| Note | Sergeant Elijah Estabrooks II who was born c1728, in Enfield, Middlesex Co., England, (died abt. 1796 at his son, John's homestead at Swan Creek, Sunbury Co., N.B, ), and later came to the Saint John River married, at Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 14, 1750, Mary, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah(Ring) Hacket, 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 was shipbuilders. Born about 1727, as a boy before the death of his father, Elijah (junior) must have been in Sherburne with his family between 1734 and 1740. During this time he acquired a good education for his journal is well written. After his father's death, his uncle Joseph Frost, or the Daniels probably looked after him. The formal guardianship assumed in 1746 was 'probably a surety for him going out into the world.' Elijah soon found his way to Haverhill. His mother was there and there was plenty of work in connection with ship-building. He was admitted to the Second Church (Congregational) at East Salisbury on 04 March 1750. He married Mary Hackett of Salisbury on 14 November 1750, with the wedding ceremony being performed at Haverhill, Massachusetts, although it is recorded in the Second Church at Salisbury. The family apparently lived in East Haverhill from 1750 to about 1757 as the baptisms of the first three children are recorded in the Fourth Church (Congregational): Hannah, baptized 25 August 1751; Molly, baptized18 March 1753, and Elijah, baptized 23 May 1756. Elijah then appears to have moved to Boxford, close to Bradford, about 1727, as baptisms of two of his children appear in the records of the Second Church (Congregational) in Boxford: Samuel, baptized 11 December 1757, and Ebenezer, baptized 09 September 1759. Elijah's wife, Mary Hackett, was born in Salisbury 01 August 1728. She was the daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Ring) Hackett, and her family was ship-builders. Elijah's diary records two periods of service, he completed his first tour of duty (after the battle at Ticonderoga) on 07 November 1758 and re-enlisted 06 April 1759. He went by ship to Halifax and during his tour of duty in Nova Scotia he became a Sergeant. His family remained inbox ford. He left Nova Scotia 25 November 1760 and arrived home 15 December. During the next two and a half years, Elijah made preparations to move his family the Saint John River, an area that was still called Nova Scotia. Governor Lawrence of Nova Scotia was urged by the Lords of Trade and Plantations to re-people the lands vacated by the French with settlers from New England. Colonel McNutt went through the Essex County section of Massachusetts urging men to better their fortunes. In the Newbury-Haverhill district, a group organized and decided to examine the situation. In the winter of 1761-1762, the Governor of Massachusetts appointed Israel Perley in charge of 12 men in the pay of Massachusetts to make a snowshoe journey through the wilderness from Maine to the Saint John River. Hugh Quinton was one of this party. Elijah was also one of this group. They went by boat to Machias and made their way by trails until they descended the Elijah and Mary (Hacket) 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 Boxwood, Mass., about 1757 for the baptisms of two children are recorded in the in the Second Congregational Church. The Estabrooks were a Pre-Loyalist family, whose ancestor, Elijah Estabrooks II had fought at Crown Point and Ticonderoga, had taken part in the capture of Louisburg and was in the army in Capt. Israel Herrick’s Company, Col. Jedediah Prebble's Regiment, during 1758 and was discharged Nov. 7 of that year. He re-enlisted, April 6, 1759, and was sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he remained until November 25, 1760. During this time he became a Sergeant while in the army, 1758-1760. Elijah’s diary records that he had helped with raising of the spire of Mather’s (St. Matthews) Church in Halifax. His diary which is still extant, maybe seen among the Estabrooks-Palmer records in the Archives Department of the New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, N.B. A portion Journal of Elijah Estabrooks, 1758-1760 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. May 21st 1758: We marched from Haverhill 9Massachusettes) as far as Captain Forster's (8miles) in Andover and lay there that night, and the 22nd day we marched from there to Citerges about 7 miles and from there to Concord about 9miles and about 10 o'clock in the morning we marched from there to Captain Curtase's about 4 miles from Worcester staid (sic) there until the 24th day, and then marched into Worcester which is 25 miles from Concord, and staid there that night and the 25th day we received our billeting money, and guns and accouterments. The 26th day we received our allowances and marched off in the afternoon. And Colonel Hore drew up our Company and gave us a treat. And then we marched out of Town as far as Hubbard's (6 miles) and the27th day we marched in the morning early as far as Walker's in Brookfield about 13 miles and lay there that night and we left one man sick, Amos