Individual Details

Ebenezer Tarbox

(19 Feb 1785 - 17 Dec 1877)

Events

Birth19 Feb 1785Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
Marriage8 Nov 1804Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts - Mary "Polly" Richards
Marriage22 May 1823Boston, Massachusetts - Mary G. Godshall
Death17 Dec 1877Swampscott, Essex, Massachusetts
Alt nameEbenezer Thorndike
Biography

Families

SpouseMary G. Godshall (1797 - 1880)
SpouseMary "Polly" Richards (1785 - 1823)
FatherEbenezer Tarbox (1763 - 1827)
MotherMary Holt (1751 - 1819)
SiblingBenjamin Tarbox (1787 - )
SiblingElizabeth "Betsey" Tarbox (1789 - 1871)
SiblingJohn Tarbox (1791 - 1861)
SiblingLydia Tarbox (1795 - 1861)
SiblingSusan "Sukey" Tarbox (1796 - 1848)
SiblingLucinda Tarbox (1799 - 1871)

Notes

Alt name

Name legally changed in 1824

Biography

Name change of Ebenezer
Ebenezer Tarbox Jr. of Charlestown, may take the name of Ebenezer Thorndike ; that Nathaniel Tarbox, son of Ebenezer Tarbox Jr. of Charlestown, may take the name of Nathaniel Thorndike ; that Ebenezer Tarbox, son of Ebenezer Tarbox, Jr. of Cnarlestown, may take the name of Ebenezer Thorndike; that Catherine Tarbox, daughter of Ebenezer Tarbox, jr. of Charlestown, may take the name of Catharine Thorndike.
https://archive.org/details/actsresolvespass2225mass/page/292/mode/2up?q=tarbox
and the name change for his second wife Mary G.
https://archive.org/details/actsresolvespass2225mass/page/452/mode/2up?q=tarbox

Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Sessions of the General Court, Volume IX, Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court, General Laws May 1822 to March 1825, Chapter LXXII Feb 7, 1824, p 292 and Chapter XXX June 12, 1824, p 452

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Family History Library; Salt Lake City, UT; Film # 0823590 items 2-3.

2. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).