Ebenezar SHED

Birth:

14 Mar 1695/96

Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

Death:

17 Apr 1770

Charleston, Penobscot Co., Massachusetts

Burial:

Apr 1770

Cambridge Cemete, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

Marriage:

17 Jan 1722/23

Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

Father:

Zechariah SHED

Mother:

Lydia FARLEY

Notes:

                   REFERENCE: SHED, FRANK E., 1921, Daniel Shed Genealogy; p. 54-57 discusses his fathers family, and on page 56 shows Ebenezar to be viii child of second wife Lydia Farley, being born in Billerica, Mass.  His father's first wife was killed by Indians.  P. 65, Ebenezar was born but a few years after the terrible
Indian massacare that so devestated the paternal home.  He was a housewright by trade, but he probably also followed farming since the records shows that he owned considerable land on or near the base of Prospect Hill in what is now Somerville.  His name appears on the tax lists of Charleston from 1727 to 1766, except in 1738-9 and 1762.  He died 17 Apr 1770 in Charleston, age seventy-five years, according to his gravestone in the old Cambridge Cemetery near Harvard Square.

Abigail IRELAND

Birth:

14 Feb 1702/03

Charleston, Penobscot Co., Massachusetts

Death:

8 Oct 1783

Charleston, Penobscot Co., Massachusetts

Burial:

Oct 1783

Old Cemetery, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

Father:

Blocked

Mother:

Blocked

Notes:

                   REFERENCE: SHED, FRANK E., 1921, Daniel Shed Genealogy; p. 65-66 shows her wedding ceremony was performed by Chief-Justice Samuel Sewall.  Her property was damaged during the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, and she was among the inhabitants of Charleston claiming indemnity for losses at that time.  Shows they had vii children.

Children

Marriage

Solomon SHED

Birth:

29 Jan 1729/30

Charleston, Penobscot Co., Massachusetts

Death:

25 Apr 1810

Springfield, Windsor Co., Vermont

Elizabeth BOYNTON

Marr:

24 May 1763

Lancaster, Worcester Co., Mass

Notes:

                   REFERENCE: Jessica W. Stevens, 1053 Serpentine Dr. South, St. Petersburg, FL, on 22 May 1997 a letter to Kenneth M. Reim that Solomon SHEDD is father of Patty SHEDD.
SHED, FRANK E., 1921, Daniel Shed Genealogy; p. 65-66 shows birth date and parents names.  On p. 90-91 shows birth date and place, when a young man settled in Lunenburg, Mass., where he resided many years engaged in farming.  About 1786 he removed to Springfield, VT where he was listed in the United States census of 1790 as head of a family of five males over sixteen years, one male under sixteen years and four females.  Here he had developed and improved a homestead on which he resided until his death 25 Apr 1810, age eighty years. Fourth childs of Ebenezar and Abigail (IRELAND) SHED.

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Ebenezar Shed - Abigail Ireland

Ebenezar Shed was born at Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 14 Mar 1695/96. His parents were Zechariah Shed and Lydia Farley.

He married Abigail Ireland 17 Jan 1722/23 at Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts . Abigail Ireland was born at Charleston, Penobscot Co., Massachusetts 14 Feb 1702/03 .

They were the parents of 1 child:
Solomon Shed born 29 Jan 1729/30.

Ebenezar Shed died 17 Apr 1770 at Charleston, Penobscot Co., Massachusetts .

Abigail Ireland died 8 Oct 1783 at Charleston, Penobscot Co., Massachusetts .