Ebenezer Phinney

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Thomas Rogers and Joseph Rogers.

MAR: Ibid, 11:132.

DEATH: No death rec found in original source records. A death date of 10 Apr 1754 is found in Howard Finney, FINNEY-PHINNEY FAMILIES IN AMERICA (Richmond, VA, 1957), 5 (FHL #929.273 F497fh). However, this date must be incorrect in light of Ebenezer's will and probate dates. See the will of Ebenezer Phinney of Barnstable, 26 Nov 1754, proved 10 Jan 1755, Barnstable Co. Probate, 9:122-24 (FHL #904602).

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Biography

Ebenezer Phinney was born in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony on 18 February 1673, the son of John and Mary (Rogers) Finney/Phinney.[1][2][3]

He married Susanna Linnell at Barnstable on 14 November 1695.[4][3] She was born ca. 1673, the daughter of David and Hannah (Shelley/Shelbey) Linnell.[3] Her father's 1688 will names her as Susanna Linnell.[5]

He was admitted as a townsman in Barnstable on 28 October 1696.[6] He was named in a division of meadow and marshland on 12 Jan 1696/7 in Barnstable, he received one share.[7] In a division of marshland in Barnstable on 6 May 1697, he was again named.[8] Eben Phinny received 15 1/4 shares in a division of the common lands in Barnstable on 19 February 1702.[9]

Susanna died in Barnstable on 10 April 1752.[10]

Ebenezer wrote his will, dated 26 November 1754 and proved 10 January 1755, which named sons Samuel, Ebenezer and David Phinney, daughters Mehitable Higgins, Mary Davis, and Rebecca Davis, granddaughter Lydia Phiney. Sons Samuel and Ebenezer to be executors.[11] Ebenezer died in Barnstable on 28 November 1754, age 81 years.[12]

Children born or baptized Barnstable:[3]

Mehitable, b. 14 Aug 1696; m. Samuel Higgins 1718 Barnstable
Mary, b. 23 Mar 1698; m. Job Davis 1724 Barnstable
Martha, b. 22 Apr 1700; prob. d. young.
Samuel, b. 1 Apr 1702; m. Hannah Ray 1729 Barnstable/Edgartown
Rebecca, bp. 11 Jun 1703; m. Stephen Davis 1700 Barnstable
poss. Lydia, bp. 17 Jul 1706; n.f.r.
Ebenezer, b. 26 May 1708; m. Rebecca Barnes 1730 Plymouth
David, b. 10 Jun 1710; m. Mary Pope 1733 Sandwich
poss. Seth, b. 12 Sep 1714; n.f.r

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Ebenezer Phinney (1673 - 1754)

Ebenezer "Eben" Phinney

Born 18 Feb 1673 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Son of John (Finney) Phinney II and Mary (Rogers) Phinney

Brother of John Phinney, Melatiah Phinney, Joseph Phinney, Thomas Phinney, Samuel Phinney, Mary (Phinney) Bryant, Mercy (Phinney) Crocker, Reliance (Phinney) Morton, Benjamin Phinney, Jonathan Phinney and Hannah Phinney

Husband of Susanna (Linnell) Phinney — married 14 Nov 1695 (to 10 Apr 1752) in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father of Mehitable (Phinney) Higgins, Mary (Phinney) Davis, Martha Phinney, Samuel Phinney, Rebecca (Phinney) Davis, Lydia Phinney, Ebenezer Phinney Jr., David Phinney and Seth Phinney

Died 28 Nov 1754 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Ebenezer Phinney was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

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Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-HP2?cc=2061550&wc... : 13 July 2016), Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 246 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
Barnstable Town Records, Vol. 1:377.
John Phinny Jur. and Mary Rogers Married 10 of August 1664 ... son Ebenezer born 18 Febry 1673.
↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 11:130
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 12, 33-34.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-HTZ?cc=2061550&wc... : 13 July 2016), Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 247 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
↑ Barnstable County Probate Records Vol. 1:24-25 Will & Inventory of David Linnell of Barnstable, 1689.
↑ Lennart Eben Johnson, Barnstable Town Record, (Barnstable, MA: Town of Barnstable, 2007) Vol. 1, pt. A, p. 216
↑ Johnson, Barnstable Town Record, Vol. 1, pt. A, p. 224.
↑ Johnson, Barnstable Town Record, Vol. 1, pt. A, p. 264.
↑ Johnson, Barnstable Town Record, Vol. 1, pt. A, p. 292
↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Barnstable VRs p. 696.
Phinney, Susanna wf. of Ebenr d. Apr 10, 1752 æ 79.
↑ Barnstable County Probate Records Vol. 9:122, will of Ebenezer Phinney, Barnstable (1755).
↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Barnstable Vital Records, "Deaths of Record," p. 696. (Link by $ubscription to AmericanAncestors.org.)
See also:

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. II, p. 1183. PHINNEY, Ebenezer (1674-1754?) & Suzannah LINNELL; 14 Nov 1695; Baranstable , citing MD 11:132; Morse (#1) 69, 70; Barnstable Co. Prob. 4:249; Phinney 21.
Barnstable Town Record (Eben Lennart Johnson, 2007) Vol. 1, Part C, Page 377
From his Thomas Rogers Society page:

http://www.thomasrogerssociety.com/p11.htm#i329

Susanna Linnell [1]

• F,
• b. circa 1673,
• d. 23 November 1754

Susanna Linnell was born circa 1673. She was the daughter of David Linnell and Hannah Shelby.

Susanna Linnell married Ebenezer Phinney, son of John Phinney and Mary Rogers, on 14 November 1695 at Barnstable. Her married name was Phinney.

Susanna Linnell died on 23 November 1754 at Barnstable.

Children of Susanna Linnell and Ebenezer Phinney

• 1. Mehitable Phinney+ b. 14 Aug 1696, d. 28 May 1778
• 2. Mary Phinney+ b. 23 Mar 1698, d. c 1796
• 3. Martha Phinney b. 22 Apr 1700
• 4. Samuel Phinney+ b. 1 Apr 1702
• 5. Rebecca Phinney+ b. 11 Jun 1703, d. bt 6 Nov 1754 - 8 Jan 1777
• 6. poss. Lydia Phinney b. 7 Jul 1706
• 7. Ebenezer Phinney+ b. 26 May 1708
• 8. David Phinney+ b. 10 Jun 1710, d. 23 Nov 1793
• 9. poss. Seth Phinney b. 12 Sep 1714

Citations

• 1. [S1] Ann T. [Revised by], (Originally compiled by Alice W. A. Westgate) Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Family of Thomas Rogers (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 33. Hereinafter cited as Rogers-Silver.