John Hollon Estabrooks, b. Dec. 21, 1841; m. Sarah Clark of Chipman, N.B. They lived at Scotchtown, Queens Co. He sailed the river boats for many years and at one time was mate on the "May Queen." Children: Duncan Emery (1887-1949), Laura May (m. Sydney Byno), Jarvis Rudolph (never married). 11.8 Mary Wetmore Estabrooks, b. Nov. 24, 1843, d. Feb. 26, 1920; m. July 6, 1870, David N. Brooks. They lived in Hartford, Conn. Children: Nelson Bigelow, Herbert David, Edith Deborah, Jennie Elizabeth, Carey Marsham, Maude Mary, and Jarvis Esta Brooks. 11.9 Elijah William Carey Estabrooks, b. Oct. 3, 1846; m. lst, Janet Ann, eldest daughter of James Palmer of Scotchtown. She died in Nov. 1876, and he m. 2nd, Janet Ann Marshall. They moved to Merlin, Ont. Children, by lst marriage: James M.; by 2nd marriage: John, a son (name unknown), Hattie, Lizzie, Alice, Mabelle, and Margaret Estabrooks. 11.10 James Emery Estabrooks, b. Feb. 24, 1849. 11.11 Jemima Hatfield Estabrooks, b. Oct. 9, 1851, d. of diphtheria Nov. 16, 1853.

12. Jesse Estabrooks, b. in Oct. 1807; m. Rebecca, daughter of Reuben Hoben. They lived in Canning and had a son, Lebaron Estabrooks who m. lst, Elizabeth Coy in 1848, 2nd. Eva Mclntosh, and 3rd, Jean Mclntosh. He moved to Roxbury, Mass. His children were: Lebaron, Rebecca, Percy, and Gordon Estabrooks.

Lets go back now to a younger brother of Elijah Estabrooks III. He was Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 1762, at Canning, N.S., son of Elijah II and Mary (Hackett) Estabrooks. He married first, about 1784, Miss Clinch, and second, about 1786, Lucretia Handy. He probably lived on lot 26 at Jemseg in Cambridge Parish, Queens Co., N.B., which he shared with his father. This land was obtained in 1787. In 1796 he obtained land in the vicinity of French Lake in the Parish of Sheffield, Sunbury County. In July, 1800, he was appointed Deacon of the Baptist Church which was being formed in Canning, Queens County. In 1808 he obtained another grant of land at Little River near the Sunbury, Queens County boundary. Then, about 1816, he and his sons moved to Carleton County. They obtained grants in the Waterville area in the Parish of Wakefield. Later some of them moved to the Rockland area in the Parish of Brighton. After Lucretia died, Joseph went to Rockland and lived with his son, Samuel Estabrooks, where he died about 1840. His children, all by his second wife, were:

1. Samuel Estabrooks, b. Mar. 14, 1787, in Queens Co., N.B., d. Apr. 16, 1871, at Rockland; m. 1st, Myra Palmer, and 2nd, May 4, 1819, Ann, daughter of George and Mary (Smith) Hayward of Lincoln, Sunbury Co., N.B. Myra Palmer was born March 12, 1791, and died Oct. 10, 1818. Ann Hayward was born March 25, 1799, and died at Rockland, Oct. 13, 1874. Her brothers, George and William Hayward, lived at Ashland and Rockland, and her sister Mary (Mrs. Benjamin Thomas) lived at Rockland. The early settlers at Rockland, as in many other areas of the County, were not strangers in the wilderness. Many were, in fact, friends and relatives. Samuel Estabrooks, by his marriage to Myra Palmer, had four children. They were: 1.1 Alban Cole Estabrooks, b. May 12, 1811, Sheffield, N.B., d. May 12, 1847; m. Apr. 30, 1835, (Sophia) Jane, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Ackerson) Noble. She was born Feb. 9, 1814, and died May 11, 1887. He was killed by a falling log and it is said she mourned for forty years. Their children were: Samuel Noble Estabrooks, b. Mar. 5, 1836, d. Aug. 26, 1912 (m. Oct. 23, 1862, Amanda Turner, and had children, Annie, Jane E., Lora Mae, and S. Chesley Estabrooks); Shepherd Handy Estabrooks, b. Oct. 3, 1838, d. Sep. 18, 1883 (m. Jan, 27, 1863, Agnes Edgar Carter, and had children; George, Arthur, Alvaretta, Hannah, and Nellie Estabrooks); Lucretia Ann Estabrooks, b. Oct. 4, 1840, d. Apr. 17, 1931 (m. Dec. 20, 1862, Rev. Amos Henry, son of William and Fanny Hayward of Rockland. They had two sons who died in infancy); Alban Wallace Estabrooks, b. Oct. 15, 1842, d. Aug. 27, 1915 (m. Mar. 31, 1866, Louisa Jane Everett, and had children, Lucretia, Enoch B., Ralph J., Amos H., and Clara F. Estabrooks); and Enoch Barker Estabrooks, b. Feb. 2, 1845, d. Mar. 16, 1867, unmarried. 1.2 Levi Handy Estabrooks, b. Sep. 29, 1813, Sheffield, N.B., d. Apr. 13, 1882; m. May 11, 1836, Mary Ann, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Ackerson) Noble. She was b. Sep. 3, 1815, and d. Jan. 19, 1895, and was sister of Jane Noble who married Levi's brother, Alban Cole Estabrooks. Their children were: Elmira Ann Estabrooks, b. Aug. 3, 1838, d. Apr. 26, 1842, aged 3 yrs. and 8 months; Joseph Handy Estabrooks, b. May 10, 1842, d. Mar. 4, 1907 (m. Susan, daughter of Jacob Dunphy of the Boiestown area, N.B., and they had children, Maude and Ella); Caroline Amelia Estabrooks, b. Dec. 16, 1845 (m. Caleb Foster. They had no children); Althea Jane Estabrooks, b. Mar. 17, 1848 (m. George Ackerson. They had no children); and Louise Letitia Estabrooks, b. Nov. 17, 1851, d. Jan. 13, 1923 (m. first, Sep. 18, 1874, V. Adolphus, son of Elijah and Margaret Estabrooks, who was born Apr. 23, 1854, and died Dec. 1, 1889. They had one son, Harry, who died in childhood. She later married her second husband, George Ackerson, followed by her third marriage to Fred Nevers of Woodstock). 1.3 Lucretia A. Estabrooks, b. Jan. 17, 1816; m. Nov. 12, 1835, Daniel Bacon. She died young and they had no children. 1.4 Louisa Jane Estabrooks, b. May 10, 1818; m. Nov. 18, 1836, William Dickinson. Their children were, Hannah, Lucretia, Scott, Samuel, and George Dickinson. Samuel Estabrooks, by his second marriage to Ann Hayward, had one daughter, Georgieanna, b. Feb. 13, 1820, d. Feb. 5, 18?1, age one year.