Hardy by name, with the fever and ague and one Edmund Cheney to tend him and we marched from there to Cold Spring 18 miles and lay in the Meeting House and the 28th day we marched from there to Simons. And from thereto Devil's (Dwight's) 5 mile from Cold Stream. And went to dinner (on the) 29th day and there to Hadly 8 miles and billeted out in Hadly until the 4th day of June. And then came orders to march over to Northampton to receive our allowances in order to march through the woods to Pantuck and we marched about 6 miles in the woods and camped that night. And the5th day we marched in the morning as far as the Salter-House where was liquors of all sorts and victuals ready dressed (15 miles) and camped there that night and 6th day we marched to Westfield River and camped. And from there to Pantuck fort 16 miles and lay there that night. And the 7th day we marched from there (5 miles) to Fort Connaut and halted about an hour, then marched off as far as the half-way house on a brook and camped there that night. And the 8th day we marched from there and got to the half-way house from Canterbruck to Greenbush about 12 o’clock and we heard that Colonel Preble had arrived at Albany which caused us to march to Greenbush. And came to Greenbush about sunset and camped on a hill. And the 9th day we marched down to the tavern and received our allowance. And that night we backed (baked) our flower (flour) for the whole company. And the 10th day we marched the East Side of the river up as far as the flats (4 miles) and from there to Harmony (possibly Halfmoon) 4 miles and lay there that night. And the 11th day we marched as far as Stillwater, 13 miles, and stayed there until the 18th day for our Captain was Commander of the fort. And the 18th day there came Captain Burke and took our Captain's place, and we marched off to Saratoga and we got to Saratoga about sunset (14 miles) and camped on this side of the river. And the 17th day we marched off to Fort Edward 7miles and camped on this side of the River until the 20th day. And then received our tents and we pitched our tents and lay in them until the22nd day. And then we had orders to remove our tents near the river and pitch them and we also did. And lay there until the 24th day. And then we had orders to strike our tents in order to march off for the Lake. And we came to the Lake about 8 o'clock in the evening and we pitched our tents and lay there until the 28th day. As Elijah was recording these events, the French sent an emissary. 'On the last day of June, a lieutenant of the French Marine went to Fort Edward under a truce. He was not permitted to return, for he had seen too much.' The officer was Sier Woolf of the French regulars, and he had been sent to carry letters from the Marquis de Vaudreuil to General Abercrombie, on a matter of an exchange of prisoners. The English held Sier Wolf until the 9th of July, (the day after the battle). They sent him back with the answer that the King of England had declared the capitulation of Fort William Henry null. Elijah reported ': Nothing remarkable from the 28th day to the 3rd day of July 1758.' Sometimes a great many soldiers lives are claimed on the battlefield. Sometimes, there is a great deal of 'scurrying around,' for little great reason. Elijah pointed out one example of this on 'July the 5th day of1758,' when they were camped out and one of their sentries 'heard a rattle snake which caused him to cry out and aroused the whole camp...which caused our officer to order the whole to embark and haul off to the middle of the lake and lay there until morning.' You have to imagine what Elijah and his mates were thinking as they realized that they were all sitting in the middle of a lake because of a snake. On the other hand, Elijah made note of many of his comrades who did not survive the campaign. Elijah lived to tell his tale, and if I (Harold 'Hal' Skaarup) may him the last word, it is (for Hal) the single most important line in his Journal: 'And the 15th day (of November, 1760), I got home to my family.' 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 13th day we got into Boston and the 15thday I got home to my family.' His family remained in Boxford, Massachusetts. Elijah's diary records two periods of service, he completed his first tour of duty (after the battle at Ticonderoga) on 07 November 1758 and re-enlisted 06 April 1759. He went by ship to Halifax and during his tour of duty in Nova Scotia he became a Sergeant. His family remained in Boxford. He left Nova Scotia 25 November 1760 and arrived home 15December. He got home from Halifax December 15, 1760, and during the next 2½ years made preparations to remove his family to the Saint John River. Governor Lawrence, of Nova Scotia, was urged by the Lords of Trade and Plantations in England to settle the lands on the Saint John River which were vacated by the Acadians with people from New England. This resulted in a settlement at Maugerville, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, in 1763, by about 80 families, most of them from New England. During the next two and one half years, Elijah Estabrooks II made preparations