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Phineas Wetherbee

Phineas Wetherbee

Male 1716 - 1803  (86 years)


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  • Name Phineas Wetherbee  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Birth 6 Oct 1716  Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Apr 1803  Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    • Age: 86
    Burial Boxboro, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Hill Cemetery
    Person ID I917  My Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Father David Wetherbee,   b. 13 Apr 1685, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1758, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mercy Brown,   b. 18 Jun 1686, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1758, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1714  Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Family ID F227  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah   d. Bef 1740 
    Marriage Bef 1740 
    Family ID F261  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Elizabeth "Betsy" Whitney,   b. 1722, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1790, Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 5 Mar 1740  Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Oliver Wetherbee,   b. 9 Apr 1743, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1813, Kingsbury, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Phineas Wetherbee,   b. 4 Feb 1744/45, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1816, Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Sarah Wetherbee,   b. 11 Nov 1748, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1818, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Betsy Wetherbee,   b. 11 Feb 1753, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1826, Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Israel Wetherbee,   b. 18 Jul 1756, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1813, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F262  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

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    Phineas Wetherbee
    Phineas Wetherbee
    Phinehas Wetherbee GS
    Phinehas Wetherbee GS
    insc, Phineas Wetherbee
    insc, Phineas Wetherbee
    Phinehas Wetherbee GS 2
    Phinehas Wetherbee GS 2
    Old North Cemetery, Boxborough, MA
    Old North Cemetery, Boxborough, MA
    Meeting House Site and North Cemetery, Boxborough, MA
    Meeting House Site and North Cemetery, Boxborough, MA
    In 1775 farmers from parts of Harvard, Stow, and Littleton dismantled Harvard's old meeting house and moved it to the town center, where it served as the community's church until 1843. It was then bought by the town and it was used as the town hall, and library, until it burned to the ground in 1953. Within the foundation is the Colonial Herb…
    Phineas, Betty, and Hannah Wetherbee Family Plot
    Phineas, Betty, and Hannah Wetherbee Family Plot

  • Sources 
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    2. [S345] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Famil;).

    3. [S374] Ancestry.com, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

    4. [S333] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).Original data: Town and C;).

    5. [S80] Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com. Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.;).

    6. [S388] Ancestry.com, Boxborough : a New England town and its people, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2005;).

    7. [S187] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Gro;), Year: 1790; Census Place: Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 103; Image: 124; Family History Library Film: 0568144.
      1790 United States Federal Census
      1790 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1790; Census Place: Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 103; Image: 124; Family History Library Film: 0568144


    8. [S168] Ancestry.com, Whitney : the descendants of John Whitney who came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2005;).

    9. [S328] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived;), Source number: 3035.011; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: .
      Birth date: 1686
      Birth place: MA
      Marriage date: 1714
      Marriage place: MA
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=162969&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    10. [S328] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived;), Source number: 3035.011; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: .
      Birth date: 1685
      Birth place: MA
      Marriage date: 1714
      Marriage place: MA
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=1307197&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt