Person:Ebenezer Smith (28)

Abstracted from Source:Historical Brighton : an illustrated history of Brighton and its citizens, p. 32-4: Will dated 11 Sep 1775, probated 17 Jan 1776 [Note:this source argues that this must be old style, and must mean 17 Jan 1777 to come after the date of death on his tombstone. If his tombstone is wrong, then his death presumably occurred on that same day he wrote his will?]: "Edward Jackson", "John Smith, son of my brother, Henry Smith", "Mary and Susanna, daughters of John", "my cousin Sarah Jackson, the wife of Timothy Jackson", "Abigail Brown, wife of Josiah Brown", "the children of my sister, Susanna Blake", "Smtih Fowl, son of my cousin, Edward Fowl, deceased, and to George Sparhawk, son of my cousin, Lydia Sparhawk, deceased", "James Houghton and Thomas Thwing", "my cousin, Nathaniel Thwing", "the children of my cousin, Thomas Thwing", "my cousin Edward Fowl's children", "my cousins, Mercy Adams of Newton and Mary Woodward of Brookline", "my cousins, Samuel Brown, Lydia Knights and Lois Brown", "Nathaniel Sparhawk".

1. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year of 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1914-15)
   1:648.

   Smith, Ebenezer, s. of Henry and Lydia, [born] Mar. 9, 1689.

2.   Winship, J. P. C. Historical Brighton: an illustrated history of Brighton and its citizens. (Boston, Massachusetts: George A. Warren, 1899-1902, c1899-c1902)
   32.

   Mr. Smith never married. At the time of his decease, a niece, Lois Brown was his housekeeper. He was the son of Henry and Lydia (Buck) Smith. Thomstone: Intombed / Mr. Ebenezer Smith, who died / Sept. 11, 1776, aet. 85.