Abishai MARCHANT

1651 - 1712  (60 years)

• Name	Abishai MARCHANT
  Birth	10 Jan 1651	Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA
  Gender	Male
  Name	Abasha MARCHANT
  Name	Abasha MERCHANT
  Name	Abijah MARCHANT
  Name	Abijah MERCHANT
  Name	Abisha MARCHANT
  Name	Abisha MERCHANT
  Name	Abishai MERCHANT
  Name	Obijah MARCHANT
  Name	Obijah MERCHANT
  Death	1712	Edgartown, Dukes County, MA
  Notes	(1) Source: Laura Stewart Civey <http://lauracivey.tripod.com/Marchant.html>. (2) Randall, Frank Alfred, Randall and Allied Families, Chicago, IL: Raveret-Weber Printing Company, 1943, p. 318: ABISHAI MARCHANT . . . Born Yarmouth, Jan. 10, 1650/1; married abt. 1673, MARY TAYLOR . . . (1650-Feb. 1, 1717/8) daughter of RICHARD TAYLOR . . . and RUTH (WHELDON) TAYLOR. . . . Abishai resided Yarmouth, Mass.; later, 1693, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard; returned to Yarmouth where living, 1714. Children: . . . [Note by compiler: William MARCHANT is not shown in this list of children of Abishai MARCHANT and Mary TAYLOR.] [i] SAMUEL MARCHANT . . . (1673-buried Aug. 8, 1676); [ii] JABEZ MARCHANT . . . (1675-buried Aug. 21, 1676); [iii] HANNAH MARCHANT . . . (b. 1677-living Edgartown, 1710) unmarried; [iv] JOHN MARCHANT . . . (1679-Feb. 1767) husbandman, married abt. 1706, Hepsibah Huxford . . . (abt. 1688-abt. 1721); married 2nd, abt. 1721, Elizabeth Daggett . . . (1692-1764); head of Edgartown family; April 8, 1707, bought a harbor lot just South of Burial Hill, of Joseph Ripley; 1711, bought the "ministerial lot"; both properties descended to sons Silas and Abishai Marchant . . . ; [v] ELIZABETH MARCHANT . . . (b. 1681) married Oct. 21, 1698, Thomas Wheldon . . . ; [vi] SAMUEL MARCHANT . . . (1683-d. Yarmouth, 1757) ancestor of Cape Cod MARCHANTS, married Yarmouth, Aug. 26, 1708, JOANNA GAGE . . . ; [vii] EBENEZER MARCHANT . . . (b. 1685) married Dec. 24, 1719, Mrs. Bethiah (Day) Willett. . . . Bibliography: History of Martha's Vineyard, Mass., by Charles Edward Banks, M.D., 1911, Vol. 2, pp. 77-79 and Vol. 3, pp. 291-97.
  Person ID	I19363	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Lt. John MARCHANT, IV,   b. Abt 1625, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA d. Bef 1693, Edgartown, Dukes County, MA (Age ~ 67 years)
  Mother	Sarah (MARCHANT),   b. Abt 1625, England d. Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA
  Marriage	Abt 1646	Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA
  Family ID	F8627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary TAYLOR,   b. 18 Dec 1650, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA d. 1 Feb 1718 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1673	Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA
  Children	1. William MARCHANT,   b. Abt 1673, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA
  Family ID	F8626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024