HEZEKIAH DUNKLEE

1735-1802 - Lexington, Middlesex co., MA & Danvers, Essex co., MA

(Fourth Generation - Dunklee Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
HEZEKIAH DUNKLEE
DAMARIS WILSON


BIRTH Hezekiah was born on 15 September 1735 in Lexington, Middlesex co., MA[28] and is listed in the Lexington vital records as "Dunkley, Dunklee..Hezekiah, first ch. of Hezekiah & Damaris Wilson". He was baptized in Lexington, Middlesex co., MA on 21 September 1735[28].
DEATH Hezekiah died in Danvers, Essex co., MA on 26 January 1802; he was 66y. 5m.[29] Hezekiah and his wife Katherine are buried in the Marsh Private Burial Ground on Jacob's Farm off Lowell Street in West Peabody, Essex co., MA. Hezekiah is listed as "Hezekiah Dundkley" on his gravestone.
MARRIAGE #1 On 4 September 1753 when Hezekiah was 17, he first married Desire MARSH, in Danvers, Essex Co., MA[30]. They were listed on their marriage record as "Duncklee, Hezekiah, and Desire Mash".

CHILDREN i. Desire DUNKLEE Desire was born on 27 February 1756 in Danvers, Essex Co., MA as "Dunckle, Desier" in the Danvers vital records[33]. On 11 April 1782 when Desire was 26, she married John NEEDHAM, in Danvers, Essex co., MA[30]. Her marriage record lists her as "Dunkle, Desire".

MARRIAGE #2 On 6 December 1757 when Hezekiah was 22, he second married Katherine MARSH, daughter of Ebeneezer MARSH, Jr. & Deliverance FRENCH, in Danvers, Essex co., MA[30]. On his marriage record in Danvers, he is listed as "Dunklee, Heze[kiah]". Katherine is listed as "Dunckley, Catherine, w. Hezekiah" in her death record.

CHILDREN i. Hezekiah DUNKLEE Hezekiah was born on 29 June 1758 in Danvers, Essex Co., MA as "Dunckle, Hezekiah"[32].
ii. Ezekiel DUNKLEE Ezekiel was born on 19 August 1760 in Danvers, Essex Co., MA as "Dunckle, Ezekiel"[32]. He died in Danvers, Essex co., MA on 28 March 1829 as "Dunckle, Ezekiel"; he was 68[33]. On 13 July 1783 when Ezekiel was 22, he married Rebekah STANDLY, in Danvers, Essex co., MA[30]. On his Danvers marriage record, he is listed as "Ezekiel Dunklee".
iii. Sarah/Sally DUNKLEE Please see her own page.
iv. Ebeneezer DUNKLEE Ebeneezer was born on 21 May 1765 in Danvers, Essex Co., MA as "Dunckle, Eben[eze]r"[31].
v. Deliverance DUNKLEE Deliverance was born on 30 January 1768 in Danvers, Essex Co., MA as "Dunckle, Deleverence"[31].
vi. John DUNKLEE John was born on 24 January 1770 in Danvers, Essex Co., MA as "Dunckle, John"[32].
vii. Seth DUNKLEE Seth was born on 14 February 1773 in Danvers, Essex Co., MA as "Dunckle, Seth"[32].
viii. Betty/Betsey DUNKLEE Betty/Betsey was born on 17 October 1776 in Danvers, Essex Co., MA as "Dunckle, Betty"[31]. On 31 August 1800 when she was 23, she married Ebeneezer TWISS, in Danvers, Essex co., MA[30]. Their marriage record lists them as "Dunklee, Betsy and Eben[eze]r Twiss of Salem".
ix. Hannah DUNKLEE Hannah was born on 5 January 1779 in Danvers, Essex Co., MA As "Dunckle, Hannah"[32]. On 1 May 1802 when Hannah was 23, she married Francis PHELPS, in Danvers, Essex co., MA[30]. The intention was filed as "Dunklee, Hannah".
x. Alice DUNKLEE Alice was born on 22 December 1781 in Danvers, Essex Co., MA as "Duncklee, Alice"[32]. On 19 February 1799 when Alice was 17, she married Zacheus CHURCHILL, as "Dunkcle, Alice" in Danvers, Essex co., MA[30].




GENERATION G4 (Great-great-great-great) Grandfather
FAMILY NUMBER 122
SOURCES 1. Dedham, Norfolk co., MA Vital Racords, [DedhamVR], 127.

2. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey].

3. Duncklee, Ada Melinda Lakin, A Sketch of the Duncklee Family: and a History of the Descendants of David Duncklee of Amherst, N.H.: and of His Sister Hannah Duncklee Howe of Milford, N.H., (Milford, N.H.: J. P. Melger, 1908), [Duncklee], 7.

4. Linzee, John William, The History of Peter Parker & Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass., (Boston, Mass.: [S. Usher], 1913), [Parker (#9), Parker-Ruggles], 186.

5. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 48:459.

6. Smith, Tenney, Charles Smith and Rachel Amy Bryant, Their Ancestors and Descendants, (Brattleboro, Vt.: The Vermont Printing Co., 1938), [Smith-Bryant], 123.

7. Sumner, Edith Blake Bartlett, Ancestors and Descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsey Baldwin, (Los Angeles: American Offset Printers, 1954), [Hall-Baldwin], 29.

8. [DedhamVR], 11.

9. The Early Records of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1636-1659, [appended to the Norfolk co., VRs CD], [DedhamTR], 194.

10. Ibid. 195.

11. Ibid. 214.

12. [DedhamVR], 8.

13. Ibid. 10.

14. Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, (Boston: NEHGS, 1860) [Appended to the Watertown, Middlessex co., MA VRs on the CD], [Bond or Watertown], 453.

15. Hudson, Charles, History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, From its First Settlement to 1860, (2 vols.), (Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1913), [Lexington], 2:182-3.

16. [Duncklee], 8.

17. Huntington, Rev. E. B., A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family, (Ridgefield Conn.: privately printed, 1884), [Lathrop], 47.

18. Holman, Mary Lovering, The Scott Genealogy, (Boston, MA: 1919), [Scott (1919)], 197.

19. Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Baldwin Genealogy From 1500 to 1881, (Cleveland, Ohio: [The Leader Printing Company], 1881), [Baldwin], 689.

20. [Bond or Watertown], I:453.

21. Lexington, Meddlesex co., MA Vital Records, [LexVR], p. 173.

22. Watertown, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, [WatVR], p. 10.

23. [LexVR], p. 21.

24. Needham, Norfolk co., MA, [NeedhamVR], 87.

25. [LexVR], p. 111, #5.

26. Ibid. p. 21, #29.

27. Ibid. p. 21, #32.

28. Ibid. p. 21, #27.

29. Danvers, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [DanversVR], II:362 [G.R.18].

30. Ibid. II:83.

31. Ibid. I:105.

32. Ibid. I:106.

33. Ibid. II:362.

34. Andover, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [AndoverVR], I:106.

35. Commonwealth of MA Vital Records, [MAVR], Death Records, 1850, Volume 48, Page 120, Lynn.

36. David Johnson Newhall Death Record, 26 October 1901, Lynn, Essex co., MA, 1901, 516, 563, 919, Commonwealth of MA Archives, [DJN-DR].

37. Salem, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [SalemVR], III:318 [P.R.533]

38. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR].

39. Salem, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [SalemVR]

40. Original Document. In posession of Alan M. Hall.


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