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| WITTER, Ebenezer (Deacon )
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WITTER, Ebenezer (Deacon ) 2
Both the granddaughter of Ebenezer's son, Joseph, and the granddaughter of his son, William, are connected to the Crary family. Joseph's granddaughter, Mary Polly Witter, married Christopher Crary (great-grandson of Peter Crary, the original Crary pilgrim). William's granddaughter, Rebecca Dunwell, married Erastus W. Crary, Christopher's son. Together, these two pioneer families headed west to become the first permanent settlers in Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio.
Ebenezer married Dorothy MORGAN, daughter of Joseph MORGAN and Dorothy PARKE, on 5 May 1693 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut.1 (Dorothy MORGAN was born 29 Feb 1675 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut,7 died on 9 Mar 1759 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut 8 and was buried in Mar 1759 in Avery Cemetery, Ledyard Center, New London County, Connecticut.) |
1 Barbour, Connecticut Town Marriage Records, Barbour Collection (Preston Vital Records Part I - 1687-1850), p. 254. Surety: 4. Ebenezer [Witter], m. Dorothy MORGAN, May 5, 1693.
2 Connecticut Society of Colonial Wars Pedigrees (Number 173, Gen. No. 3846), page 1067. Surety: 4. Benjamin Brewster, b. Duxbury, Mass., d. Preston, Conn. bef. 7 Nov 1752; m. Preston, Conn. 10 or 16 Oct 1713 to Elizabeth Witter, dau. of Ebenezer and Dorothy (Morgan), b. Preston, Conn. 3 Mar 1694, d. Preston, Conn. 24 Feb 1740.
3
Witter, Harold John, The Descendants of William Witter and Hannah Churchman of Lynn, Massachusetts (1991. Gateway Press, Inc: Baltimore.), p. 7. Surety: 4. CHILDREN: WITTER
(by first wife)
4. i. Elizabeth, b. Lynn, MA, March 15, 1662-3
5. ii. Mary, b. Lynn, MA, February 20, 1664-5
6. iii. Ebenezer, b. Stonington, CT, March 25, 1668
4
Ibid, p. 9-10. Surety: 4. Page 9.
THIRD GENERATION.
6. EBENEZER WITTER (Josiah 2, William 1) b. Stonington, CT March 25, 1668 baptized Stonington, CT October 7, 1694; d. Preston, CT January 12, 1712 of Pluretic Fever at his dwelling home (vital records say he died January 31.) He married Preston, CT May 5, 1693 to DOROTHY MORGAN b. Groton, CT February 29, 1675-6 d. Preston, CT March 9, 1759, daughter of Lt. JOSEPH MORGAN and DOROTHY PARKE. His widow married [2] Preston, CT December 19, 1727 to Captian DANIEL BREWSTER b. March 1, 1666-7 d. Preston, CT May 7, 1735, son of Benjamin BREWSTER and Anne DARTE. Ebenezer and Dorothy were
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admitted to the Congregational Church at Stonington on March 21, 1696 and admitted to the Congregational Church at Preston on November 16, 1698 where he was chosen Deacon between 1707 - 1711. He was one of the twelve founders of the church at Preston. He moved to Preston about 1692 where he purchased eight acres of land on the south side of Wesquedus Hill, bounding on Poquetannock Brook, where he erected a grist mill, which up to 1897 was owned by his descendants. He subsequently added several hundred acres to his purchases. The gravestones of EBENEZER and DOROTHY are found in the "Avery Cemetery" at Preston Plains, CT and are inscribed: "To the memory of Deacon EBENEZER WITTER who departed this life Jan. the 12th, 1712, in the 44th year of his age. Seake for the Kingdom of Heaven Deal justly Love mercy Walk humbly." "In Memory of Mrs. DOROTHY, the wife of EBENEZER WITTER she died March the 9th, 1759, in the 84th year of her age."
Children WITTER:
11. i. ELIZABETH, b. Preston, CT March 3, 1694
12. ii. MARY b. Preston, CT March 2, 1696
iii. JOSIAH b, Preston, CT June 12, 1698; baptized Stonington, CT August 14, 1698; d. Preston, CT September 20, 1698
13. iv. JOSEPH b. Preston, CT June 12, 1698; (twin of Josiah)
14. v. EBENEZER b. Preston, CT November 30, 1700
15. vi. DOROTHY b. Preston, CT December 11, 1702
16. vii. HANNAH b. Preston, CT February 26, 1704-5
17. viii. WILLIAM b. Preston, CT May 24, 1707
ix. ABIGAIL b. Preston, CT January 24, 1711; bapt. February 14, 1711; d. Preston, CT February 16, 171
x. JOSIAH b. Preston, CT January 24, 1711 (twin of Abigail) d. young
REFERENCES:
Vital Records of Preston, CT;
Records of the Congregational Church of Preston, CT;
Witter manuscript; Wilbur manuscript.
5 Barbour, Connecticut Town Death Records, Barbour Collection (Preston Vital Records Part I - 1687-1850), p. 255. Surety: 4. Ebenezer [Witter], d. Jan 31, 1711/13.
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Avery Cemetery (Transcription of tombstone). Surety: 4. "To the memory of Deacon EBENEZER WITTER who departed this life Jan. the 12th, 1712, in the 44th year of his age. Seake for the Kingdom of Heaven Deal justly Love mercy Walk humbly."
7 Barbour, Connecticut Town Birth Records, Barbour Collection (Preston Vital Records Part I - 1687-1850), p. 163. Surety: 3. Dorothy, [d. Joseph], b. Feb. 29, 1675/6.
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Avery Cemetery (Transcription of tombstone). Surety: 4. "In memory of
Mrs. Dorothy
the wife of Decn
Ebenezer WITTER
she died March
ye 9th 1759 in ye
84th year of her
age"
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Cause of his death was Pluretic Fever.