Person:Ezra Weld (3)
Rev. Ezra Weld
b.13 Jun 1736 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
d.13 Jan 1816 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1727
  1. Esther Weld1728 -
  2. John Weld1730 -
  3. Elias Weld1732 -
  4. Rev. Ezra Weld1736 - 1816
  5. Elizabeth Weld1740 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Ezra Weld1736 - 1816
  • W.  Anna Weld1743 - 1774
m. 24 Sep 1763
  1. Ezra Waldo Weld1765 -
  2. Rev. Ludovicus Weld1766 - 1844
  3. Elizabeth Weld1768 - 1778
  4. Samuel Weld1770 -
  5. Elias Weld1772 -
  6. Habijah Savage Weld1773 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 12 Feb 1776
  1. Katherine Hay Weld1777 - 1820
Spouse and Children
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m. 4 Aug 1779
  1. Joseph Greenleaf Weld1781 -
  2. Thomas Weld1785 -
  3. Elizabeth Weld1786 -
  4. Son WeldAbt 1788 - Abt 1788
Spouse and Children
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m. 27 Jul 1790
  1. William Farnham Howland Weld1792 -
  2. Elizabeth Sophia Weld1793 -
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Facts and Events
Name Rev. Ezra Weld
Gender Male
Birth[2] 13 Jun 1736 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Education[1] 1759 Yale College, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 24 Sep 1763 Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesto Anna Weld
Marriage 12 Feb 1776 South Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United Statesto Hannah Farnham
Marriage 4 Aug 1779 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abigail Greenleaf
Marriage 27 Jul 1790 Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Howland
Death[1][4] 13 Jan 1816 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence. (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society & New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005)
    Yale p. 973.

    Son of John and Esther (Waldo) Weld, of Pomfret, CT. Grandson of Joseph Weld. Ordained on Nov. 17, 1762 as paster of the First Congregational Church in Braintree. He served there until about 1805, when his health declined. He married four times: Anna Weld, d. 1774 at 31; Hannah Farnham, d. 1778 at 27; Abigail Greenleave, d. 1788 at 36; and Mary Howland [Fuller], who survived him. He had children with all four.

  2. ↑ Pomfret Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records.

    WELD Ezra, s. John & Esther, b. June 13, 1736; 1; 48

  3.   Bates, Samuel. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. (Randolph, Massachusetts : D.H. Huxford, 1886)
    p. 879.

    Marriages enter'd. [i.e., intentions]
    1775,
    Feb.
    16th. Rev'd Ezra Weld & Bettey Soper both of this Town.
    [Note: this intention apparently never resulted in marriage. A Betty Soper, possibly the same person?, published to Joseph Crosby Jr. of Quincy in 1777 and had two children by him before she d. 1782.]

  4. ↑ Lincoln, Waldo. Genealogy of the Waldo Family: a Record of the Descendants of Cornelius Waldo of Ipswich, Mass. from 1647 to 1900. (Worcester, Mass.: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1902)
    p. 93.

    Elm Street Cemetery, Braintree:
    Rev'd Eza Weld
    born in Pomfret
    Connecticut June 13, 1736,
    graduated at Yale College
    1759, ordained to the
    ministry in Braintree
    November 17, 1764
    died January 16, 1816
    aged 80 years
    erected by is Children.

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