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JOSEPH WADE (1676–1761), son of Thomas Wade and Hannah Ensign
RUTH GARRETT (b. 1680), daughter of Joseph Garrett and Ruth Buck
Joseph Wade was born on 14 February 1675/[6?] in Scituate. He died on 27 December 1761, age 85 years, ten months and 13 days, in Scituate. [1] He is buried in the Groveland Cemetery in Scituate. [2] He married Ruth Garrett on 4 January 1705 in Scituate. [1]
Ruth, the daughter of Joseph Garrett, was born on 24 December 1680 in Scituate. [3] She was baptized on 9 July 1682 in Scituate. [3]
Ruth was referred to as the wife of Joseph Wade in the 25 April 1726 division of her father's estate.
Joseph was referred to as a mariner in Scituate on 9 May 1720. [4]
Joseph was a juror at the Plymouth court in December 1721. He was a constable in Scituate on 19 August 1727. [4]
Joseph made his will on 15 March 1760. [5]
Children of Joseph Wade and Ruth Garrett:
i. Ruth Wade was born on 23 November 1706 in Scituate. She was baptized on 24 August 1712 in Scituate. She died on 14 November 1763 in Scituate. She married Thomas Curtis.
ii. Elizabeth Wade was born on 1 January 1708/9 in Scituate. [1] She was baptized on 24 August 1712 in Scituate. [1]
iii. Joseph Wade was born on 24 November 1710 in Scituate. [1] He was baptized on 24 August 1712 in Scituate. [1] He died on 21 April 1808, age 96, and is buried in the Nequasset Cemetery in Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, Maine. [6] Joseph, Jr. married Rachel Turner on 13 February 1734/5 in Scituate. [1] She died on 6 March 1800 and is buried in the Nequasset Cemetery. [6]
Joseph Wade, Jr. is referred to as a boatman of Scituate on 18 May 1736 and a mariner of Scituate on 23 July 1743. [7]
iv. Jacob Wade was born on 9 October 1712 in Scituate. [1] He married Elizabeth Vinal on 12 July 1736 in Scituate. [1] Elizabeth, the daughter of Jacob Vinal, was born on 1 November 1715 in Scituate. [8]
v. Issachar Wade was born on 14 December 1714 in Scituate. [1] He died between 6 December 1788and 7 January 1789 He married Thankful Merritt on 2 April 1751 in Scituate. [1] Thankful, the daughter of John and Thankful Merritt, Jr., was born on 28 July 1729 in Scituate. [9] Issachar married second Mary Unknown. She may be the unnamed widow of Issachar who died in 1814 in Scituate may be Mary. [1]
Issachar Wade, yeoman of Scituate, made his will on 6 December 1788. It was probated on 7 January 1789. He named his wife Mary and his children. [10]
vi. Captain Zebulon Wade was born on 3 March 1716 in Scituate. [1] He was baptized on 23 June 1717 in Scituate. [1] He died by March 1754. He and Mercy Norton of Edgartown made their intention of marriage on 22 September 1744 in Scituate. [1] They were married on 24 October 1744 in Edgartown. [5] Mercy died by March 1754.
Zebulon wade was a mariner and the following story is from an account by Richard H. Benson [5]. In the late spring of 1750 Captain Zebulon Wade set sail in the brand-new 75-ton ship The Three Sisters. He and another ship came upon a Spanish vessel—loaded with silver bars—wrecked off of Cape Hatteras. He and the other ship captain persuaded the captain of the Spanish vessel to let them transport the silver to Havana and then made off to the West Indies. A 1748 peace treaty meant that the Spanish vessel was no longer fair game, although perhaps Zebulon and the other captain were not aware of this. The allegedly buried the silver on the island St. Eustatius. Unfortunately for Zebulon, he was intercepted by the authorities, but was said to have bought his freedom.
Zebulon moved to Beaufort County, North Carolina. Mercy died before he made his undated will. Zebulon refers to himself as very sick and and weak in the will, which was probated in March 1754. [5]
vii. Sarah Wade was born on 2 May 1719 in Scituate. [1] She married Jonathan Merritt on 21 January 1741 in Scituate. [1]
viii. Simeon Wade was baptized on 27 June 1725 in Scituate. [1] Simeon, the husband of Eunice Studley, died on 18 March 1775 in Scituate. [1] He married Eunice Studley after 8 September 1750 (intention) in Scituate. [1] Eunice, the wife of Simeon Wade, was born on 18 August 1731 in Scituate. [11] Eunice Studley, the wife of Simeon, died on 15 December 1804 in Scituate. [1] She married second Captain William Russell of Boston on 28 January 1784. [1]
On 5 February 1775 Israel Litchfield wrote in his diary that at the church meeting they prayed for Simeon. He was " ... very weak. It is thought he is consumptive." [12]
Simeon, yeoman of Scituate, wrote his will on 9 March 1775. He said that he was" under infirmity of body" and mentioned his wife Eunice and his children. On 29 April 1786 Eunice Russell, formerly Eunice Wade, affirmed the inventory on Simeon's estate. [10]
References:
1. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2909), vol. 1: 396–400, 403 (births), 316–318 (marriages), 463–464 (deaths).
2. Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joseph Wade (2 Feb 1675–27 Dec 1761), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142783412, citing Groveland Cemetery, Scituate, Plymouth County, MA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493), all Find a Grave entries accessed 28 November 2022.
3. Vital Records of Scituate, 1:162.
4. "Plymouth County, MA: Plymouth Court Records, 1686–1859," database with images, AmericanAncestors, vol. 2: 18, 142; vol. 5: 123.
5. Richard H. Benson, "Zebulon Wade, Pirate or Privateer?" American Ancestors (Spring 2010): 44–45.
6. Find a Grave, memorial page for Joseph “Joe” Wade Jr. (9 Oct 1711–21 Apr 1808), ID 63323498 and Rachel Turner Wade (1713–6 Mar 1800), ID 63323577, citing Nequasset Cemetery, Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, ME ; Maintained by Maine 101 (contributor 47130320) .
7. "Plymouth Court Records," vol. 6: 69, vol. 7: 12.
8. Vital Records of Scituate, 1:386.
9. Vital Records of Scituate, 1:251.
10. "Massachusetts, U.S. Wills and Probate Records, 1635–1991," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9069) > Probate Estate Files, No 21685-21719, Wade, Henry, S-Wade, Samuel, 1686-1915 > Issachar Wade; Probate Estate Files, No 21720-21792, Wade, Sarah-Wallker, Almeda, 1686-1915, Simeon Wade.
11. Vital Records of Scituate, 1:344.
12. Richard Brigham Johnson, ed., "The Diary of Israel Litchfield," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 129: 250–69.
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