2. Jane Estabrooks, daughter of Joseph and Lucretia (Handy) Estabrooks, birth date unknown, married her cousin, Samuel W., son of Elijah and Mary (Whittemore) Estabrooks. He was born in the Parish of Canning, Queens Co., N.B., May 23, 1792, and got land in the Parish of Wakefield, Carleton Co., in 1816, across the Jacksontown road from his uncle, Ebenezer Estabrooks. In 1851 a petition was presented to the legislature signed by Wm. Nevers, Samuel W. Estabrooks, and forty-four others, asking for local self government. It is believed he and Jane moved to the State of Maine around 1851. Their children were 2.1 Henry A., 2.2 Ward H., 2.3 Francis, and 2.4 Mary Jane Estabrooks. There may also have been a daughter, Caroline Estabrooks, who died July 18, 1846, in Fredericton, aged 22 years.

3. Rufus Estabrooks, son of Joseph and Lucretia (Handy) Estabrooks, b. c1789. He never married but received land in the Parish of Wakefield, Carleton Co., in 1816.

4. Joseph Estabrooks, son of Joseph and Lucretia (Handy) Estabrooks, b. June 24, 1790; m. first, Mary Hartt, and second, Charlotte Mills. He moved to the Waterville area of Carleton Co. in 1816. He had two sons, 4.1 Joseph (m. Charlotte Stickney), and 4.2 William Estabrooks (m. Charlotte Burpee).

5. Ward Hackett Estabrooks, son of Joseph and Lucretia (Handy) Estabrooks, b. c1792. His first wife was Martha Yerxa, and his second a Miss Barbour of Saint John. He moved to the Parish of Wakefield, Carleton County. He had a son, Ward Estabrooks, and other children whose names are unknown to me.

6. Lucretia Estabrooks, daughter of Joseph and Lucretia (Handy) Estabrooks, b. Nov. 21, 1796, d. Feb. 26, 1870; m. Oct. 29, 1818, William Shepherd Estey, in Fredericton. He was born in the Parish of Queensbury, York Co., N.B., Oct. 4, 1797, and died July 20, 1881. Their children were: 6.1 Mary Jane, 6.2 Harris Shepherd, 6.3 Elizabeth Ann, 6.4 Lucretia, 6.5 Isabel Marie, 6.6 Joseph Nehemiah, and 6.7 Julia Sophia Estey.

7. Ann Estabrooks, sister of Lucretia Estabrooks, married Rufus Clinch. Their children were: 7.1 Barry Clinch, b. c1822 (m. Margaret Elliott). 7.2 Mary Clinch, b. c1824. 7.3 Jane Clinch, b. c1827 (m. Peters M. Nevers). 7.4 Shepherd Clinch (m. Amy Dowdall. 7.5 Adora Clinch, b. c1829 (m. Charles Duncan Brown). 7.6 Joseph Clinch. 7.7 Sarah Clinch, and 7.8 Elizabeth Clinch.

8. Elijah Estabrooks, b. Mar. 17, 1804, d. July 19, 1872. He m. first, Dec. 22, 1824, Sarah Burpee, in Sheffield. She was born May 16, 1801, and died Aug. 23, 1844. They lived for a time in Sheffield before moving to the Jacksontown area in Carleton Co. where he bought a farm. He later moved to Woodstock, where Sarah died. On Aug. 14, 1849, he married second, Margaret L. Coombs. She was born Aug. 11, 1814, and died in Feb. 1872. About the time of his second marriage he moved to Grand Falls, N.B., where he bought a farm. He and Margaret died there and were buried in the Baptist cemetery. His children by his first wife were, 8.1 Louisa Jane, 8.2 Emeline, 8.3 Martha Ann, 8.4 Sarah Esther, 8.5 Thomas Sherman, 8.6 Edward Manning, 8.7 Richard Parker, and 8.8 Mary Jane Estabrooks. By his second wife there were, 8.9 George Franklin, 8.10 Clarence Burpee, 8.11 Valentine Adolphus, and 8.12 Jesse Estabrooks.

Compiled by George H. Hayward, C.G., on Jan. 21, 1977.

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