Deacon Ebenezer Wadsworth

1661 - 1717  (~ 56 years)

• Name	Ebenezer Wadsworth
  Title	Deacon
  Birth	Mar 1661	Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Mar 1717	Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Burial	Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29125652/ebenezer-wadsworth
  Notes	Ebenezer was sixteen years old when his father was killed at Sudbury,MA. Ebenezer was Deacon of the church in Milton and when died he left an estate valued at L860.0.2.. In the diary of Rev. William Holmes of Chilmark, it states, "1717, I am informed that July 31 one Deacon Wadsworth of Milton, brother of Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth, Pastor of the Old Church in Boston, went out that morning with the designs to rake together some hay, and that some time after, he was found lying upon his back with a rake across his breast stone dead, this man was esteemed truly pious." Ebenezer is buried in the Milton Cemetery. His widow Mary died almost twenty years later leaving a will.
  Person ID	I261	OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Captain Samuel Wadsworth,   b. 1630, England d. 18 Apr 1676, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Abigail Lindall,   b. Abt 1640, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 1687, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 47 years)
  Marriage	1656	Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary,   b. 1659   d. 8 Mar 1736, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1683	Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Mary Wadsworth,   b. 1684   2. Lieutenant Samuel Wadsworth,   b. 13 Dec 1685, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 19 Nov 1754, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)   3. Recompense Wadsworth,   b. 03 Jul 1688   d. 15 Mar 1728/1729 (Age 40 years) + 4. Ensign George Wadsworth,   b. 16 Mar 1699, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. Feb 1778, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - Mar 1661 - Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Marriage - 1683 - Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Death - 31 Mar 1717 - Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Burial - - Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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