John Partridge

Family

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1. George Homer Partridge, Partridge Genealogy (1904), family #1: "John Partridge married, Dec. 18, 1655, Magdalen, daughter of John and Magdalen Bullard, early of Watertown and later of Medfield. She died in Medfield, Dec. 27, 1677." Explicit daughter-of; corroborates Tilden.

   George Homer Partridge, Partridge Genealogy (1904): (a) family of "2. JOHN2 PARTRIDGE (John1) was born in Medfield, Sept. 21, 1656. … He married three times: first, Dec. 24, 1678, Elizabeth, born in Medfield, April 3, 1657, died July 22, 1688, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret (Holbrook) Rockwood; … Children by first wife: … iv. BENONI, b. May 25, 1687; d. Dec. 26, 1769." (b) family of "7. Benoni3 Partridge (John, John1) was born in Medfield (now Millis), May 25, 1687. … He married, July 14, 1708, Mehetabel, born in Medfield, Sept. 10, 1689, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Kendrick) Wheelock … She died Jan. 20, 1761; and he died Dec. 26, 1769." Children include "X. ELI, b. June 3/8, 1729." Explicit son-of John Partridge × Elizabeth Rockwood (child list under first wife + lineage heading). Matches benoni-partridge-bsb: (1) exact birth 1687-05-25 Medfield already on graph; (2) death 1769-12-26 already on graph; (3) wife mehitable-wheelock-partridge already spouse; (4) son eli-partridge-bsb (b. 1729) already child; (5) heading "(John, John1)". Corroborated by FPA Register 1911 lineage through Benoni.

2. Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Register 1911, Roll of Associates: Arthur S. & Frank H. Partridge applications name "great3-grandson of Benoni Partridge and Mehitable Wheelock" (and upstream Eli × Rachel Sheffield). Independent dual applications corroborate the Benoni × Mehetabel couple whose parents are named in the 1904 Partridge Genealogy.

   Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Register 1911, Roll of Associates: Arthur S. & Frank H. Partridge applications name "great3-grandson of Benoni Partridge and Mehitable Wheelock" (and upstream Eli × Rachel Sheffield). Independent dual applications corroborate the Benoni × Mehetabel couple whose parents are named in the 1904 Partridge Genealogy.

3. George Homer Partridge, Partridge Genealogy (1904), family #1: "John Partridge married, Dec. 18, 1655, Magdalen, daughter of John and Magdalen Bullard, early of Watertown and later of Medfield. She died in Medfield, Dec. 27, 1677." Explicit daughter-of; corroborates Tilden.

   George Homer Partridge, Partridge Genealogy (1904), family #1: "John Partridge came to Medfield from Dedham in 1653 ... John Partridge married, Dec. 18, 1655, Magdalen, daughter of John and Magdalen Bullard, early of Watertown and later of Medfield. She died in Medfield, Dec. 27, 1677. He died May 28, 1706, and in his will ... mention is made of his sons John, Eleazer, Samuel and Zachariah ..." Children: "2. i. JOHN, b. Sept. 21, 1656; d. Dec. 9, 1743." Matches john-partridge-bsb: (1) exact birth 1656-09-21; (2) exact death 1743-12-09; (3) his own entry #2 is headed "JOHN2 PARTRIDGE (John1)"; (4) named as son John in father's 1706 will.

4. William S. Tilden, History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886 (1887), Genealogies, WHEELOCK: "Samuel2 (Ralph1) married at Rehoboth in 1678 Sarah Kenrick. He inherited the original Wheelock estate ... He died in 1698, and his widow married in 1703 Josiah Rockwood (4). ... Children: ... 29. Mehitable, 1689; m. in 1709 Benoni Partridge." Matches: husband Samuel (ralph's son), daughter Mehitable m. Benoni Partridge (= mehitable-wheelock-partridge already locked), remarriage to Josiah Rockwood.

   William S. Tilden, History of the Town of Medfield (1887), Genealogies, PARTRIDGE #45: "John Partridge is first mentioned here in 1653 ... He married in 1655 Magdalen Bullard (2). Her father specified a legacy to his son-in-law, John Partridge ... His wife died the following year [1677]. He survived till 1706 ... Children: +46. John, 1656 ..." and #46 "John2 (John1) settled in what is now East Medway ... deacon ... He married in 1678 Elizabeth Rockwood (6), who died in 1688 ... He died in 1743." Independent corroboration: birth 1656, wife Elizabeth Rockwood m. 1678, death 1743.

5. George Homer Partridge, Partridge Genealogy (1904), family #1: "John Partridge married, Dec. 18, 1655, Magdalen, daughter of John and Magdalen Bullard, early of Watertown and later of Medfield. She died in Medfield, Dec. 27, 1677." Explicit daughter-of; corroborates Tilden.

   George Homer Partridge, Partridge Genealogy (1904): (a) family of "2. JOHN2 PARTRIDGE (John1) was born in Medfield, Sept. 21, 1656. … He married three times: first, Dec. 24, 1678, Elizabeth, born in Medfield, April 3, 1657, died July 22, 1688, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret (Holbrook) Rockwood; … Children by first wife: … iv. BENONI, b. May 25, 1687; d. Dec. 26, 1769." (b) family of "7. Benoni3 Partridge (John, John1) was born in Medfield (now Millis), May 25, 1687. … He married, July 14, 1708, Mehetabel, born in Medfield, Sept. 10, 1689, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Kendrick) Wheelock … She died Jan. 20, 1761; and he died Dec. 26, 1769." Children include "X. ELI, b. June 3/8, 1729." Explicit son-of John Partridge × Elizabeth Rockwood (child list under first wife + lineage heading). Matches benoni-partridge-bsb: (1) exact birth 1687-05-25 Medfield already on graph; (2) death 1769-12-26 already on graph; (3) wife mehitable-wheelock-partridge already spouse; (4) son eli-partridge-bsb (b. 1729) already child; (5) heading "(John, John1)". Corroborated by FPA Register 1911 lineage through Benoni.

6. George Homer Partridge, Partridge Genealogy (1904), family #1: "John Partridge married, Dec. 18, 1655, Magdalen, daughter of John and Magdalen Bullard, early of Watertown and later of Medfield. She died in Medfield, Dec. 27, 1677." Explicit daughter-of; corroborates Tilden.

   George Homer Partridge, Partridge Genealogy (1904), family #1: "John Partridge came to Medfield from Dedham in 1653 ... John Partridge married, Dec. 18, 1655, Magdalen, daughter of John and Magdalen Bullard, early of Watertown and later of Medfield. She died in Medfield, Dec. 27, 1677. He died May 28, 1706, and in his will ... mention is made of his sons John, Eleazer, Samuel and Zachariah ..." Children: "2. i. JOHN, b. Sept. 21, 1656; d. Dec. 9, 1743." Matches john-partridge-bsb: (1) exact birth 1656-09-21; (2) exact death 1743-12-09; (3) his own entry #2 is headed "JOHN2 PARTRIDGE (John1)"; (4) named as son John in father's 1706 will.