ELEAZER LINDSEY

(1644-1716) - Lynn and Nahant, Essex co., MA

(Second Generation - Lindsey Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
CHRISTOPHER LINDSEY
MARGARET [SURNAME NOT KNOWN]



BIRTH & DEATH Eleazer was born circa 1644 in Lynn, Essex co., MA and died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 20 May 1716 as "Lindsey, Eleazur, sr." aged 72 years.; he was 72[7].
OCCUPATION Eleazer was a House-carpenter The house he built for his family was destroyed in June 1893[8].
CITIZENSHIP He took the Oath of Freeman on 18 April 1691[9] and the Oath of Fidelity to Country on 27 February 1677, and the Oath of Allegiance to the King in 1678.
MILITARY As seen by his title of "Coronet", Eleazer served in the Lynn militia. He was in King Philip's War and was paid £1 16s. 0d. for his service on 24 August 1676.
MARRIAGE In August 1668 when Eleazer was 24, he married Sara ALLEY, daughter of Hugh ALLEY & Mary GRAVES, in Lynn, Essex co., MA[4,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,16].

CHILDREN 5. i. Sarah LINDSEY Please see her own page.
6. ii. Eleazur LINDSEY Eleazer was born on 25 March 1671 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[24] as "Linsy, Eliezur". He was a Captain in the militia.
7. iii. Mary1 LINDSEY Mary1 was born on 22 July 1673 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[24] as "Linsey, Mary, d. Elizer" and died before 10 March 1679/80, when another daughter named Mary was born.
8. iv. John LINDSEY John was born in "last of" August 1675 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[25] as "Linssy, John, s. Eliezur and Sarah".
9. v. Abigail LINDSEY Please see her own page.
10. vi. Mary2 LINDSEY Mary2 was born on 10 March 1679/80 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[25] as "Linssy, Mary, s. Eliezur and Sarah". She married [not known] HOLTEN[8].
11. vii. Elizabeth LINDSEY Elizabeth was born on 4 March 1682 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[25] as "Linssy, Elizabeth, d. Eliezur and Sarah".
12. viii. Ralph LINDSEY Ralph was born on 15 December 1684 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[25] as "Linssy, Ralph, s. Eliezur and Sarah".
13. ix. Hannah LINDSEY Hannah was born on 9 July 1688 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[25] as "Linssy, Hannah, d. Eliezur and Sarah".
14. x. Joseph LINDSEY Joseph was born on 24 June 1692 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[25] as "Linssy, Joseph, s. Eliezur and Sarah".





GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G8) Grandfather
&
Great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G7) Grandfather twice
FAMILY NUMBER 1924 and 898 and 910
SOURCES 1. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:527 [Ct. R.].

2. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 9 volumes, (Salem 1911-1975), [EQC], IV:158.

3. The Probate Records of Essex County, [EssexProb or EPR], II:160-162.

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

5. The Annual Report of the Lindsay Family Association of America, 1-10, ([Boston, 1904-1914]), [Lindsay], 209.

6. Lewis, Alonzo, & James Newhall, History of Lynn, Essex County, Mass., including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscot, and Nahant, 16219-[1893], (Lynn: George C. Herbert, [1890]), [Lynn Hist.], 125.

7. [LynnVR], II:527 [G.S. 1].

8. Waters, Henry F., The Newhall Family, (Salem: Essex Institute, 1882; repr., Rutland, VT: Tuttle Antiquarian Books), [Newhall(1882)], 27.

9. Paige, Lucius R., List of Freemen of MA, 1630-1691., [Page-Freemen], III:10-12.

10. Anderson, Robert Charles, George F. Sanborn, Jr. and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635., (New England Historic Genealogical Society), [GreatMig1634-1635], I:41.

11. [LynnVR], II:233.

12. [Lindsay], 211.

13. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 3:49; 7:120.

14. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 1:39.

15. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], 18:27; 29:153.

16. The Genealogical Magazine, (Salem, Mass.: Salem Press, 1890+), [GenMag or Putnam's Mag.], 6:183.

17. [LynnVR], I:24 [Ct. R.].

18. Ibid. II:530 [P.R. 5].

19. [Lindsay], 210.

20. [LynnVR], I:22 [Ct. R.].

21. Ibid. II:527.

22. [Lindsay], 215.

23. [LynnVR], I:246 [Ct. R.].

24. Marblehead, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [MarbleheadVR].

25. Newbury, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [NewburyVR], I:244.

26. Thwing, Annie Haven, Inhabitants & Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630-1822., (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society CD-ROM), [Thwing].

27. [LynnVR], I:245 [Ct. R.].

28. Ibid. I:245.

29. [Newhall(1882)], #29, pp. 27-28.

30. Ibid. #29, v. 18, pp. 27-28.

31. [LynnVR], II:237.

32. [EIHC], 18:2,13.

33. DeForest, Louis Effingham, Our Colonial and Continental Ancestors: The Ancestry of Mr. and Mrs. Louis William Dommerich, (New York, N.Y.: The DeForest Publ. Co., 1930), [DommerichChart], 46.

34. [Lindsay].




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