to remove his family to the Saint John River. Early in 1763he moved them to Halifax, then to Cornwallis near Digby, N.S., intending to leave them there until he made arrangements for their settlement at Maugerville in Sunbury County on the river which was a wilderness. He crossed the Bay of Fundy and joined Israel Perley's party which was going up the Saint John 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 in the spring of 1763, and finding the lot he had drawn in Maugerville flooded under water. He decided not to use it and he returned to Cornwallis. During the next two years he was apparently exploring the possibilities of 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 18th of October, 1765, he entered the employ of Simonds and Hazen and White, who operated a trading post, a fishery, a fur trade, and other businesses, at Portland Point (Saint John, New Brunswick). Eight years later, 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, where the City of Saint John is now located. The lot grant to Elijah was No. 5, next to ship building plant. The lot next to him, No. 6, was owned by his son-in-law, Zebedee Ring. 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 first act of aggression in Saint John after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War occurred August 1, 1773, when a party from Machias, Maine, entered the harbour in a sloop. They burned Fort Frederick on the Conway side and captured a brig in the harbour which was loaded with provisions for the British troops in Boston. The raids were repeated several times later. The inhabitants of Conway took to the woods to avoid the depredations of the marauders, their houses were looted, and some burned. And the experience was repeated several times as the war progressed. Eight years later, in 1773, he made an agreement with William Hazen and James Simonds, to settle in the Township of Conway, at the mouth of the River, where the City of Saint John is located, Hazen and Simmonds guaranteeing him 250 acres of land. An old population return, dated August 1, 1775, shows that he had cleared and removed seven acres, and built a log house. His lot was No. 5, next to the ship building plant. The lot next to him, No. 6, was owned by his son-in-law, Zebedee Ring. The first act of aggression in Saint John after the outbreak of the Revolutionary War occurred in August, 1775, when a party from Machias, Maine, entered the harbour in a sloop. They burned Fort Frederick and captured a brig in the harbour which was loaded with provisions for the British troops in Boston. The raids were repeated several times later. The inhabitants were terrorized, houses were looted, and some burned. In May, 1777, John Allen, one of the most determined American sympathizers, set out from Machias with 43 men for Saint John in four boats. They spent several days on the River, and took Simonds, Hazen and White prisoners, later releasing them. After that experience, Simonds moved up the river to Sunbury Co., where he built a log house and lived for nine years. Elijah Estabrooks removed from Saint John also, to Gagetown, in Queens Co. On June 30, 1783, a survey party sent up the River from Saint John by Maj. Guilford Studholm, to record who was in possession of lands, recorded for Gagetown: 'Elijah Estabrooks has a wife and eight children, a log house with two rooms, and about twelve acres of land cleared. Came from Cornwallis about 16 years past; settled at the mouth of the river and says he was drove up by the rebels.' 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 probably buried in the old Garrison graveyard on the Jemseg opposite Gagetown. He then married, 17 Dec 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 1½ 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 ½ 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., in1941 entitled 'The Early Baptists of Cambridge Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick.' The children of Elijah and Mary (Hacket) Estabrooks were: Hannah (m. Zebedee Ring), Mary (m. Samuel Hartt); an infant which died five days after birth; Elijah III (m. Mary Whittmore); Samuel(died young); Ebenezer (m. 1st, 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. His grandson's wife, Mrs. Abraham Estabrooks, said that he used to tell of old times to his grandchildren. She said there were two things that he prayed 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 1796after 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. The above statement is found on pages 45, 46 and 47 in the book, 'Pioneer Families of Carleton County, New Brunswick', Published for private distribution by George H. Hayward, C.G., 29 Leeds Drive, Fredericton, N.B. E3B 4S7, First printing, January 1994, Second printing, with revisions, February 1996. George's E-mail: ghayward@@ndnetnd.ca His chief assets were the two half lots in Cambridge. His widow sold these to her sons James and Benjamin Oakes in 1803. James had married Rachel Olts 07 July 1792. The Oakes men probably lived there until 1813when they sold the lots to Archelaus Purdy and moved up to Carleton County. The Estabrooks men sold theirs about the same time, and moved up to Wakefield, Carleton County. Some of the Oakes men went on to Ontario. Sarah (Oakes) Estabrooks may also be buried in the Garrison graveyard. Florence Estabrooks tried to locate the site of Elijah's burial. Fragments of a gravestone with Elijah Estabrooks name had been scattered in the graveyard located on Jefferson Dykeman's farm. The graves were clearly defined but the stones were gone. Elijah's grave was about ten feet straight in front of the entrance. The tombstone had a curved top and the name clearly cut. Florence indicated that the place had grown up in 1951. Elijah's children: (By Mary Hackett): Hannah, Mary, Sarah, Elijah, Samuel, Ebenezer, Joseph, and Sarah, Abigail, John, Deborah; (by Sarah Hammond-Oakes): Elizabeth, and Hammond. Elijah's son Ebenezer was baptized in Boxford, Massachusetts, 28 August1759. He married Maria Fletcher before 1783 and they had nine children. They settled on Gagetown Neck, but were dispossessed by the Loyalists in1785. He settled for a time on his grant in Cambridge (half of Lot 25); but by 1796 he was living in Lakeville, Sheffield. He was one of those who signed the covenant of the Church at Waterborough 20 October 1800.This was the occasion of forming the Baptist Church. He moved to Lincoln about 1808. In the same year he received land on Little River. On 25December 1813 Ebenezer Estabrooks and a number of others applied to be dismissed from the church at Canning to join in forming a Baptist Church in Fredericton. This was the beginning of the Brunswick St. Baptist Church. In 1816, Ebenezer took up a large farm in Jacksontown, Parish of Wakefield, Carleton County, where he died about 1851. About 1814 he married a second time; his second wife was Charlotte Ann Lounsbury, born1782, died 1860. Ebenezer and Charlotte Ann had another five children. After Ebenezer's death, Charlotte Ann lived with the Rideouts, dying about 1860 at the age of 90. Ebenezer's children: (By Maria Fletcher): Ebenezer, Maria, David E., Thomas Fletcher, Stephen Potter, Joseph Fletcher, William Wilmot, Deborah, and Harriet; (by Charlotte Ann Lounsbury): Ebenezer, Chipman, Sarah, George, and Charlotte Ann. Chipman was born 16 December 1818. He married Lucretia Smith 01 May 1849in Houlton, Maine, and lived in Waterville, Carleton County, where they had 12 children. Chipman died in Waterville 13 December 1890. Chipman's children: (By Lucretia Smith): Albert, Ebenezer, Stephen, Frederick, Wilson, John, Clara, Amelia, Joseph, Sophia, Annie, and Rhoda. Joseph was born 18 September 1861 and married Catherine Peed. They had three children. Joseph and his sister Sophia were twins. Joseph died 12January 1939, Catherine died in 1950. Joseph and Catherine's children: Walter, Minnie, and Frank. Walter married Myrtle Olmstead Walter and Myrtle's children: Kathryn, Gaynelle, Frederick, Beatrice, Bernard and Wilhelmine. Beatrice Leah Estabrook married Aage C. Skaarup Beatrice and Aage's children: Harold, Dale and Christopher. Harold married Faye Jenkins Harold and Faye's children: Jonathan and Sean. The following statements below are found in the book, ' The St. John River and its Tributaries ', by Esther Clark Williams, Copyright 1966. 'He looked for land at Horton, but found the best land taken up, and settled on the St. John River. He had been eight years at the mouth of the river, and the eight years at Gagetown, according to the 1783 report on the settlers. His log cabin at Conway had decayed, and probably the seven acres he had cleared there had grown up. He and his wife and eight children were living in a log house with two rooms, and he had twelve acres cleared at Gagetown. Turned off his lands at Gagetown, Elijah Estabrooks moved across the river, where he leased land from Captain Spry on the Jemseg. Two of Elijah Estabrooks' thirteen children die young, but the six daughters and the five sons who grew up and married did their share of contributing to the development of St. John River communities.' When Loyalists arrived in New Brunswick in 1783, there was a lot of competition for land. Some of the old inhabitants had no deeds, or titles that had never been recorded. The new arrivals had records searched, and when they found old inhabitants without sufficient title, they attempted to gain possession of their lands. They were determined to dispossess the pre-Loyalists and occupy their land. This caused confrontations, and in some cases, riots, and a few belligerents were put in jail.' This likely prompted Elijah and his family, including two married sons, Ebenezer and Joseph, to move from Gagetown in 1787 across the Saint John River to the Parish of Cambridge, in Queens Co., near Jemseg, where he was granted Lot #32 on the Jemseg River, 58 acres, January 13, 1787.Ebenezer was granted Lot #25, 61.5 acres, and Joseph Lot #26, 114 acres, nearby, on the same date (N.B. Dept. of Natural Resources, Crown Land Grants index). Note: The Estabrooks-Palmer Records, George H. Hayward saw at the New Brunswick Museum Archives in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1978, say that Elijah’s second wife was Widow Oakes who had, by her first husband, four