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Eliakim Wardwell[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]

Male 1687 - Bef 1753  (< 66 years)


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  • Name Eliakim Wardwell 
    Birth 17 Aug 1687  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16] 
    Gender Male 
    Jailed 15 Aug 1692  [15, 17, 18] 
    Parties Involved:
    Elizabeth Wardwell, child
    Rebecca Wardwell, child
    John Ballard, foster parent
    Sarah Hooper
    William Wardwell, child
    Samuel Wardwell Jr., child
    Mary Wardwell, child
    • Role: child
    Accused Bef 17 Oct 1711  [15] 
    fornication
    Parties Involved:
    Ruth Bragdon, accused
    Property 1714/5  York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    was granted 20 acres
    Inventory 19 Sep 1735  [20] 
    totalling £1124: 3: 1
    • Role: Appraiser
    Will 7 Mar 1749  [19, 21] 


    • In the Name of God Amen. On the Seventh Day of March in the twentythird Year of His Majts Reign Annoque Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred & forty nine. I Eliakim Wardwell of york in the County of york & Province of the Massachusts Bay in New England, being weak in Body but of a Sound Mind and Memory, Thanks be to God, and calling unto Mind ye Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make & ordain this my last Will & Testamt

      That is to say, principally and first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recomend to the Earth to be buried in decent christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executrix hereafter named in hopes of a glorious Resurrection; And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, And to prevent Trouble & Disputes among such of my Children as may Survive me concerning the Same; I give demise & dispose of it in Manner & form following.

      Impr. My Will is that my just Debts & funeral Charges Shall be paid out of my personal Estate, and all ye Rest & remaining part thereof I give & bequeath to my loving Wife Ruth Wardwell by her to be disposed of to & among my Daughters or Such of them as She pleases, and in Such Manner time & Proportion as She Shall think fit.

      Item. It give to my Said Wife the Use & Improvemt of all my real Estate as Houses Buildings Lands Marshes or Meadows scituate in York aforesd or else where by such Name or Names Number of Acres Quantities Qualities Terms & Discriptions as the Same is or May be called for & until the time of my youngest Son Daniel's arrival to the age of twenty one Years, or in Case he Should die before that time then until that time in Case he lived. And from that time my Will is that my Said Wife Shall have the use & Improvemt of but one third part of my real Estate aforesd and that during her natural Life.

      Item. I give and bequeath to my three Sons Ioseph Ieremiah and Daniel all my aforesd real Estate, and every part thereof to be equally divided among them at the Several times of my Wife's Term of improving the Same being ended as aforesd and if one or more of my Said Sons should die before these Sevl times then & in that Case my Will is, that Such Decd one's part or the part intended him as above, Shall descend & become the Inheritance of his Heir or Heirs lawfully begotten of his Body, if otherways then to my other Sons & yr Heirs, provided nevertheless and my Will is that my aforesd Sons or their Heirs as aforesd Shall in equal proportion severally pay out the Legacys hereafter ordd to my Daughters, otherways Such Son or his Heirs as neglect or refuse to pay their part of ye Said Legacys by the time limited there Shall be an equivalent in Land set off out of his part by three indiffert men to be chose by ye parties concern'd for ye purpose.

      Item. I give to my five Daughters namely Mary Abigail Meribah Lydia & Hephzibah Sixty pounds in Bills of Credit of the old Tenor equal to fifteen pounds of the new, to be paid them by their Brothers or their Heirs as aforesd at the time of my Sons coming into possession of the real Estate aforesd & in the proportion following. Vizt. to Mary my eldest Daughter (She having receiv'd Something of me before) Four pounds old Tenor, and to the rest of my Daughters Abigail Meribah Lydia and Hephzibah the remaining Fifty six pounds old Tenr to be equally divided among them, and in Want of those Legacys being paid by their Brothers or their Heirs as aforesd then so much of my real Estate as Shall be adjudged equivalt Shall be Set off in Lieu thereof as before provided, And my Will is that if either of my aforesd Daughters die before ye Legacy aforesd Shall become payable then & in that Case such one's Legacy or the Legacy intended her as aforesd Shall be paid to her Heirs lawfully begotten of her Body if any Such Should be then Surviving but if not to my other Daughters & their Heirs.

