Individual Details
Ephraim Bixby
(4 Jan 1753 - Aft 1810)
Events
| Birth | 4 Jan 1753 | Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 28 Aug 1775 | Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Martha Barker |  | ||
| Residence | 1790 | Reading, Windsor, Vermont | | ||
| Residence | 1810 | Reading, Windsor, Vermont | | ||
| Death | Aft 1810 | Reading, Vermont | |||
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Families
| Spouse | Martha Barker (1754 - ) |
| Child | Patty Bixby (1776 - ) |
| Child | Martha "Patty" Bixby (1779 - 1860) |
| Child | Abishar Bixby (1781 - ) |
| Child | Tryphena Bixby (1783 - 1855) |
| Child | Rebecca Bixby (1785 - 1869) |
| Child | Anna Bixby (1789 - 1856) |
| Child | Sinda Bixby (1791 - 1795) |
| Child | Nathaniel Bixby (1794 - 1876) |
| Child | Lucinda "Sinda" Bixby (1798 - 1845) |
| Father | Jacob Bixby (1728 - 1764) |
| Mother | Eunice Heald (1730 - 1781) |
| Sibling | David Bixby (1749 - ) |
| Sibling | Levi Bixby (1750 - 1799) |
| Sibling | Jacob Bixby (1754 - 1831) |
Notes
Property
On 23 November 1779, Ephraim Bixby, blacksmith ofWestford, received 55 acres of property from his mother Eunice. On 6 April 1785,Ephraim Bixby sold 50 acres with buildings in Westford to Nathaniel Boynton,Jr.[1][1]Massachusetts Land Records, Middlesex County, 82:297, 88:474Ephraim sells the property he got from his motherin 1785 – sells in 1785; 88:474https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z7-2636?i=798&wc=MC1M-GPX%3A361613501%2C364574601&cc=2106411Reading deed index – start of the B – there arealso some for Jacob Bixby – and other people that I probably have to look athttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLR-R98J-X?i=17&cat=2275093:64 – Ephraim buying, 4:9, 4:237, 4;252Deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/227509?availability=Family%20History%20Library4:252 – 1793 – Ephraim sells a piece of landlikely to his brother Jacobhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CL-G9L5-N?i=137&cat=2275094:237 – 1791 – Ephraim buys something from IsaacChandlerhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CL-G9LN-F?i=130&cat=2275094:9 – 1791 – Ephraim buyinghttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-N3CL-G9KH-N?i=10&cat=2275093:64 – 1787 – he is of Lyndeborough when he buysin Readinghttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLR-R96S-4?i=528&cat=227509Ephraim Bigsby yeoman was of Lyndeborough on 10May 1787 when he purchased lot number thirteen in the first range of house lotsin Reading, Vermont from Jeremiah Baldwin for payment of £20. On 14 December1791, Ephraim was of Reading when he purchased 12 acres from Nathan Felch forpayment of forty shillings. Also on 14 December 1791, Ephraim purchased sixtyacres in Reading from Isaac Chandler for fifteen pounds. On 23 December 1795,Ephraim sold a 43-acre tract of land in Reading to Jacob Bixby (likely hisbrother) for payment of £28.14.9.[1][1] VermontLand Records, Town of Reading, 3:64, 4:9, 4:237, 4:252Biography
Bixby genealogy – mentions deeds and other sourcesto look forhttps://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00bixb/page/n261/mode/2up?q=martha+barkerEndnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).
2. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts, U.S., Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).
3. Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1790; Census Place: Reading, Windsor, Vermont; Series: M637; Roll: 12; Page: 36; Image: 66; Family History Library Film: 0568152.
4. Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1810; Census Place: Reading, Windsor, Vermont; Roll: 65; Page: 534; Image: 00369; Family History Library Film: 0218669.