children: James, Benjamin, Sarah and Christopher Oakes. I (George H. Hayward) do not know if the Widow Oakes and Sarah Hammond are the same person. Elijah Estabrooks is said to have remained hale and hearty there 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. His grandson's wife, Mrs. Abraham Estabrooks, said that he used to telltales of old times to his grandchildren. she said there were two things that he prayed for. One was that he should never be sick. The other was that he should die at his work. He used to pound grain in a mortar for chickens. One afternoon after working for a while he lay back in his chair and covered his face with his hat. His grandchildren, who were playing around him, thought he was sleeping, but when they went to waken him for supper, they found that he was dead. Abraham Estabrooks, Elijah's grandson, was a son of John Estabrooks. His wife was Elizabeth Watson. Abraham and Elizabeth lived at Swan Creek, Sunbury Co., N.B., on the farm that formerly been owned by Abraham’s father, John Estabrooks. Elijah died before Abraham was born. It is assumed that Elijah Estabrooks II died there, on his son John's farm. But he is said to have been buried in the Garrison Burying Grounds, near Jemseg in the Parish of Cambridge, Queens County, N.B. Some of the references above: George H. Hayward, 'Pioneer Families of Carleton County, New Brunswick', Published for private distribution by George H. Hayward, C.G., 29 Leeds Drive, Fredericton, N.B. E3B 4S7, First printing, January 1994, Second printing, with revisions, February 1996. Some of references above: Florence C. Estabrooks, 'Genealogy of the Anglo-Dutch Estabrooks Family of The Saint John River, New Brunswick'(1935; rpt., Saint John, New Brunswick: privately published, 1958), Pages10-11, 15, 17-21.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Below is from the website of: Ralph James Turner, 14260 Rock Creek RD, Sheridan, Oregon 97378-9735 E-mail: arty@@macnet.com (or)arty@@been-there.com Website: http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/rturner1/Turner.htm Sergeant Elijah, II ESTABROOKS was born in 1728 in Enfield, Middlesex Co., England. He was buried in 1796 in Canning, Queens Co., NB. Garrison Graveyard He died about 1796 in Canning, Queens Co., NB. 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 she 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. In Cap. Israel Herrick’s Co., Col Jedediah Prebble's Reg. in 1758, stationed at Lake Champlain. Fought at Ticonderoga, NY. Discharged 7 Nov 1758. Re-enlisted 6 Apr 1759, sent to Halifax, N.S. until 25 Nov 1760. Sergeant. His family remained in Boxford, MA. Returned to Boxford 15 Dec 1760. He removed his family to Halifax and then Cornwallis, N.S. Went up the St John River in 1763 tofind his lot. On 18 Oct 1765 he was employed by Simonds, Hazen and White who operated a fur trading post and fishery at Portland Point, St John, NB. in 1773 he settled in Conway Township at the mouth of the river (St John now) on 250 acres of land. By 1 Aug. 1775 he had cleared and improved 7 acres and built a log house. on lot 5 next to the shipbuilding plant. Lot 6 was owned by Zebedee Ring, his son in law. He removed from St. John to Gagetown in Queens Co during the American Rev. He joined the Cumberland party to help the Revolution by trying to take Fort Cumberland with Eddy. On 30 Jun 1783 a survey party sent up the river recorded that he had a wife and 8 children, a log house with 2rooms and 12 acres cleared. Moved from Gagetown in 1787 across the river to Cambridge Parish in Queens Co., near Jemseg where he was granted lot32 on Jemseg River, 58 acres. Granted lot 25, 61.5 acres on 13 Jan 1787. Mary HACKETT was born on 1 Aug 1728 in Salisbury, MA. She died in 1778 in Canning, Queens Co., NB. Children were: i. Hannah Hackett ESTABROOKS. ii. Mary ESTABROOKS was born on 9 Mar 1753. She died in 1792. iii. Sarah ESTABROOKS was born on 25 May 1755. iv. Reverend Elijah ESTABROOKS was born on 16 May 1756 in Haverhill, MA. He died on 26 Sep 1825 in Upper Gagetown, Queens Co., NB. He was buried in Upper Gagetown, Queens Co., NB. He was Baptist. Probably the Elijah Esterbrooks who was granted 138 acres with Ebenezer Esterbrooks (lot 25)in the Parish of Waterborough, Queens Co., NB on 30 Jan 1787 by George III. Cleared and improved about 7 acres of land and had built a log house but it fell into decay when he moved up river to Township of Conway on account of the danger of his earlier position on land from Hazen and Simmons. He was noted as having moved against Cumberland and thus was a suspected rebel. v. Samuel ESTABROOKS was born on 6 Dec 1757. vi. Ebenezer ESTABROOKS was born on 28 Aug 1759 in Boxford, MA. Probably the Ebenezer Esterbrooks who was granted 138 acres with Elijah Esterbrooks (lot 25) in the Parish of Waterborough, Queens Co., NB on30 Jan 1787 by George III. vii. Joseph ESTABROOKS. viii. Sarah ESTABROOKS was born on 10 Oct 1764. She died on 2 Jan 1844. ix. Abigail ESTABROOKS was born on 28 Dec 1766. x. John ESTABROOKS was born on 22 Jan 1769. He died on 2 Feb 1861 in Lincoln, NB, Canada. xi. Deborah ESTABROOKS was born on 14 Aug 1772. |