      Finally. I do hereby appoint my aforesd Wife Ruth to be Sole Executˣ of this my last Will & Testament, and do utterly disannul all & every other Testaments Wills Legacys & Bequests and Executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year first herein before written

      Signed Sealed published pronounced Eliakim Wardwell (seal)
      & declared by the Sd Eliakim
      Wardwell as his last Will & Tes-
      tamt in presence of us
      Saml Clarke
      Ioseph Stover jr
      Danl Clark
    Death Bef 16 Oct 1753  York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 14] 
    • Find-a-grave has 10 Oct 1753.
    Probate 16 Oct 1753  [19, 22] 
    Burial York Village, York, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Cemetery:
    Old York Cemetery
    Person ID I3116  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2020 

    Father Samuel Wardwell,   b. 16 May 1643, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1692, Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Sarah Hooper,   b. 7 Dec 1650, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1711, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 9 Jan 1672/3  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 11, 13, 17, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32] 
    Family ID F412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Bragdon,   b. 9 Apr 1691, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1760, Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [12, 14] 
    Marriage 4 Dec 1711  [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 14, 33] 
    Children 
     1. child Wardwell,   b. Bef 17 Oct 1710   d. young
     2. Mary Wardwell,   b. 9 Mar 1711/2, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1780, Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +3. Abigail Wardwell,   b. 27 Jun 1714, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 13 Mar 1760 (Age < 45 years)
     4. Hannah Wardwell,   b. 11 Sep 1716, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 23 Jan 1744/5 (Age < 28 years)
    +5. Joseph Wardwell,   b. 18 Dec 1718, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1782, York, York, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +6. Meribah Wardwell,   b. 25 Dec 1720, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Samuel Wardwell,   b. 2 Mar 1722/3, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Eliakim Wardwell,   b. 5 Jul 1725, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Lydia Wardwell,   b. 8 Aug 1727, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Hephzibah Wardwell,   b. 2 Oct 1729, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    +11. Jeremiah Wardwell,   b. 19 Feb 1731/2, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 18 Apr 1764 and 30 Jun 1765 (Age 32 years)
    +12. Daniel Wardwell,   b. 17 Apr 1734, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1803, Penobscot, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Aug 1687 - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted 20 acres - 1714/5 - York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Bef 16 Oct 1753 - York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Old York Cemetery - - York Village, York, Maine, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
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    2.  2.  [S34] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 4, 109, 00420.

    3.  3.  [S147] Connecticut Genealogies, 00113.

    4.  4.  [S156] Genealogical Register of New England, 305, 00223.

    5.  5.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 110:283, 00390.

    6.  6.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 111:21, 00390.

    7.  7.  [S31] Vital Records of Andover, MA, Vol. 1, 372, 00564.

    8.  8.  [S314] Vital Records of York, ME, 70, 00613.

    9.  9.  [S314] Vital Records of York, ME, 43, 00613.

    10.  10.  [S509] Hooper Genealogy, 5, 00285.

    11.  11.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 719, 00218.

    12.  12.  [S1149] TMG, 24:128, 00999.

    13.  13.  [S1241] Wardwell, 8, 01086.

    14.  14.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 114666517, 00974.

    15.  15.  [S1149] TMG, 18:150, 00999.

    16.  16.  [S31] Vital Records of Andover, MA, Vol. 1, 373, 00564.

    17.  17.  [S1196] Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive, people?group.num=all&mbio.num=mb26, 01041.

    18.  18.  [S1242] Historical Sketches of Andover, 220-221, 01087.

    19.  19.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 720, 00218.

    20.  20.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 366, 00349.

    21.  21.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 721-723, 00349.

    22.  22.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 723, 00349.

    23.  23.  [S544] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4., 416, 00193.

    24.  24.  [S34] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 4, 51, 00420.

    25.  25.  [S34] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 4, 107, 00420.

    26.  26.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 3:66, 00390.

    27.  27.  [S262] Vital Records of Andover, MA, Vol. 2, 339, 00565.

    28.  28.  [S168] Hamlin Family, 151, 00249.

    29.  29.  [S509] Hooper Genealogy, 4, 00285.

    30.  30.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 779, 00395.

    31.  31.  [S576] TGMSP, Adam Hawkes, 00516.

    32.  32.  [S576] TGMSP, Thomas Wardwell, 00516.

    33.  33.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 106, 00218.