WETHERBE (WETHERBEE) Surname - Charlestown, NH
Date:	5/11/98 12:33:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From:	Farns10th@AOL.COM (Farns10th)

Surname: WETHERBE   (WETHERBEE)

The following information is from The History of Charlestown, N.H., the old
Fort No. 4 by Rev. Saunderson:

p.609
Capt. Ephraim Wetherbe the progenitor of the Wetherbe family of Charlestown NH
m. Joanna Bellows dau of
Benjamin Bellows and his wife, Dorcas (Cutler) Willard widow of Henry Willard
4th son of Major Simon Willard.

Capt. Ephraim Wetherbe and his wife Joanna (Bellows) Wetherbe had issue:
l. Rachel Wetherbe m. Deacon Thomas Putnam.
2. Jonathan Wetherbe (one of the proprietors of Charlestown under the N.H.
Charter.)
3. Abigail Wetherbe m. (1) James Nutting Willard son of Lieut Moses Willard
and his wife, Susanna Willard
   She m. (2) Capt. Isaac Farwell.  She m. (3) J. B. Olive
4. Susanna Wetherbe m. Thomas Little Res: Peterboro, NH and then Lunenburg, MA
(6 children)
5. Joanna Wetherbe m. Col. William Heywood as his 2d wife
6. Capt. Samuel Wetherbe
7. Abijah Wetherbe (one of the grantees under N.H. Charter)

Note: Joanna (Bellows) Wetherbe d. Aug 26, l762 at age 55 yrs.  Capt. Ephraim
Wetherbe died previously to
his wife's death but at what time has not been ascertained.  He was one of the
original proprietors of No. 4
under the MA Grant.  Only two others of the proprietors under the MA Grant
settled at No. 4, Capt. PhineasStevens and Stephen Farnsworth.  Of his
children, Capt Samuel Wetherbe, Abijah Wetherbe and Jonathan Wetherbe settled
ultimately in Concord, Vt.

p. 6ll
Capt. Samuel Wetherbe 6th child of Capt. Ephraim Wetherbe was born Apr. 3,
l745 at Lunenburg, MA.
He m. Susanna Johnson, dau of Capt. James Johnson and his wife, Susanna
(Willard)
Johnson,
 who was taken prisoner Aug 30, l754 and carried to Montreal, Canada.  She did
not return to the Fort until l760.
Capt. Samuel Wetherbe was an active patriot in the war of the Revolution.
When a regiment was raised
in July l776, under Col. Isaac Wyman of Keene for the army in Canada, he rec'd
a commisssion of captain of Company No. 5.  They joined the northern army of
New York.  He was also active in promoting the
union of the towns east of the Conn. River with the State of Vermont.  After
removing to Concord, Vt.
where he was a large proprietor and among the lst settlers he represented the
town in the yrs l797, l799
l800, l80l l802 l803 and l806.  He was also one of the Assistant Judges of the
County Court for the years
l803, l804 l805 and l809.   His children:

l. Susanna Wetherbe b. Aug 4, l770 m. l797 Major Jonathan Baker, son of Osmyn
Baker.
2. Jason Wetherbe b. June 8, l772 m. l793 Sophia Farwell dau of Capt. Isaac
Farwell and Abigail (Wetherbe) Willard Farwell.  Their children:
           l. Sophia Wetherbe m. l8l7 Oel Billings Res: Royalton, Vt. and
later at              Woodstock Vt.
           2.Isaac Wetherbe b. l797 m. Mitty Tuffts of Charlestown MA She b.
l797 Res: Charlestown, NH  Their children:
                         l. Anne Tuffts Wetherbe b. l820 m. Samuel H. Grinnell
                         2. Abby B. Wetherbe b. l822 m. Josiah White
                         3. George Wetherbe b. l827 Res: N.Y.C.
                         4. Eliza Wetherbe b. l829 m. David A. Gage of Chicago
                         5. Sophia Wetherb b. l836
             Isaac Wetherbe's wife died Sept. l859 and he removed to Boston
and m. Mrs. Louisa Clark

   Jason Wetherbe d. in Canada in l845 aged 73  His wife d. l855, age 80.
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_Submitted by Janice Farnsworth 5/l0/98
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Note: Dianne aka Dashmom@aol.com is a Wetherbee as is her brother Charles
Wetherbee aka wetherb@erols.com.   Dianne added this information to that of
Dr. Henry H. Saunderson's:

Samuel Wetherbe' children not noted in Fort 4 History:

Ethel's book gives the rest as:
3. Samuel, Jr. b. 19 July, 1774
4.James b. 7 June 1776
5.Azar, b. 23 Feb. 1779
6.Elizabeth ("Betsy"), b. 1781
7.Lucy (twin) , b. 1783
8. Polly (twin), b. 1783
9.Caroline Nancy, b. 1785
10. Ira (triplet) b. 31 Dec. 1788 d. 14 Jan 1789
11. Lucretia (triplet) b. 31 Dec. 1788
12. Tryphena (triplet) b. 31 Dec. 1788
13. John, b. 1791
14. Catherine, b. Nove 1793
15. Miranda Randilla, 5 July 1796
Source: Dashmom@aol.com

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